PICAROON
Noun (archaic) - a rogue or scoundrel; a pirate, a pirate ship, to act as a pirate.
Origin: 17th century from Spanish.
This is not what I imaged this word to mean, but it’s a fun word nonetheless. I’m not sure what the definition might be. I just liked the sound of it and wanted to learn a little about it.
PICAROON appealed to me because it reminded me of a nickname we called my oldest son when he was little.
Ben-A-Roon
The Roon
How we got from his actual name (Benjamin) to something with “ROON” on the end of it, I can’t remember, but I'm sure it made sense at the time. Well, as much sense as anything like that can make.
We do this with most all names and especially our pets’ names. I like to joke that we only name our pets so we have something to deviate from.
Whether a pirate, a rogue, or my son, "ROON" can make most any word fun.
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THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT ~ A sweet historical romance that will tug at your heart. This is book 1 in the Quilting Circle series.Washington State, 1893
When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Dark places in her past are best forgotten, but her new life is full of sunshine. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?
Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother.
Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT is now available in ebook and paperback.
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MARY DAVIS is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She has five titles releasing in 2018; "Holly & Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection in January, Courting Her Amish Heart in March, The Widow’s Plight in July, Courting Her Secret Heart September, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in December. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-three years and two cats. She has three adult children and one incredibly adorable grandchild. Find her online at:
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