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Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
All proceeds (minus shipping and packing) will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo of the prop and its cost here along with a few details as to its condition. The first person to call the farm and talk with Brian, 208-882-6819, becomes the new owner of a little bit of herstory. Shipping will be either USPS or UPS, our choice. No returns.

flapdoodle

For your weekly dose of literary illumination, I offer you:
Flapdoodle, which refers to anything one might consider nonsense, drivel, gibberish, or gobbledygook.
As in: “Did you read MaryJane’s latest post? Apparently, some snooty scientists are claiming that sarcasm is an indicator of creativity. Do you believe it? Pure flapdoodle!”

A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear, 1875 via Wikimedia Commons
Not to be confused with either of these:
- Jiggery-pokery, which means trickery, hocus-pocus, fraud, or humbug
- Bafflegab, meaning generally unintelligible jargon
But pretty much interchangeable with either of these:
- Flumadiddle
- Bosh
Utter at will!

sarcasm and creativity

If I say,
“Sarcasm is a reflection of a person’s creativity,”
and you reply,
“Oh, really? I didn’t know that from years of personal experience,”
then you’ll appreciate this entry.
If, however, you’re more inclined to dismiss this statement as flapdoodle (stay tuned tomorrow to see what that’s all about),
then you’ll probably just want to stop reading … here.