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If you're active on social networks, you may have noticed prompts offering users to add โalt textโ to their images. Alt text is short for alternative text - a written description of what can be seen in an image. Most users probably just want to share their snapshots or the latest funny meme and be …
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author nowadays best known for her novel Anne of Green Gables. Even those who havenโt read the book about the charming red-haired orphan girl must have watched the very successful 1985 TV series by the same title or the more recent Netflix adaptation Anne with an E. Lucy …
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There are sitcoms. There's dark comedy. And then thereโs Flowers. Starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt, the series explores the themes of depression, suicide, and mental illness like no other. Originally released between 2016 and 2018, Flowers is a TV series commissioned by the British Channel 4 and co-produced by the now defunct Seeso streaming …
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In this post Iโll share with you a cheerful holiday-themed poem, perfect for Thanksgiving. Titled โA Thanksgiving Dinnerโ, it was written by Maude M. Grant (1876-1941), a childrenโs poet and fiction writer from Michigan.
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