tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91276397875288131982024-03-05T21:01:39.345-06:00PLAID Pages, a journalEsmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.comBlogger353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-29877759036464320622023-07-09T14:04:00.000-05:002023-07-09T14:04:48.448-05:00Anne Perry - Rest In Peace<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://anneperry.us/">ANNE PERRY </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">28 October 1938 - 10 April 2023</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anne Perry is one of my favorite authors. I loved all of her series. I will miss adding the next installment to one of these series. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am sharing below one of my 'Goodreads' Reviews from each these favorite Anne Perry' Series</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span>CHARLOTTE AND THOMAS PITT (Last of the Series)</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30738687-murder-on-the-serpentine" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Murder on the Serpentine (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #32)" border="0" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1469409536i/30738687.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30738687-murder-on-the-serpentine">Murder on the Serpentine </a></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6331.Anne_Perry">Anne Perry</a><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1757040188">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /> It was good to have Thomas back solving mysteries instead of acting as head of the Special Branch. Although they played a minor part in solving the mystery, I am glad Ms. Perry found a way to involve Charlotte and Emily, her sister, in the story. Loved, loved, loved the ending. Recommend! <br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">DANIEL PITT (First of Series)</span></div><div>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35791971-twenty-one-days">Twenty-One Days</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35791971-twenty-one-days" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Twenty-One Days (Daniel Pitt, #1)" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1502720655l/35791971._SX98_.jpg" /></a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6331.Anne_Perry">Anne Perry</a><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2367712065">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am so glad that Anne Perry has decided to extend Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries to the next generation. I loved Charlotte and Thomas and now Daniel. Looking forward to more of his adventures. This first book was a good start. I think it will take another book or two for me to get to really know Daniel and his friends. It was good to hear from the Pitts again. The mystery was okay, but have read this plot line before. Recommend.</span><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">WILLIAM MONK <span style="font-family: georgia;">(Last of the Series)</span></span></div><div><div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37822466-dark-tide-rising" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Dark Tide Rising (William Monk #24)" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1531139441l/37822466._SX98_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37822466-dark-tide-rising">Dark Tide Rising</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6331.Anne_Perry">Anne Perry</a><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5600274064">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />Well, I made it through all 24 books in this series. It was fun to read it back to back. It is at an end now. Number 24 was published in 2018 and there has not been any more published. Now that Ms. Perry died on April 10, 2023, we can only hope she had stored some away for the future. I loved all of the characters. Highly recommend this series.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">CHRISTMAS</span><div><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60417461-a-christmas-deliverance" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="A Christmas Deliverance" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1644885961l/60417461._SX98_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60417461-a-christmas-deliverance">A Christmas Deliverance</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6331.Anne_Perry">Anne Perry</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5652009971">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />I really liked seeing Crowe as the main character. This story is a fantasy that you will love. There is a lot of opportunity to skip through a lot of repetitive text. Recommend.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the last published Christmas book. There is one more that is scheduled to be published in November. I don't know if Ms. Perry's passing will affect this or not.</span></div><div><br />
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<div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-57414200584024051762023-06-21T11:18:00.001-05:002023-06-21T13:51:33.239-05:00Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (with Sean Connery & Vangelis)<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/1n3n2Ox4Yfk" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1n3n2Ox4Yfk/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ithaka</i></div></span></i></span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">As you set out for Ithaka</i></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>hope the voyage is a long one,</i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>full of adventure, full of discovery</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Laistrygonians and Cyclops,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>you'll never find things like that on your way</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>as long as a rare excitement</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>stirs your spirit and your body.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Laistrygonians and Cyclops, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>unless you bring them along inside your soul,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>unless your soul sets them up in front of you.</i></div></i></span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hope the voyage is a long one.</i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>May there be many a summer morning when,</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with what pleasure, what joy,</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>you come into harbors seen for the first time;</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>may you stop at Phoenician trading stations</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to buy fine things,</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sensual perfume of every kind-</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>as many sensual perfumes as you can;</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and may you visit many Egyptian cities</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars.</i></div></i><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Keep Ithaka always in your mind.</i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Arriving there is what you are destined for.</i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">But do not hurry the journey at all.</span></i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Better if it lasts for years,</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>so you are old by the time you reach the island,</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>wealthy with all you have gained on the way,</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.</i></div></i><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.</i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Without her you would not have set out.</i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She has nothing left to give you now.</i></div></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you.</i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,</span></i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Translated by Edmond Keeley/Philip Sherrard.</i></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-64004117538265282202023-06-20T09:58:00.002-05:002023-06-20T09:58:39.438-05:00The Last Bookshop in London<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOH6I2kvZqlG7ZXC90pNVWK0IwuoeoXNyZ5Ub8ErIZp_Ho4k6l8y8czuqwaz_h3-yS9m5TmuyAMYt5fKQoE9IFVZEDq-eMJZgiKuG47DpcngLzBlyXkhnbdk1Hq9yrDpXhPkzhcQ3wAQWNblAopSbJw9Oa6ttulNTW0nbpAP7he1s0xoAtNEUypUcKsA/s400/thelastbookshop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOH6I2kvZqlG7ZXC90pNVWK0IwuoeoXNyZ5Ub8ErIZp_Ho4k6l8y8czuqwaz_h3-yS9m5TmuyAMYt5fKQoE9IFVZEDq-eMJZgiKuG47DpcngLzBlyXkhnbdk1Hq9yrDpXhPkzhcQ3wAQWNblAopSbJw9Oa6ttulNTW0nbpAP7he1s0xoAtNEUypUcKsA/w134-h200/thelastbookshop.jpg" width="134" /></a><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;">I really loved this story.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"> Any story that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;">takes place where books are involved captures my interest. This story takes place during WWII. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><i>I have read several books that take place during this time. They always gave me a sense of what was happening in London; however, Ms. Martin takes it a step further. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><i>She gave me a sense of how the normal everyday citizen lived and reacted on a personal level, leaving me in tears a lot of times. I felt as if I was walking in Grace Bennett's shoes, walking right along with her as she affected the lives of her mentor, Mr. Evans; her friend, Viv; her landlady, Mrs. Weatherford; her ARP night watch leader, Mr. Stokes; and her love interest, George. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><i>Highly recommend.</i></span></div><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div id="review-like" style="float: right; margin-top: 8px; text-align: right;"></div><div id="review-follow" style="margin-top: 8px;"></div></div></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-69400959225717813212023-06-20T09:49:00.000-05:002023-06-20T09:49:15.700-05:00Reminiscing with David Hill's 'The Vapors'<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTUDqIwwhxWxgTnoM5m6aC1DWbpFHHx9vwxtXNQOOHtSQVrKBKFvnyb4vIIuaovORB4t9Uty3c0JN_KxNaKTtXvcIyBQ2Jvu7d2w5Rq20r1Nc86mFt8kqkqmU6BWPe9PeKBTpO5D4dSRvc5ygTCKwIHoSm76rq62iSE_Z5Hg8aj_OrSR-6qm3islaPA/s1024/bookcoverIMG_0857%20(1024x657).jpg" style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1024" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTUDqIwwhxWxgTnoM5m6aC1DWbpFHHx9vwxtXNQOOHtSQVrKBKFvnyb4vIIuaovORB4t9Uty3c0JN_KxNaKTtXvcIyBQ2Jvu7d2w5Rq20r1Nc86mFt8kqkqmU6BWPe9PeKBTpO5D4dSRvc5ygTCKwIHoSm76rq62iSE_Z5Hg8aj_OrSR-6qm3islaPA/w200-h128/bookcoverIMG_0857%20(1024x657).jpg" width="200" /></a><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51542010-the-vapors">The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19783775.David_Hill">David Hill</a></i></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4613889614">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />David Hill has written the most informative and readable account of the gambling era of Hot Springs, Arkansas. I was particularly interested in the story because I lived in Little Rock and my Mom and Dad lived in Hot Springs at the end of this era. The story begins with some information about the beginning of gambling in Hot Spring in the late 1800's.<br /><br />Mr. Hill used his own family’s story to move us through the gambling years. He gives a more personal feel to what was happening in Arkansas along with what was going on in other parts of the United States. All was intertwined with the workings of the underworld of gangsters. Highly recommend. Very informative and readable.</i></span><div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-family: georgia;">I found many familiar names of places that still exist in Hot Springs:</i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> </i></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo-FQr7Tb1bm3AvgatVTvFS8qXa8HzBWVCLcCXDnfG76pWpwRRElknO2E6_b53JCx4sX4voIM1ytj5tE2cfypQlAK3JEEfsN6PVVF91mqWUk7NPf_UexSwfb0HhK76SYlOQznxpa5sfhn3s9IigX7ZKFObV50_z7ES1df_4HNVRV5Ha3ZNcrnJGzesA/s684/IMG_1152%20(768x1024).jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="513" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo-FQr7Tb1bm3AvgatVTvFS8qXa8HzBWVCLcCXDnfG76pWpwRRElknO2E6_b53JCx4sX4voIM1ytj5tE2cfypQlAK3JEEfsN6PVVF91mqWUk7NPf_UexSwfb0HhK76SYlOQznxpa5sfhn3s9IigX7ZKFObV50_z7ES1df_4HNVRV5Ha3ZNcrnJGzesA/w150-h200/IMG_1152%20(768x1024).jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Arlington Hotel</i></span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO8WtY7zZ6vaGQ0GRbDFIjWcyQBUZC_-Z60r9YZSwj9Oa5PehyaQTCpVGOgH2eQT79rNkUoLFZBlkW_EvuLQ0CzjF45EhKeWRbj3uResFkAwcYroPfVpJgkkEeaMNHatwCS53tT0eFuY_o61_SOXQtsNyEqXzkefTNUiUnQ21cLOEm0QoI-rYzJ4nRg/s903/IMG_1147%20(768x1024).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO8WtY7zZ6vaGQ0GRbDFIjWcyQBUZC_-Z60r9YZSwj9Oa5PehyaQTCpVGOgH2eQT79rNkUoLFZBlkW_EvuLQ0CzjF45EhKeWRbj3uResFkAwcYroPfVpJgkkEeaMNHatwCS53tT0eFuY_o61_SOXQtsNyEqXzkefTNUiUnQ21cLOEm0QoI-rYzJ4nRg/s320/IMG_1147%20(768x1024).jpg" width="220" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;">“The V</i><i style="font-family: georgia;">apors’ reminds me of the Correspondent Banking Department of First National Bank at Little Rock where I was a secretary. Each year the Arkansas Bankers Association held a meeting of all Arkansas Banks. One year our bank sponsored a Casino Party at the Vapors. Of course, all of the betting was done with fake money. The Vapors became a church for a while but has now been revived as an entertainment venue.</i></div><div><p></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hazel and Hollis moved to Mountain Pine, Arkansas, a company town of Dierks Lumbers Company. I now live in Hot Springs Village which was developed on 26 acres of Dierks Lumber Company land.</i></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Orval Faubus was Governor of the State when I was in college and moved to Little Rock. I voted in the election that put Winthrop Rockefeller in Office.</i></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Coy’s Steak House was a popular restaurant in Hot Springs. We went to Hot Springs just to eat there. One was opened in Little Rock where my husband proposed to me in 1985.</i></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGNcPx_SGCLbPW-1q1wblzpsYAotY8guzefjAHEx3wDaueSe4xAJ8ntUfhqvFBX8y7dHet4kHkVCEzNPdzzcsiqNmZmGD5nTU394dP-FEKy2EjjDbZrFb9RVjqYJJcTTxCx0j3B6eIS7ii4FbJLkGv0OiRxQ3pu_4ti-Z7D40we1k_dxmT2IJPKthIQ/s618/IMG_1154%20(768x1024).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGNcPx_SGCLbPW-1q1wblzpsYAotY8guzefjAHEx3wDaueSe4xAJ8ntUfhqvFBX8y7dHet4kHkVCEzNPdzzcsiqNmZmGD5nTU394dP-FEKy2EjjDbZrFb9RVjqYJJcTTxCx0j3B6eIS7ii4FbJLkGv0OiRxQ3pu_4ti-Z7D40we1k_dxmT2IJPKthIQ/s320/IMG_1154%20(768x1024).jpg" width="164" /></a></div><i style="font-family: georgia;">I remember the front-page pictures in the Arkansas Gazette of the gambling equipment that Lynn Davis, a state police officer, burned and buried in a gravel pit under the direction of Governor Rockefeller. They had raided four clubs and hauled away three truckloads of equipment. The only club named was the Bridge Street Club. The Vapors wasn’t among the four.<br /></i><p></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BvE_Olg3cZFFtvypD4_AWrmgCM5KWJSoqE2BK0FWN2Q3ZpPZzq13mSuV0cuMvW1us8XXCyW_af5LBhDrqc8outDp2-1arbrRv9mqd1NcvfCS_Q1_2Swt-iZLojwufZzn6PxqjHyBdBexL0SkyPvdlvjA34UvxuExaT4zbQHfJSCofOSbgJMZoUPTBA/s640/IMG_8280%20(480x640).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BvE_Olg3cZFFtvypD4_AWrmgCM5KWJSoqE2BK0FWN2Q3ZpPZzq13mSuV0cuMvW1us8XXCyW_af5LBhDrqc8outDp2-1arbrRv9mqd1NcvfCS_Q1_2Swt-iZLojwufZzn6PxqjHyBdBexL0SkyPvdlvjA34UvxuExaT4zbQHfJSCofOSbgJMZoUPTBA/w150-h200/IMG_8280%20(480x640).jpg" width="150" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;">Ohio Club is still on Central and serves really good hamburgers. They have a small stage where live </i><i style="font-family: georgia;">music is played, and people can dance on a really small dance floor. We went once with our daughter and saw Jackie B (Beaumont) and me </i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(Lawrence Womack)</i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, a local music duo. </i><p></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Arkansas Gazette and Arkansas Democrat were the morning and evening papers in Little Rock. They merged later to become the Arkansas Democrat and Gazette. Now known as the Dem/Gaz.</i></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wJ30mesXAi2cnEVEbD8Jx6xdj-NVSPlIs4ablYkWWj2nnbxNtZsf3s4yNxBWd5oBU0DaG2bpMtkMO1wFjkcogjYV5HNXn-azYzHI-AWnH1vmGKMq5BV5U_D4uEEUrjq1p9wUq6upaNxOTPuRkIKo3dIiI6kCWvqK3kri553rOMkF8UITRbMmZmWyCA/s1024/IMG_1149%20(768x1024).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wJ30mesXAi2cnEVEbD8Jx6xdj-NVSPlIs4ablYkWWj2nnbxNtZsf3s4yNxBWd5oBU0DaG2bpMtkMO1wFjkcogjYV5HNXn-azYzHI-AWnH1vmGKMq5BV5U_D4uEEUrjq1p9wUq6upaNxOTPuRkIKo3dIiI6kCWvqK3kri553rOMkF8UITRbMmZmWyCA/w150-h200/IMG_1149%20(768x1024).jpg" width="150" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><i>The Southern Club now houses a wax museum and is across the street from the Arlington Hotel. </i></i><p></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvB_wVxAcSIzwdL4O5p8XD9nzfk935TbxlE_WMsb_Wis3o00ZqtQU6TJanpq7BtrOj5V0HFQR8qyPGxUlGNT--pdUJGQi_dS8HDgsUu_tBFXALeaXh1JhVnWyaHzsgJ6YSB_61TY0FCKD1zG5F_hcP-7E6J9xnsdeDRBUcmLzE3JbOZNtYsiy0ZrRdqQ/s684/IMG_1152%20(768x1024).jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="513" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvB_wVxAcSIzwdL4O5p8XD9nzfk935TbxlE_WMsb_Wis3o00ZqtQU6TJanpq7BtrOj5V0HFQR8qyPGxUlGNT--pdUJGQi_dS8HDgsUu_tBFXALeaXh1JhVnWyaHzsgJ6YSB_61TY0FCKD1zG5F_hcP-7E6J9xnsdeDRBUcmLzE3JbOZNtYsiy0ZrRdqQ/w150-h200/IMG_1152%20(768x1024).jpg" width="150" /></a></i></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Today you can visit the Gangsta’s Museum on Central. It used to be Franke’s Cafeteria which my Dad managed in the late Sixties.</i></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">The Stardust Las Vegas was the first casino I experienced. We were on a trip and stopped there on the way to the west coast. I was 26 and looked so young that I was carded before I could go in the casino. We took in their dinner show, Hallelujah Hollywood.</i></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks for going down Memory Lane with me. I think you will enjoy going down another Memory Lane with David Hill.</i></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3972804-lynne-tull">View all my reviews</a></i></span></div>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-85236589963703601002022-02-22T09:57:00.002-06:002022-02-22T10:00:57.492-06:00A New Chapter in Quilting for Me<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <i>I have been 'wishing' that I had time to devote to my quilting. I got a message one morning: "Quit 'wishing' and Start 'Doing'. I did. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>A friend connected me with a Facebook Group: 'America Patchwork & Quilting's UFO Challenge'. I was provided with a sheet with a place for a UFO (UnFinished Object) for each month of the year. At the beginning of each month the Group will give me a number from 1-12. The Challenge is to finish the UFO listed for that number in a month. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>The January number was '12'. I finished it. 'Asian Sunflower' a Shisobi Tie Die fabric with embellishments. I tie-dyed muslin at a class at the <a href="https://www.emergentarts.org/" target="_blank">Emergent Arts in Hot Springs, Arkansas. </a></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhADKHyOdt2O5YL6hiYl49nyedacDy2m00BNHQOUFgrq1dJY6JAfKaLqhthTiRkC-g23zClvcddYTZ4qtOVy4cJsfcVwtrr7uJWGAIucJNtcFMnImqLjA5xYqCX39jeb9IDK65EOI8pWWBtVFlZoSCWPxv0O5qhHIPrp-f97sjH5-ca44o4_vt6-1znig=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhADKHyOdt2O5YL6hiYl49nyedacDy2m00BNHQOUFgrq1dJY6JAfKaLqhthTiRkC-g23zClvcddYTZ4qtOVy4cJsfcVwtrr7uJWGAIucJNtcFMnImqLjA5xYqCX39jeb9IDK65EOI8pWWBtVFlZoSCWPxv0O5qhHIPrp-f97sjH5-ca44o4_vt6-1znig=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPMHUdmfQAzTAtbH5n70inls4HNwTZdr6bNAg9mBQN05r8bQgG94yGKbqUtZC7HUyG0Hm63A6K1cL_urKLcyOV2evST8d-KRjEx2ZZlLjSkTd6yMZeTOypw4NrtXv7iD8FQGxn5W5ZEr5b5X_mJxkaJAf9iA-fR2I3DRR9m0zxko_IFmVHowMRH4qTkA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="829" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPMHUdmfQAzTAtbH5n70inls4HNwTZdr6bNAg9mBQN05r8bQgG94yGKbqUtZC7HUyG0Hm63A6K1cL_urKLcyOV2evST8d-KRjEx2ZZlLjSkTd6yMZeTOypw4NrtXv7iD8FQGxn5W5ZEr5b5X_mJxkaJAf9iA-fR2I3DRR9m0zxko_IFmVHowMRH4qTkA=s320" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="963" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhADKHyOdt2O5YL6hiYl49nyedacDy2m00BNHQOUFgrq1dJY6JAfKaLqhthTiRkC-g23zClvcddYTZ4qtOVy4cJsfcVwtrr7uJWGAIucJNtcFMnImqLjA5xYqCX39jeb9IDK65EOI8pWWBtVFlZoSCWPxv0O5qhHIPrp-f97sjH5-ca44o4_vt6-1znig=s320" width="301" /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3tIi0thXf4t-j21-4YZO3F8VXMBDaGr912UMP8NSv6NPI2XXrwdqU3NKa69wcOBRoa1Ryssm4IVE3oqUnRkZgVLArwu_9XDqNaMsFDb16nNjkNUWBf0ul_I4C7PLlByQn42JTB5xFTWL-RjVZhteFCqVDGbWVB2XykiHZ07uA2UCVdjOanfUTIN5-FA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3tIi0thXf4t-j21-4YZO3F8VXMBDaGr912UMP8NSv6NPI2XXrwdqU3NKa69wcOBRoa1Ryssm4IVE3oqUnRkZgVLArwu_9XDqNaMsFDb16nNjkNUWBf0ul_I4C7PLlByQn42JTB5xFTWL-RjVZhteFCqVDGbWVB2XykiHZ07uA2UCVdjOanfUTIN5-FA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-28008149514798792102020-11-10T09:42:00.001-06:002020-11-10T09:42:42.846-06:00The Eighth Day<p> </p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126630.The_Eighth_Day" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Eighth Day" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1410128861l/126630._SX98_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126630.The_Eighth_Day">The Eighth Day</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/44061.Thornton_Wilder">Thornton Wilder</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3623754007">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I really liked this classic that was on our Book Club list for 2020. Several members did not like it at all. There are a lot of characters to keep straight and most of the time I didn't. The structure of the story was disconcerting and added another deterrent to keeping the characters straight. The story was divided into time and place segments that overlapped. The beginning seemed to be the end and the end was the beginning. That being said, there were several passages that I went back and studied. They seem to be put in place to give the reader insight in the author. I wondered how they fit into his life and the people in his world. <br /><br />This read reminded me of reading 'The Great Gatsby' in high school. I learned about symbolism that writers use to convey hidden messages to the reader. I tried to figure out if Mr. Wilder used this technique. If it was there, I didn't find it. One member said she thought 'The Eighth Day' meant that God created the Earth in seven days and we were to take over and get to work on the eighth one. Another said the writer's concern with evolution that prompted the title. I never really got to that depth in meaning. It was just a story with some life and history lessons thrown into the mix. I still think it was auto-biographical.<br />Note: Not sure what happened to John?</i></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br />If you like to read classics, I am recommending this one. </i></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><br />
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</div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Personal Notes:</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Mrs. Wickersham</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>page 182 "No one has ever done anything for me, spontaneously."</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>page 198 "You and I have a certain quality that is rare as teeth in a hen. We work. And we forget ourselves in our work. Most people think they work; they can kill themselves with their diligence. They think they are building Athens, but they're only shining their own shoes.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Roger Ashley</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>page 208 ..."he never ceased to search for his life's career-to explore, observe, weight , and eliminate the professions. He didn't want to waste any years on the wrong choice and he wanted to start preparing himself as soon as possible. (He was 17 1/2<span> -at that age I was a junior in high school. I think my English teacher had us write an essay on what we would like to do for a career. I had no idea. I wrote on being an interior decorator. I ended up being a banker, but did some interior decorating for a year or so.)</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-5327707069196163292020-09-21T10:20:00.003-05:002020-09-21T10:20:59.601-05:00SHELTERED-IN is a Good Thing<p><i style="font-family: georgia;">I find time to work on my quilt UFO's*</i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3T5IjeQUpZaoLP_9ime6L3F7hCrlmhyoj-dqEFqQU5viHrBJaNOQoOvz_vXgVFQPdoHUM-l6xUMf7rgtV-oEQV24Snp09zZ0r08jx3ZjzXwH4JthGCNpTDshREBEckeceBDLHijGpPIl/s2048/IMG_6209.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3T5IjeQUpZaoLP_9ime6L3F7hCrlmhyoj-dqEFqQU5viHrBJaNOQoOvz_vXgVFQPdoHUM-l6xUMf7rgtV-oEQV24Snp09zZ0r08jx3ZjzXwH4JthGCNpTDshREBEckeceBDLHijGpPIl/w174-h320/IMG_6209.JPEG" title="Wall Hanging from Shannon Brinkley Workshop" width="174" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBh23nbl30SbW2Xw8iBusXl08SMZ6uvsFICXcQiTGsPhOgmpWwzuZU-uF6E1Rw_QT1mRIUMq4890WJlE-r3YNG7d3nPOisoPO33UsUEEdl6QFrDiqsNg8RwyRw_mVmJyUjA9Nh0fhWrASe/s800/IMG_5958+%2528688x800%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBh23nbl30SbW2Xw8iBusXl08SMZ6uvsFICXcQiTGsPhOgmpWwzuZU-uF6E1Rw_QT1mRIUMq4890WJlE-r3YNG7d3nPOisoPO33UsUEEdl6QFrDiqsNg8RwyRw_mVmJyUjA9Nh0fhWrASe/w275-h320/IMG_5958+%2528688x800%2529.jpg" title="Laura Heine pattern. I call her 'Mardi Gras Queen'." width="275" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>*Unfinished Objects sometimes called WIP-Work in Progress</i></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>finish a collage project, </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoFFu5i-6DdZm86XyFF_UJlNtHhCtehdUmEVHtUd5IbABxOJlmMpWSBzZrHoqqJ5087BUsiRoEavbfbU3Sz4yd6s8lHwJQhujvQQdsdi9gl4CN62JgXpIfByjS-R-k6cUK2zs0r8xa-v_/s800/IMG_6252+%2528800x783%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="800" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoFFu5i-6DdZm86XyFF_UJlNtHhCtehdUmEVHtUd5IbABxOJlmMpWSBzZrHoqqJ5087BUsiRoEavbfbU3Sz4yd6s8lHwJQhujvQQdsdi9gl4CN62JgXpIfByjS-R-k6cUK2zs0r8xa-v_/w320-h313/IMG_6252+%2528800x783%2529.jpg" title="40's and 50's Collage from vintage movie magazines." width="320" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br />work on a paint by sticker book that was a Christmas present. </i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="800" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JRO4CiPW13DAsvjYUDm2QjObZPR90qQ__aFmu0CMcaw-nN-sTCHu227-wtTFjcAhVSnT3w3hWPytuzA3rui1tquii_6e51yVpidC0GBL-KWhzVt-gNqNbbFC-RLLeAqaMUYRwthXgqWW/w320-h230/IMG_6245+%2528800x576%2529.jpg" title="I only fool with them when I 'listen' to TV." width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmG5MkysKCmswrJ0aTTFLV2vbi-CucZPTQHvgT_w05_Wz0H3NKkCvPud3x9xK_xw3jEA45cKcTv8cXlvlJYLcZoptRNi0vB92qO_1_ltNFmdCwPYxmjm1HjQElFWx5G7gnnIXMDpHyRGLC/s800/IMG_6195+%2528600x800%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmG5MkysKCmswrJ0aTTFLV2vbi-CucZPTQHvgT_w05_Wz0H3NKkCvPud3x9xK_xw3jEA45cKcTv8cXlvlJYLcZoptRNi0vB92qO_1_ltNFmdCwPYxmjm1HjQElFWx5G7gnnIXMDpHyRGLC/w240-h320/IMG_6195+%2528600x800%2529.jpg" title="It's hard to stick a sticker and watch TV at the same time." width="240" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>and even venture into painting with acrylics. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfAd2fYtKh1P5g_CkgdebyiBFiqhIrOsTrNXnkSaIiRnGV3tTLo93E3tR2EJ3KtvQVqUYm9jrhenGv2RdqXeTLhA0PFih-hoTp3QcUf4scF8D-D0TYVOwoRIARtsF2Wvx04w5yBp8NtB4/s3037/IMG_6384.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="3037" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfAd2fYtKh1P5g_CkgdebyiBFiqhIrOsTrNXnkSaIiRnGV3tTLo93E3tR2EJ3KtvQVqUYm9jrhenGv2RdqXeTLhA0PFih-hoTp3QcUf4scF8D-D0TYVOwoRIARtsF2Wvx04w5yBp8NtB4/w400-h136/IMG_6384.JPEG" title="Acrylic-A Study in Shapes and Colors 1,2,and3" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>In between all of that my husband and I work jigsaw puzzles (starting the 22nd one today). Here are some of my favorites:</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUwd2hHWuCzxpviRJGZ9vNKJ8UcsjGvc6fFFU1TYG8QYu8S8JFjODxywX2RcVymqqowNNuoMgox9xxkfEUqxUcZc9IUiY5ktpE1HkYRrHcDB-hKl5sKC26QnY4zAkIwKJjZ-8DPPu7l_K/s800/IMG_5976+%2528800x539%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUwd2hHWuCzxpviRJGZ9vNKJ8UcsjGvc6fFFU1TYG8QYu8S8JFjODxywX2RcVymqqowNNuoMgox9xxkfEUqxUcZc9IUiY5ktpE1HkYRrHcDB-hKl5sKC26QnY4zAkIwKJjZ-8DPPu7l_K/s320/IMG_5976+%2528800x539%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-_DrDRoY2ot0dl23-7W_cFPS8EHA3eLoOYombn_w19VIImrdVLPJ6xLfrhlJYRDLYePmwl3ED8Y_W3MfLVG95ST7JScsiets2k86KRVxJqlbMq8JpQd4Ad_xJDmT5MSkrptZHW2_ySRZ/s800/IMG_6164+%2528800x592%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-_DrDRoY2ot0dl23-7W_cFPS8EHA3eLoOYombn_w19VIImrdVLPJ6xLfrhlJYRDLYePmwl3ED8Y_W3MfLVG95ST7JScsiets2k86KRVxJqlbMq8JpQd4Ad_xJDmT5MSkrptZHW2_ySRZ/s320/IMG_6164+%2528800x592%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x4SwM06viWTnLexwxf1Cc3AxO2fYZA6riYI_d3HuO0GqNRWIl_bPqKYOLu_zIWxSEBdFUj70rJ3WMHN0gpvU0WCocoSiZIdmhdIGPShWjpybwhgVSgwWvrZ3TgI-fczQkqLEs73tegFU/s800/IMG_6211+%2528800x571%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x4SwM06viWTnLexwxf1Cc3AxO2fYZA6riYI_d3HuO0GqNRWIl_bPqKYOLu_zIWxSEBdFUj70rJ3WMHN0gpvU0WCocoSiZIdmhdIGPShWjpybwhgVSgwWvrZ3TgI-fczQkqLEs73tegFU/s320/IMG_6211+%2528800x571%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsaRQZDXQyszw3wIUVpI-j2skEpPApMy9K1NJullAdRUWW3f9lJxkEz0_KNEXIGyXwX5D396Wvy1FWPOLm3UxHC5IRUmlqey2ik7akUVl6e5eL3Jutk4nm225s_vmhFXUbW7PtaxJUcfq/s800/IMG_6305+%2528800x593%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsaRQZDXQyszw3wIUVpI-j2skEpPApMy9K1NJullAdRUWW3f9lJxkEz0_KNEXIGyXwX5D396Wvy1FWPOLm3UxHC5IRUmlqey2ik7akUVl6e5eL3Jutk4nm225s_vmhFXUbW7PtaxJUcfq/s320/IMG_6305+%2528800x593%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-DR-CKO3NwD96VsGEbSRxZP5XYcXFoFWSDco85rcZ_UbwuNBccQIMU-2U-VukqxjTQNH_s6uBXMO2hWeEGU4AdvG5HbxJnGAgO8KQpNlie2oJA2N0Sutor4Uav_79MQxro-zhjq9Xuo3/s800/IMG_6331+%2528800x641%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-DR-CKO3NwD96VsGEbSRxZP5XYcXFoFWSDco85rcZ_UbwuNBccQIMU-2U-VukqxjTQNH_s6uBXMO2hWeEGU4AdvG5HbxJnGAgO8KQpNlie2oJA2N0Sutor4Uav_79MQxro-zhjq9Xuo3/s320/IMG_6331+%2528800x641%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>We go to church on the computer and started our own Bible study to begin each day. We always went to the grocery store, but now are getting back to most of our 'away from home' activities. The result: our priorities reversed. Now our 'at home' activities come first and then we get out and about. Which is a very good thing since we are retired. </i></span></p>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-77804781392965373582020-09-02T16:11:00.000-05:002020-09-02T16:11:04.327-05:00A Painted House<p> </p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/984003.A_Painted_House" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="A Painted House" border="0" height="185" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347493921l/984003._SX98_.jpg" width="123" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/984003.A_Painted_House">A Painted House</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/721.John_Grisham">John Grisham</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3509164264">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
This was a book club selection for me. I had never read a John Grisham book and enjoyed reading it. You will get a true picture of what it was like to make your living by growing and picking cotton. Mr. Grisham did not hold back. It was not an easy life; it was a time when people made their good times with people-family, friends, and neighbors.</i></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>This story brought back good childhood memories for me. It takes place in 1952 and is told by a seven-year old boy, Luke. In 1952 I was 12/13 about about 6 years older than Luke. Even at that age I don't remember being as introspective as Luke. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>From 1942 to 1946 when I was closer to Luke's age, I lived on a dairy farm with my Mom and Dad in an unpainted house. These were some really good times for me as a child. Luckily I did not have to work picking cotton like Luke.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I do remember gathering eggs and my MOM killing a chicken to fry for dinner. She and I picked blackberries to make a pie. I gathered eggs from our chickens and stopped when I put my hand in a box and met up with a black snake.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I had a sandbox, a horse named Red, and a cat with kittens. </i></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIx1rkFuU11GIoRoxYk9E_0OemZEVTlYh1VQCcaiJ863fjt8J_lxISp-EaxBHeM_oE1bUk2p_qgqz3QTfm07TivwNc7sH0A0lRA0M0IKGtwUF1EkVu-7WpcH3lF6x9uLmsHDaS1NcuQRP/w174-h200/1945a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="174" /></i></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">My friends came to</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">visit. We rode Red.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">That's me with Hank</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Giles and Dad on </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Red. Then, we had</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">a wienie roast</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydqyAR6CHgyXWKBxYo0kSp1cniCUXQUTm2_er2uIRA4yK_LEp2Vy_b4FHoK80-bFWzAddZz7msSet9sTtiM9q4wG_WDfN1NlYjtzSIPkxum6MP0HKL5Ah0e1_Y0R6q5CSA8om1QDDiaZS/s422/1945c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="422" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydqyAR6CHgyXWKBxYo0kSp1cniCUXQUTm2_er2uIRA4yK_LEp2Vy_b4FHoK80-bFWzAddZz7msSet9sTtiM9q4wG_WDfN1NlYjtzSIPkxum6MP0HKL5Ah0e1_Y0R6q5CSA8om1QDDiaZS/w270-h215/1945c.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me on Red.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-family: georgia;">I got my first dollhouse furniture one Christmas. (That was the Christmas I played detective and discovered that my Mom's handwriting matched Santa's.) I had the measles and they kept me in the dark so my eyes wouldn't be affected. I stayed with Berniece, a black woman who lived up the road, when my Mom had to go to town with my Dad. I remember riding on a hay baler with my dad and trying to milk a cow.</i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><img alt="My Dad and Me with my new storybook doll." border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="376" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxgnXzODcVTrth2l4PvnCedRqkt1oFhG3CIWOC_ADyM4ByC6G28Fkz9UlMqNSWQzNC1EuAYFl33nNpkGsMz2NGHwrAVyc_IgVih8uf3Fypne2Bgt-PKfc34vNTAa2-iHEWed-dMhBNlM4/w200-h154/1945.jpg" style="text-align: center;" title="My Dad and Me with my new storybook doll" width="200" /></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_3KkuV4TT5Cai2YoptfeIiE3WsiiKLJBR0MQtjEqZHSMkbo9KfR4hctDjRxr1v_SzsN0axtdITabTNmccqNzxSgJ5qYKzmCWyCOzcZIiIvViRyoYXcIjw13SlElHpo2TIFLjCx1hlvP8/s755/Lynne+FarmScan_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="755" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_3KkuV4TT5Cai2YoptfeIiE3WsiiKLJBR0MQtjEqZHSMkbo9KfR4hctDjRxr1v_SzsN0axtdITabTNmccqNzxSgJ5qYKzmCWyCOzcZIiIvViRyoYXcIjw13SlElHpo2TIFLjCx1hlvP8/w263-h171/Lynne+FarmScan_0002.jpg" width="263" /></a><i><br /></i><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>My Dad and I by </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;">unpainted house with </i><i style="font-family: georgia;">my new storybook </i><i style="font-family: georgia;">doll. It looks like we did get a painted screen door.</i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I started the first grade there and rode the school bus. Then, we moved to the city so I could go to school without having to ride the bus. I was little for my age and my mom thought I might fall off and get hurt. I am not sure, but I think she was like Luke's mom. I can see her smile as we packed up and moved. <br /><br />Enough of my memories. I think you will like Luke's story. It takes about </i></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>three-fourths of the book to develop the scene and characters. Hang in there. All will be revealed in the</i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"> last fourth of the story. Recommend.</i></div><div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>
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</div>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-12054959945270939982020-07-23T14:38:00.000-05:002020-08-28T15:35:59.513-05:00<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133922-educated" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Educated" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1506026635l/35133922._SX98_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133922-educated">Educated</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16121977.Tara_Westover">Tara Westover</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3451303105">3 of 5 stars</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This was a Book Club assignment. It was very hard for me to relate to the reality of this woman's life. In fact, after about 50 pages I thought I might give it up. Tara seemed to be a character in a book not a real living person. Her situation seemed unreal and she didn't seem motivated to do anything about it. Even when she had people supporting her and advising her to move away; she refused to leave. However, she is a real person that has lived through, what to me, is a nightmare. I am utterly amazed that she was able to overcome her childhood and family to the extent that she did. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I started pulling for her after pages 242 and 243. I saw hope when her professor give her this advice.</i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"You act like someone who is impersonating someone else. And it's as if you think your life depends on it." Dr. Kerry page 242</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He continues on page 243: "The most powerful determinant of who you are is inside you," he said. "Professor Steinberg says this is Pygmalion. Think of the story, Tara." He paused, his eyes fierce his voice piercing. "She was just a cockney in a nice dress. Until she believed in herself. Then it didn't matter what dress she wore." </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>We headed to Heber Springs and the Ruland Junction Toy Train Museum. We had seen it on 'Exploring Arkansas' with Chuck Dovish. We grew up traveling on 'real' trains'. We love trains. I especially love cabooses. My husband had a Lionel Train set. (Unfortunately, his mother cleaned out the attic and gave it away.) </i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Luckily we had my phone and GPS or we would have never found the museum. It is in a neighborhood next to the Ruland home. He built the Depot structure to house his collection of toy trains and memorabilia. There is a main floor and a balcony full of trains. How many I do not know. Daniel Hipp is the Trainmaster and Docent. He described what we were going to see and some history of the collection.</span></i><br />
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</i>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-21874668090258906892020-03-23T15:08:00.001-05:002020-03-23T15:08:12.193-05:00Book Report: Outliers: The Story of Success<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3228917-outliers" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Outliers: The Story of Success" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344266315l/3228917._SX98_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3228917-outliers">Outliers: The Story of Success</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1439.Malcolm_Gladwell">Malcolm Gladwell</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3203771239">4 of 5 stars</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I was really fascinated with the amount of research that Mr. Gladwell did to write this book. His insights were completely out of my 'box'. It certainly got me to thinking at a different level.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>He defined an 'outlier' as something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body. Also, a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the other of the sample. "Outliers are those who have been given opportunities and who have the strength and presence of mind to seize them."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Briefly, here are some of his outliers:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>1. The year you were born matters as related to the cut-off date for joining a sport team.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>2. 10,000 hours is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world class expert in anything, i.e. Beatles, Bill Gates, Paul Allen. Their success was also a product of the world in which they grew up.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>3. Intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated. If a study group consisting of all geniuses is formed work on a project, the success of the project would have been the same level of success if IQ was not considered as a qualifier.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>4. No one ever makes it alone. That includes rock stars, professional athletes, software billionaires, or Chris Langan, the smartest man in the world. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>5. Three Lessons from Joe Flom-1. Importance of being Jewish 2. Demographic luck-time born. 3. The Garment Industry and meaningful work.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>6. Harlan, Kentucky (Chapter 6) Die like a man like your brother did. It makes a difference not only where your father or grandfather grew up, but also, your great, great, great, great Grandfather.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>7. Planes are safer when the least experienced pilot is flying because it means that the second pilot is not afraid to speak up.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>8. National cultures are most content when they place the highest emphasis on effort and hard work. If you speak English you have about a 50% chance of remembering perfectly a group of numbers. If you speak Chinese, you have almost a 100% chance to get it right.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>9.For its poorest students, America doesn't have a school problem. It has a summer vacation problem. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Maybe these bits and pieces will entice you to read 'Outliers: The Story of Success'. Also, be sure and read the Epilogue, a Jamaican Story.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I have had this book for a long time and have read parts now and then. I have watched the video of the TV Series with Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell which the book documents. I decided to really read 'The Power of Myth' chapter by chapter, word by word. Most of the time I did not understand what I was reading, but at other times the words inspired me. This lead to the following passages that I wanted to save to read again. Maybe some day I will read the book again to see if the words make sense to me after a period of time and experience has passed. Joseph Campbell's basic words to live by have been in my vocabulary since I watched that video. "Follow Your Bliss"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The following are those words that I want to ponder.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 12:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Moyers: So there are mythological rituals at work in our society. The ceremony of marriage is one. The ceremony of the inauguration of a President or judge is another. What are some other rituals that are important in society today?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Campbell: Joining the army, putting on a uniform, is another. You're giving up your personal life and accepting a socially determined manner of life in the service of the society of which you are a member. That is why I think it is obscene to judge people in terms of civil law for performances that they rendered in time of war. They were acting not as individuals, they were acting as agents of something above them and to which they had by dedication given themselves. To judge them as though they were individual human beings is totally improper.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 17: I don't know what's coming, any more that Yeats* knew, but when you come to the end of one time and the beginning of a new one, it's a period of tremendous pain and turmoil. The threat we feel, and every body feels-well, there is this notion of Armageddon coming, you know?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>*refer to Yeats poem "The Second Coming".</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 28: "Here you have the important transition that took place about 500 B.C. This is the date of the Buddha and of Pythagoras and Confucius ad Lao-tze, if there was a Lao-tzu. This is the awakening of man's reason. No longer is he informed and governed by the animal powers. No longer is he guided by the analogy of the planted earth, no longer by the courses of the planets---but by reason.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 56:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Moyers: What is a metaphor?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Campbell: A metaphor is an image that suggest something else...The reference of the metaphor in religious traditions is to something transcendent that is not literally any thing.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 57: Campbell: The inner world is the world of your requirements and your energies ad your structure and your possibilities that meets the outer world. And the outer world is the field of your incarnations. That's where you are. You've got to keep both going. As Novalis said, "The seat of the soul is there where the inner and outer worlds meet."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 58: There has to be a training to help you open your ears so that you can begin to hear metaphorically instead of concretely. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 60: I think the clergy is really not doing its proper work. It does not speak about the connotations of the metaphors but is stuck with the ethics of good and evil.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 64: ...You can make a choice, either to throw it all off and go into the forest to meditate, or to stay in the world, both in the life of your job of politics and achievement, and in the love life with your wife and family. Now, this is a very nice myth, it seems to me.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 66: Affirmation is difficult. We always affirm with conditions. I affirm the world on condition that it gets to be the way Santa Claus told me it ought to be. But affirming it the way it is--that's the hard thing. and that is what rituals are about.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 67: ...Eternity isn't some later time. Eternity isn't even a long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is that dimension of here and now that all thinking in temporal terms cuts off.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>And if you don't get it here, you won't get it anywhere. The problem with heaven is that you will be having such a good time there, you won't even think of eternity. You'll just have this unending delight in the beatific vision of God. But the experience of eternity right here and now, in all things whether thought of as good or as evil, is the function of life.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Moyers: What happens when you follow your bliss?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Campbell: You come to bliss. ... We are having experiences all the time which may on occasion render some sense of this, a little intuition of where your bliss is. Grab it. No one can tell you what it is going to be. You have to learn to recognize your depth.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 149:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Moyers: What's my ego?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Campbell: What you think you want, what you will to believe, what you think you can afford, what you decide to love, what you regard yourself as bound to.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Moyers: What are the "thou shalts" of a child that he needs to shed?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Campbell: Every one that inhibits his self-fulfillment.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 182:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Moyers: So when you say, "Save the earth", we're talking about saving ourselves.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Campbell: Yes. All this hope for something happening in society has to wait for something in the human psyche a whole new way of experiencing a society. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Moyers: As you've moved among various world views, dipping in and out of cultures, civilizations, and religions, have you found something in common in every culture that creates the need for God?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Campbell: Anyone who has had an experience of mystery knows that there is a dimension of the universe that is not that which is available to his senses. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Page 229: Just sheer life cannot be said to have a purpose, because look at all the different purposes it has all over the place. But each incarnation, you might say, has a potentiality, and the mission of life is to live that potentiality. How do you do it? My answer is, "Follow your bliss." There's something inside you that knows when you are in the center, that knows when you're on the beam or off the beam. And if you get off the beam to earn money, you've lost your life, And if you stay in the center and don't get any money, you still have your bliss.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This biography gave me a whole new perspective on past history and its heroes. It was slow reading at first, but I gradually found myself drawn to Washington Irving and his life. Along with his story came the history that was unfolding inthe United States and our leaders.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Fame is fleeting. I remember Washington Irving stories from my grade school days. I think of him as Ichabod Crane from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. However, for his time and our time he is so much more that these two stories. I wonder if other people remember him only because of them. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Notes from the book:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Washington Irving was the first American writer to live by his pen and the first to have an international reputation." He paved the way for authors such as: James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe. Their main source of income was not their writing. Irving was constantly trying to find a way to make money. He was educated as a lawyer, but it didn't really suit him. At first he wrote under pseudonyms because he was afraid people wouldn't like what he wrote. His first book, 'A History of New York', was written by Diedrich Knickerbocker. (The New York Knicks owe him their name.) </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>He always had a wanderlust and headed for England where he found himself running the family trading company. He was helping his brother Peter who was sickly most of his life. He didn't return to the United State until fourteen years later. While there he wrote 'The Sketch Book' and 'Tales of a Traveller' under the name of Geoffrey Crayon. 'The Life and Voyage of Christopher Columbus' was the first publication that carried his name as the author. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>He spent several years as a Minister from the United States to the Spanish Court. Finally, he returned home to stay. His crowning achievement was his five volume set, 'The Life of George Washington'. When he was five, he had met and was blessed by George Washington. He had always felt that it was his destiny to do write about his life.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Irving was born in 1783 and died at the age of 76 in 1859. Over his lifetime "Politicians, writers, actors, artists, and wannabes of every type clamored to be associated with him. A friend to six presidents, he had danced with Dolley Madison in the White House, consoled Martin Van Buren in London, flattered a young Queen Isabella in Madrid as John Tyler's minister to Spain. John Jacob Astor tapped him to be his personal biographer, Mary Shelley had a crush on him. Edgar Allen Poe flattered him. Sir Walter Scott loved him. Dickens, Longfellow, and Haw throne adored him. Even those like James Fenimore Cooper who loathed him gave his work their grudging respect." (found on page 408) Washington Irving was the 'Rock Star' of his time.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It took me several months to read this book. There was so much to absorb that I couldn't do it straight through. It was slow reading and it took me a while to warm up to Washington Irving. However, when he died and was laid to rest at Sleepy Hollow I had tears running down my face. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I highly recommend this biography it will give you a real appreciation for Irving and the times in which he lived. Thank you Mr. Jones for such a wonderful tribute.
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Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-27938703592853432952019-08-18T16:31:00.000-05:002019-08-18T16:31:12.023-05:00DISPATCHES FROM PLUTO<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25111132-dispatches-from-pluto" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439787197l/25111132._SX98_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25111132-dispatches-from-pluto">Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/74343.Richard_Grant">Richard Grant</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2921739874">5 of 5 stars</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>If you want to join an American subculture hiding in the Delta of Mississippi, this is a great way to do it. Richard Grant*is a Brit who has come to live in the Delta and still lives in Mississippi at this time. He has the personality as an outsider to be able to gain the confidence of the insiders. Also, it helped that he had a British accent. At one point in the book, one black man said: "He's not white, he's British." I loved the Field Trip chapter, but couldn't really understand the significance of Chapter 5, The Oncologist's Hitmen. The chapters that went into depth about the 'Blues' music didn't interest me. I don't give out a lot of '5 stars', this book was definitely a ' five star' book . Good writing and interesting stories that kept me wanting to go to Mississippi and take the Field Trip.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>p. 46 "South whites didn't mind how close blacks got so long as they didn't get too high socially and economically". 1st paragraph</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>p. 87 Clarksdale was one stop on the Field Trip. Morgan Freeman, the actor, lives here. It is the 'Crossroads' where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_film)">Crossroads, the movie, </a>will give you a good look at 'the blues' in the Delta. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>p. 93 Wet Delta Salad-lettuce with olive oil and vinegar. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> (Go to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fadedroserestaurant/">The Faded Rose in Little Rock, Arkansas</a>, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> to eat a really good one.) (Facebook link)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>p. 104 The blacks were against the civil rights movement.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>p. 159 Parchman Prison (Time ran out so we didn't get to discuss the prison and the 'Wage-Hand Program'.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>pps. 174-176 The schools/academies. They were not called private schools and were set up to avoid segregation.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>p. 187 Quitman Country Elementary school was an experiment to provide quality education to the Mississippi schools. It worked, but was not continued, because the local school board felt that they were under the control of outsiders.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>p. 216 Plantation mentality.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>p. 235 Morgan Freeman's 'Meaning of Life'. "The meaning of life for every organism on the planet, including us, is to procreate and die."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>p. 257-258 It's a habit.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>p. 265 "and some of these women out here be have mo kids, and mo kids, just so they check get bigger."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>p. 276 Feudal relic.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>Maybe some of my notes will trigger a discussion in your book club if you select <u>Dispatches from Pluto</u> for discussion.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>*Richard Grant is an author, journalist, and television host. He currently lives with his wife in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Malaysia in 1963 and spent time as a child in Kuwait before his family moved to London where he spent his childhood. He earned a history degree from University College in London and then moved to the United States. He has lived in Tucson, Arizona and New York City.</i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">He grew up with an interest in traveling and writing as evidenced by the books that he has published.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>1. <u>American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers and Bullriders.</u></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>2. <u>God's Middle Finger, Into The Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre </u>(English title-<u>Bandit Roads, Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre</u>.) </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This book was written after he traveled in northern Mexico in the Sierra Madre Occidental, an area nine hundred miles long that contained cave-dwelling Indian tribes and is one of the world's largest areas for production of marijuana and heroin.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>3. <u>Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa</u> tells the story of his travels along the Malagarasi River in Tanzania and other events in Burundi and Rwanda. </i></span><br />
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Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-17041009666909751402019-08-04T14:36:00.000-05:002019-08-04T14:43:20.574-05:00I'M OFFICIALLY AN OLD LADY<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Therefore---</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">But maybe I ought to practice a little now?<br />So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised<br />When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-71625032922423954082019-06-10T11:15:00.000-05:002019-06-10T11:15:04.309-05:00Living in Thin Places<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Thin Places </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">is a series of sermons given during Epiphany 2019 by Rev. Siegfried S. Johnson, <a href="http://www.cohumc.com/about">Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, USA</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>To quote Rev. Johnson: "The theme is drawn from the writings of early
Christianity in Ireland, Thin Places, a term used
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having in that beautiful
land developed a strong
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certain trees, caves,
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>In a 'Thin Place' the veil between this world and the divine world, heaven and earth, seemed somehow sheer, porous allowing God's glory to seep through to our awareness." </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>This series got me to think about my 'thin places'. </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">These come to mind:</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Muir Woods, California</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>When I entered the woods, I felt a sense of peace. I needed to be still and quiet. All was quiet, although there were many other people there. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>This theme was covered in <u>The Power of Myth</u> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell"><b>Joseph Campbell.</b></a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>On Page 92: "I think it's Cicero who says that when you go into a great tall grove, the presence of a deity becomes known to you."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove"><b>Bohemian Grove, California</b></a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I attended a wedding in the Bohemian Grove. All of the guests were driven into the woods by bus from Santa Rosa. The minute I stepped off the bus I heard organ music echoing through the trees. I went very still and listened as did the bus load of guests. There is a full pipe organ in 'The Grove'. The organist played until the wedding began. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>When I walked the streets of Colonial Williamsburg, I could feel the presence of the great men that I walked those streets.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I have seen my <b>Guardian Angels</b>.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>One night as I was going to sleep, sometime between rest and deep sleep, I slightly opened my eyes and observed two greenish ethereal beings. It seemed that one 'angel' was relieving the other 'angel'. It was like they were changing shifts in order to watch over me.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>My Aunt Mary Lou passed a few years ago. As I was dreaming, the veil opened and she peeked through. She was smiling and conveyed to me that she was fine. Then, she danced away, twirling on her toes.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><u><br /></u></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I made a deal with my mother. After she passed, if it was possible, she was to leave me a sign that she was well on the other side. It was a while before I got my sign. Sometime the next summer, I took her Christmas Cactus outside. It wasn't long before it was in full bloom. I believe she is fine and at some time I will see her again. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Whenever I go into a Cathedral, I feel close to God. Something happens there that I don't feel in other churches. When I was in the 5th Grade, I visited the <b>St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans</b>. Even then, I could feel something special.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>These are the scriptures Rev. Sieg used for this series:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>#1 January 20, 2019 Living in Thin Places Psalms 42 :1-2 </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>#2 January 27, 2019 Made for Another World John 3:7-8</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>#3 February 3, 2019 The Well Is Deep John 4:10-11</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>#4 February 10, 2019 Step into the Stirring John 5:5-7</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>#5 February 17, 2019 How Now, Chop Logic! John 6:41-42</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>#6 February 24, 2019 Concealed in the Crease John 7:3-5</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> If you would like to read these sermons, go to link at the beginning of this post. Click on 'Worship' and then, Rev. Sieg's Sermons </i></span><br />
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Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-58271051291478392002019-02-20T11:45:00.002-06:002019-02-20T11:45:36.231-06:00I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25.I_m_a_Stranger_Here_Myself" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388184037m/25.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25.I_m_a_Stranger_Here_Myself">I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7.Bill_Bryson">Bill Bryson</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2720337830">4 of 5 stars</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I loved most of this book. Some of it I found boring or flippant. However, it captured my imagination.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>First of all, this book was published in 1999 and I am reading in 2018, 20 years later. Things have changed and I was motivated to find out how. Here are some of my research and comments: (Titles of applicable chapter is in parenthesis.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>1. 9/11 had not happened.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>2. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series in 2016. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(Take Me Out to the Ball Game)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>3. Airlines don't serve food any more. (Room Service)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>4. We now shop by E-tail. (Consuming Pleasures)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>5. National Debt is not 22+ trillion it was 4.7 trillon in 1999 </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(The Numbers Game)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>6. # of registered vehicles 2018-276 million 1999-121 million </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(The Cupholder Revolution)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>7. # of people in prison Now 2.3 million 1999 1.6 million</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(The War on Drugs)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>8. Amtrak has a train that stops in eastern and middle New Hampshire on its way to Boston from Maine and back again.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(The Waste Generation)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>9. Global Temperature has increased 1.33 degrees since 1999</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It was predicted in 1999 that would increase in a half a century</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>by 4 degrees and everything would burn up. ((The Waste Generation)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>10. Toy 'R Us went bankrupt last year and closed all of their stores. They are now trying to figure out how they can reopen some of the stores. (Shopping Madness)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>11. Libraries no longer shelve video tapes. DVD's only. (Our Town)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>12. Walmart annual sales 1999 $120 billion 2019 $496 billion</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(Our Town)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>13. Opryland Amusement Park closed in 1997, but Hotel still is triving. (The Great Indoors)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>14. Everyone likes free stuff. 1999-book matches 2019 ball point pens.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(How to Have Fun at Home)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>15. The trend was enclosed malls. 2019 trend has reversed and shoppers want open malls where they can drive to the particular store and not have to get out and walk through the mall to get to it.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(The Great Indoors)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I read this book for my Book Club. I was ready to share my findings when I discovered I had a conflict and couldn't be there. I shared with another member and she is going to share if she finds it appropriate.</i></span><br />
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Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-1148532785940493442019-01-08T15:51:00.001-06:002019-01-08T15:51:40.541-06:00LONDON, A Historical Novel<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92160.London" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="London" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320450619m/92160.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92160.London">London</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16204.Edward_Rutherfurd">Edward Rutherfurd</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2622104161">5 of 5 stars</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wish they had taught history in high school like this. Mr. Rutherford takes the people and their stories through time. The stories are fiction, but the history is real. After I read <u>Sarum</u> I wanted to go North and read <u>London</u>. He moves the reader through different time periods, updating the families with stories of the descendants of the original families. A ancestral chart is included along with maps from the different eras. The chart was of the fictional families. I wish he had included a chart of the different kings and queens during each era*. If you are interested in English history from a personal perspective, I highly recommend <u>London</u>.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*As I read the book, I made my own chart of Kings and Queens that appeared in the book and some events that occurred in each era by chapter. An accurate list can be found at this link: </span><br />
<a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/KingsQueensofBritain/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Kings and Queens of England & Britain</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>The River: BC 54 </b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Druids, Celts, Caesar/Rome King Canute</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>Londinium AD 251</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Romans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>The Rood 604</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christian Church planned. Rome/Pope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anglo Saxon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>The Conqueror 1066</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">King Edward, the Confessor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>The Tower 1078</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">King William I</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>The Saint 1170</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Henry I. Henry II. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket">St. Thomas Becket</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Plantagenet">Plantagenet</a>'s</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>The Mayor 1189</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England">King Richard I, The Lionheart.</a> Crusades. Knights Templar. Magna Carta</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his Son, John ruled, but died. Then, his baby son and the Council lead by The Mayor ruled.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>The Whore House 1295</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Henry III. His son, Edward I, Edward II</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>London Bridge 1357</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Edward III. Richard II (10 year old son)/Guardian, John of Gaunt. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First Bible in English. Geoffrey Chaucer. Henry IV, Henry V,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Civil War of the Roses (two Houses of the Plantagenet's): </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Red-House of Lancaster and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> White-House of York (Tudor)</span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Hampton Court 1533</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Henry VIII-Anne Boleyn-Elizabeth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"> Catherine Parr-Mary Seymour </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Printing Press, Lutherans,Protestants-Cranmer </span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>The Globe 1597</b></u><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> (Theatre)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Elizabeth I</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Agri Economy, Spanish Armada, </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Protestant Church, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">70 years since Columbus discovered America,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Drake and Raleigh, English explorers</span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>God's Fire 1603</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">King James/Scotland-Oliver Cromwell-Richard Cromwell-Charles I </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Mayflower, Idea of Government Debt introduced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Virginia, Massachusetts, Harvard</span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>London's Fire 1665</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Charles II</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">London burns, The Plague, Restoration of House of Commons and Lords </span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>St. Paul's 1675</b> (</u><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Christopher Wren</span><u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">)</u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Charles II</span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">, James II, William III of Orange/Mary Anne</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tories and Whigs, London Rebuilt after the fire, Bank of London</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Astronomy, Greenwich Mean Time, </span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Gin Lane 1750</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">George I, George II</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Bonnie Prince Charles/Jacobite cause died, Catholic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Bow Street, house numbered for 1st time. Hanovers/Protestant</span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Lavender Hill 1819</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">George III, Prince Regent/George IV, William IV</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Buckingham Palace, Industrial Revolution (Coal-Fog)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Bank of England, Options trading/Stock Exchange</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Small Private banks.</span><br />
<u><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><b>The Crystal Palace 1851</b></span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Queen Victoria</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The Great Exhibition, Steam, Railroads, Passenger Trains,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Crimean War-Florence Nightingale</span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>The Cutty Sark 1889</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Queen Victoria</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Telephone, Electricity, Jack the Ripper</span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>The Suffragette 1908</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Queen Victoria, Edward VII, Edward VIII, George V</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Selfridge's Dept. Store, Halley's Comet, Motor Car</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The Tube (Subway)</span><br />
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>The Blitz 1940</b></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">George VI, Elizabeth II</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">WWI, Russian Revolution, Gone With the Wind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Women to vote.</span></div>
<u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>The River 1997</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Elizabeth II</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Clean River Thames, Tate Gallery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Museum of London, Huguenots</span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18854.Jim_Fergus">Jim Fergus</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2612878887">5 of 5 stars</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">This</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><i> </i>is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This story was so well written I felt like it was a fictional account on a real event in history. It is not, but all of the events and characters are so well portrayed that I wanted to make it real. I knew when I was reading it that no good would come at the end. However, I loved the the story up until the end. I will admit that I skipped most of the end because I knew it would be too sad. Luckily, there was a 'Codicil' so I found out the rest of the story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A couple of quotes from the book that spoke to me:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It is the one lesson I learned well at the asylum-to live each day as it comes, day by day, and to dwell neither on regrets of the past nor worries about the future-both of which are beyond my powers to influence." <span style="font-size: x-small;">Spoken by May Dodd after she arrived as the Cheyenne camp. page 89</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Furthermore,..."is it possible that if a warrior believes in his 'medicine', he can make it come true? A fascinating concept, is it not? And one that lies at the very core of 'pagan religion."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"And perhaps of our own," I pointed out, "for now you speak of faith, Helen." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Quite!", said Helen,..."That is to say, faith in the power of God, in the power of Art, in the power of medicine men and medicine animals-it's all one, finally, don't you agree, May?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Conversation between Helen and May while Helen was painting birds on the Cheyenne warriors to protect them from bullets. page 137</span><br />
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Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-576967706325985022018-11-30T15:47:00.000-06:002018-11-30T15:47:09.052-06:00Signing Their Lives Away<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6111443-signing-their-lives-away" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Signing Their Lives Away" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320565899m/6111443.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6111443-signing-their-lives-away">Signing Their Lives Away</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/166990.Denise_Kiernan">Denise Kiernan</a> and Josephy D'Agnese</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2585976731">5 of 5 stars</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I loved this book. It is written in a style that made the signers of The Declaration of Independence become human. It gives a glimpse into the personal lives of each signer as well as what part they each played in the quest for independence from England. It is not a book that you can read cover to cover. It is not a page turner. I decided to read it in small bites reading just a couple of entries each day. It was the non-fiction read for our book club this year. We each took a minor signer and reported on him at our meeting. I chose Lewis Morris*, New York. However, as I read I found some fun tidbits about the different signers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(See my 'Notes' below) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The authors chose a loose writing style that makes this an easy and enjoyable read. They also included The Declaration and a time line of events leading up to the signing and a Time Line from the beginning of the process until George Washington was inaugurated. There is also a Miscellany of independence; such as, who and how many signed which documents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Highly recommend! It will answer some questions and motivate you, is so inclined, to make a deeper study of the beginning of our Republic.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Notes:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>Massachusetts</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">John Adams: Signed the Alien and Sedition Act, which as the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
government's first attempt to hassle immigrants and political opponents. (After
deterioration in Franco-American relations.) Page 29</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eldridge Gerry: Ninth Governor. Once in office he backed a
plan to creatively redraw the state senate voting districts to favor his party.
"Gerrymandering" Page 36</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>Connecticut</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Samuel Huntington: The first President of the <st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place>.
1781-title changed from 'President of the Continental Congress" to
"President of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region> in Congress Assembled". Nine
other men served in that role. That would make George Washington the 11th
President. Pages 55 and 56</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Roger Sherman:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Contributed what is called the 'Great Compromise". When
the smaller states were worried that a population-determined form of
representation would leave them little voice, he suggested a dual legislative
system: the lower house, The House of Representatives, would be determined by
proportion of population, and the upper house, the Senate, would consist of two
seats in each state. Page 59</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>New
York</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Francis Lewis: Shortly after the signing of the Declaration
of Independence on August 2, 1776, a British battleship fired on his home. One
soldier ripped the gold buckles off his wife's shoes only to find out they were
fake. She snapped back "All the glitters is not gold". His house was
destroyed and his 60 year old wife was dragged off and put in a <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state> prison. She was
denied a bed, change of clothing, and decent food for weeks. Finally, a slave
tracked her down and slipped her food and clothing. She was swapped for two
women, wives of prominent Philadelphia Tories. She was still under house arrest
and couldn't leave <st1:city w:st="on">New York City</st1:city>.
She died at age 64 about two years after her release. Page 77</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*Lewis Morris was one of four representatives from New York. New York was the only colony to abstain from signing the first draft on July 2. They were not receiving any direction from their colony and were not willing to decide one way or the other. Lewis Morris helped lead his delegation to approve the Declaration of Independence making the Declaration unanimous. Page 80</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>New
Jersey</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Francis Hopkinson: In March 1780, he took job as Treasurer
of Loans in the Treasury Department. He was on one of the committees tasked
with designing the Great Seal of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>. He cranked out
pencil sketches of the seals for the Treasury, designs for U.S. Currency, a
naval flag and even a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">United</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place> flag. He presented
a bill for his services and it was declined because it was a part of his job.
It wasn't until he died that he got credit for designed the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> flag. The
plaque on his grave reads, "Designer of the American Flag". Pages 91
and 92</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pennsylvania</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">James Wilson: When Parliament closed the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">port</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename></st1:place>,
he argued that because colonists didn't have a say in Parliament, this
resolution was absolutely unconstitutional. He was ahead of his time. By
presuming to judge whether a piece of legislation was correct, <st1:city w:st="on">Wilson</st1:city> implied that judges could, and should,
second-guess legislators. This concept of 'judicial review" would later
become a central tenet of the U.S. Constitution. Page 113</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robert Morris: He was a natural born fund raiser. He went on
to be a superintendent of finance under the Articles of Confederation and later
played a instrumental role in establishing both the Pennsylvania Bank and the
Bank of North America, the country's first government-incorporated bank, which
helped collect funds for the ongoing war effort. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">George Ross: (He was the uncle to John Rose, husband of
Betsy.) He died of a severe gout attack in 1779, reportedly remarking on his
deathbed that he was about to take a "long journey to a cool place where
there would be most excellent wines". Page 126</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Benjamin Rush: He had a knack for describing a scene as
evidenced by this account of the experience of waiting to sign the Declaration
in a letter to John Adams: "Do you recollect the pensive and awful silence
which pervaded the house when we were called up one after another, to the table
of the President of Congress to subscribe what was believed by many at that
time to be our own death warrants?" </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Page 128</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>Maryland</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Charles Carroll: He ended his very long life in the same
manner in which it had begun-as perhaps the richest man in <st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place>. He was the child of a
wealthy tobacco planters. He was Catholic and was sent to <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> for his
education. He danced, he fenced, he spoke French, and he had 10,000 acres all
his own-he really was quite a catch. He married his cousin, Mary Darnall and
had seven children. Page 151</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Samuel 'Old Bacon Face' Chase: He had an abrasive
personality and always managed to say something that rubbed people the wrong
way. He had a gift for oratory that allowed him to crush an opponent with just
the right turn of phrase. He was
unafraid to speak his mind even when he was picking on the most powerful people
in the land. (This was where the 'Bacon Face' name originated, thanks to his
reddish-brown complexion.) Pages 155 and 156</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>Virginia</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Richard Henry Lee: His most notable act was the one that got
the nutty ball of independence rolling: He put forth in Congress the legendary
resolution for separation from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Great Britain</st1:country-region>,
which led to the creation of the Declaration of Independence. Page 180</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>North
Carolina</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Joseph Hewes: John Adams wrote about Hewes and his role in
turning the tide toward independence on several occasions: "Mr. Hewes, who
had hitherto constantly voted against it, started upright, and lifting up both
hands to Heaven...cried out, 'It is done! and I will abide by it.'" <st1:place w:st="on">Adams</st1:place> later said, "The unanimity of the States
finally depended upon the vote of Joseph Hewes, and was finally determined by
him." Page 197</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></o:p><b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i>South
Carolina</i></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Arthur Middleton: Part of the 'fancy foursome' (as the
authors called them) from <st1:place w:st="on">South
Carolina</st1:place>*. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He notably refused to serve on the committee of accounts
because he said he didn't understand them and didn't like business. John Adams
on Middleton-"He had little information and less argument: in rudeness and
sarcasm his forte lay, and he played off his artillery without reserve."
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*Thomas Lynch, Edward Rutledge, and Thomas Heyward, Jr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Edward Rutledge: He was an active speaker and effectual
speaker in Congress and one of the leading voices responsible for postponing
until July the vote on Lee's June 7 resolution for independence. In a sense, we
have him to thank for our ability to celebrate independence during a time of
year that's perfect for baseball, hot dogs, apple pies, and ice cream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He is often credited with playing a pivotal role in
getting the anti-slavery language removed. So the slavery debate was left, in
part at least, for another day and another war, one in which South Carolina
would again assume great importance.</span>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-65712886760557978252018-09-29T11:12:00.000-05:002018-09-29T11:12:30.086-05:00SONG FOR SEPTEMBER<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GEW1F9kZ-UE" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Try to remember the kind of September</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">When life was slow and oh, so mellow</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><i><span style="background-color: white;">Try to remember the kind of September</span></i></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">When grass was green and grain was yellow</i></span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">
</span><span style="background-color: white;"></span></i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Try to remember the kind of September</i></span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">When you were a tender and callow fellow</i></span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">
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<i style="background-color: transparent;">Try to remember and if you remember then follow</i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Try to remember when life was so tender</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">That no one wept except the willow</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Try to remember when life was so tender</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">And dreams were kept beside your pillow</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Try to remember when life was so tender</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">And love was an ember about to billow</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent;">Try to remember and if you remember then follow follow follow</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent;">Deep in December it's nice to remember</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Although you know snow will follow</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Deep in December it's nice to remember</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Without a hurt the heart is hollow</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Deep in December it's nice to remember</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">The fire of September that made us mellow</i></div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Deep in December it's nice to remember and follow</i></div>
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</span>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-10746357146640552582018-09-03T12:33:00.002-05:002018-09-03T15:34:49.803-05:00Side Trip Butterfly Pavilion Westminster Colorado<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The first room was the 'bug room'. Most of the kids lined up for a chance to have Rosie, the tarantula, crawl on their arm. I passed the opportunity. (No, I didn't get a picture of Rosie.) There was also a bee hive in glass. I looked for the queen, but she was hiding that day. Most of the bugs were in hiding so I ventured to the sea creatures exhibit. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Then, on to the butterflies. Everyone has to enter one door into a waiting area. Then, when everyone is in and that door is closed, the door to the butterfly area can be opened. It is almost like a rain forest with butterflies everywhere. Some are posing; some are flying; and some are hiding. Some were even feeding. Who knew that butterflies could be aggressive? (Check out the video at the end of the photos.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Then, hit the gift shop and purchased a few things-a garden solar butterfly light and a butterfly for my printer's tray. Fun morning on my own!</i></span>Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-13580333477919032022018-08-25T11:38:00.002-05:002021-03-18T14:26:14.361-05:00Road Trip Destination Colorado<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>This road trip started with my husband signing up for a <a href="http://www.jdhillberry.com/">J. D. Hilberry </a>workshop in Denver in July. Since we have relatives in Estes Park, we added a few days to go visit them before heading home.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Our first stop was in Skiatook, Oklahoma (pronounced Ski-took 'oo sound as in tool') to visit Jerry Yarnell's Studio. We have been watching Jerry on PBS for years. It was really great to meet him in person. We got a tour of his studio after the class for the day broke up. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Then, we headed to Mulvane, Kansas, (south of Wichita) for the night. We stayed at the Hampton Inn-Hilton which is the hotel for the Kansas State Casino. Chuck's the lucky one in the family winning enough to pay for his bet and our dinner. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The next day was spent going across Kansas. There were several stops along the way to get the kinks out. One stop was in Hayes so I could go to a quilt shop to get a 'Row-by-Row*'kit. .We had decided to make it a three-day trip so we stopped for the night at the Hampton Inn in Colby. We even had time to visit a guitar shop, a flea market, and have some good Mexican food at a local restaurant. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>On the road again headed for Westminster, Colorado, and the Marriott Springhill Suites where the workshop was being held. It was a great location. Within in five minutes was a Target and a shopping/food center. First thing we did was hit Starbucks. The next day when Chuck was in the workshop, I was shopping and touring. </i></span><br />
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Esmee Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628778497377421274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127639787528813198.post-47731912918098043792018-08-24T14:57:00.000-05:002018-08-24T14:57:11.309-05:00The Banker's Wife<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36398129-the-banker-s-wife" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Banker’s Wife" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1521148582m/36398129.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36398129-the-banker-s-wife">The Banker’s Wife</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4907104.Cristina_Alger">Cristina Alger</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2479894501">3 of 5 stars</a><br />
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It's hard for me to review this book, because I really don't care for the modern day suspense/mystery genre. I found that I could only read a chapter before I wanted to put it down. I didn't want to read it at night for fear that I would obsess about what was happening. I finally made myself finish it. It wasn't a bad ending. There were several tense moments for the characters, but all came out okay. I guess I was afraid it wouldn't. Still don't think I will read any more in this genre. Recommend if you like foreign intrigue and the highest levels of the banking industry.
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