How To Preserve Children
Take one large grassy field, 1/2 dozen children, two or three small dogs, a pinch of brook, some pebbles.
Mixed children and the dogs well together.
Put them in a field, stirring constantly.
Pour the brook over the pebbles.
Sprinkle the field with some flowers.
Spread over all a deep blue sky.
Bake in the hot sun.
When thoroughly browned, remove and set to cool in a bathtub!
This was in a cookbook my mom had and also in the Dear Abby column years ago.
Books are such a big part of many people's lives. Maybe we should talk about that.
1. Do you have some books in your home? If so what subjects are they? Which is your favorite? I have books! So many books. I lean toward all the Christian books I can find out there. Authors Mary Crowley, Elisabeth Elliott, Corrie ten Boom, Leslie Leyland Fields, Kevin Leman, James Dobson, Michelle Cushatt, Stephanie Thurling and more. I love good clean romance novels by Hope Holloway and RaeAnne Thayne. Historical books, children's books. I am a book fiend!
2. Do you enjoy browsing around in bookstores ? Do you have a favorite you like to go to? I shop on line as it is convenient and saves making a trip out. But I use to love going to the Tattered Cover when I worked in Denver proper. We have a Barnes and Noble close to our home so I will wander through there occasionally too.
3. Do you think real books are clutter or do you just love having them around you? I LOVE them! I love the smell and feel of a book in my hand and always have. The Denver Broncos had a player named David Bruton. He had a love of books like do and I loved that man and listening to him encourage children to read and giving them books as well. Dolly Parton's Imagination Station is great fun. Our newest grandson will receive a book a month from Dolly's foundation until he is 5 years old. Dolly created her foundation in honor of her own father who could neither read nor write. Yet Dolly said he was the smartest man she ever knew and she learned her good business sense from him.
4. What is the oldest book you've read and what is the newest book you've read or are reading. The oldest book I love is To Kill A Mockingbird and The Good Earth. My uncle Louie had an original copy of the Good Earth and he let me borrow it. He knew I did not fold pages to mark my place and I was tickled I could borrow a classic from him and he would be proud of me for returning it exactly as he gave it to me. There is a book about E.B. White who wrote Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952) and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). I am hoping to add it to my collection soon.
Thank you to Annie who keep this site/blog hop in memory of her friend Toni Taddeo.
Book shops are fun. I really like used books. I've got quite a collection of them now. There's something warm and friendly about holding one in my hands knowing that someone else enjoyed that story too. 💙
ReplyDeleteI love the How to preserve children. So very true.
ReplyDeleteI love Maxine and thank you for the double dose today.
Love your Q&A. We love books here and have two bookcases full of books and stacks here and there. Books take you all over the world to magical places and you don't have to leave your comfortable chair.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. A super big hug topped with lots of love. ♥
I love books too. My oldest is my mom's book from when she was a kid, Dolly Madison's Big Surprise. XO
ReplyDeleteThe recipe is precious, Maxine is funny, and books, ah, books! Wouldn't want to live without them.
ReplyDeleteI love the smell and feel of a book in my hand too.
ReplyDeleteMaxine's humour is delightful.
Hugs and blessings!