A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed. — Katherine Paterson, Gates of Excellence
Stick with me, sisters, I’m on a roll.
Yep, like a ballpoint pen, I’m rolling across the open page …
Woo-hoo!
On the heels of my Manners post in late March, I’m feeling all fired up about …
LA Brown says: one of my favorite sites. Can follow him on Twitter also 🙂
“To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.” Phyllis Theroux
This quote popped up on WordPress when I made a blog post this evening…
I love snail mail and hand-written letters. Thanks for the link to a cool site.
Eileen Widman says: I love hand written letters too and am missing the letter writing girls group we used to have through M.J.F.
Sending a hand written letter with a small surprise in it was so much fun. I still have all of the ones I received over that couple of years.
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April says: ahhh! So sweet! 🙂
Oh i love the doll. My mother made one for each of my girls one Christmas. We used old baby clothes on them and she made some too. They were a joy and the most loved gifts of the season.
Boondocks?
Sticks?
Puckerbrush?
How about the willywags?
If you’re a rural farmgirl, you likely hail from one of the above. The question is:
Furthermore!! Yep, that’s one from my neck of the woods. Warsh as well. In fact I need to do some warshing today. Midwest are my roots.
My mom was raised out in the toolies in Warshington state. Lots of our sayings migrated here from the Midwest (also known as “Back East”) and Tarheel country.
Carolyn Harvey says: I come from Western Virginia, also known as West Virginia and here we call it the :Buggerwoods” in a Hollar that you have to pump sunshine in.
MaryJane says: LOVE buggerwoods:)
We live in the boontoonies, rural Granville County, North Carolina — right outside of Stem and Shoofly. Really.
Oh there are so many from my childhood on the Chesapeake bay . “Bo” – thats short for the local brew that all and sundry drank, called ” National Bohemian Beer” , as in : ” y’all want a bo ?” . Bloody Blue Murder as in ” she was screaming bloody blue murder “. Ofcourse I mentioned in an earlier dialect post ,” a passel”, and ” a whole slew” . Teensy and/or weensy was always for small. All sentences spoken to a child ended in
” ya hear? ” always . I was especially fond of ” yowssir” for yes, which my mother discouraged as it was more of an African -American dialect. There are tons more as my memory banks open up, I may have to leave a second post later on.
Ok, after working in the garden getting ready for yet another of “Jack Frost’s paintings ( frost) , and our possible late spring snow tonght : ” onion snow”, I remembered a really old fashioned one. ” I swan” (pronounced like the bird) for ” I swear”. You ” don’t hardly never ” hear that one anymore. I grew up with “yonder” but don’t usually hear that one anymore. “haighnts” ( spelled several different ways) for the word “ghost”. “much obliged ” for thank you -so polite. “hang a louie” for turn left and ” hang a ralph ” for turn right . My personal favorite phrase for folding money: ” dead presidents”. Calling any old woman you don’t know by name : ” Aunt” or “Auntie”, and for old men ” Uncle” , a leftover from slave days. We all are familiar with ” a mess o’ ” for any large amount usually referring to food. ” I heard tell” always referring to gossip.
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Eileen Widman says: OK, Who are these lovelies?
MaryJane says: Taken in Oakesdale, Washington in the 40-50s. One of the gals in the pic gave it to us to use. The girls were official agriculture ambassadors. Ca-Ute!
whittney says: that so funny that you posted this cause i was just got out all my old black an white family pictures.
Eileen Widman says: I have one of these of my Grandmother taken when she was 16.
Eileen Widman says: Just finished a book Titled Planet Walker. You would like it Mary Jane. Now reading Hummingbirds Daughter,
Between bouts of doll making, and quilting. Got out a lot of old unfinished projects and looked at them to decide if they were worth finishing now that I have the room. Yes was the answer so sewing fun has begun!!!
Kindle electronic readers are capable of kindling some pretty fiery emotions among literature lovers. The technologically inclined love the Kindle’s compact paper-free design and countless download choices. The technologically challenged, on the other hand, maintain a passionate devotion to the printed page, citing the irreplaceable pleasure of whispering pages and the …
Elizabeth Fields says: I am also an avid book lover! Old books, new books-they call to me on a daily basis. When life sometimes can be a little overwhelming, a good book transports me on a mini vacation to someone elses world. Personally, I can’t imagine reading with a Kindle (no offense to the manufacturers) because the touch and feel of the binding, the turning of each page to find out what happens next, the scent that wafts up from my old books from the 1920’s; well those things can’t be replaced! I do appreciate the efforts of Worldreader’s however. Because to me the only thing worse than not having my books, would be having nothing to read at all. Everyone deserves that!
Hi MaryJane,
I didn’t think I would like having a Kindle until my parents gave me one for Christmas, and I must admit to loving it. And I’m one of those people who still doesn’t have an iPod, much less an iPad! For books with images or interesting typography or cool binding or something like that, of course the real thing is irreplaceable, but when the text is all that matters, I’m a true Kindle convert. What Worldreader is doing sounds fabulous and much easier than shipping tons of books overseas.
By the way, I just started a blog, somewhat inspired by your take on the good life, and posted today raving about how great you and your magazine are. :o) Thanks for all that you do!
Lisa H says: I work for an organization that has people in many areas of Africa, mainly Uganda and Ghana, as well as Bangladesh and India. While the technology and accessibility for these things is absolutely wonderful, I wonder about things like how do they keep them charged when electricity is intermittent at best? What happens when the technology becomes old (in a day) and it needs to be upgraded in order to continue to be used. I know electricity is a very BIG problem in the countries I have mentioned because I work with people in those countries all the time. So while this idea is inspiring I am just wondering how effective this will really be. I really like the idea behind the kindle, but I’m so tired of having to keep up with technology. I know that twenty years from now I’ll still be able to read the book on my shelf. Will I be able to say the same with the Kindle?
Give me a live book anyday. I do not want a machine that can be broken, malfunction etc. Besides reading is an excellent remedy for loneliness without distractions. I live in an area where my computer goes out and there is only one service in the area! Books are my best friends.
Our home is filled with books, tons of books! We LOVE books!!!! I have shelf after shelf of 100+ year old books and read them. That said…I love the fact that I can get so many books for free from Gutenberg Press especially since my favorite stories are all so old they no longer have copyrights. I also love being able to down load books for homeschooling. Our town library here in Nowhere, Idaho is…pathetic. The micro collection of books combined with the pathetic hours, would mean buying a lot of books for our Charlotte Mason inspired homeschooling. Having e-books is wonderful.
Tomi says: I resisted, “I love checking out free books at the library, do NOT get me a Kindle”, I said. Yep, he bought me a Kindle for Christmas. Yes, I love it. Just wish I could “share” books MORE.
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LOVE this… 🙂 🙂 I just might try making my own quill pen now, too.. 🙂 🙂 Extra love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 🙂