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Apr. 21st, 2012 02:49 pmNetflix movie. ( The Namesake )
I've also watched a three disc British tv series "A Perfect Spy" based on a le Carré novel. It follows the life of a son of a con man who grows up to betray everybody in sight. It wasn't as good as Tinker/Tailor.
I bought some cds for my birthday when I discovered that Lyle Lovett had a new one. For free delivery from Amazon, I also bought the new Bonnie Raitt and a Delbert McClinton. I'm happy with all of them, though I have to say that I like Lovett's earlier work better.
I thought I'd do this.
{Take the 100 Things challenge!}
I have ideas about scans.
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I've also watched a three disc British tv series "A Perfect Spy" based on a le Carré novel. It follows the life of a son of a con man who grows up to betray everybody in sight. It wasn't as good as Tinker/Tailor.
I bought some cds for my birthday when I discovered that Lyle Lovett had a new one. For free delivery from Amazon, I also bought the new Bonnie Raitt and a Delbert McClinton. I'm happy with all of them, though I have to say that I like Lovett's earlier work better.
I thought I'd do this.
{Take the 100 Things challenge!}
I have ideas about scans.
( A WASP flyer )
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Mar. 16th, 2012 11:42 amSome time ago there was an appeal for help on LJ for a woman who was forced to move cross country. The particulars are vague now. Anyway, somehow it was going to help her if one bought a book from a certain publishing company. It seemed reasonable and I went to the publishing site (it featured women writers) and it confused me (as they can) and I bought a book by the only name I recognized. So that's how I have a book by Charlotte Yonge (1823-1901), The Daisy Chain.
I've started reading it and am half way through its 700-something pages. I find her style very readable, it being mostly dialogue and very little description. It's the story of a recently widowed doctor and his 11 children (it's remarkable that no children have died young). Yonge manages to give all the children distinct personalities so reading about the gang of them is easy to follow. She is writing about a very, very Christian family who are constantly examining their consciences to see if they have fallen into the sins of pride or ambition for the sake of worldly glory. There's also a good deal of weeping for both boys and girls.
I'm mostly fascinated about the people she doesn't write about. One of the girls is running a school for poor children (who are often referred to as savage in dress and manner) but they are very seldom give voice. What they are taught is only vaguely referred to. Also, in this middle-class family, meals are served, the house is maintained but not it seems by the family's children. Who's doing it? Why are the maid servants never mentioned? Who's doing the cooking? There's a nanny/governess. Does she eat with the family? She's only ever mentioned in regard to the schoolroom. Does she cease to exist when no one is looking at her? The selectivity of giving voice to characters is, as I say, fascinating.
Now for something completely different.
There's a museum for the WASPs of WWII in Sweetwater, Texas that I joined recently and they send out lots of wanting money letters (it's the nature of the beast). The latest one had a small booklet with some info on individual flyers that I thought I'd inflict on the LJ, one at at time. ( Under the cut to spare your fl )
I've started reading it and am half way through its 700-something pages. I find her style very readable, it being mostly dialogue and very little description. It's the story of a recently widowed doctor and his 11 children (it's remarkable that no children have died young). Yonge manages to give all the children distinct personalities so reading about the gang of them is easy to follow. She is writing about a very, very Christian family who are constantly examining their consciences to see if they have fallen into the sins of pride or ambition for the sake of worldly glory. There's also a good deal of weeping for both boys and girls.
I'm mostly fascinated about the people she doesn't write about. One of the girls is running a school for poor children (who are often referred to as savage in dress and manner) but they are very seldom give voice. What they are taught is only vaguely referred to. Also, in this middle-class family, meals are served, the house is maintained but not it seems by the family's children. Who's doing it? Why are the maid servants never mentioned? Who's doing the cooking? There's a nanny/governess. Does she eat with the family? She's only ever mentioned in regard to the schoolroom. Does she cease to exist when no one is looking at her? The selectivity of giving voice to characters is, as I say, fascinating.
Now for something completely different.
There's a museum for the WASPs of WWII in Sweetwater, Texas that I joined recently and they send out lots of wanting money letters (it's the nature of the beast). The latest one had a small booklet with some info on individual flyers that I thought I'd inflict on the LJ, one at at time. ( Under the cut to spare your fl )
