tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post6407465277759288223..comments2023-10-25T17:56:55.769-04:00Comments on DemWit: Easing into a second childhoodB.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-81997684728511035692011-04-29T13:59:43.298-04:002011-04-29T13:59:43.298-04:00Zena:
Dorothy Parker was an Americna poet and sat...Zena:<br /><br />Dorothy Parker was an Americna poet and satirist famous for her wisecracks. She was one of the founders of a very famous group. The Algonquin Hotel in New York City had a big round table which was reserved for this group, and the group became known as “The Algonquin Round Table.” The group was made up of New York City writers, critics, playwrights, actors and wits.<br /><br />OneB.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-84777662438633304122011-04-29T11:39:40.483-04:002011-04-29T11:39:40.483-04:00Awesome post. I know that somewhere in the back of...Awesome post. I know that somewhere in the back of my mind I know who Dorothy Parker is, but I can’t seem to place her. Please enlighten me. And I love Winnie the Pooh. Pooh on those people not liking him!! Now you have reminded me about Narnia. I have the whole set of books but have not read them. Cari and I were reading the first one and about halfway through it got lost. I refused to read the ZENA, QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-43406810469545953322011-04-25T21:06:28.556-04:002011-04-25T21:06:28.556-04:00Thanks for all the comments so far! Since Dorothy ...Thanks for all the comments so far! Since Dorothy Parker has been introduced to the discussion, let me say the woman led a terribly unhappy existence. She answered her telephone, “What fresh hell is this?” Yes, she was a wit of the Algonquin Round Table, but that didn’t make her any less miserable. I would suggest she would not be equipped to criticize the joyful heart of A.A. Milne! But, then B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-68667946545153662712011-04-25T20:45:38.092-04:002011-04-25T20:45:38.092-04:00Love it....great way to celebrate a birthday.Love it....great way to celebrate a birthday.Annellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-49330237050034964282011-04-25T20:43:42.195-04:002011-04-25T20:43:42.195-04:00I hadn't even thought of children's fairy ...I hadn't even thought of children's fairy tales. Loved them and read them to my children along with many, many other books. Just not Winnie or Tolkien. Am totally with Dorothy Parker on Winnie.<br /><br />Those orange bios were exactly what I read. And didn't they have a black silhouette on the front?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-5073696614420851602011-04-25T15:51:40.219-04:002011-04-25T15:51:40.219-04:00Happy birthday! I still love Winnie the Pooh, alth...Happy birthday! I still love Winnie the Pooh, although I recall Dorothy Parker said the books made her "want to fwow up." And I was hooked on Narnia as a child. I was well into my twenties when I mentioned those books to a friend who said she could never get past the Christian allegory part. I had never even considered it. Such a simple mind have I, sometimes....Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-83342885322229777012011-04-25T13:16:44.085-04:002011-04-25T13:16:44.085-04:00Tiny is glad you are enjoying your books. She is a...Tiny is glad you are enjoying your books. She is a book worm herself. When she gets her head in a book the rest of the world goes away. <br /><br />In the event of dating herself, Tiny likes to go back to her complete set (7) of the McGuffey Electik Readers used in the one-room grammar school, grades 1-6. Anyone else remember those?<br /><br />The year she started first grade, they closed the Tinynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-58215080339981270852011-04-25T11:09:41.532-04:002011-04-25T11:09:41.532-04:00Hey B.J.,
Enjoyed your blog today. I love reading...Hey B.J.,<br />Enjoyed your blog today. I love reading and also reading to my three sons from birth through school. As they got older,I would read every book that all three were required to read in school, (due to the fact that I needed to be able to ask them questions to make sure they had read the books they were suppose to. You know boys will be boys.) And surprisingly pleased with every Debranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-41213951832729078002011-04-25T10:41:52.270-04:002011-04-25T10:41:52.270-04:00Thanks, Katherine! I’ve seen that title somewhere ...Thanks, Katherine! I’ve seen that title somewhere recently. Possibly a movie Chris wants me to watch. I checked the International Movie Database (IMDb) and the film was made in 1974. Review says it “captures the spirit of the book.” I much prefer to read a book before I see a movie (and don’t know how I missed Mockingbird all these years). I look forward to the read.<br /><br />I had no idea how B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-32108740207812490492011-04-25T10:15:40.518-04:002011-04-25T10:15:40.518-04:00I'd like to suggest one more to add to your ex...I'd like to suggest one more to add to your excellent list. (Winnie The Pooh remains one of my all-time favorites): <br /> <br />The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery. It's a powerhouse disguised in simplicity.Katherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-83449970879520532072011-04-25T10:06:13.555-04:002011-04-25T10:06:13.555-04:00tnlib: I loved fairy tales as a kid and then shari...tnlib: I loved fairy tales as a kid and then sharing them with my boys. I read a lot of children’s books to them (and to my buddy Chris) As far as the fantasy genre, I read Tolkien. But, it has only been in the last few years that I have come to appreciate it. The Harry Potters knocked my socks off. Like you, I read every one of those biographies in the elementary school library – those orange B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-23908201208467900332011-04-25T08:34:34.080-04:002011-04-25T08:34:34.080-04:00As you already know, I'm not into fantasy all ...As you already know, I'm not into fantasy all that much, or sci fi, or anything like that. It doesn't stem from "intellectual snobbishness" - I could never get into it even as a kid. In the 6th grade, the school librarian even complained to my mother that I was reading too many biographies. LOL.<br /><br />But if you have achieved a "a degree of purification – armor againstLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.com