Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #


"Good Wives (Little Women Part 2)"
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]
{carried over from last week}


"Ella Clinton," or "By their fruits ye shall know them" #
by Martha Finley
[children's fiction, Protestant (Presbyterian) } ]
(free Google e-book)
{this book was published 11 years before the 
author's more well-known Elsie Dinsmore.}


"The Mother's Book"
by Lydia Maria Child
[non-fiction]
{I'm reading a facsimile edition, bought several years ago.}


"Astrid Lindgren: Storyteller to the World"
by Johanna Hurwitz
[children's nonfiction, biography]


"An Old-Fashioned Girl"
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]
{carrying over into next week}

Reviving My Meme

Quite some time ago, I had a meme on this blog.  Unfortunately, I've

neglected it for awhile.

Well, starting this Monday evening, I am pleased to announce

(drumroll, please)

THE RETURN OF HOBBY-TALK TUESDAY!

Reading Alcott Again

Once again, I am reading Louisa May Alcott's books, and once again I am reading them

in chronological order.   However, instead of reading one a week, as I did last year,  I'm

reading  one of LMA's books, then three books by other writers, and then an LMA

book again.

Also,  I am reading the physical copies, rather than the online versions.  Some books

seem best read in their original form.

I'd like to someday have all of Louisa May Alcott's books in the Orchard House Editions.

EWTN Live 2012-06-20 - Fr. Pacwa w/ Rob Wahl

Fr. Mitch and Rob Wahl (The Roamin' Catholic) together!
Great fun!

Fortnight For Freedom

If anyone had ever told me that someday American citizens would be in

danger of losing the right to freedom of religion, I probably would have

laughed in his or her face.  I never would have believed that we would

need a Fortnight For Freedom.  Not here.  Not in America.

Remember our pilgrim fathers and mothers?   They came here

in order that they could worship God according to their own

consciences.  Well, if I believed that the dead actually did,

when perturbed, turn over in their graves, then I would have

to believe that right now, those pilgrims are spinning like

tops!

Australian Commercial added to Chocolate Collection

I've just added this 1959 Australian Nestle's Commercial to my Chocolate Collection.
Note how the brand name Nestle's is pronounced!

New Painting in Rosary Art Collection

I've just added another painting to my Rosary Art Collection.
I love the way Mary and Elizabeth are clasping one another's hands.