This Week's Fan Fiction

I've finally added a new chapter to my Waltons prequel,

The Poem

To go directly to the latest chapter, click here.

Even Funnier Than I Thought

There are people who claim that the Bible is a serious book.... and I'm not denying that it is.  It's only when they say that it is only a serious book, with no humor in it, that I have to ask myself, "Are we reading the same Bible?"

I'm not going to make a long list of verses and passages that I find humorous in Sacred Scriptures, but I will share two of my personal favorites, using the RSV-CE.

(Matthew 7:3-4)

"Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Or how can you say to your brother, `Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?"

Now there's an image for you... someone walking around with a great big log in his eye.
I can imagine the crowds who were listening laughing!

And then we have my absolute favorite:

(Matthew 23:24)

You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

I recently realized that I was missing out on a lot of the humor in the Bible, since the puns can so seldom be translated into English.  So I Googled "puns in the Bible", and discovered that the word for "gnat" was galma, and the word for "camel" was gamla.

So it turns out that it's not just a humorous verse... it is also a pun!

I was delighted to find out that this verse is even funnier than I thought it was!

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),

and not necessarily in the order read.

"My Daily Spiritual Companion"

by Marci Alborghetti

daily devotional reading for 2017

I liked the book I used last year better

"The Home Has A Heart"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction; Christian (Protestant) themes, recipes, 
anecdotes]
(June chapter only)

"First Term at Malory Towers"
"Second Form at Malory Towers"

"Third Year at Malory Towers"
"Upper Fourth at Malory Towers"
"In The  Fifth at Malory Towers"
"Last Term at Malory Towers"
by Enid Blyton
[children's fiction]

"Reproachfully Yours"

by Lucile Hasley

[nonfiction, Catholic, humor]

"Anne Of Windy Poplars"
by L.M. Montgomery
[fiction, historical, 1880s-1890s]

"Lily's Passport To Paris"
by Nancy Rue
[children's fiction, Protestant, no
denomination(s) specified)]

"Meet Josefina, an American Girl"# 
by Valerie Tripp 
[children's fiction, historical, 1820s]
(openlibrary.org loan)
I hadn't read any of the American Girl books, so I decided to give them a try

"Ginnie Joins In"

(openlibrary.org loan)

by Catherine Woolley
[children's fiction]

In Other Words..... Meow

Winky has several different ways of meowing at me... none of which are 100% "meows."  Among his sounds are "um-yow", "merrow", "ma-yow", several "mews" in a row, "moi" (French pronunciation), and several others impossible to put into our alphabet.

Incidentally, I read awhile ago that no two cats "meow" at their humans in exactly the same way, and, having known quite a few cats, both mine and other people's, I believe it.  Besides, it makes purrfect sense.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),

and not necessarily in the order read.

"My Daily Spiritual Companion"

by Marci Alborghetti

daily devotional reading for 2017

I liked the book I used last year better

"Fun E-Farm"

by Heather Wiseman
(physical copy)

[children's fiction, Protestant (denomination(s) unspecified) "todaysgirls.com" series, (created by Terry K. Brown)]

"Intimate Practices: Literacy and Cultural Work in U. S. Women's

Clubs, 1880-1920" 

by Anne Ruggles Gere

[nonfiction]

"Reproachfully Yours"

by Lucile Hasley

[nonfiction, Catholic, humor]

"Little Girl With Seven Names"
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[children's fiction, historical (time not given, but before 1900) ]

"Anne Of The Island"
"Anne Of Windy Poplars"
by L.M. Montgomery
[fiction, historical, 1880s]

"Here's Lily!"
"Lily Robbins, M.D. (Medical Dabbler)"
"Lily And The Creep"
"Lily's Ultimate Party"
"Ask Lily"
"Lily the Rebel"
"Lights, Action, Lily!"
"Lily Rules!"
"Rough and Rugged Lily"
"Lily Speaks!"
"Horse Crazy Lily"
"Lily's Church Camp Adventure"
"Lily's In London?!"
by Nancy Rue
[children's fiction, Protestant, no
denomination(s) specified) ]

"The Midnight Test"
by Elmo Stoll
[children's fiction, Amish]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Ginnie and Geneva"
"Ginnie Joins In"
by Catherine Woolley
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loans)

Children and the Legion of Decency

If kids had reviewed movies for the Legion of Decency, there is one thing that would have definitely gotten a film a "C" rating:  The dog dies.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),

and not necessarily in the order read.

"My Daily Spiritual Companion"

by Marci Alborghetti

daily devotional reading for 2017

I liked the book I used last year better

Chapter 2 of

"Minutes From The Great Women's Coffee Club
Timeless Wisdom From Remarkable Women" #

by Angela Beasley

[nonfiction]

there are 12 chapters, and I'm reading one a month.

I've given my reason in this post

"Kitty At St. Clare's"

by Pamela Cox
(authorized)
"Claudine at St. Clare's"
"Fifth Formers of St. Clare's"
by Enid Blyton

"The Sixth Form At St. Clare's"

by Pamela Cox

(authorized)

[children's fiction, Enid Blyton's St. Clare's series]

"Power Drive"
by Nancy Been Peacock

"Unpredictable"

by Tess Kindig
(openlibrary.org loans)

"Fun E-Farm"
by Heather Wiseman
(physical copy)

[children's fiction, Protestant (denomination(s) unspecified) "todaysgirls.com" series, (created by Terry K. Brown)]

"Comfort Pease and Her Gold Ring" #
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
[children's fiction, historical, 1800s]
(free online book)

"Intimate Practices: Literacy and Cultural Work in U. S. Women's

Clubs, 1880-1920" 

by Anne Ruggles Gere

[nonfiction]

"Girl In The Witch House"
by Ruth Langland Holberg
[children's fiction, historical, 1770s]

"Betsy and Tacy  Go Downtown"

by Maud Hart Lovelace

[children's fiction, historical]

"Anne Of The Island"
by L.M. Montgomery
[fiction, historical, 1880s]

"True Devotion To Mary"  
by St. Louis De Montfort
translated by Fr. Frederick Faber
[Catholic spiritual classic]
appropriate for this month