Throwback Thursday

Connecting a Picture and a Quote

I always connect this Garth Williams illustration from Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder with these words from Walden, by Henry David Thoreau:
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
If Laura Ingalls, at the age she was in the picture, had heard that quotation, I'm sure she would have agreed perfectly!

Originally posted on July 29, 2012

Sunday Snippets--- a Catholic Carnival

Well, here it is time once more for Sunday Snippets! Thanks to RAnn for hosting!  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours? 

Semper Gaudete!: Blogger Compares Abortion to Cavity Removal, Calls Babies “Time-Sucking Monsters”

Semper Gaudete!: For Today's Solemnity (re-post, slightly edited)

Semper Gaudete!: A Post I HAVE to Share

Semper Gaudete!: Happy New Year!

Semper Gaudete!: Throwback Thursday

Semper Gaudete!: The First Story That Ever Made Me Cry

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Born Catholics"

compiled by F.J. Sheed

[non-fiction]
{Sunday Book}  

 "The Woman's Club: A Practical Guide and Hand-book"

by Olive Thorne Miller

[non-fiction]

(free Google book)

{carried over from last week}

"Jerry Todd's Up-The-Ladder Club #

by Leo Edwards

[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

{carried over from last week}

"Don't Call Me Katie Rose"

"The Winds of March"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

[YA fiction]

{carried over from last week}

"John of Pudding Lane" #
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[children's fiction, historical]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Daddy Long-Legs" #

by Jean Webster

[fiction]

(free Kindle book)

"Dear Pen Pal" #

by Heather Vogel Frederick

[fiction]

(Kindle book]

{carrying over into next week} 

"Richie Rich Summer Games"

[comic digest]

(openlibrary.org loan)

appropriate, since I recently joined

Richie Rich Comics Fan Club



You may have noticed by now that I often have several books "going" at the same time!

The First Story That Ever Made Me Cry

The first story I ever cried over was The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck, by Beatrix Potter. That business about the eggs just got to me.

I didn't realize back then... I hadn't even heard the term... but that was my introduction (or should that be introDUCKtion?) to the literary device known as tragic irony.

Throwback Thursday

Originally posted on January 6th, 2012

The Name Was The Same

There was something that puzzled me, and I mean greatly puzzled me, when I was little. In order to understand my confusion, you need to know that my maternal grandfather's first name was Nathan.
Every now and then, my family would go to

for a meal. Baba preferred to sit down to eat, so we'd go inside and enjoy table service.
My usual meal was a hot dog or a hamburger (I was crazy about their hamburgers!) a chocolate shake or a cup of hot chocolate, and sometimes corn on the cob. There was one item I invariably
ordered: French fries.
So where does the confusion come in?
Remember, my grandfather's first name was Nathan.
The place was called Nathan's.
We've established these two facts.
I could never understand why we had to pay for our meals, since it was quite
obvious to me that my Grandpa owned the place!

Happy New Year!

Yes, at one time March 25th was the first day of the year.

I found this passage in "John of Pudding Lane", by Mabel Leigh Hunt:

"Do you not remember it is Lady Day, the first day of the year 1719?  And for once your father's almanac is right, for it says: 'March the twenty-fifth.  About this time expect sleet and foul weather.' "

As soon as I read that, I knew I had to blog about it.

A Post I HAVE to Share

I came across this post, and, as a "Betsy-Tacy" and "Little House" fan, I just HAD to share it.