Friday, September 24, 2010
Flashback Friday # think 3 + 10 = (you might think it's unlucky so I won't post it) ~ My Early Book Reading
These books were written after I was too old for them. Clifford's Kitten was copyrighted in 1984 while Disney's Winnie the Pooh came out in 1965.
All about our early reading opportunities and involvement is what Linda wants from us this week. Linda asked several questions. Click her icon, right, if you want to read others or participate in this.This morning Linda has written of many of her childhood books you might identify with.
First,
a little teacher joke from my friend, bornagn901 (I never know whether that will be James or Gwen--the address belongs to James but they both use it when it comes pass-around-joke time):
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
Now, to what Linda asked us to answer:
Did you like to read when you were a child? What were your favorite genres, books or series? Did you read books because of the author or because of the title/plot?
Did you like to read when you were a child? What were your favorite genres, books or series? Did you read books because of the author or because of the title/plot?
I loved to read and would read everything that was around. Back then I liked the scary and adventure type reading. The first book I remember reading (many times) was a Billy Goat Gruff book which I still have but can't find for a picture today. I liked trolls too. Later my favorite would be the Tugboat Annie series in the Saturday Evening Post.
Did you own many books?
I didn't own very many books at all. My favorite was a little book of poems. I still have that book from which my favorite poem was Abou Ben Adhem. I am not sure that my teacher in her heart approved of this poem that I decided to memorize for her assignment.
I dabble a little in writing poetry now, see some of them on my other blog, here.
Did you visit the library often?
The two-room high school for grades 7-10 similarly had bookcases for the library. I don't remember reading any from those.
Was there a summer reading program when you were young, and did you participate?
Summer reading programs were for the town kids.
Do you have any particular memories of your school libraries?
My most vivid memory was reading my Zane Grey magazines from home in the library. I would put them inside 'approved' reading material.
What were your favorites and least favorites among the classics (the ones high school English teachers assign!)?
If you didn't like reading, do you like it more today than you did then?
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Per Wikipedia: Leigh Hunt (author of the poem, Abou Ben Adhem), had read in Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville's Bibliothèque Orientale (1781) of the Islamic belief that on the night of Shab-i-Barat, "The Night of Records’ in the month of "Sha'ban" Allah takes the golden book of mankind and crosses off the names of those whom he is calling to him in the coming year, those whom he loves." The poem is by far the most famous that Hunt wrote.
Number 1 3:
Books more current:
William Barclay Commentaries (New Testament); please note my monkey multiplication table toy and Dick Tracy camera from my childhood
Some of the books given to me by my friend, Sam S, before he moved to a retirement home. Sam died about a year ago from Parkinson's disease.
My Black's Law Dictionary from my law school days
My NIV Study Bible appears to be needing a face lift and other books on the shelf in our living room. Someplace here I have my early childhood Bible with pictures but I think it did want to pose for a picture either this morning. The Statue of Liberty on the right is my XX birthday present. We went to NYC that year, 2003, to watch Karen run the NYC Marathon. We got to see her five times by riding the subway to places where she would run past.
Labels: Flashback Friday, Jim's Life
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Cleaner cook stoves, please ladies
How clean is your cook stove? Mrs. Jim and I each work on keeping ours clean.I may be doing more than my share of work. I think I will start a pie chart.
Secretary Clinton to Announce New Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves at Clinton Global Initiative.
Today at 10:09 PM CDST Fall officially begins.
Labels: Flashback Friday, Humor
Monday, September 20, 2010
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The sermon today was a shoe filler.
Right, there was no toe room left. That's why I'm carrying mine.
I couldn't get that carried away.
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The sermon today was a shoe filler.
Right, there was no toe room left. That's why I'm carrying mine.
I couldn't get that carried away.
140 Characters
µ-fiction
Story Copyright
© 2010 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River (from Dover Publications' weekly design sampler)
Check over at Susan's blog, Stony River, for more microfiction Monday! They should read quickly because our requirement is 140 characters or less.You might like to try this. It's fast, easy, and fun.
Labels: Microfiction-Monday
