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charliesmum) wrote2005-05-13 11:47 am
charliesmum) wrote2005-05-13 11:47 am
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Friday the 13th *insert omnious music here*
Actually, I've usually had pretty good days when it was Friday the 13th. Maybe it is just because it's Friday. Gives a person something to comment on in the elevator, though.
Random thought of the day: How many of you have ever heard of the Honey Bunch book series? I'm just curious. They were written as part of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, and was in print from 1923 through 1955.
My mother's older sister, my Aunt Judy, gave me her collection when I was a little girl, and these books really helped me through some hard times - talk about escapism! The heroine was a 6 year old blonde haired, blue eyed moppet who was cute and sweet and everyone loved her and she went on exotic trips with her parents and people always gave her things, and she was chosen to be in parades and whatnot because she was so cute and sweet and good.
They are fun to read just to get the culture of America in the early days of the 20th century. One book is all about a her father getting a car. Just the characterization of some of the so-called minorities is worth a chuckle. And I remember reading one book when I was young that kept mentioning this young boy who was an uncle, as he had much older siblings, and Honey Bunch (whose real name was Gertrude Marion Morton, by the way) was amazed at meeting 'an uncle in short pants'. I couldn't understand what short pants had to do with anything.
I'd decided that if my sister had a girl, I would eventually give my niece the books, since they were passed down to me by my Aunt, so I'm glad I have a niece to give them too, though it will be a wrench to part with them. I gave Susan the first one when she was in the hospital with Emmeline, just to get used to the idea.
I just looked them up and some copies are being sold for around $30. I have almost the entire series...no. they are an heirloom. Won't sell them to make a quick buck.
I haven't quoted my Dalai Lama calendar in awhile, and today is a good one: Respect for fundamental human rights should not remain an ideal to be achieved but a requisite foundation for every human society
Random thought of the day: How many of you have ever heard of the Honey Bunch book series? I'm just curious. They were written as part of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, and was in print from 1923 through 1955.
My mother's older sister, my Aunt Judy, gave me her collection when I was a little girl, and these books really helped me through some hard times - talk about escapism! The heroine was a 6 year old blonde haired, blue eyed moppet who was cute and sweet and everyone loved her and she went on exotic trips with her parents and people always gave her things, and she was chosen to be in parades and whatnot because she was so cute and sweet and good.
They are fun to read just to get the culture of America in the early days of the 20th century. One book is all about a her father getting a car. Just the characterization of some of the so-called minorities is worth a chuckle. And I remember reading one book when I was young that kept mentioning this young boy who was an uncle, as he had much older siblings, and Honey Bunch (whose real name was Gertrude Marion Morton, by the way) was amazed at meeting 'an uncle in short pants'. I couldn't understand what short pants had to do with anything.
I'd decided that if my sister had a girl, I would eventually give my niece the books, since they were passed down to me by my Aunt, so I'm glad I have a niece to give them too, though it will be a wrench to part with them. I gave Susan the first one when she was in the hospital with Emmeline, just to get used to the idea.
I just looked them up and some copies are being sold for around $30. I have almost the entire series...no. they are an heirloom. Won't sell them to make a quick buck.
I haven't quoted my Dalai Lama calendar in awhile, and today is a good one: Respect for fundamental human rights should not remain an ideal to be achieved but a requisite foundation for every human society