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I adored those books

sassymonkey — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:40:07 -0500

I had a Disney collection, including a Disney record player that I believe had Dumbo on it. I loved it. It had all the classic Disneyfied stories. Sleeping Beauty was my favourite. You had to turn the page when your heard Tinkerbell.

I do believe that one of my nephews "inherited" the collection and promptly destroyed it. Sigh.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Listening to stories on records, tapes, cds & ipod

Willful Woman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:01:19 -0500

Rita,

You brought back such memories! I'd completely forgotten about that bell! And waiting ( a little impatiently) for it to sound so that I could turn the page. I'd sit cross-legged in front of our family's stereo and listen to The Frog Princess over and over again. The story was a little creepy actually but the magic was in the fact that the voice on the record matched the words on the page. I loved it! Thanks for bringing that memory back.

I listened to all the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and Magic Treehouse books on tape and CD with my kids driving from Bethesda, MD to Connecticut to see family for years when they were little. They made the miles fly. Books on tape are magic. Instead of a movie in the car, they make your child use their imagination to put images to the words they hear and the experience is so much more satisfying. We've since moved and even our small town library has tons of books on tape and CD. It's a must-stop before any long car ride. Charlotte's Web was a tearjerker on our way to the beach one year. And, although I'm no technical genius, in emergencies I can even download stories off the internet onto my iPhone to play in the car...provided I'm not the one driving.

Thanks! Willful Woman www.besidethestonewall.com

having a little laugh

chocochicaberry — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:27:06 -0500

Ok just so I just finished reading the story and I'm having a little laugh as well. For one, I'm amazed that I actually understand pidgin english, and to top it off, the story itself is very amusing to read. The pidgin english makes the story more fun and engaging to read.

My favorite part:

"’Nah! Yuh come in de woods tah kill meh animals.’
‘No, No! Ah eh come tah harm no body.’
‘Why yuh lookin’ at meh feet?’
“Ah eh look at yuh feet! Ah eh look at yuh feet!’
and dah was when ah look down
and see he cloven feet because
he was half man an’ half beast."

Great story Allyson!

Thanks

kmcdade — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:00:21 -0500

You're probably right about the over-thinking. It really is just one of those negative comments that sometimes stick with you for life. And I need to let go of this one -- take what I need from it and move on. Thanks for your comment.

Kathleen

http://www.technoearthmama.com

Tough but maybe you're over-thinking?

Denise — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:49:59 -0500

I'm pretty sure a post about being in amateur cast productions of Rocky Horror Picture should are anything but dry. ;-)

And, The Yellow Wallpaper is tough to write about without feeling dry. You need to be serious, this is serious stuff... and you don't want to be all emotional because, good grief it's The Yellow Wallpaper... feminism and all that...

But yea, sometimes it's tough to say what you need to say (oh good grief, now I'm channeling John Mayer. I clearly need more coffee... and to go read your RHPS post.)

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Thanks!

notonlyart — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:59:28 -0500

Not only for your comment but also for sharing your thoughts about the first love. Most of my friends thought Sujit was being unfair to his wife. Thanks again!

Nice One

payal25 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:54:19 -0500

One could fall in love many times during the course of a lifetime, but
the first rush of love always holds a special place in our hearts.

gorgeous writing

Pam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:00:54 -0500

thanks for posting this. it's like dreaming.

pam

Nerd's Eye View

flickristas, unite

Grace Davis — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:45:35 -0500

Dearest AP, the Queen of North Carolina Bloggers - Warm greetings to you, my friend. Yes, I get lost in flickr as well. Sometimes I'll chase a tag, like "freak":

http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&z=t&w=all&q=freak&m=tags

Gaaah! Still, it's fun and serves as a break from the usual blog wars.

Chris Dollin - It's high time you teach your kids proper gang signage in that homeschool of yours, don't you think?

And, yes, the ordinary is almost always extraordinary. I've always believed that the best stories come from everyday life. Lovers of Danielle Steel and Robert Ludlum books will disagree with me. However, I will confess to loving one of their romance-lit or thriller books on the beach.

Grace Davis
Contributing Editor/Life

I have a bunch of holga and

kperfetto — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:26:01 -0500

I have a bunch of holga and polaroid shots on my Flickr page, and I scanned the Monkees ticket. I saw three of them -- no Mike (who I guess was rich enough at that point from his white-out inheritance to miss the reunion tour.)

Available Light & Five Dollar Radio

Wow! Scan those Holga and Brownie pics!

Grace Davis — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:28:52 -0500

kperfetto, I'm a huge fan of Holga photographs. There's a big presence of these cheapo and toy camera shots on flickr. The images are amazing, often ethereal and mystical.

Even more ethereal and mystical -The Monkees. You saw all of them at once? Not just Davy and Mickey? I am very impressed and would love the backstory on that. (Hmmmm, maybe join flickr and the Ticket Stub group?)

Grace Davis
Contributing Editor/Life, and secret love of Mickey Dolenz
State of Grace

instamatic

kperfetto — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:43:40 -0500

"I used to own and wield the lazy woman's snapshot machine, a Kodak Instamatic camera"

I love old, cheap -- especially cheap -- cameras. Currently I have two Holgas, eight Polaroids, a 110 (somewhere), and a brownie box camera that's over 100 years old. I use all of them. I'm still not digital.

I'll check out those Flickr goups -- admittedly, I haven't been around much. The ticket stub one intrigues me, as I throw nothing away. I still have the stub from a Monkees reunion show, my first concert.
Available Light & Five Dollar Radio

Love it!

chris — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:12:30 -0500

I love the long stories that peple attach to their photographs at flickr. It makes you see that sometimes the most ordinary photos are anything but.

It also inspires me to go out and photograph the ordinary things in my life. My children aren't throwing gang signs yet. We are still in the bunny ears phase ;-)

Chris

Notes From the Trenches

Fantastic post, Grace! I

arse poetica — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:31:13 -0500

Fantastic post, Grace! I really enjoyed reading this, and I have gotten "lost" on Flickr countless times, flitting from one eye-catching picture/story to the next. Gives me hope for the world sometimes against all evidence to the contrary.

xo,
ae
arse poetica

You always take your stories to places

carrien — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:18:46 -0500

that I'm afraid to go with mine.

I'm beginning, with these lessons, to see how you do it. Thanks.

Do you ever pull events out of order because they fit better that way?

I'm posting my list and writing for me. I"ll actually do it if I post here.

People

Me Used to teach voice and piano
CJ the little boy who lives next to us
Cj's dad-(No one knows where he is)

Events
CJ's family singing karaoke-badly
We all went swimming
We ate dinner but I didn't invite CJ

Observations
I guess it's better to sing together than watch TV
It must be hard to be the only kid in a family full of babies and grown-ups
How hard would it be to include one more kid?