tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post113352758297264120..comments2024-03-28T18:45:45.374-04:00Comments on Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: More Oscar Antics!Bonnie K. Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377635115790685301noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1133632725991118132005-12-03T12:58:00.000-05:002005-12-03T12:58:00.000-05:00cute cat pic! Mine choose rather odd spots too.......cute cat pic! Mine choose rather odd spots too....The Calico Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271181930512880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1133569976594560942005-12-02T19:32:00.000-05:002005-12-02T19:32:00.000-05:00'Ello Obertra!I dunno if you will come back here a...'Ello Obertra!<BR/><BR/>I dunno if you will come back here and look for a reply or not, I noticed your accent fell off after your first line! *LOL*<BR/><BR/>Do get the books on CD...if you can find a book with a great narrator, it is a lot of fun to listen. I recommend "The Davinci Code" if you haven't read it yet...the narrator does amazing voices for all the characters, it was really hard to put down, and I didn't want it to end!<BR/><BR/>I love Charlest Dickens. I will post pictures of two of my oldest copies, The Pickwick Papers and David Copperfield, both 1883! I might have to look for them on CD too..it would be great to hear them read by a great narrator.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding me of these classics! (I also of course love Jane Austen)<BR/><BR/>In Stitches - - -<BR/>BonnieBonnie K. Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377635115790685301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1133564663640120942005-12-02T18:04:00.000-05:002005-12-02T18:04:00.000-05:00ElloBonnieItMeGin!JusDippinIntYorBlog&SeezYuTokinB...ElloBonnieItMeGin!<BR/>JusDippinIntYorBlog&SeezYuTokinBoutCdBooks<BR/><BR/>And it reminded me that so many traditional authors ‘wrote what they wrote to be read and to be listened to by the reader that read it’.<BR/><BR/>This must be so true of great American writers as with British when of bygone days, unlike today, few were literate. Just this morning listening to the radio I was captivated by the knowledge that the great Charles Dickens stories were all originally serialized in Victorian periodicals with the expectation that they would be read by those that could to those that couldn’t. And they were. And illiterate listeners were always eager for the next installment. Dickins traveled the realm making a name for himself reading from his manuscripts. He also made very notable visits to the United States where his readings were said to be so theatrically graphic listeners frequently fainted so caught up were they with the maestro’s reading style of grizzly details. <BR/><BR/>Now in my early 60’s I fondly recall storybook after storybook read to me as a nipper including, that which utterly enthralled me, Tom Sawyer. The incredible start to Tom Sawyer explains his endeavours ‘to pull a fast one’ on an old lady by dressing as a girl in order to gain some credit or sympathy. The wise lady tosses an apple (I think) into the crafty ‘boys’ skirted lap at which his legs, as boys legs might do in such situations, swung together so that the apple could not be lost. But a real girl would not reflex like the boy knowing that the apple would land in the bowl of her dress. Thus did ‘the wise and the old’ catch out ‘the young and the crafty.’ This author’s observation to a ten year old was revelatory.<BR/><BR/>Like many who don’t get round to reading nowadays I’ve a mind to do Like you Bonny and GitMiselACDBookThitKinRambilInMiEerAsIGoBoutMiDalyBisniss!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807915524509627146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1133535606895809292005-12-02T10:00:00.000-05:002005-12-02T10:00:00.000-05:00Oh Bonnie - that machine is sooo cute Lucy gave yo...Oh Bonnie - that machine is sooo cute Lucy gave you! Oh Lucy what a perfect wonderful gift. And that itty bitty quilt is soooo cute!<BR/><BR/>Your kitty sure has good taste!Quilts And Pieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043640520513261597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1133530928865832732005-12-02T08:42:00.000-05:002005-12-02T08:42:00.000-05:00Cute cat pic! Wouldn't you like to know what goes...Cute cat pic! Wouldn't you like to know what goes on in their brains, sometimes? I know what you mean about the borders popping when quilting. I had a client who always stay-stitched around her quilts before she sent them- so nice!! Of course that doesn't help with the chopping off of the points... Maybe if you made bigger seam allowances... nah, add that last border! Have a great weekend.Nineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09888930053826285866noreply@blogger.com