collection of lines that I like from books that I have read

The hedges were so thick, only the thinnest rays of sun could penetrate; these diamonds of light dappled the dark water of the pool, like phosphorescence- or gold coins that floated on the surface instead of sinking

From a Widow for One Year by John Irving


didn't particularly like the book, kind of perverted in my opinion

I made this blog on AOL a long time ago. They did away with it and now I have found it on Google. I had a lot of people I read back then but can't find them now. I think I will start this one again.

MRS BYRD

If you have read my journal through you will remember the lady I wrote about who lived in Denver, Colorado. She was 97 when I met her and we became close friends.
This is a picture of her with her arm through Sen Hardings arm, (She is wearing the plaid coat.) The other man is her cousin George Christian who was Hardings secretary when he was President. The girl is a friend of Mrs. Byrds and they were at the train station in Marion, Ohio, her and President Hardings home town. She told me many stories about her family's friendship with the president and how she had tea in the White House with Mrs Harding and threw out the ball at games for President Harding. She was a delightful lady and is my idea of a perfect lady. She died in 1994 at the age of 98. Her full name was Susan Garberson Byrd.

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Granddaddy and Nikki playing Barbies.

GREAT GRANDMA

My great grandmother is not quite as sophisticated looking as yours.
She looks as if she had a hard life. Don't know much about her.

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new beginnings

here is my entry for new beginnings.

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Thanksgiving

                                                                                                    Now my house really seems like a home. Had our first Thanksgiving here. My daughter and grandchildren came from Vermont and we cooked a turkey with all the trimmings. We even made a fire in the cookstove but it didn't get hot enough to cook anything. It felt cozy though. My poor little kitty was a nervous wreck from being loved on so much . He got to where he would hide everytime he saw Katie coming. The thing they enjoyed most was putting money on the railroad tracks . They left for home with a pocketful of flattened pennies, dimes and quarters. That week went by so fast we weren't able to do all the things we had planned. I wish they lived here so we could be together everyday instead of trying to cram so much into just a few days. They throughly enjoyed being with their uncle Troy.  They use him for a punching bag and a hair model. They gave him many different hair dos and complained because he was getting bald and they didn 't have much to work with. I played Barbies with them. They seemed very pleased with their upstairs " apartment." So was my daughter. It was a very nice visit, if only her husband could have left the restaurant for a while and come with them it would have been perfect.

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