waiting out the storm (virus)

[Jstpssng]

Bill Bryson said about 'books'..."They're like television for smart people"...

I didn't realize that he was a Marvel fan! :laughing:

I've been trying to get away from the cheap fiction and read some of the classics. I read Moby Dick about 30 years ago and am muddling through it again; but man, that's dry reading.

 

[/pine]

I didn't realize that he was a Marvel fan! :laughing:

I've been trying to get away from the cheap fiction and read some of the classics. I read Moby Dick about 30 years ago and am muddling through it again; but man, that's dry reading.

Once you get used to the vernacular Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' is extremely entertaining...

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Once you get used to the vernacular Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' is extremely entertaining...

Between my housework and yard work and TBN, if I get bored, I think I will draft my living trust.

 

[Jstpssng]

Once you get used to the vernacular Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' is extremely entertaining...

That's in my stack someplace. I just finished Tom Sawyer and started on Huck Finn. I tend to have two or more books going at a time; one in the truck and at least one someplace in the house. I'm almost through The Salem Witch Trials... I didn't realise how long ago that happened. Ironically this version came out in 1949; likely prompted by the sentiments which led to McCarthyism.

It's so freakin' windy out there right now that I just saw Mary Poppins fly by, followed by a house with a little girl in the window holding onto her dog.

 

[drssg]

I didn't realize that he was a Marvel fan! :laughing:

I've been trying to get away from the cheap fiction and read some of the classics. I read Moby Dick about 30 years ago and am muddling through it again; but man, that's dry reading.

I got into reading old classics when I bought one of my first smart phones. It came pre-loaded with the Kindle app and a couple of classic books. I learned that there is a whole library of free classic literature that is well outside of the copyright period.

One of the pre-loaded books was "Pride and Prejudice." WORST. BOOK. EVER!!! Some family in the lower portion of the upper class is concerned about whether their daughters will get married to men of suitable caliber. Spoiler alert - nobody cares!

I kept thinking something was going to happen, and it never did. I ended up finishing the book on principle. I had to read "Treasure Island" just to recover. Now THAT'S a book! It had pirates, treasure, sword fights, and everything.

There are NO pirates in "Pride and Prejudice." They would have helped the story.

 

[civilian]

That's in my stack someplace. I just finished Tom Sawyer and started on Huck Finn. I tend to have two or more books going at a time; one in the truck and at least one someplace in the house. I'm almost through The Salem Witch Trials... I didn't realise how long ago that happened. Ironically this version came out in 1949; likely prompted by the sentiments which led to McCarthyism.

It's so freakin' windy out there right now that I just saw Mary Poppins fly by, followed by a house with a little girl in the window holding onto her dog.

We had that wind yesterday in Northern Michigan. Was dang cold outside. Wife is now boiling sap outside for our second time. Not to the point of smelling like pancake time. Jon

 

[newbury]

I'm not sure what this "spring" is that you're talking about as we still have 2 feet of snow on the ground and I haven't even opened a seed catalog yet. Otherwise everything is business as usual for me. I've never been a sports fan and haven't had television since it went digital, as I refuse to pay to watch commercials. My down time is spent reading, including too much time on TBN.

Spring? Was there a winter?
I've been down in Mississippi from Virginia since about Jan 1. We've had one week of cool weather since then, no snow, no ice. Daffodils have been blooming since I got here.

 

[k0ua]

Daffodils are full glory here, and Bradford pears full bloomed out. It is cold today though, about 48.. Far cry from the 70's we have had.

 

[ovrszd]

Daffodils are full glory here, and Bradford pears full bloomed out. It is cold today though, about 48.. Far cry from the 70's we have had.

Glad to hear it James. You are my Barometer to know when Spring's coming. No blooming up here. Trees are barely showing signs of life. I fertilized my new yard a week ago. It's wanting to wake up.

Have you saw any Purple Martins down there yet?

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Once you get used to the vernacular Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' is extremely entertaining...

So was Treasure Island... :thumbsup: