Author Topic: The Library (Read 2299434 times)

Jonathan · « **Reply #10800 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:20:52 AM »

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Aw shucks. How windy? How cold? Just an hour ago I looked out of my window and saw my neighbors a couple of doors up, getting into a cab that was taking them to the airport and Florida. He told me about it a few days ago. How eagerly he and his wife were looking forward to some southern sunshine and heat. It's 20F here in Toronto this morning. It must be a lot nicer than that in Florida. Surely?

maryz · « **Reply #10801 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:55:10 AM »

Hi Jonathan - are you the Jonathan from That's My Answer? Fancy meeting you here.

Frybabe · « **Reply #10802 on:** March 03, 2013, 06:42:24 PM »

Queen Elizabeth has been hospitalized with gastroenteritis. I wish her a speedy recovery.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130303/EU.Britain.Queen/

JeanneP · « **Reply #10803 on:** March 04, 2013, 04:45:47 PM »

Frybabe.

You beat me to it. I was just typing out the article on the Queen. Hope she gets well soon. Been many years since I have read about her going into the hospital.

Jonathan · « **Reply #10804 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:52:11 PM »

Hi Mary. I CAN answer that one. NO. LOL

maryz · « **Reply #10805 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:14:25 PM »

Jonathan, I asked because that Jonathan lives in Toronto also. Nice to know another one.

Steph · « **Reply #10806 on:** March 05, 2013, 06:07:44 AM »

No worries.. it is supposed to get warmer today,although not as warm as we normally are. But I am sure that in the next few days, it will warm.. The sun is out bright anyway, at least it was yesterday. Too early to tell now.

Frybabe · « **Reply #10807 on:** March 05, 2013, 07:04:57 AM »

We are supposed to get an actual real accumulation of snow starting tonight. I'm hearing 2-4 inches where I am, but it could be more since I am so close to the 4-6 inch borderline. Depends on if the storm shifts slightly north. I guess W. VA, VA and DC will get the most.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #10808 on:** March 05, 2013, 11:34:15 AM »

Frybabe, i envy you a little bit for getting snow. We've had almost none in NJ this winter. I like one good snow a winter, of course, i no longer have to shovel any snow which makes it just a beautiful picture to look at out the window. Our yard is so lovely when it snows. But i also don't want as much as the midwest has gotten. One of the resons i've liked living in Pa and Nj all my life is that i love having the 4 seasons and the weather that goes w/ them. I think i would be bored w/ the weather in southern Calif or Fla. i like the change of the environment and the change of wardrobe.

MaryPage · « **Reply #10809 on:** March 05, 2013, 12:22:54 PM »

We are getting the craziest weather reports. I don't know whom to believe. Some are saying NO snow, just rain. Some are saying we will have 3 to 6 inches of heavy, wet snow! Between 8:00 o'clock tonight and 8:00 o'clock in the morning.

I am not qualified in any way, but it is 39° here now and supposed to go up to 43°. I have a hard time believing in the snow.

Well, we'll see, will we not!

marjifay · « **Reply #10810 on:** March 05, 2013, 01:08:34 PM »

Oh we get snow in Southern California, but we get to go TO it, not have it come to us (unless we live in the mountains, which I don't) It recently snowed here at low levels (2,000 feet) so we drove to look at it. Beautiful. I got out of the car and made a couple of snow balls which I hadn't done in years. Then on to the warm snowless plains for lunch. We're supposed to get rain for the next couple days with a high of 58 degrees Friday (cold for here).

Marj

Frybabe · « **Reply #10811 on:** March 05, 2013, 02:07:05 PM »

It is still a nice sunny day here. The paper today says the county I live in is warning of power outages because of high winds coming with the storm. Also, snow will be 6-8inches now.

PatH · « **Reply #10812 on:** March 05, 2013, 04:07:21 PM »

Best guess is about 7 inches here, with high winds, therefore power outages. If I disappear for a while that will be why.

JoanK · « **Reply #10813 on:** March 05, 2013, 04:37:33 PM »

" I think i would be bored w/ the weather in southern Calif or Fla."

When I first moved to southern Calif, I thought there were no seasons. Now I see that there are: they are just more subtle, and I look for the little things. Does having flowers all year round make up for the loss of that thrill when you see the first flowers of Spring? Sometimes I think no, sometimes I think "Of course." My magnolia tree is blooming prolifically, but I still look forward to the Spring flowers.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #10814 on:** March 05, 2013, 05:29:45 PM »

I always look for the snowdrops in February. Funny, they were a little late this year and are just now in full bloom. They must have some itty bitty seeds that the birds can distribute bcs they show up everywhere in the yard where there isn't grass. The daffidils are budding and the early tulips are also showing buds.

Yes, Joan, that is one of the small joys of my life, looking for and seeing each group of flowers appearing every year. A beautiful, predictable constant i can depend on in this sometimes crazy world.

Steph · « **Reply #10815 on:** March 06, 2013, 06:08:08 AM »

I miss the tulips and daffs.. forsythia, but Florida has a subtle pattern that is recognizable once you have lived here for a while.. Also my little house in the mountains gets all sort of change, although I miss the early spring stuff.. It comes in March and it is just too cold to trust going up there. Might try it one spring..
Our weather was gorgeous yesterday after being cold all weekend, but it is supposed to cool down starting today for the rest of the week.We have a lady in the next town who will be 100 on the 18th. She was a member of the womans club for years, so we are jpreparing a shower of cards.. The little town is celebrating b ig time.She was once the mayor.She still walks the trail each morning and was in our fashion show last fall.. Very active.

Frybabe · « **Reply #10816 on:** March 06, 2013, 09:22:02 AM »

I just read a most interesting article from BBC News. Since we read People of the Book here, I thought you might be interested too. "Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21631427

marjifay · « **Reply #10817 on:** March 06, 2013, 09:43:29 AM »

Per Frybabe: "It is still a nice sunny day here."

Where is "here"? Frybabe?

(I wish everyone would list their current state and/or city in their profile. It's interesting to me to know where everyone lives.)

I agree, JoanK, about the subtle seasons in Southern California. I also love the wild flowers in Spring. The poppy fields can be be spectacular!

Marj

MaryPage · « **Reply #10818 on:** March 06, 2013, 09:50:53 AM »

NO SNOW here! Hooray! Not a flake! Tons of rain. The bay full of white caps, huge angry white caps, with quite a surf on the beaches. Dark charcoal grey waters churning beneath a solid pale grey misty sky. Cannot see the Eastern shores of Kent Island. Cannot see the bay bridge spans. It is POURING down rain, and both of my decks are soaked right up to the sliding glass doors. But not one single flake of the white stuff. I am hearing on WETA classical radio that the D.C. area may wind up with 8 to 12 inches. Ha! Ha! Ha! My bay waters are keeping me TOO WARM for the nasty. 39° here in Annapolis, Maryland on the western shores of the Chesapeake Bay this stormy morning.

Frybabe · « **Reply #10819 on:** March 06, 2013, 11:17:16 AM »

It's 36 here in the Harrisburg, PA area. At 4:30am I saw nothing, at 5:30am there was some light accumulation on the ground only; now there is only rain and the tiny bit of snow we got has melted.

I got my used book order yesterday. Today I opened The Silent Cry to discover a birthday inscription dated 1982 to "Dearest Mom" and ending with "To be read in sunlight, Love Gary (or Guy?). In the back is pasted what looks like a library card holder with two old newspaper clippings from the Washington Post about the author, Kenzaburo Oe. A wonderful little treasure to find.

maryz · « **Reply #10820 on:** March 06, 2013, 11:23:38 AM »

Here in Chattanooga, we had the lightest of dustings of snow and a few flakes flying around...then sunshine. Temp is still 37, though.

Frybabe - love the treasures you found in your used book. That's what's such fun about the used ones.

Thanks for that link about the Jews in Spain. We've just finished watching a fascinating Learning Company course called "The Other 1492", about the times leading up to Columbus' voyage, focussing on the Iberian Peninsula (not "Spain" at that time). We learned a lot from that short course.

PatH · « **Reply #10821 on:** March 06, 2013, 02:23:02 PM »

It's rain here (Bethesda, MD) at the moment, though it was a mix earlier, and will probably turn to snow again later. Whatever, it will no doubt freeze to an icy slick tonight and make the roads a mess.

Frybabe · « **Reply #10822 on:** March 06, 2013, 02:45:30 PM »

It is 2:45pm and the roads have dried. I see no sign of that heavier snow we were supposed to get this afternoon. HAH! Many of the schools canceled ahead of the storm even though we were only to have around an inch this morning with most of the rest coming after school is out.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #10823 on:** March 06, 2013, 04:03:21 PM »

And Frybabe, where did you say you got your "used books"? You may have mentioned before, but I forget.

JoanK · « **Reply #10824 on:** March 06, 2013, 04:37:11 PM »

" The poppy fields can be be spectacular!"

Yes, I'd never seen a poppy til I moved to California. The first time I saw them, I practically jumped out of my skin with joy.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #10825 on:** March 06, 2013, 06:02:16 PM »

When i worked at Ft Dix, somewhere in the late 80's there must have been a flower lover in the grounds and engineering dept. There were several grass covered unused spaces along the main roads. They planted wild flowers in large droves in those areas, many of the flowers were poppies! They were so beautiful. When i left there, one of my gifts the command gave me was a large close-up picture of the flowers. I was so pleased.

We had hard rain around noon, but we've got nothing coming down from above, at the moment, but the wind is blowing many things sideways.

Jean

Frybabe · « **Reply #10826 on:** March 06, 2013, 06:21:57 PM »

Tome, if I can't find a book I want at my local used book emporium, I generally look for it at ABE Books, online. I sometimes check out Amazon's used book marketplace, but ABE is less expensive on the postage, and often, the used book price. I rarely have to look anywhere else.

MaryPage · « **Reply #10827 on:** March 06, 2013, 07:18:06 PM »

My favorite used book source is THRIFT BOOKS. They have never failed me!

http://www.thriftbooks.com/siteload.aspx?gclid=cjecvsso6bucfzoe4aod4kca8q

I love, love, love poppies. I remember when we lived at West Point, New York, when I was a little one, I just could not wait to see what OTHER lovely colors our next door neighbor had in her flower garden which had red and lavender and other shades of poppies, so I went through her flower bed and opened ALL of the buds not yet opened by Mother Nature.
I remember her name was Betty Zwicker and her husband made general officer during World War II. Bet she was pretty upset! I honestly don't remember that part of it.

Well, Pat, did you ever get a flake from this storm? We have just had torrential rains. Did you hear they had to close down the Bay Bridge? High winds and a bad accident. By the way, 2 of my children were born at Suburban there in Bethesda. I lived in Bethesda for a couple of years, but longer in Silver Spring and longer still in Rockville. I have 2 granddaughters and 6 great grandchildren up in Montgomery Village in what used to be just Gaithersburg, but now is a city unto itself.

PatH · « **Reply #10828 on:** March 06, 2013, 08:35:57 PM »

Yes, MaryPage, I got a number of flakes, but they were all washed away by the later rain, less than torrential. The winds haven't been bad so far either, though who knows what will happen later.

All three of my children were born in Suburban Hospital, and JoanK lived in Montgomery Village until she moved to California.

Frybabe · « **Reply #10829 on:** March 06, 2013, 10:28:40 PM »

MaryPage, Thrift Books is one of the vendors that lists on ABE. I've gotten books from them several times.

Steph · « **Reply #10830 on:** March 07, 2013, 06:13:30 AM »

Clermont,Florida got lots and lots of very cool winds.. The dogs and I were not amused.. Wind is much worse than quiet cooler weather..
An old friend who still lives in Delaware where I grew up, says her neighbors lost their sunporch roof.

JoanP · « **Reply #10831 on:** March 07, 2013, 10:39:20 AM »

I hope you have had a chance to VOTE FOR the APRIL Book Club selection... the poll just opened yesterday - and already, there's a three way tie! It's really important to read the descriptions in the title links before stepping into the voting booth!

mabel1015j · « **Reply #10832 on:** March 07, 2013, 02:14:21 PM »

I'm overwhelmed with BTR at the moment (not neccesarily a bad thing

). I've got two books on hold at the library which i am picking up today, at least one is a 2-week book. I'm reading The End ofYour Life Book Club with the discussion here, and the books talked about are adding to my TBR list. I'm preparing to do a presentation to a Girl Scout Troop and another for the Board and Staff at the Alice Paul Institute on personality types and how they can work together, so i'm rereading material on that and checking new articles on the subject. And i keep looking at my women's history stash and thinking i'd like to reread those! Aarrggghhh! What a wonderful dilemma!

Steph · « **Reply #10833 on:** March 08, 2013, 06:04:56 AM »

Rereading is one of my favorite things. I keep a stash of books that make my heart sing and bring them out to cheer me up sometimes.. We had a lot of wonderful sunshine here yesterday. Still windy, but slowly calming.

MaryPage · « **Reply #10834 on:** March 08, 2013, 09:45:31 AM »

Don't have time for rereading, really don't. Am feeling the strong sense of OMG MaryPage, you don't have much time left to live and you've got these bookcases upon bookcases upon bookcases full of books you bought because you wanted to read them and YOU HAVEN'T READ THEM YET! Why has this happened? Simple: because all of these many years I have bought books faster than I have read them.

But got to thinking about the rereading and what you said, and have concluded that if I wanted to reread for the same reasons, I would reread Lillian Beckwith. Yep! What a revelation to me! But she made me happy and contented and she made me laugh. Have you ever read her? Some of her wonderful books were:
The Hills Is Lonely
The Sea For Breakfast
The Loud Halo
A Rope In Case

Yessiree. Would hunker down on one of the Adirondack chairs on my back deck overlooking the vast waters of the beautiful Chesapeake and journey with Beckwith back to the Hebrides and laugh and cry and feel the awe of the place. And remember. Remember being there in person with my husband David in the summer of 1971

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #10835 on:** March 08, 2013, 02:02:07 PM »

How does one access a discussion of "Animal Farm" by Orwell? I went to the Archives, but didn't see it. Was there a discussion? A reader's guide.?

jane · « **Reply #10836 on:** March 08, 2013, 03:21:45 PM »

Tomereader....Animal Farm was led by Joan Pearson at the old SN site in 2000. Here's a link to the discussion we have archived:

http://www.seniorlearn.org/bookclubs/archives/fiction/AnimalFarm.htm

JoanK · « **Reply #10837 on:** March 08, 2013, 03:45:33 PM »

MARY: when did you live in Montgomery Village? Too bad we didn't know each other then. Were you in NOW when it met in Rockville?

MaryPage · « **Reply #10838 on:** March 08, 2013, 07:15:19 PM »

Joan, I never lived in Montgomery Village in my life. It did not even EXIST when I lived in Montgomery County, Maryland. I lived in Silver Spring from 1946 to 1953. In Rockville from 1953 until 1962. In Bethesda from 1962 until 1964. Back in Rockville from 1964 to 1967. Then I moved back to Ol' Virginny and did not move back to Maryland until I moved to Annapolis from Fairfax in 2000.
I joined NOW some time in Fairfax County, Virginia in the seventies, I think, and never attended a meeting. I was too busy working and raising children. I just joined to support the organization.
I have two GRANDdaughters and six great grandchildren (each girl has 3 children) up in Montgomery Village. They live in lovely homes right across the street from each other on OAK BLUFF DRIVE.
When I lived in Rockville, Gaithersburg was a small farming village and Quince Orchard Road was an unpaved country road. Scheesch! I just cannot BELIEVE the build up! And almost everyone I knew is dead. Are dead?
My name is MaryPage M. Drake, and I am never called "Mary." hugs to you from MaryPage

maryz · « **Reply #10839 on:** March 08, 2013, 07:37:15 PM »

My sister lived in Columbia, MD. Her first husband, an architect, was one of the designers of the city.

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