This year marked the 40th anniversary of my museum’s biggest event of the year, Candlelight. As part of the anniversary, we created a small exhibit and I researched the history of the event. One thing that surprised me was how quickly the key elements of the event came together: buildings decorated by community groups, performances [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Anne of Green Gables’
Timeless
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, Christmas, Little House, Little Women, Roller Skates on December 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Kindred Spirits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, food, movies on July 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A few weeks ago, a friend said to me: “I just got an ice cream maker. So I’m thinking about having a party where we watch Anne of Green Gables and then break into the ice cream at the same time Anne tastes ice cream for the first time. What do you think?” I’ll give [...]
Secrets Revealed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, food, Little House on March 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s not often that I read a cookbook straight through, but after dipping in to The Little House Cookbook, I knew this was one that I had to read. It has been out for a very, very long time (1979), and I have a very dim recollection of checking it out at the library when [...]
School days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, Little House on August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today is the first day of school for most of my Texas neighbors. We also had a record high temperature of 107, but that’s beside the point. Depressing, but not the point. School is a really big part of so much of kidlit history. Because, you know, these are books about kids and they spend most [...]
To be pretty. And grown up.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, Betsy Ray, Heaven to Betsy, Melendy Family, The Saturdays on January 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
For me, it was dangly earrings, curly hair and contacts. For Anne Shirley, it was upswept hair and long skirts. For Betsy Ray, it was no freckles and curly hair. And for Mona, it was a bob and red nail polish. Those beacons to girls of what it might be to be grown up. And [...]
The best presents. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables, Betsy and Joe, Christmas, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Heaven to Betsy, L. M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Maud Hart Lovelace, Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer on December 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I admit it–my favorite part of Christmas just might be presents. And it’s not so much the receiving (though don’t get me wrong–I do love receiving), but the giving. It’s the joy in finding just the right thing, something that is more than the sum of its parts, and seeing the reaction when it hits its mark. [...]
The Life of a Book
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 19th century houses, Anne of Green Gables, Zilpha Keatley Snyder on December 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last night, I was reminded of that other kind of history that books can hold. I was reading The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Not exactly a kidlit history book, even though it is set in the Depression (yeah!) and features another awesome old house (double yeah! I seem to have this talent lately of finding lots of [...]
The sparest of spare rooms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 19th century houses, Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the first time in my adult life, overnight guests can sleep somewhere besides the couch. As a fairly new homeowner, I have a spare room! With an extra bed! However, as a fairly new homeowner, the bed is a hand-me-down and the mattress has certainly seen better days. Buying a new mattress has been [...]
Pilgrimages
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, historic sites, L. M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Maud Hart Lovelace on October 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This afternoon, while attempting to be domestic, I caught up with one of my favorite NPR programs, This American Life. A few weeks ago, they aired a new episode called “The Book That Changed Your Life.” How could I not listen? The entire show was fantastic, but I was particularly intrigued by Act 4: Little [...]
Judging a book by its cover. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, Little House on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend, I was very, very excited to find a boxed set of Anne, 1-3. Of course, this may be considered odd by some since I have more than a few copies of Anne. And it’s not like these are first editions. But, could you resist a boxed set that looks like this? There [...]
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