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October 2023: Read this aloud to my children on the way back from looking at fall color in the scenic Columbia River gorge. The same things that cracked me up as a kid make them giggle and I catch a quiet smile from my husband--so. much. joy.
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"Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats whisked past the harp-shaped hills, when we sang and wallowed all night and day in caves that smelt like Sunday afternoons in damp front ...more
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"Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats whisked past the harp-shaped hills, when we sang and wallowed all night and day in caves that smelt like Sunday afternoons in damp front ...more
Here's a little sample: "...and some few small aunts,
not wanted in the kitchen, nor anywhere else for that
matter, sat on the very edges of their chairs, poised
and brittle, afraid to break, like faded cups and
saucers." Delightful. Recommended.
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not wanted in the kitchen, nor anywhere else for that
matter, sat on the very edges of their chairs, poised
and brittle, afraid to break, like faded cups and
saucers." Delightful. Recommended.
...more
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