Early American Literature discussion
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Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I forgot I was going to ask yesterday, is it normal for you guys to get snow already, in October?"Oh yes, we usually get at least a dusting sometime during the month. Our first year ..."
Oh wow! I know we've had snow in Indiana in October when we lived here before...but I'm still used to TN, who doesn't get their first snow till December or January, sometimes you'll see a few flakes in November...if you're lucky...🤣 I'm going to struggle getting used to IN again.😂
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I forgot I was going to ask yesterday, is it normal for you guys to get snow already, in October?"Oh yes, we usually get at least a dusting sometime during the month. Our..."
😂 Did you get your snow flurries the other day?
😂 Did you get your snow flurries the other day?I never saw them...😒😂
Emma wrote: "😂 Did you get your snow flurries the other day?I never saw them...😒😂"
😂 That reminds me...last winter I was looking at the forecast for the town in WI where we used to live. They had a winter storm warning with 3-5 inches of snow predicted. Meanwhile, we were supposed to get 8-12 inches and the forecast just called it "snow showers"!
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "😂 Did you get your snow flurries the other day?I never saw them...😒😂"
😂 That reminds me...last winter I was looking at the forecast for the town in WI where we used to live. They ha..."
🤣 Wow! And I would freak out over 3-5 inches! 😂 I am sort of looking forward to some snow...I remember IN getting a lot in winter's we lived here before and enjoying it...I just hope I can adjust to the cold fast. 🥶😂 I am NOT used to it anymore!!
Meg wrote: "You'll get used to it! 😂"So you say...🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "You'll get used to it! 😂"So you say...🤣"
I was a southerner once myself!
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "You'll get used to it! 😂"So you say...🤣"
I was a southerner once myself!"
🤣 I don't think any of that is left in you...😂
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "You'll get used to it! 😂"So you say...🤣"
I was a southerner once myself!"
🤣 I don't think any of that is left in you...😂"
True...it was gone after one winter. 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "You'll get used to it! 😂"So you say...🤣"
I was a southerner once myself!"
🤣 I don't think any of that is left in you...😂"
True...it was gone a..."
Oh dear...😳🤣
Hi Meg,I just discovered that James Fenimore
Cooper (the true father of American literature) was influenced by his
contemporary, Jane Austen.
https://www.jfcoopersociety.org/artic...
https://www.jasnany.org/the-cooper-co...
He was 23 years old when Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in
England.
And
"James Fenimore Cooper wrote his first novel, Precaution (1820), as an imitation of Austen's Persuasion. Although Austen was vilified by some in the period (mostly notably by Mark Twain😜 and Ralph Waldo Emerson😝), she had many influential advocates: HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW... 👏
and most famously, William Dean Howells. (2) Austen was being read, and contemporary authors like Henry James and Howells were acknowledged as literary heirs of Austen."
https://www.questia.com/library/journ...
So we had a legitimate reason for
bringing her up in the group after all.
Ruth wrote: "Hi Meg,I just discovered that James Fenimore
Cooper (the true father of American literature) was influenced by his
contemporary, Jane Austen.
https://www.jfcoopersociety.org/artic......"
Well that is interesting! 😄
Emma wrote: "No comment needed. 🤣https://pin.it/E1sWyMI"
🤣 There is something that makes your voice really deep...I can't remember what it is though!
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "No comment needed. 🤣https://pin.it/E1sWyMI"
🤣 There is something that makes your voice really deep...I can't remember what it is though!"
🤣 Yeah, you know what I thought of as soon as I saw that! 🤣🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "No comment needed. 🤣https://pin.it/E1sWyMI"
🤣 There is something that makes your voice really deep...I can't remember what it is though!"
🤣 Yeah, you know what I though..."
Us? 🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "No comment needed. 🤣https://pin.it/E1sWyMI"
🤣 There is something that makes your voice really deep...I can't remember what it is though!"
🤣 Yeah, you know ..."
Yep! 🤣
I sure don't know anyone else who does that...🤣
Emma wrote: "I sure don't know anyone else who does that...🤣"Oh we aren't the only ones, I can assure you! 🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I sure don't know anyone else who does that...🤣"Oh we aren't the only ones, I can assure you! 🤣"
I'm sure! I guess I've just not met anyone that silly!! 🤣🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I sure don't know anyone else who does that...🤣"Oh we aren't the only ones, I can assure you! 🤣"
I'm sure! I guess I've just not met anyone that silly!! 🤣🤣"
😳🤣
😳🤣Well, it's true! 🤣 All my friends wouldn't dare do that!! 🤣
Emma wrote: "😳🤣Well, it's true! 🤣 All my friends wouldn't dare do that!! 🤣"
I'm actually pretty serious usually. I don't know what comes over me when I talk to you! 🤣🤣🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "😳🤣Well, it's true! 🤣 All my friends wouldn't dare do that!! 🤣"
I'm actually pretty serious usually. I don't know what comes over me when I talk to you! 🤣🤣🤣"
🤣 I'm actually the same way. Allyson's always telling me not to be so serious, but I guess I just can't help it! And I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or not...😂
Emma wrote: "🤣 I'm actually the same way. Allyson's always telling me not to be so serious, but I guess I just can't help it! And I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or not...😂"Yeah our friend Steve once told me I take life too seriously. 😂 And I guess it's a compliment? 🤣
I mean, I do joke and make fun, but not all the time, I'm usually very quiet.
Yeah our friend Steve once told me I take life too seriously. 😂 And I guess it's a compliment? 🤣Yeah I'm pretty sure Allyson's told me something like that too. 🤣 And I decided to take it as a compliment, because it's good to step out of your comfort zone? 🤣
Emma wrote: "I mean, I do joke and make fun, but not all the time, I'm usually very quiet."Exactly! 😄
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I mean, I do joke and make fun, but not all the time, I'm usually very quiet."Exactly! 😄"
We were at my grandparents house for a little while earlier, and my grandma told me she's going to have to get me alone sometime because I'm so quiet. 🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I mean, I do joke and make fun, but not all the time, I'm usually very quiet."Exactly! 😄"
We were at my grandparents house for a little while earlier, and my grandma tol..."
Haha! 😄 Have your parents ever been asked if you could talk?
Haha! 😄 Have your parents ever been asked if you could talk?I'm not sure...🤔 I'm guessing you have? 😂 I hate even going to the store, because there's the chance I'll have to talk to someone...😳🤣
I do know I've gotten quieter as I've gotten older.
Emma wrote: "I do know I've gotten quieter as I've gotten older."Same here. In another 10 years I won't speak to anyone! 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I do know I've gotten quieter as I've gotten older."Same here. In another 10 years I won't speak to anyone! 😂"
😳🤣🤣🤣
Are you still nervous? 🤣
Emma wrote: "Are you still nervous? 🤣"When I think about it, yes! 🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Are you still nervous? 🤣"When I think about it, yes! 🤣"
Yeah, me too. 🤣
I really enjoyed it...it was just hard at first. 😂 I didn't tell Dorry, but when we first started, she started talking and I was just sorta sitting there...and she asked, "Can you hear me?" And I was like, "😳 Yeah...I can hear you..." 🤣 I couldn't hardly talk at first! 🙈🤣
Emma wrote: "I really enjoyed it...it was just hard at first. 😂 I didn't tell Dorry, but when we first started, she started talking and I was just sorta sitting there...and she asked, "Can you hear me?" And I w..."🤣 I was wondering! LOL!
🤣 I was wondering! LOL!Yeah, I was going to tell you later...but my tongue was tied. 🙈🤣
Emma wrote: "🤣 I was wondering! LOL!Yeah, I was going to tell you later...but my tongue was tied. 🙈🤣"
Or maybe the cat had it?
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "🤣 I was wondering! LOL!Yeah, I was going to tell you later...but my tongue was tied. 🙈🤣"
Or maybe the cat had it?"
Yeah...that bug...🤣
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "🤣 I was wondering! LOL!Yeah, I was going to tell you later...but my tongue was tied. 🙈🤣"
Or maybe the cat had it?"
Yeah...that bug...🤣"
Haha! Or maybe Marble?
Haha! Or maybe Marble?🤣 Yeah, must've been her. 😂 Though she's been missing for awhile now...😔
Emma wrote: "Haha! Or maybe Marble?🤣 Yeah, must've been her. 😂 Though she's been missing for awhile now...😔"
Oh, no! When did that happen?
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Haha! Or maybe Marble?🤣 Yeah, must've been her. 😂 Though she's been missing for awhile now...😔"
Oh, no! When did that happen?"
I'm not sure...just one day we realized we hadn't seen her the day before. I think she's been missing for at least a week now. I hope she turns up...😔
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Haha! Or maybe Marble?🤣 Yeah, must've been her. 😂 Though she's been missing for awhile now...😔"
Oh, no! When did that happen?"
I'm not sure...just one day we realiz..."
Oh, I'm sorry! I'm assuming you've tried putting food out?
Oh, I'm sorry! I'm assuming you've tried putting food out?We always have food out, and she knows that, so I'm not sure what's happened. We're down to only one cat now.
Early American Literature
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Oh yes, we usually get at least a dusting sometime during the month. Our first year here we had 6 inches in October!