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Ruth wrote: "Thoreau?He has the argumentative
temperament.
Thoreau's Walden kitten"
If you're right, Ruth... 😾🤣 I was considering saying Thoreau, but decided not to.
Sarah wrote: "wow, who would have said this...can I get a hint??"Very gladly, give us a hint.
I guess Meggy fell in Walden pond.
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I'm going to guess........Hawthorne? 🤪"Now really Emma...Hawthorne was too shy! 😂"
Anyone who is shy can have their moments! You should see me when I'm having a moment. 🙊🤣"
🤣 Yeah me too! But I still could never argue that effectively with a stranger! 🤣🤣🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I'm going to guess........Hawthorne? 🤪"Now really Emma...Hawthorne was too shy! 😂"
Anyone who is shy can have their moments! You should see me when I'm havi..."
Yeah, me either... If they said no, I would say "okay" and walk away. And never come back. 🙈😂
Sarah wrote: "wow, who would have said this...can I get a hint??"Well, you actually were getting warm, Sarah! It was Emerson who told the story...so it's someone he knew...
Emma wrote: "I guess Meggy fell in Walden pond."As a matter of fact, I was trying to help my dad reserve a cabin on Moosehead Lake, one of the places Thoreau visited, where Lordwilling we will be camping with the Amish Thoreau and his family, next month! 😂
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I'm going to guess........Hawthorne? 🤪"Now really Emma...Hawthorne was too shy! 😂"
Anyone who is shy can have their moments! You should see me w..."
Precisely! 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "I guess Meggy fell in Walden pond."As a matter of fact, I was trying to help my dad reserve a cabin on Moosehead Lake, one of the places Thoreau visited, where Lordwilling we will be..."
Wow, so I guess it's me that has a sixth sense! 😂 I'm sure that will be fun! I love camping.
How long do you camp?
Emma wrote: "How long do you camp?"Just 3 nights...from the 30th of September to the 2nd of October.
Emma wrote: "Wow, so I guess it's me that has a sixth sense! 😂 I'm sure that will be fun! I love camping."Yeah I laughed so hard when you said I fell in Walden Pond...you were so close! 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How long do you camp?"Just 3 nights...from the 30th of September to the 2nd of October."
Oh wow that's all? 😂 My family goes camping once or twice a year, and we're always gone for anywhere from 1 to 2 weeks.
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Wow, so I guess it's me that has a sixth sense! 😂 I'm sure that will be fun! I love camping."Yeah I laughed so hard when you said I fell in Walden Pond...you were so close! 😂"
👀🤣
Recap - This NE author once went to the college library to procure some books, and on being told he was not eligible to borrow books there, proceeded to argue his reasons so formidably, that not only did he get the books he wanted at the moment, but unlimited access thereafter! Who was it?Dorothy - disqualified because I went and read the story to her yesterday without thinking...says Louisa May Alcott even though it's a HE! 🙄
Sarah - Has been given a hint. 😋
Emma - Hawthorne 🤦🏻♀️😂
Ruth - Thoreau had an argumentative temperament. 🤔
Emma again - 😾
Anyone else have a guess? 😂
Meg wrote: "Recap - This NE author once went to the college library to procure some books, and on being told he was not eligible to borrow books there, proceeded to argue his reasons so formidably, that not on..."😾 ⬅️ THAT WASN'T A GUESS!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How long do you camp?"Just 3 nights...from the 30th of September to the 2nd of October."
Oh wow that's all? 😂 My family goes camping once or twice a year, and we're alwa..."
Well I've never been camping! 😂 I'm the only outdoorsy person in my family so have never got to. But since the Amish needed my dad to drive them...😋
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How long do you camp?"Just 3 nights...from the 30th of September to the 2nd of October."
Oh wow that's all? 😂 My family goes camping once or twice a year, a..."
Yeah, I've been camping for like 7 years. It's really fun! So it's just you and your dad going with Thoreau? 😂
Recap - This NE author once went to the college library to procure some books, and on being told he was not eligible to borrow books there, proceeded to argue his reasons so formidably, that not only did he get the books he wanted at the moment, but unlimited access thereafter! Who was it?Dorothy - disqualified because I went and read the story to her yesterday without thinking...says Louisa May Alcott even though it's a HE! 🙄
Sarah - Mark Twain
Emma - Hawthorne 🤦🏻♀️😂
Ruth - Thoreau had an argumentative temperament. 🤔
Allyson - Mark Twain!!
Anyone else have a guess? 😂
Emma wrote: "Yeah, I've been camping for like 7 years. It's really fun! So it's just you and your dad going with Thoreau? 😂"Also his wife and their baby, and 2 older boys (not his).
Sarah wrote: "Oh wow, that wasn't my guess I'll guess Mark Twain with Allyson, also again I WISH I COULD MEET AMISH :("Are you sure you want to go with Allyson, she ALWAYS guesses Mark Twain! 😂
I can't remember if you said before, but whereabouts do you live? Are there not any Amish communities in your area?
😮🔊Meg!!!!The college, would that be
Bowdoin College?
Ruth wrote: "😮🔊Meg!!!!The college, would that be
Bowdoin College?"
Sorry, I missed your comment earlier and by the time I saw it thought maybe you didn't need to know anymore. 😂 No, it wasn't Bowdoin College. If it had been I would be going back down to take a picture of where it took place. 🤣
Meg wrote: "Recap - This NE author once went to the college library to procure some books, and on being told he was not eligible to borrow books there, proceeded to argue his reasons so formidably, that not on..."I am going to say Thoreau, too. It just seems like it would be something that would happen to him.
Pammy Jo
Oh my, I just got back to the group and now my neighbor called and told me she has some tomatoes for me...fresh from her garden! I'm going to walk over to get them, but I'll be back!Pammy Jo
Pamela wrote: "Oh my, I just got back to the group and now my neighbor called and told me she has some tomatoes for me...fresh from her garden! I'm going to walk over to get them, but I'll be back!Pammy Jo"
Ooh! Fresh tomatoes!
I love to eat them as apples.😋
Meg wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Oh wow, that wasn't my guess I'll guess Mark Twain with Allyson, also again I WISH I COULD MEET AMISH :("Are you sure you want to go with Allyson, she ALWAYS guesses Mark Twain! 😂
I..."
Haha!!😂 Yeah, I guess I do. He is one of my favorite NE authors though.
Pamela wrote: "Oh my, I just got back to the group and now my neighbor called and told me she has some tomatoes for me...fresh from her garden! I'm going to walk over to get them, but I'll be back!Pammy Jo"
Oh well that was nice!! Garden tomatoes are sooo good! 😊
Sarah wrote: "Meg wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Oh wow, that wasn't my guess I'll guess Mark Twain with Allyson, also again I WISH I COULD MEET AMISH :("Are you sure you want to go with Allyson, she ALWAYS guesses Mar..."
Oh wow, we actually used to live about 2 hours from Madison. That was more than 10 years ago. I know there are a lot of Amish in WI but am not sure where exactly.
Sooo, is anybody ready for the answer? 😂
Meg wrote: "Sooo, is anybody ready for the answer? 😂"🙄
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Sooo, is anybody ready for the answer? 😂"🙄"
You see something on the ceiling?
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Sooo, is anybody ready for the answer? 😂"🙄"
You see something on the ceiling?"
Yeah, the answer to your question!!! 🤣
Ruth wrote: "📩❓⏳👀"Yoouu got a letter from Meg that has the question? And you had to look at it really fast before your time was up, and then you saw a ghost? 🤣
Ruth wrote: "⏳😴"But then you ran out of time and it put you to sleep?
😄- Goodness, Emma,have you borrowed Allyson notes?
Ruth wrote: "😄- Goodness, Emma,have you borrowed Allyson notes?"
🤨
😮-🔊 Meg!!!!!!Will we get the answer this
side of tomorrow?
What do you mean Allyson's notes?
Emma wrote: "What do you mean Allyson's notes?"Story writing/ telling
Ruth wrote: "Emma wrote: "What do you mean Allyson's notes?"Story writing/ telling"
I'm a writer, too!! 🤣
In his 'Biographical Sketch', Emerson relates the following amusing story about his friend Thoreau..."On one occasion he went to the University Library to procure some books. The librarian refused to lend them. Mr. Thoreau repaired to the President, who stated to him the rules and usages, which permitted the loan of books to resident graduates, to clergymen who were alumni, and to some others resident within a circle of ten miles’ radius from the College. Mr. Thoreau explained to the President that the railroad had destroyed the old scale of distances,—that the library was useless, yes, and President and College useless, on the terms of his rules,—that the one benefit he owed to the College was its library,— that, at this moment, not only his want of books was imperative, but he wanted a large number of books, and assured him that he, Thoreau, and not the librarian, was the proper custodian of these. In short, the President found the petitioner so formidable, and the rules getting to look so ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter."
Congartulations, Ruth! You're the winner! 🤗
Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Emma wrote: "What do you mean Allyson's notes?"Story writing/ telling"
I'm a writer, too!! 🤣"
Yes, you are.😉
Meg wrote: "In his 'Biographical Sketch', Emerson relates the following amusing story about his friend Thoreau..."On one occasion he went to the University Library to procure some books. The librarian refuse..."
Thank you, Meg
Meg wrote: "In his 'Biographical Sketch', Emerson relates the following amusing story about his friend Thoreau..."On one occasion he went to the University Library to procure some books. The librarian refuse..."
Congartulations? 🙊🤣
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He has an argumentative
temperament.
Thoreau's Walden kitten