Tag: Anne Shirley
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The war at home
In this time of pandemics and quarantines, we’re all searching for different ways to grasp a bit of comfort and stability. Personally, I’ve been reading mysteries (they always find an answer by the end!), watching some very fluffy tv, and perhaps baking a bit more than I should. I never would have guessed that one…
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Birthday wish lists, then and now
Texas summers are an ideal time to go through those boxes and random places you throw stuff to get it out of the way. After all, it’s far too hot to do any outside chores. Last weekend, I went through a stack of things my mother had given me years ago in an effort to…
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Mrs. Rachel Lynde Would Not Approve
When a favorite book is adapted for the screen, I try to keep an open mind. I really, really do. And there were reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the latest Anne of Green Gables movie. The casting of Anne was more age appropriate. It was filmed on Prince Edward Island. And the granddaughter of…
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Kindred Spirits
The last six months or so have been crazier than usual, of which this poor neglected blog is certainly a testament. To briefly recap: in June, I was named Interim Executive Director at the museum where I’ve worked as educator for the past nine years. I spent four weeks this fall at a professional development…
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On Slates
Around here, school is about to start. This is quite evident with the flashing school zone lights, and the conversations among the younger set. I spent Sunday night hanging out with two of my favorite girls, Grace and Sophie. However, the usual “back to school” conversation took an unexpected turn. Grace, now 11, started talking…
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The best medicine
Yesterday, I was walking down the back staircase at work, not paying too much attention to things. After all, I’ve walked down that staircase thousands of times. But this time, I missed a step and managed to do a wonderful job of spraining my ankle. I’ve done this once before, about five years ago, in…
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Trying to remember the first time. . .
I wish I was one of those people that could remember exactly how old I was when I read key books of my childhood. I’ve been slowly reading Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book by Anita Silvey, and there are lots and lots of essays that include something like “I…
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Isn’t that romantic?
The Minnesota Post recently made a list of best Dynamic Duos–in movies, literature, history, etc. And on it, much to the pleasure of the Betsy-Tacy Society and other BT fans is Betsy and Joe as “Literary Romantic Couples”–alongside some couples that are definitely not found in children’s literature. And though I certainly adore the fact…
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To be pretty. And grown up.
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…
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Happy New Year!
They spent the old year’s last hour quietly around the fire. A few minutes before twelve, Captain Jim rose and opened the door. “We must let the New Year in,” he said. Outside was a fine blue night. A sparkling ribbon of moonlight garlanded in the gulf. Inside the bar the harbor shone like a…
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