Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.

'Time Bomb'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Kathy A - Oct 21, 2010 2:50:26 pm PDT #12694 of 28348
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

King of the Wind! Still a favorite

I always loved Born to Trot.


sumi - Oct 21, 2010 2:55:37 pm PDT #12695 of 28348
Art Crawl!!!

I think it's interesting that the book within a book about Hambletonian was later published on it's own.


Laga - Oct 21, 2010 2:59:47 pm PDT #12696 of 28348
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Peter Lundy was my favorite. Wanted: Tall, skinny, wiry fellows... orphans preferred.


JZ - Oct 21, 2010 3:13:38 pm PDT #12697 of 28348
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Laga, I just finished rereading Peter Lundy last night! Verdict, many years later: some of the Native American dialect is pretty dodgy and cringe-inducing, but by and large it still holds up (and Marguerite Henry has much more technical grace and artistry as a writer than I'd remembered), and oh how I someday want to look down a long dusty road and see a wee Irishman walking toward me surrounded by a flock of goats and ponies and dogs and cats and chickens, with a burro foal on a pack on his back.

The illustrations were quite fine, but they still made me miss Wesley Dennis.

Now I need to re-read Born To Trot, and also Stormy, Misty's Foal and Brighty of the Grand Canyon. I can't even begin to add up how many times I read and re-read those books as a kid.


Laga - Oct 21, 2010 3:17:48 pm PDT #12698 of 28348
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I never watch anyone out of sight since reading Peter Lundy.

Come to think of it, any time I see a paint horse, I'm looking for a bonnet and shield.


DawnK - Oct 21, 2010 3:19:40 pm PDT #12699 of 28348
giraffe mode

Stormy, Misty's Foal

I just found my copies of both Misty and Stormy. They are hard back with the dust covers still intact. They were a gift from my parents for Christmas circa 1965-ish, along with a hard back copy of The World of Pooh. All three now reside in the bookshelf in our bedroom, waiting for me to have time to read them. I adored those books. I remember checking Peter Lundy out of the library probably 20 times.


sumi - Oct 21, 2010 3:20:18 pm PDT #12700 of 28348
Art Crawl!!!

Was Peter Lundy a different title for Santo Domingo, the Medicine Hat Stallion or was it a completely different book with similar characters?


sumi - Oct 21, 2010 3:21:01 pm PDT #12701 of 28348
Art Crawl!!!

I read the Misty books, but the only one I owned was Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague.


Laga - Oct 21, 2010 3:21:38 pm PDT #12702 of 28348
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I got the gift boxed Misty & Stormy Breyer models with the books. Brighty, too, I think.


Laga - Oct 21, 2010 3:23:05 pm PDT #12703 of 28348
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I thought it was called "Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion"... or was that the movie? Ohh Leif Garrett.