I loved Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle! And Amelia Bedelia, too. *On further inspection, that seems wrong -- I'm remembering her as a sort of daft, funny housekeeper, and that's not what I'm seeing. Hmm.
Did anyone else read Understood Betsy? That was a favorite. And my mom's old copy of The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew.
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program
My mom *loves* Gamache. I have the first one on my Kindle, and keep meaning to start it. I need a new mystery series, since Deborah Crombie is my only remaining one, and she's just one book a year now.
I miss the days when I hadn't yet discovered Anne Perry. Two lengthy series, no waiting. Good times.
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program
I adore her stuff. It's just so beautifully written. I want to live in Three Pines.
You are very sweet to not foist tomatoes on me KB. I appreciate it!
I not only want to live in Three Pines, I want to open a bookstore or maybe paint or sculpt or something. I love the way she writes about art. Maybe the Bistro needs a dumpling supplier.
My Goodreads email this morning tempted me with super sales of NYT Bestsellers this morning so I exercised self control and only purchased 4 Nook books from new to me authors. $2.99 each! Today Only! If you get Goodreads emails you will see the offering.
Two of them are #1 in series. It is a comforting thing for me to read series because I don't like the feeling of never seeing interesting characters again.
Amelia Bedelia, too. *On further inspection, that seems wrong -- I'm remembering her as a sort of daft, funny housekeeper, and that's not what I'm seeing. Hmm.
Also how I remember her. I have a specific memory of the family leaving her a note asking her to dust. She wasn't sure what they meant, then found the "dusting powder", so she liberally dusted it on everything.
That's what I remember. And drawing the curtains. But baking wonderful pies, so worth the trouble.
I found Amelia Bedelia annoying.
Aw, I had forgotten dressing the chicken, but it's coming back to me.
It looks the original books were from the '60s, and the new ones (written mostly in the '90s by a family member) focused on Amelia as a child.
I have such an urge to go back and read the first original one. Dressing the chicken and dusting the furniture is coming back to me, too!