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My power's back on, yayyy!
But being without is really boring. Not so much because all my electronics were down, as that it's really hard to read by flashlight and all my candles are designed for smell, not light. Though I'm not sure anyone designs candles for light output anymore, at least around here.
So I pulled some Laura Ingalls Wilder off my shelf half at random, and stuck with it in part because it has a larger font, though it's also enjoyment. I find the racism objectionable, though it is a product of the times, but it's interesting to note that in Little House on the Prairie the African-American doctor is not portrayed the same way as the Native Americans. Through Laura's eyes he is..."alien" has negative connotations, but it fits for a six-year-old who had seen very few people her entire life to date, and most of them relatives.
It's been so long since I've read them that there were bits I'd forgotten, and bits I remembered quite vividly. Leeches, yeck (that's Plum Creek, lest someone think I didn't). I've moved on to Farmer Boy--it's not like they're long books--and the differences are sharp. Almanzo's family was much wealthier, for one thing. And the food! There is so much food in Farmer Boy, and it all sounds so good. *snicker* I always wanted to try growing a milk-fed pumpkin myself.
But being without is really boring. Not so much because all my electronics were down, as that it's really hard to read by flashlight and all my candles are designed for smell, not light. Though I'm not sure anyone designs candles for light output anymore, at least around here.
So I pulled some Laura Ingalls Wilder off my shelf half at random, and stuck with it in part because it has a larger font, though it's also enjoyment. I find the racism objectionable, though it is a product of the times, but it's interesting to note that in Little House on the Prairie the African-American doctor is not portrayed the same way as the Native Americans. Through Laura's eyes he is..."alien" has negative connotations, but it fits for a six-year-old who had seen very few people her entire life to date, and most of them relatives.
It's been so long since I've read them that there were bits I'd forgotten, and bits I remembered quite vividly. Leeches, yeck (that's Plum Creek, lest someone think I didn't). I've moved on to Farmer Boy--it's not like they're long books--and the differences are sharp. Almanzo's family was much wealthier, for one thing. And the food! There is so much food in Farmer Boy, and it all sounds so good. *snicker* I always wanted to try growing a milk-fed pumpkin myself.