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zombieslayer1 14-Aug-12, 16:14 |
 Hobbies and pastimes I'm working on my pilot's license, and I volunteer at a wolf sanctuary where we rescue wolves and wolf-dogs. Below are two links of one of our wolves howling. www.youtube.com www.youtube.com |
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bittymoon 15-Aug-12, 06:29 |
My grandkids are #1 though, I try to spend as much time as possible with them. |
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zombieslayer1 15-Aug-12, 07:43 |
BTW, did you get my check for the book? I can't wait to read it. |
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bittymoon 15-Aug-12, 09:45 |
I havent got it, but havent checked the mail yet today,,,I will let you know... thank you |
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mistee 19-Aug-12, 11:00 |
I also like to read, crochet, and do a variety of other crafts. I was heavy into making porcelain dolls at one time. I still have some doll parts that I plan to get out and finish, especially now that I have a granddaughter now. I also need to replace the elastic in some of my dolls I made years ago. I love photography and videography, so I'm always dabbling in that on some level. |
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bittymoon 19-Aug-12, 11:13 |
I have to buy antique fabrics to restore old quilts, which is often a challenge, but I adore doing it all. |
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littletina 14-Sep-12, 04:07 |
Reading "Raintree County" (1948) The author had hoped this, his first novel, would be the mythical "great American novel." It got mixed reviews including some very good ones. However, the author felt he had failed and committed suicide, leaving a wife and children. His novel had won an MGM grant, and was eventually adapted into a 3-hour movie in 1957 starring Montgomery Cliff and Elizabeth Taylor, the studio hoping it would be another "Gone With the Wind." The screenplay made the plot a soap opera. During the filming Cliff visited his co-star and friend Liz (they weren't lovers, for Cliff was gay), left drunk, and drove into a tree, and was seriously hurt including disfigurement on one side of his face, halting the filming for months. There are scenes in the movie where his facial appearance on one side looks different as a result of his surgery. The movie ended up losing money. The novel, told entirely in flashbacks, focuses on the life of a small town school teacher and covers most major historical events of the 19th century in America including the Civil War--including the protagonist's involvement as a soldier--and Lincoln's Assassination, and the end of slavery. It's also about love lost and won. I couldn't find a copy in any library, didn't want a massive paperback, so I ordered a used hardback from Amazon for a few dollars and got an original 1948 edition that was once part of the library at Tompkins-Cortland Community College in N.Y. The author's father, who became a college professor, maintains a website dedicated to the novel and has written an biography of his father that includes the son's analysis and commentary of the novel. Tina |