Everything else is fattening. And since I can’t do much right now due to stupid pain, I spend time gazing out watching snow.
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The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection: All 22 Stories by L. Frank Baum
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Whew! That took a month to get through. And though I might have said it was repetitive and boring at first. I gradually felt pulled into the many implications of history and how foward thinking this author was for his time.
I listened on Audible . Eric Vincent (Narrator) did a fantastic job with his many voices of the population of Oz. At first, I was a little put off with his female voices but soon saw that even within the group of young women he had to bring to life somehow.
I wish I could have found the illustrations that were in the paper books I read to my children so long ago. That was the only thing missing.
Interesting things found in these books written in the early 1900s:
The first transgender person I can remember being presented. (Tip/Ozma)
Women at war to reseat the throne, ejecting the wizard.
Clever ways to help people talk through problems and find peaceful solutions.
When I read a few of these to my kids I felt the language rather boring, but we all loved them anyway. Now hearing someone else read the books, I fell into the rhythm and enjoyed all the adventures. I’m rather missing it. Oh, yeah! I’m reading Wicked soon. Now I will have a deeper understanding of the world that story is based in. I don’t know about Wicked yet. But I know the main lessons of Oz were kindness and helping others. Not a bad set of mottos and goals to aim for.
To look a lot like Christmas with a new kitty!
Every day we are putting them back up, rescuing stray balls. But wouldn’t trade it for anything. I really needed Sammie in my life.
So much closer to the dollar than $.50!
This looks to be a promising year.
A great birthday for me is touching base with loved ones. You all know who you are.❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is one of my favorites. I stumbled over it on Facebook.
Still hoping. I love my kitty. But I miss the puppy energy.
I had no idea what to blog about today. So
Sorry. Bragging time. I rarely talk about Duolingo. I play with it every day. Some days I enjoy it so much I don’t want to stop. Others I barely make it through one five minutes. I have a lot of languages plus math and music. By the way, the music sucks! Some languages seem easy for me. But others are nearly impossible for me.
Anyway:
Darswords 
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