Alden B. Dow and other posts

Just so I don't forget it, here's a link to Henry Kisor's blog & geocaching

Have to say that the Alden B. Dow book is gorgeous. I'm still reading it, but never thought when I first saw it that I would read this all the way through. It looks like a coffee table book (which it is in a way, since the pictures are beautiful) but that very first line grabs your attention & makes you want to read the whole book all the way through. What a fabulous man & what an interesting mind he had.

And that first line? "Alden B. Dow was born.... and for want of an incubator, he was put in an oven." Just a fabulous beginning line.

On the agenda for reading now are Northanger Abbey & Persuasion, plus finishing Alden B. Dow. I also plan to go to our local independent bookseller to .... browse. If I'm smart, I won't buy much, but the temptation is hard to bear.

Maple Syrup!

(still reading Expeditions, more about it tomorrow when I have finished)

http://www.vermontvillemaplesyrupfestival.com/

Every year I swear I'll go to the sugaring at Fenner Nature Center & every year I don't. But maybe this year. And this year, I defnitely want to go to Vermontville for their festival.

And here's a couple others that I'm interested in attending:

http://www.curwoodfestival.com/

Takes place June 5-8th and is in honor of Owosso's native son, James Curwood, who wrote 33 popular adventure novels.


http://www.cityofstjohnsmi.com/news/ St. John's Mint Festival is held the 2nd weekend in August. Scroll down to the Mint Festival part.


how to make your own hitty doll:

http://www.americankit.com/dolls/kits/hitty.htm

About the Newbery winning novel Hitty (http://www.hitty.org)

And a link to a book review written about an acquaintance's book (Henry Kisor) He writes wonderful mysteries set in the UP.

Liked this quote:

Alexander Graham Bell said, "When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."