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A late Christmas present
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A late Christmas present Poor Gracie got the short end of the stick for two days running. We couldn't make time for a hike Christmas Eve or Christmas. Today we took her to Asylum Lake to play in the creek, and in the lake at the swimming hole. It was sunny and warm- forty five degrees or more. It felt warmer. But she was a bit antsy and had trouble behaving. There was some pent up energy there I think. We took a path we don't follow much, by Little Asylum Lake and through the savanna between the lakes. She got an hour and a half hike, but a lot of it was reprimand and argument. I feel kind of bad for her. She was wound up like an eight day clock and needed to blow off steam. There's a park south of her a few miles, and I think I'm going to pay the fee and start taking her there to get her ya-ya's out. She will probably learn better and behave better if she has a chance to cut loose more. When we got home there were a couple of packages waiting, and one was a present for me from PD. She was pretty disappointed that it didn't arrive before Christmas because she was sure I'd love it. She was right. I'm a book collector, but I don't collect rare books or first editions. I just save books I've read and loved. I can give away some stuff that didn't move me or teach me much, but there are certain authors whom I revere above others. One is Christopher Hill, the English Marxist historian. The first book of his that I read was a small one, "The World Turned Upside Down", and I loved it. Hill was an authority on seventeenth century England and in particular he was expert in the doings of the English Revolution, and in the dramatis personae of that cataclysmic period. Professor Hill makes the time and people come alive for me and is able to sort out the radical thought and as radical behavior of those magnificent folk and give it meaning. The book PD found is not rare or expensive- Hill is something of a specialized taste and his books, while respected for his scholarship and acumen, are not yet collector's items. It's titled "Society and Puritanism in Pre-Revolutionary England". Catchy title, right? I know once I've blogged about it you will all run out and buy up the remaining copies and drive up the prices! But I have not read it before, and I was very happy to get it. It's a soft cover in very good to excellent condition. I opened it and PD told me to look at the frontispiece, because she couldn't wait for me to find it on my own. It's signed by the professor himself, and dated. This fact is of little note to some but I am beyond delighted to have it and it has a value beyond it's price. I have a wife who knew precisely what would please me out of proportion to it's actual monetary value and got it for me. I already felt that our Christmas had been perfect, and it had nothing to do with gifts I had received but was about what we had given, and the wonderful time with our families. And then she gave me this.       Become a member now and get a free tote bag. |
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Thank you Mel! I really can't tell you how much this one special book pleases me. And, you are right. I felt bad about not finding some hike time for her. It's the most important time of her day and she revels in it. I think the dog park will help her too. She's a high energy girl and she needs to kick up her heels and chase some boys. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I gotta say, nice post... the way you spoke about your gifts captures the Christmas spirit as well as any I have heard. It matters not what they are but the thought behind them... love it. What kind of dog is Miss Gracie? I had a Gracie myself  Gracie is a Labrador mix. Her daddy was a big one- said to be a pure Lab, black like her, and his owner said he went a hundred and thirty pounds. I'm a bit skeptical- people have a tendency to exaggerate the weight of their dogs. But there's no denying, he was a big boy. He also had a roving eye and was fucking anything he could catch in the area. So the bitch was pure mutt, kind of rangy looking and non-descript, and medium to large in size. Gracie's a year and a half now and weighed in at ninety pounds last time we got her on a scale. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Well, like I said, it felt warmer. I dressed for cool temperature because I knew we'd be in woods part of the time, and I did a lot of sweating instead. It felt like sixty degrees in the sun. We coulda gone naked! And I did see a couple of hikers who I wish had gone naked....... Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Wow! The title of that book gave me an erection!happym; Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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It's a bit of an esoteric topic for a lot of Americans, I think, but I have always been interested in English history, being of English extraction. A book by the American writer Kevin Phillips, "The Cousins' Wars", makes the connection between the English Civil War and the American Revolution and American Civil War. I now think that it should be required reading for any serious student of American history. Phillips isn't an easy author to read, but his research is solid and his conclusions are equally sound. There is a clear trail of blood leading from the first war to the last. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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But you still have prettier legs.  Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I would love that book too. He is one of my favourite historians, along with Eric Hobsbawn and A J P Taylor. I can't stand Niall Ferguson, who's always on television nowadays, defending imperial ways.
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My daughter is like you in this respect. She has a wish jar in her room filled with book titles. When you ask what she wants as a gift, she will hand you the jar. Good Christmas to you and PD.
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Lol at McManiac. That was a very thoughtful gift!  
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Agreed. I run out of superlatives trying to describe her. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I think you are quite special too, you know. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I would love that book too. He is one of my favourite historians, along with Eric Hobsbawn and A J P Taylor. I can't stand Niall Ferguson, who's always on television nowadays, defending imperial ways. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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My daughter is like you in this respect. She has a wish jar in her room filled with book titles. When you ask what she wants as a gift, she will hand you the jar. Good Christmas to you and PD. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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To bad it was late. She would've have probably loved to see you open it under the Christmas tree. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Lol at McManiac. That was a very thoughtful gift! It was a very thoughtful gift. Just a little thing, that signature, but it really made me happy! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I'm gonna get you two jokers a private table in the corner. Whaddya want to drink? Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Just as the Lady wishes...... [image] Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I have lost, misplaced, loaned and otherwise lost track of so many treasured books over the years, and each one is a scar on my wounded soul. Winston Churchill's "History of the English Speaking Peoples"? Vanished. I had at least one copy of everything Jack Kerouac ever wrote- Gone with the Wind. Margaret Mitchell wrote that one , I just mean......never mind. I don't have either of them anymore. And it hurts. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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The first impression is often the right one, Lola. I'm lucky. [image] Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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12/31/2014 7:27 am |
Great gift. Always cherish a signed copy. Nice post.
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Great gift. Always cherish a signed copy. Nice post. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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No one is more surprised or delighted by that than me! Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair. Probably there is some person out there who hates me passionately, and the gods have reason to punish him, so they do it by rewarding me. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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