Mamacita says: I first heard this poem in high school literature. Tenth grade, sophomore year, in Mrs. Helen Chandler’s class, she who taught Claude Akins, the Bedford Celebrity.. In retrospect, I know that we treated her dreadfully. She was quite … Continue reading
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Mamacita says: I know, I know; it’s not Saturday. Saturday slid past me like a wet peeled potato, so I’m doing Quotation Saturday on Sunday. I’ve had far worse lapses. . . . 1. No two persons ever read the … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I first encountered this poem when I was in the third grade in my favorite teen girl detective series – Judy Bolton, of course! (Nancy Drew is but a pale substitute. . . .) After the Bolton … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Some people don’t like quotations. “They’re not original!” or some such, blahblahblah. I like a good quotation. They make me more original. A good quotation is a thought made sharable. I’ve been collecting quotations since I was in … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Remember that anecdote about the young bride whose husband asked her why she cut the beef roast in half before she put it in the pan? She told him she did it that way, because her mother always … Continue reading
I posted this a month or so ago in anticipation of Banned Books Week, and now that Banned Books Week is officially here, well, here’s that post again. We can’t speak up against censorship enough. As long as we put … Continue reading