I spoke to the "muffin man" at the Circle@Crown Cafe Thursday as he was leaving to go home for the day. He's the one who makes our orders back in the kitchen, so I sang in a childish voice, "You're a very good Muffin Man, Muffin Man, Muffin Man..." I grinned, and he said, "I try." Earlier, I had bought a blueberry muffin and was still savoring the taste. I have no idea why I thought of the children's tune from decades ago in MY life, but I think he enjoyed my silly singing. You can hear children singing that song, HERE.
Farmer Boy (Little House, 2) ~ by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1933, illustrated by Garth Williams, 1953, children's classics, 375 pages
While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Almanzo wishes for just one thing — his very own horse — but he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility. Based on the childhood of Laura’s husband, Almanzo Wilder, this is the second book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers with its depiction of life on the American frontier.
- On Monday, I wrote about the ice storm bringing down trees, HERE.
- On Tuesday, I saved a couple of quotes from a book, HERE.
- Wednesday's subject was the phrase "shrinking violet," HERE.
- On Thursday, I wrote about the whale that's been in the news, about JOY (my fav word), and about walking, HERE.
- Friday's book beginning was from a book about a young black woman with very dark skin who was born and raised by a single mother in a white community, HERE.
- On Saturday, I wrote about seeing the movie "Barry," which is about Barack Obama's college days. I had noticed one of his college text books and got carried away with its title, HERE.
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