The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
My rating: 1 of 5 stars


When I looked at this book, I saw the description "On the eve of the United States's entrance into World War II in 1940, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: She doesn't deliver a letter."




At the time it appeared to me that this would be a big, monumental event.  Rereading the description now, I can see that maybe it wasn't even meant to sound that way.  After reading the book, the description seems to sum it all up pretty well...  it really does tell you everything.  There is no surprise, no twist, no big event, and no great story.


That's the other thing I first noticed when looking at this book and adding it to my "to read" pile.  I saw in the back there was a section "the real story" and I assumed, falsely, that this was a book based on a little known real event in history.  Had I read that section first, I could have saved myself a lot of time drudging through this book.  It was based on a few things the author saw that inspired her to write the book.


It was tedious for me to read, and I wish I hadn't wasted so much time on this book.  :-(


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Greg Mortenson's book Three Cups Of Tea is a lie??  I really should pay more attention to the news I guess.  I read Three Cups Of Tea.  I loved it.  I was planning to read the sequel this year.  Guess there's no sense in reading THAT now.  I'm so disappointed.  :-(

Three Cups of Deceit

How Greg Mortenson,
Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way

Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, and he’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is also not what he appears to be. As acclaimed author Jon Krakauer discovered, Mortenson has not only fabricated substantial parts of his bestselling books Three Cups of Teaand Stones into Schools, but has also misused millions of dollars donated by unsuspecting admirers like Krakauer himself. This is the tragic tale of good intentions gone very wrong.
http://www.byliner.com/

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Paper Flowers

Found the kits at Big Lots last year - they are by Martha Stewart

Now that Meg's room is painted, we finally put them together as accents in her room.  :-) 

The vase of flowers here, and another out of sight on the other side of the tv, were also a Martha Stewart kit, also from Big Lots - we made those last year.  :-)

Men's Thought Boxes

Focus on the Family broadcasts have had two episodes recently about the differences between how men and women think.  the first one, shown above, is more humorous (but so true!) and the second is a bit more expansive.  


http://www.focusonthefamily.com/radio.aspx?ID={5BC2A206-2864-42DC-8F98-5673EEB64280}
"In a discussion based on their book Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti, Bill and Pam Farrel explain how a husband and wife can understand and appreciate one another's differences. "


This really is something I wish I had heard before we got married!  20 years in, I "get" it, but those first few years, when I asked him what he was thinking about and he said "nothing" I really did think he just didn't want to talk to me.  :-)





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There is a goat in my living room

But he's not on the carpet, and not on the furniture (if you do not count the footstool as furniture, which apparently our son does not...) so technically not violating the stated rules.  Note to self - make more specific rules.  :-)


He's outside now, it was just too wet and nasty to put him outside his first day here, so he stayed (HA!) in a dog kennel in our laundry room for the first day, and again overnight last night, just to be sure he's acclimating ok.  He gets a bottle 
twice a day yet.

Coming home from the amish sale...

He's in a kennel in the laundry room for tonight - it's too cold, wet, and windy to leave him outside his first night here. He's obviously used to being bottle fed, he took right to the bottle.

This will be our billy goat next year.  :-)

BSF WK26

My notes from the lecture

http://www.youversion.com/notes/1068187/bsf-lecture-wk

This week there was an extra handout - Home Training Lesson on Teaching Your Child About Easter.  As always, it's a fantastic resource!

This week was an excellent tie in with our families study of James from last week!