@dabbe on Litsy

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

I miss you all so--
Sal, George, Caramel, Babs, & Pete ...
Please visit my dreams.

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Bookwormjillk Aw ❤️‍🩹 6h

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 6h

TheSpineView 💔💔💔 6h

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dabbe @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle @TheSpineView ❤️💔💔💔💔💔❤️‍🩹 6h

AmyG I bet they are all chasing each other in heaven. ❤️🤞🏻 6h

AnnCrystal 😢💔❤️‍🩹🐾 they remain with us always 🥲🙏🏼🐝💝. (edited) 6h

Eggs So sweet 🥲 5h

dabbe @AmyG Definitely creating some havoc, these five! 😍 5h

dabbe @AnnCrystal ❤️💔❤️‍🩹 5h

dabbe @Eggs TY! ❤️‍🩹 5h

Cuilin I‘m not crying, you‘re crying 😭 5h

MemoirsForMe You‘ll be getting lots of nudges in your dreams. ❤️‍🩹🐕🐕‍🦺🦮 4h

Texreader ♥️ 💙 🌈 ♥️ 💙 3h

JenlovesJT47 Awwww 😭😭😭 I have a list of these but cats ❤️‍🩹💛🖤💛🫂🫂🫂🐝 3h

CBee Aw Denise 😢 I have a list like this one as well ♥️ 2h

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#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#lostroyalty

BooksandCoffee4Me I was just reading about Audrey Hepburn this morning. Oh, so gorgeous and fun and style! 6h

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me She was simply a darling. 💚💜💚 6h

Eggs Audrey was one-of-a-Kind💖 5h

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dabbe @Eggs 💚💜💚 5h

Texreader Fun movie!!! 3h

ChaoticMissAdventures I love this movie! "And at midnight I will turn into a pumpkin and drive away in my glass slipper". It is so charming ? 3h

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Scaffolding: Selected Poems | Jane Cooper

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#west

CaitlinR Lovely. 6h

dabbe @CaitlinR 💙🩵💙 5h

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#5JoysFriday
@Debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 🥰) and for reminding us to focus on our joys in this unbelievably chaotic world.

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1d

kspenmoll A fairly clean house 😊 new appliances! Happy Friday! 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚💜💚 1d

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dabbe @kspenmoll Well we have two of the hairiest dogs on the planet! 🤣 Thanks! And can you believe it? Everything's being delivered and installed tomorrow while I go and have breakfast with my sisters? That's my Matty. 💚💜💚 1d

LiseWorks Nothing like new appliances 19h

peaKnit Go Harvard! Those pups! 🥰 16h

ShelleyBooksie Love the pup pics ♡ Congrats on the new appliances 15h

dabbe @LiseWorks 🎯🩵🎯 8h

dabbe @peaKnit 💚💜💚 8h

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie TY! 💚💜💚 8h

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Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#JumpStartSummer
@TheSpineView, the hostess with the mostest! 😍

Joining in this much-needed readatthon to get some serious, well, reading done! 🤣

Care to join? 🤗

TheSpineView That's quite the list. Good luck and read on! 📚📚📚 1d

dabbe @TheSpineView It helps when some are just a chapter a day, like LES MIS. 🤣 1d

TheSpineView @dabbe 👍💜📖 1d

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Nancy Drew Starter Set | Carolyn Keene

#haikuaday
#haikuhive
#NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

Oh, Miss Nancy Drew,
E'er caught in traps and snafus.
Still, you outsmart clues!

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Librarybelle 😂 So true! Great haiku! 1d

TheSpineView Good one! 💛🐝💛 1d

JenlovesJT47 This is hilarious! 😅😆 💛🐝🖤 1d

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dabbe @Librarybelle 😍🤣🤗 1d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🤣😍🤗 1d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 I needed a funnier one after yesterday's! 🤣💛🐝🤣💛 1d

Leftcoastzen 👏👏👏😂 1d

Kristy_K 💛💛 1d

AnnCrystal Brilliant Perfection 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🔍🧐🔎🐝💝. (edited) 1d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🤣😍🤗 1d

dabbe @Kristy_K 💛💛 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💛🐝🖤 1d

Eggs Just perfect for Nancy👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1d

bellabella I love Nancy Drew! 1d

dabbe @Eggs TY! 💛🐝🖤 1d

dabbe @bellabella Are you reading with the #NancyDrewBR hosted by @Librarybelle? Next month's book is #20! We are having a blast reading/reading them. #nostalgiaoverload 💚💜💚 1d

julieclair A rhyming haiku! Love it! 12h

dabbe @julieclair 🖤🐝🖤 8h

Reggie I never comment on all of ya‘lls Nancy Drew posts but I love reading them because they make me laugh. She‘s a master of everything, ya‘ll finally figured out what she did for work and she had to deal with exploding oranges. They‘re fun to read! 3m

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dabbe

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#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Name that movie! 🍿

TheBookgeekFrau 1. Gone With The Wind 2. ??? 3. Love Story 4. The Way We Were 5. ??? 6. Titanic 7. Casablanca 8. Dr. Zhivago 9. When Harry Met Sally 1d

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 2. THE ENGLISH PATIENT 5. PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Excellent job, m'dear! 😍 (edited) 1d

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Ah! Never saw either 🤷🏻‍♀️ 💚💚💚 1d

Eggs Well played🙌🏻 1d

dabbe @Eggs 💚💜💚 1d

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dabbe

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#werewolf

TheKidUpstairs Love Fiona Apple! 1d

TheSpineView Perfect! 😍😍😍 1d

TheBookHippie Love!! 1d

dabbe @TheKidUpstairs @TheSpineView @TheBookHippie 💛🖤💛 1d

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Nancy Drew 19: The Quest of the Missing Map | Carolyn Keene

pick

#NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

The 19th installment in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series, first published in 1942 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, Nancy is drawn into a mystery when she meets a young woman named Ellen Smith, who seeks help in locating a missing half of a treasure map. The premise of a split treasure map and pirate legacy is intriguing, offering a classic adventure that appeals to nostalgic readers of ND. Plus 2 #nnk's! 🤣

Librarybelle Nancy seriously needs to get her brain checked with all of the head knocks! 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 2d

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Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Old Dan, Little Ann ...
You're forever joined in love––
where the red fern grows.

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TheSpineView Beautiful and sad. 💛🐝💛 2d

BarbaraJean I JUST listened to an audiobook where the author talked about how scarred he was by reading this as a kid!! 😆 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💛😭🖤 2d

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dabbe @BarbaraJean 🎯🩵🎯!!! Same here ... 4th grade was never the same. 2d

Kristy_K This just made me add the book to my TBR! Love! 💛💛 2d

JenlovesJT47 I have never read this. 😳 Need to fix that! 💛🐝🖤 2d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @Kristy_K One of my fave books of childhood. You'll need a box of kleenex when you read it. 😍 2d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝📚🐝💝. 2d

Ruthiella @JenlovesJT47 Maybe two boxes of Kleenex. 😭 2d

JenlovesJT47 @Ruthiella I downloaded it and plan on starting it tomorrow! 🤧 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💛🐝🖤 2d

dabbe @Ruthiella 🎯🩵🎯 2d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🩵😭🩵 2d

BooksandCoffee4Me 😢💛💛💛 2d

Eggs Oh 😥 so beautiful 🌿 2d

Reggie 🖤🖤🖤 2d

Roary47 I still haven‘t read it, but watched it in my fourth grade class for our book-movie Fridays. My teacher (my Dad) was really awesome in ensuring a type of literacy even if many of my class wasn‘t readers. I‘m too scared for all that raw emotion. 😭 (edited) 2d

CBee @dabbe I will never read this again. My heart can‘t take it 😢😢 2d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🩵😭🩵 1d

dabbe @Eggs 🩵😭🩵 1d

dabbe @Roary47 First, how cool is is that your dad was your teacher? 😍 And yes, the emotion is as raw as it gets. 🩵😭🩵 1d

dabbe @CBee Same here, m'dear. It's a favorite, but that doesn't mean I can go through it again. 🩵😭🩵 1d

bellabella I cry every time.
Why did they have to die so?
Please live forever. 😭 1d

dabbe @bellabella As an agonostice, I just don't know about an after-life for humans. But good kitties and good boys and girls? #therehastobe 🖤🐾🖤 1d

CBee @bellabella agreed 😭😭😭 1d

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The Wizard of Oz | Frank Baum

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ZIntitle

rubyslippersreads Excellent choice! 😁👠🌈 2d

dabbe @rubyslippersreads One for you today! 💚💜💚 2d

Eggs Brilliant ✨ 👠 🌟 2d

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The Holy Bible | Crossway Bibles

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wept

Considering the current state of our world, I wouldn't be surprised.

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💚💜💚 2d

LeeRHarry This reminds me of my Mum as she was asked to pick a verse from the Bible to read aloud when she was in school and picked this one. 😆 2d

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Librarybelle I‘m fairly sure this is a verse that aptly describes the current world state of affairs… 2d

monalyisha @LeeRHarry Amazing! What a character! 😂🙌🏻 2d

dabbe @LeeRHarry 🤣😍🤣 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 2d

kspenmoll I am sure you are right regarding a verse that is such an accurate response to our nation/world today.💕 2d

dabbe @kspenmoll 💚💜💚 2d

BooksandCoffee4Me Yes, in context, Jesus sees the sorrows and pain in the people as a result of death and evil in the world and “Jesus wept.” He did and He does. 2d

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The Call of the Wild | Jack London

#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

My worst score EVER on ANY of these surveys. I don't know whether to 🤣 or 😭. I'll finish out this survey, but then I think I'll have to find something else for us to do because I think a few of us are a wee depressed from our scores, and I don't want to be a bummer to anyone's day. Above are 3 favorites out of the 9 I read.
And I'm a retired high school English teacher! 😱

Bookwormjillk Maybe it‘s the books not you 😀 3d

ChaoticMissAdventures Was there many you want to read? If not it is the list, not you! I am enjoying looking into these, so many I have never heard of. I doubt I will read many of these super old ones but I still find it interesting. 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me @Bookwormjillk 👍👍👍 2d

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dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🥰 2d

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures TBH, not really. Thanks for that. Most of them I was like 😳! It is interesting to look though, isn't it? 😍 2d

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Only 10 for me as well! 2d

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Ya kicked my butt! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 2d

Suet624 I got 10. I guess I have some additional reading to do. 2d

dabbe @Suet624 Or not. There are not many from this list that I would add to my TBR! 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 2d

Suet624 Good point. 2d

dabbe @Suet624 I meant to say *would NOT! 2d

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#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 3, all from the 1900s.
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1900s
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.
I'm tagging no one this time. ALL are welcome.

CogsOfEncouragement Ummmmm. I‘ve read 4 - Gatsby, Mrs. Dalloway, Ackroyd, and Room with a View. 3d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I've never read DALLOWAY; did you like it? #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 3d

CogsOfEncouragement I read it in 2017, gave it 3⭐️ and wrote this review: This was an incredibly slow read for me. A bit because of an event I helped to put on (kinda funny if you know what the book is about) but also because of the way Woolf wrote it. ⬇️ 3d

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CogsOfEncouragement I take no offense to the accolades it has earned, and I see why others enjoy it. I compare it to Beloved by Toni Morrison which I read a few months ago. Though I like both stories, I do not much enjoy reading this style. At the same time, I am glad I read both award winning books. 3d

MonicaLoves2Read I only got 2. The Great Gastby I read it in Hugh School. The Murder of Roger Akyrod I read last year. 3d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Thanks for that input. I have always been scared to read her for the whole stream-of-consciousness thing, but maybe I'll give her a try. (edited) 3d

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read ROGER ACKROYD was one of the biggest surprise reads I have ever had! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 💚🩵💚 3d

Roary47 I got 5… I‘ve never even heard of most of them. 😅 Ethan Frome was a favorite in high school, Great Gatsby, the jungle, The Sun also rises, and Call of the Wild. (edited) 3d

willaful 9 for me... I've never even HEARD of half of these book! 3d

thebacklistbook Wow... I scored 1. 3d

AnnCrystal I'm not even going to whisper my results, I'm just going to hide 🤐🤭😂. 3d

Bookwormjillk 5 for me. Gatsby and Ethan Frome are favorites. Many of the others I‘ve never heard of. 3d

Librarybelle Ouch! I got 6. 3d

RaeLovesToRead I got 4..... FOUR????!!!!!! 3d

RaeLovesToRead I've not even heard of most of these. And I have the 1001 books book! 3d

Daisey 26 this week. I do find it interesting how even as the scores vary, most of us have seemed to follow similar trends in fewer on each of the 3 so far. Surely we‘ll go back up again on the next. 3d

JenlovesJT47 I got 4! 😭 2d

dabbe @Roary47 I'm with ya on the what the heck are these? 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @willaful 🎯🩵🎯! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

TheLudicReader 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣4🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2d

dabbe @thebacklistbook You're in good company! 😍 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal No hiding allowed! Most of the ones on this list I haven't even heard of, nor would I add them to my TBR! 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯 Love your choices, too. #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle Seriously, I wouldn't even put most of these on my TBR! I'm like 😳! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead You're right in there with the rest of us! 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Now that's 🤣! Which edition? The one I'm using is the revised 2018, which (I think) includes a heckuva lot more world lit. 2d

dabbe @Daisey You da winner so far! #bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 We're right there with you! Surely next week has to be better! 🤩 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

dabbe @TheLudicReader 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣#yourock🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

melissajayne 6 2d

dabbe @melissajayne #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

BkClubCare I got 14. Thanks muchly to a hardcover of DH Lawrence stories! And Virginia Woolf 💖 2d

DGRachel Alright. I‘m going in. Wish me luck! 2d

peaKnit Oh boy, two for me :) 2d

dabbe @BkClubCare Two authors I have never read (except for some short stories by Lawrence!) On the TBR! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 2d

dabbe @DGRachel Good luck! 😍 2d

dabbe @peaKnit You're in great company with most of us! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 2d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🤗👌🏼💝. 2d

Bklover Six! That‘s it! 😳😳😳😳😳 1d

dabbe @Bklover You're in good company; most of us were under 10! 🤣 Here's hoping next week is better for all of us! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 💚💜💚 1d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

A whiz Wordle is
when one can solve within three––
Otherwise, it whiffs.

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TheSpineView Good one! 👍💛🐝💛 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💚💛💚 3d

jdiehr 😄 3d

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JenlovesJT47 A lovely tongue twister 💛🐝🖤 3d

Lesliereadsalot That‘s tough! 3d

dabbe @jdiehr @JenlovesJT47 @Lesliereadsalot 💛💚🖤 3d

lil1inblue I like the alliteration! And it's so true! 😍 3d

CBee I am so awful at Wordle 😂😂 3d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💚💛🖤 3d

dabbe @CBee I have good days and horrible days with it.💛🤣💚 3d

CBee @dabbe I don‘t even try anymore 😂😂 3d

AnnCrystal Never tried, is it a game 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🆒🐝💝. 3d

dabbe @CBee Now you have to play every day! 😍 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal Boy, is it! 💚🖤💛
https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html 3d

Eggs Love doing Wordle with @geodynamical_nonfiction ❤️❤️ 3d

AnnCrystal Thanks @dabbe 🆒☺️👌🏼💝. 3d

dabbe @Eggs 💚💛🖤 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! Let me know what you think of it if you give it a whirl! 😍 2d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 😉👍🏼💝. 2d

IMASLOWREADER well then it was most the time whiffs for me then lol…use to play this everyday against my boss, sister, cousin and husband lol (edited) 2d

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER I still do with my husband, sisters, and his sisters. We're quite competitive! 🤣😍😊 1d

bellabella I'm pretty bad at it. 😝 😂 1d

dabbe @bellabella It's funny. Some people purposely play to get nothing LESS than a six; they pride themselves on showing how LONG it can take to arrive at the word. Others, as we know, think the other way. So I say, if you get it that day, no matter WHAT the final tally is, #youdawinner! 💚💛🖤 1d

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee

#allusions
#gordianknot

CBee Alexander the Great cheated 😂😂 3d

dabbe @CBee 🤣🎯🩵🎯🤣 3d

AnnCrystal 🗡️👑😂👌🏼💝💝💝. 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal Just knife that knot, right? 🤣 2d

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Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell

#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. When my eyes open every morning, and I see that I've been given another day on this precious planet, I'm inspirited to get my ass out of bed and enjoy it.
2. I was and always will be #gobsmacked by Scarlett O'Hara. #sassiestlassie

Play? @kspenmoll @AnnCrystal @CBee

rubyslippersreads I ❤️ Scarlett, even though she often infuriates me. 😆 3d

dabbe @rubyslippersreads 🎯🩵🎯! 3d

peaKnit Ope, I tagged you too late😊 I love #1! 3d

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AnnCrystal 🏜️💝💝💝
Thank You for the tag ☺️👍🏼💝. 3d

dabbe @peaKnit You're never too late! 😍 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 3d

Eggs Thx for playing❣️You are so good at inspiring 👏🏻👏🏻 3d

dabbe @Eggs Aww shucks. 😍🤩😍 2d

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#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#authorwpseudonym
#altarego
#musicianwpseudonym
#ziggystardust

Bookwomble 💛🧡🧑🏼‍🎤🧡💛 3d

dabbe @Bookwomble I thought you might like this! 💛♥️🧡 3d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻👏🏻 3d

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dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤩 3d

Bookwomble @dabbe You thought correctly! 😁 3d

Eggs Love Bowie💫❤️✨ 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🎯♥️🎯 2d

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dabbe

Nimbus | Robert P Baird

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#welt

lil1inblue 💛 🌟 💛 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me Coincidence that this is posted next to your post of Bowie? 😊 Thinking of his movie “Labyrinth”. 💛💛💛 3d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Nope! One inspired the other! I've got #bowieonthebrain 🤣💛🤩 3d

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dabbe @lil1inblue 💛🤩💛 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe 👍💛💛 3d

TheSpineView Love it! ❤️❤️❤️ 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💚💜💚 3d

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The Fellowship of the Ring | J.R.R. Tolkien

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Adventure calls them.
The fellowship treads forward––
Each his own hero.

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JenlovesJT47 This is great! 💛🖤💛🐝🐝🐝 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 💛🐝🖤 4d

lil1inblue Most excellent! 😍 💛 🐝 💛 4d

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TheSpineView Love it! I am a LOTRs fan. 4d

CBee Love love love LOTR ♥️♥️♥️ 4d

AnnCrystal Exceptional Perfection 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🐝💝. 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💛🐝🖤 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💛🐝🖤 4d

dabbe @CBee 💛🐝🖤 4d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💛🐝🖤 4d

Kristy_K Love this one! 💛💛 4d

bellabella Who is your favorite hero, @dabbe? 4d

Eggs Formidable poem and image👏🏻👏🏻 4d

dabbe @Kristy_K TY! 💛🐝🖤 3d

dabbe @Eggs 💛🐝🖤 3d

dabbe @bellabella Ooh, excellent question! Even though Samwise Gamgee is considered the sidekick to Frodo's bigger quest, Sam's quest is the purest of heart--to just be there for Frodo--no matter what. And without Sam, the ring could not have been destroyed. He's my favorite character in the series! 💚💜💚 3d

bellabella @dabbe My dad cries every time he sees the scene with Sam running after Frodo in the boat and almost drowning. There should be a dictionary with his face under the entry “Loyalty“ 💕 1d

dabbe @bellabella For sure, he's the hero, but he is mainly THE. BEST. SIDEKICK. EVER. “I can't carry it for you. But I can carry you!“ 😭💚😭

P.S. My other favorite sidekick is Joe from GREAT EXPECTATIONS. “Ever the best of friends, ain't us, Pip?“ 😭💚😭 1d

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The Aeneid of Virgil | Virgil

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. Latin.
2. I'd love to be able to read THE AENEID in Latin.

Play? @TheLudicReader @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing 4d

TheBookHippie Latin my second choice! Although we learned a good bit in nursing. 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍🤩😍 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😍🤩😍 4d

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#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#robots

Leftcoastzen Thanks for the ear 🐛 worm ! 4d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen YW! 🤣 4d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love them!! 🎤 4d

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Eggs Excellent 🎶🎶 4d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎯🩵🎯 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🖤🎶🖤 3d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wellworn

lil1inblue 💜 💜 💜 4d

TheSpineView Great poem! ♥️ 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💚💜💚 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍 4d

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#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#dragons #dragon
“I'll be your candle on the water ...“ #helenreddy

Eggs Loved this film 🐉 5d

dabbe @Eggs #ditto 🐉 4d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive
#a&wrootbeerfloats

Vanilla swirls in
A&W root beer.
Michigan mem'ries.

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lil1inblue Mmm. Nothing beats an A&W float! 😍 5d

TheSpineView Loved it as a kid! ♥️🍺 5d

MemoirsForMe Yum!😍 5d

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dabbe @lil1inblue @TheSpineView @MemoirsForMe #summersingrandhaven 💛🩵💚 5d

JamieArc ❤️❤️❤️ 5d

JenlovesJT47 Mm this sounds so good right about now 💛🐝🖤 5d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😍🍻😋🐝💝. 5d

dabbe @JamieArc 💚💜💚 5d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 So refreshing! 💚💜💚 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚💜💚 5d

Susanita Mmm root beer 5d

BethM It took me way too long to realize it was a float and not somehow adding extra vanilla to root beer. Which sounds delicious. 5d

dabbe @Susanita So quenching! 💚💜💚 5d

dabbe @BethM I think that's what this float is! Vanilla ice cream added to root beer. And it's to die for. 💚💜💚 5d

bellabella Ooh, yummy! 5d

BethM It totally is, but I was envisioning like coffee syrup 😂 5d

Reggie What a delicious haiku!!!! 5d

dabbe @BethM Now that would make it into a whole other stratosphere! 🤣 5d

dabbe @bellabella 💛🐝🖤 5d

dabbe @Reggie 🤣🐝💛 5d

BooksandCoffee4Me My favorite still!! So few A & Ws left. 😢 5d

Eggs Loved Minnesota A & W root beer and pizza burgers❣️ 5d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me IKR? 😥 4d

dabbe @Eggs 😍 4d

actualdisneyprincess Now I want one!!!!! 😋 4d

dabbe @actualdisneyprincess 😍 4d

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dabbe

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wellwisher turned into #wishingwell

Another hard one! 😱

lil1inblue 💗 💖 💗 5d

TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 5d

dabbe @TheSpineView @lil1inblue 💚💜💚 5d

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#hyggehourreadathon
@Alldebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

You can't see me (thank goodness!), but I'm just to the left of Katie, getting ready to finish Nancy Drew's THE QUEST OF THE MISSING MAP (just a wee bit behind with the #NancyDrewBR). Katie has settled in nicely next to me. Let the hygge begin in 17 minutes. 😍 #misssquashedface

kspenmoll Katie!💕💕 6d

Jari-chan 💖🐕💖 6d

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6d

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AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺💝. 6d

Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6d

dabbe @kspenmoll @Jari-chan @TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal @Chrissyreadit
Katie says thank you and sends you 🖤🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🖤 5d

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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased Edition) (Vol. 1) (The Annotated Books) | Arthur Conan Doyle

#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern

I could only tag one of these chunksters, even though it's a 3-volume set: THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES ... the entire canon. All volumes together tally to 3,926 pages. And I've read them through twice. #sherlocked

A big thing I learned from reading today's posts, I will stay FAR away from the novel CLARISSA. 👏🏻💪🏻👏🏻 to those who powered through that one. 🤣

tpixie When I finish,

Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

BookmarkTavern Whoa! 🤯 super impressive! Thanks for sharing! 6d

dabbe @tpixie YES to that, too! 🙌🏻 6d

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 😍 6d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Having nightmares of
uncontrollable classrooms.
I'll no longer sub.

P. S. And it's my 4th year of retirement. 🤣

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Roary47 My students are rough this year. I haven‘t had the same sub twice. 🥹 6d

TheBookHippie We have college students who now sub each teacher has a college student and the students get paid. 6d

dabbe @Roary47 The more I've been removed from it, the harder the kids seem. Here's to your well-earned summer! 😍 6d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie It's really hard to get subs these days, isn't it? 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe They try to bribe me all the time …. 6d

AnnCrystal Kids seem to have lost their childhood these days, just in the news where two stories...“2 days ago — Police arrested a 13-year-old and a 12-year-old for a series of burglaries and vandalis“ and “5 days ago — Brothers, 7 and 9, Engaged in Armed Standoff with Police.“ Unreal! The poor teachers who must have to deal with these rascals.

👏🏼🐝🙏🏼🏫🐝💝. 6d

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal only about 5 percent of that here and I‘m in Title One Schools. It‘s more extreme poverty and hunger by me. The behavior problems are in the “white” schools and private schools including weapons, rape and theft. Unreal. 6d

kspenmoll 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 6d

JenlovesJT47 Lol 😆💛🐝🖤 6d

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie there's something terribly unbalanced in the world 🙏🏼😢🌍🌎🌏💝. 6d

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal I feed as many as I can as often as I can. And give out as many books as I can! (edited) 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Oh, I bet they do! How much do subs make in your district? We make $100 a day, $120 if it's long-term. 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😱😳😱 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie The middle school I taught at awas Title 1. The high school I retired at was white privilege. Both in the same district. 😳 6d

dabbe @kspenmoll My last sub day was a day of ALL freshmen. It about did me in. 🤣😍🤣 (edited) 6d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🤣🐝💛 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe same here we have 5 Title One and three very privileged and then about 10 that are everything in between .. our district alone is 9000. We have a huge district because it‘s everything not in the city proper. 6d

TheSpineView Kudos to all the teachers! I would have nightmares too. 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView I hope my brain finally gets over the 30 years of fun-filled trauma. 🤣 Just let me dream of lakes, mountains, and trees, please. 😍 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Ours is one of the biggest in the state with 27,000 students. I think we have around 15 Title 1 schools. 6d

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 📚💝📚💝. 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe WOWIE. Also- I tried to take sabbatical this year…. Making decisions about next year. 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Do what you need to do for YOU. I know if you take another sabbatical, you'll still go in and work. Because you care about those kids, and they need you. At my high school, I'm not needed at all. They have all the privilege and everything that goes with that. So, it's easier to stay away and not sub. It's the 1st year I declined to do AP test proctoring as well. #timeformetomoveon #ifonlymybrainwouldlisten 6d

Reggie I used to be a waiter and had nightmares all the time about the restaurant. Great haiku. 6d

Eggs I still have nightmares about middle school…😳 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🙃😬🤷🏻‍♀️ still deciding. I was a nurse for 20 years I would dream I lost the key to the med cart or reach for my stethoscope around my neck while I was asleep 🤣🫣😂 6d

bellabella I was homeschooled all the way until I graduated high school. I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, but I can guess by the way I see middleschoolers now. It's very sad. 6d

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards I was fortunate enough to get my teaching job without subbing first - those who do it have my utmost respect! (Except for that one sub who ignored my detailed sub plans to keep us on pace with the novel we were reading and just "discussed current events" in my English classes.) 6d

dabbe @Reggie I was a waitress once, too! And had some nightmares there also! Usually in those, I drop all of the dishes, and the cook has to yell something like “Redo!“ 🤣 5d

dabbe @Eggs The most awkard time period ever. 🤣 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie #oy! Losing the key to the med cart! 😱 5d

dabbe @bellabella It's exactly what my pic portrays. Kids doing all kinds of things except what they're supposed to be doing and me standing in the middle of the room, not knowing whose behavior to try to stop first. 😱 5d

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards So was I. I was a teacher fro 30 years until I retired in 2021; my last year was the COVID year. I subbed after that, and the last day I did it was when I had to deal with freshmen all day. That was enough. 😳 5d

bellabella @dabbe 😂 😬 5d

dabbe @bellabella 💚💜💚 5d

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe 🩵🩵🩵 5d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 💜💚💜 4d

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#bibliophile
@Eggs
@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#redcover

Eggs ❤️📕❤️ 6d

dabbe @Eggs ♥️🎶♥️ 5d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wellspring

TheSpineView Love Rash's poems. He is a local author. ❤️ 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView Well, how cool is that? I have never read any of his books. Have you? 😍 6d

TheSpineView @dabbe Yes, I have read them all. My favorite is

Saints at the River: A Novel

dabbe @TheSpineView #stacked! 6d

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David Attenborough: Life Stories. | David Attenborough

Saw this on my BBC feed today and LOVED it! I only have Litsy has my social, but if any of you can spread the word of this adorable kid so that it reaches Sir David himself for his 99th birthday, that would be incredible!

Here's the link to the story: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ln8r42ge6o?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=em...

Aims42 Awwww!! I love this! 1w

dabbe @Aims42 🤩😍🤩 1w

Leftcoastzen Awww 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 😍🤗🤩 1w

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The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Fabulous discussion and insight today, Sherlockians! We're getting closer to the end! Next up: “(TAo) The Mazarin Stone.“ Discussion will be next Saturday, 5/24, and will be led by @Cuilin. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 🤗

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k5Xh5uGVCsZIF7OZG089P64zdx2ZmY1g/view?usp=shari...

Librarybelle Thank you! 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle 🥰 1w

Cuilin 👍🙏 7d

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dabbe

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

Read4life 💙🦋💙 5d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

#litebrite

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BooksandCoffee4Me A Lite Brite!! 😃💛💛💛 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me #nostalgicmemories 💚💜💚 1w

JenlovesJT47 Childhood memory unlocked! 🤗🖤🐝💛 1w

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TheSpineView This brings back memories. 💛🐝💛 1w

AnnCrystal 🤩 Sweet childhood playtime revisited 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌞🐝👍🏼. 1w

DebinHawaii Love this! So nostalgic—it makes me want one again. 🖤🐝💛 1w

CBee Lite Brite, Lite Brite, turn on the magic of shining light 🎶 I loved mine 😂 1w

dabbe @CBee I remember this one, too: “Lite Brite, making things with light, What a sight, making things with Lite Brite!“ 🤣 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView IKR? 💛🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🎯! 💛🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @DebinHawaii I think they still sell them ... 💛🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🎯! 💛🐝🖤 1w

bellabella Oh my I loved these as a kid! Throwback to best times of my life for sure!! 1w

dabbe @bellabella 🎯🐝🎯 1w

Eggs I love the giant ones they have at the children‘s museum❣️ 1w

Reggie Awwww this takes me back. Great! 7d

CBee @dabbe they do! Target has them 😊 @DebinHawaii 7d

Kristy_K Oh I loved this as a kid! Wonderful haiku! 💛 7d

DogMomIrene Blast from the past! What made you think of Lite Brite for your inspiration? 🤔 7d

dabbe @Eggs 😍 6d

dabbe @Reggie 😍 6d

dabbe @Kristy_K TY! 💛 6d

dabbe @DogMomIrene I read an article yesterday on what were the best toys from the 60s-80s. 😍 6d

DogMomIrene @dabbe Ahhh! Makes sense. I bet they were all listed in the Sears Gift Catalog. 6d

lil1inblue This brings me back! What fun! 😍 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 😍 5d

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Turtleback School & Library) | Judith Viorst

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#longtitle

Eggs One of my favorites 😻 1w

dabbe @Eggs “My mom says some days are like that. Even in Australia.“ 🇦🇺 1w

TheSpineView I loved this book! 1w

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dabbe @TheSpineView #ditto! 1w

DGRachel One of my favorite books! I often refer to bad days as Alexander Days. 1w

dabbe @DGRachel #alexed 🤣💛🤣 1w

IMASLOWREADER thats mondays coz i have to wake up early and go back to work and fridays coz its my monday at the office lol 7d

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER 🤣🤩🤣 6d

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Anne Collins, Alexander McCall Smith

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

From #wellrounded to #renaissanceman
From #poetry to #prose

Hard one today!

TheSpineView Yes, it was hard. However, you did great! 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍 1w

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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin

#theblanchedsoldier

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

CatLass007 Sherlock Holmes‘s fear of being vulnerable and lonely is represented by his comments about Watson abandoning him to get married. The same loneliness faces Godfrey and his family. The family and their two trusted servants have isolated themselves from any community because they believe they have to protect Godfrey‘s “secret.” Solitude is great and being alone doesn‘t mean being lonely, but the self-isolation of this small group of people (cont)⬇️ 1w

CatLass007 has brought loneliness to one and all. 1w

Librarybelle Holmes sounds bitter when he mentions Watson choosing to marry and live with his wife, leaving Holmes all alone. It‘s like Holmes recognizes the importance of Watson in these cases, and he also brings in the doctor to help identify the disease, in essence showing he cannot do this on his own. The family, meanwhile, chooses to self-isolate rather than be piranhas in society. (edited) 1w

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Cuilin Absence makes the heart grow fonder and can lead to loneliness. James misses his friend Godfrey, Sherlock misses Watson, the family miss their “healthy” son. The butler misses the young Godfrey and Godfrey misses his life of inclusion. 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 @Librarybelle @Cuilin ... W🤩WZA! All of your answers have #gobsmacked me! Just to add my 2 cents: Godfrey's literal confinement reflects the social fear of contagion and mirrors how society isolates those who are considered tainted.

The setting itself: The country estate is portrayed as secluded and gloomy, emphasizing the idea of separation from the outside world. ⬇️ 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 @Librarybelle @Cuilin The country estate is portrayed as secluded and gloomy, emphasizing the idea of separation from the outside world. The locked and hidden room where Godfrey is kept symbolizes how society sometimes “locks away” what it fears or does not understand.

Also, Godfrey's “blanched“ appearance may not only be due to his illness but could also be psychologically symbolic of the emotional toll of his isolation. 1w

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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin

#theblanchedsoldier

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CatLass007 Status seems to have been very important to members of society, some more than others. So there is fear of loss of the family‘s social standing. Leprosy, aka Hansen‘s disease, still exists exists today but if detected early enough and treated properly no disfigurement occurs and the disease is curable. I confess that I learned this by watching House but I consulted Dr. Google to confirm the facts. We‘re still ignorant about and frightened (cont)⬇️ 1w

CatLass007 by this once incurable disease. So much of this fear is based on what occurs in the Old and New Testaments and is based on religious superstition. How many times have religious people said that AIDS was God‘s punishment? That‘s what was taught in the old religious texts about leprosy. Most people don‘t go beyond the religious texts to do any real research. I‘m probably veering way off course, so I‘ll bring it back around and say (cont)⬇️ (edited) 1w

CatLass007 humans and their irrational fears haven‘t changed much over the millennia. 1w

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Librarybelle Like @CatLass007 , leprosy had (and has) such a negative connotation, thanks in part to religious teachings. Those who live with the disease are deemed “unclean” and “tainted.” If word got out that a well-to-do member of society contracted it, well that would be the end of their social acceptance. So much fear, with no accurate research. Of course, Conan Doyle makes everything perfect by stating he really does not have leprosy. 🙄 1w

Cuilin I agree with @CatLass007 and @Librarybelle The families shame was so great they hid their son away from society and couldn‘t bring themselves to get a specialist doctor. I think we still see this today with a certain sector of society ignoring medicine and science. The use of medication is seen as weak. The shame of not being perfect pervades culture, we exalt youth and hide our elders away. Others entertain eugenics. Well that got dark. 1w

CatLass007 @Cuilin @Librarybelle It‘s okay to get dark. It‘s okay to be angry. It‘s okay to be afraid of what is happening in the US and because of what‘s happening here it has put the whole world into turmoil, or at least that‘s how it seems to me. Litsy is a safe space to express and discuss our feelings and thoughts. (edited) 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 @Cuilin @Librarybelle You all perfectly answered the fears we have had and still have not just re: leprosy but anything that is seen as different and not acceptable to the so-called norm. I'll just add to the “personal“ aspect of the question. Fear manifests in Godfrey‘s emotional and psychological response to his suspected illness. His willingness to live in near-total isolation reflects an internalization of societal stigma. ⬇️ 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 @Cuilin @Librarybelle He is not only afraid of the disease itself but also of what it would mean for his identity and future. His father, Colonel Emsworth, shares in this fear—not necessarily out of concern for Godfrey‘s health, but for the family's reputation and social standing. This leads to stern and secretive behavior rather than compassion or reason. 1w

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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin

#theblanchedsoldier

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CatLass007 I don‘t think Conan Doyle was a real stickler for continuity. 1w

Librarybelle I agree, @CatLass007 . 1w

Cuilin @CatLass007 Agreed, he really had a nonchalant approach to chronology. 1w

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dabbe @CatLass007 @Librarybelle @Cuilin 🎯🩵🎯 What I find utterly fascinating, though, is that the inconsistencies are what Sherlockian scholars who “play the game“ love to focus on. It's mind-boggling the number of essays and columns that are devoted to excruciatingly trying to pin down the chronology of everything in these stories. And I agree with ya'll; Doyle seems to be like “Whatev. I don't want to take the time to go back to look at dates!“ 🤣 1w

CatLass007 @dabbe @Librarybelle @Cuilin I‘m a huge Star Trek fan and we do the same thing. I‘ve read articles and essays on TOS alone which make every effort to explain the inconsistencies in a logical, in-universe way. There‘s only one known alternate universe and one known parallel universe in TOS, although I never can remember which is which. One appears in the episode “Mirror, Mirror” and the other appears in “The Alternative Factor.” The titles (cont)⬇️ 1w

CatLass007 should indicate which type appears in which universe but my limited understanding of the two types says otherwise. But I believe devotees of different genres and media behave in the same manner. Sorry for going off-topic. 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 No need to be sorry! This is fascinating! I loved the old series, but I never appreciated it like you do! 😍 1w

CatLass007 Mom was always a huge science fiction fan. My brother and I were raised on TOS! 1w

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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPLaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin

#theblanchedsoldier

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CatLass007 I didn‘t feel like I was in the dark, that information was being kept from me, the way I always feel when Watson narrates. I liked seeing things through the eyes of the great detective. He still manages to insult Watson, which seems like a self-defense mechanism to keep him from admitting to himself that even he needs a friend and confidante. 1w

Librarybelle I answered this in the previous question! I liked Holmes‘s approach to storytelling much more than when we read Watson‘s tale. 1w

Cuilin I‘m conflicted, Sherlock‘s style is laconic which I appreciate, however Watson has the more difficult task as he must tell the tale as accurately as he can, (without all the information) be fantastically entertaining while illuminating the brilliance of Holmes. 1w

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dabbe @CatLass007 🎯! Holmes even laments that he hates giving away the clues too early, something he always loves to do with Watson. We were able to truly be there right along with him as he solved the mystery. 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle You pre-predictor, you! Too bad we don't have more from Holmes's point of view, right? 1w

dabbe @Cuilin I am, too. I truly love these two together, not apart. And I believe that Watson humanizes Holmes, though Holmes was able to show his humor and emotions when he narrated as well. Definitely conflicted! 1w

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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPLaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin

#theblanchedsoldier

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CatLass007 I liked hearing this story from Holmes‘s perspective. My ability to follow his train of thought allowed me to be almost certain of the word Holmes wrote on the sheet of paper and it turned out I was right. The only thing I didn‘t follow was why the name of the newspaper mattered, and knowledge of which I believe only someone who lived during that time or who was a historian of that time would have. The final twist also eluded me because (cont)⬇️ 1w

CatLass007 only the the great Sherlock Holmes, a collector and connoisseur of obscure knowledge would know this. 1w

Librarybelle I was surprised that we had an adventure in Holmes‘s voice, and it was not as pretentious as I thought it may be. I liked his approach to show the reveal over how Watson showcases Holmes‘s approach. Sadly, I didn‘t know the word, but once Holmes said it, everything made sense to me!!😂 1w

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Cuilin I loved Sherlock‘s voice, the missing person mystery, and the simplicity of the solution. I can happily say this one I solved. 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 @Librarybelle @Cuilin The Holmes narration interested me as well. It was definitely more succinct and factual, and even Holmes dryly commented on his inability to stretch the story like Watson does. I also thought his 3-pronged approach as to what could have happened was spot-on; I really couldn't think of other possibilities as to what had happened to Godfrey either! And I agree @Culin; I actually didn't feel so dumb in this one! 🤣 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I like Watson telling the story better. SH is shown to care about people once again. He would not have brought the specialist if he didn‘t. 1w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement It's nearly impossible to have Holmes without Watson! 1w

kelli7990 I liked this story. 1w

dabbe @kelli7990 Yay! I'm glad you did. 💜 1w

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A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | Louise Penny

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The 4th book in the Gamach series, this is a contemplative, character-driven mystery set in a remote Québec inn, where Chief Inspector Gamache is drawn into a complex family drama turned murder investigation. The novel excels in atmosphere, elegant prose, and deep character exploration, particularly in its portrayal of Gamache and the complex dynamics of the Finney family, whose dysfunction is central to the plot and the murder of one of its own.

Bookwormjillk Every time I walk into a public bathroom I think to myself “Never use the first stall.” 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? Now I'm all like this re: Peter: 😳. I worry about where Penney's going to go with him. 😱 1w

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. Baseball games with Matt.
2. Sunlight on walls.
3. Matt's passport photo from the 90s. #hubbahubba
4. Pip's better after her mini-seizure.
5. Miss Kate, our worried Little G (Little General).

All are tagged to share their joys! Lord knows we need 'em these days! 🩶

TheBookHippie WOWOWOWOW 🙃 happy all is well. 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💜💚💜 1w

Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1w

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Aims42 Love your joys!! 💛🧡🩷 1w

Leftcoastzen Great joys ! 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me We won‘t talk about baseball (go Dodgers) 😂😂😂💛💛 1w

jdiehr Matt 🤭🔥 1w

ShelleyBooksie Excellent joys!! ♡♡♡♡ 1w

Lesliereadsalot He‘s still a cutie pie! 1w

AnnCrystal 🙏🏼🐕‍🦺💝💝💝💝💝. 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread 💚💜💚 1w

dabbe @Aims42 Yours, too! 💚💜💚 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 💚💜💚 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me At least we tied the series last week! 🤣🤩🤣 1w

dabbe @jdiehr He still zings me once in a while! 🤩😍🤣 1w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 💚💜💚 1w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot IKR? 🤣😍🤩 1w

mcctrish I thought “what actor is Denise posting about?” 🔥 1w

dabbe @mcctrish I just shared that with him, and he blushed from head to toe. 🤣😍🤩 1w

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One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#setinsoamerica

lil1inblue One of my top five faves! 😍 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💚😍💚 1w

Eggs It sounds amazing 🌿 1w

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dabbe @Eggs 💚😍💚 1w

Cheryl_Russell Loved this book! 3d

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell 💚😍💚 2d

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Monet in the '90s: The Series Paintings | Claude Monet, Paul Hayes Tucker

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wellknown

#haikuhive
#haikuaday
#twoforthepriceofone

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Eggs, jdiehr, CBee, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 Love Monet, and love this! 1w

TheSpineView Love two for one days! 💛🐝💛 1w

JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous 😍💛🐝🖤🤗 1w

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dabbe @lil1inblue 💛🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView If you can't find the word in a published poem, write your own! 🤣😍🤩 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 💛🐝🖤 1w

TheBookHippie Mr BookHippie loves these, it‘s where I find him in the museum when we go off on our own. 1w

bellabella Beautiful 💛🐝 💛 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie They're fascinating! 🤩 1w

dabbe @bellabella TY! 🖤🐝💛 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me Ah, meaningful repetition. Love that you wrote about them. 💛💛💛 1w

AnnCrystal Stunning 🌄☀️⛅🌞👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎨🖌️🐝💝. 1w

Eggs Clever and beautiful 👏🏻👏🏻 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me TY! 💛🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 💛🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @Eggs I had to get the word “well-known“ in there somehow! 😍 1w

Reggie This made me smile. 1w

dabbe @Reggie 💛🐝🖤 1w

DebinHawaii Lovely! 💛🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @DebinHawaii TY! 💛🐝🖤 1w

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The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

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#ChristiesCapers @Librarybelle
Having overextended myself with buddy reads, I finally finished this one. This novel introduces readers to Anne Beddingfeld, a spirited young woman who becomes entangled in an international mystery after witnessing a suspicious death in the London Underground. The novel moves beyond the confines of the English countryside to take readers to South Africa. ⬇️

dabbe Written in 1924, some depictions of race, colonialism, and gender roles reflect dated and racist/gender attitudes. Though not one of her best works, it does showcase her versatility as a storyteller and her early experimentation with different genres. Readers looking for a light, engaging mystery with a dash of romance and travel will likely enjoy this novel, though those seeking the deductive rigor of Poirot or Marple may find it less satisfying. 1w

Librarybelle Great review! 1w

rwmg And surfing! Apparently Agatha Christie was a keen surfer. Since growing up I'd always associated surfing with the Beach Boys in the 1960s I was duky discombobulated by this. 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle TY! 🤩💜🤩 1w

dabbe @rwmg Who knew, right? 🤩🤣🤩 1w

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Mutts | Patrick McDonnell

One of my favorite MUTTS motifs is when Mr. McDonnell creates his “Book Club“ comics. The pic above shows his latest four.

If you want more, here's a link to over 100 book club comics: https://mutts.com/collections/comic-strips?srsltid=AfmBOooN6TVf0UhDPzn4Rxu_1qteC...

🖤🐾🖤

TheSpineView 😂😂😂 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🤣😍🤣 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me That third one down made me giggle out loud 😁💛💛 1w

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dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🤣😍🤣 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😂💝💝💝. 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤣😍🤩 1w

MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 😍🤣🤩 1w

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#haikuhive
#haikuaday

From a picture I took of my wall yesterday. 🩶

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TheBookHippie So cool!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ 1w

jdiehr ❤️ 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩶🤍🩶 1w

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dabbe @jdiehr 🩶 1w

TheSpineView Excellent! 💛🐝💛 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🩶🐝🩶 1w

CBee Gossamer ghosts! I love that. 1w

AnnCrystal That's brilliant 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌞🪟👻🐝💝. 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me Love “gossamer ghosts” — and I love that time in the afternoon when the sunlight and afternoon shadows play. 😊💛💛💛 (edited) 1w

JenlovesJT47 Ooh I love this! 💛🐝🖤👻 1w

dabbe @CBee Those were my best lines today, I think! 🩶🐝🩶 (edited) 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal Aww shucks. 🩶🐝🩶 1w

Reggie This is great! 🖤🖤🖤 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Isn't it just lovely? And of course, it's different all year, depending on the season. 🩶🐝🩶 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 🩶🐝🩶 1w

dabbe @Reggie TY! 🩶🐝🩶 1w

Kristy_K Love this one! 💛 1w

Eggs In poetic terms, walls can be inspirational ❣️Well done👏🏻👏🏻 1w

bellabella That's so fun! 1w

lil1inblue Oooh! I love this! 😍 1w

dabbe @Kristy_K TY! 🩶🐝🩶 1w

dabbe @Eggs So true! 🩶🐝🩶 1w

dabbe @bellabella TY! 🩶🐝🩶 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 🩶🐝🩶 1w

DebinHawaii This is next level. 🖤🐝🖤 Love “gossamer ghosts” so much! 🩶🤍 1w

dabbe @DebinHawaii Aww, shucks. I have to admit, I was a wee bit proud of myself. 🩶🤣🩶 1w

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#threelistthursday #tlt

I did worse than last week! 🤣 Here's hoping we all do better when we finally get into the 1900s! Three faves include, but are definitely not limited to:
1. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (fave read of all of 2023)
2. GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Fave Dickens.
3. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: fave book of ALL TIME. #sherlocked
Link to take the survey: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1800s

DGRachel You still did better than me! 😭😭 1w

TheBookHippie 🙃😊🙃 1w

dabbe @DGRachel Not by much, m'dear. 💜💚💜 1w

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dabbe @TheBookHippie So many frickin' books, so little time. 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe I know!!!! I‘m never going to get them all read!!! 🤣 1w

Texreader Three. I‘ve read three. 1w

RaeLovesToRead 11 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me Well, 19 this week. I loved looking at the covers of these books — some I‘d never seen before. Loved Sister Carrie, and the Hardy novels. Crime and Punishment and Tess are two of my all-time favorite books. 1w

dabbe @Texreader Here's hoping the 1900s are better for all of us! Most of these I haven't even heard of! 😱 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 1w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me I tried to pick appealing covers! I love Hardy, too. TESS was my #1 fave in 2023 with the #hashtagbrigade. I'm scared to try CRIME & PUNISHMENT because I did not like THE KARAMAZOV BROS. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 1w

Catsandbooks 3😂 1w

Amor4Libros Went up from 1 last week to 3! 🤣🤣🙌🏽 1w

dabbe @Catsandbooks So many I didn't know! 🤣 I'm looking forward to the 1900s! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 1w

dabbe @Amor4Libros According to my horrible math, that's a 200% improvement! 🤩 Here's to the 1900s! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 1w

thebacklistbook 14 on this one. 3d

dabbe @thebacklistbook Not bad at all! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

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