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#two4Tuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag! This was a tough one!

1) My name (Karen Ann but I just go by Karen) has taken a lot of abuse as of late. Because my Norwegian in-laws always said my name is very Scandinavian I‘d change to a Scandinavian variation, Anna Katrina

2) I loved reading the tagged book as a child, and I still think the name Evangeline is so pretty

#friyayintro @howjessreads

1. Tagged. Only read it the once, more than 30-something years ago but it touched me deeply
2. Gray
3. Jeremy Wade‘s River Monsters (completely weird and random, but son and I really enjoy watching JW together; in fact, the son called me twice tonight to give me updates on the show because I‘m out of town where I‘m not able to watch it)
4. Niffler

#QuotsyJuly18 #break

I'm not sure if this Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote comes from a particular work and which work it is, but I love it. 💙

This is the best 'waves breaking on the shore' pic currently stored on my iPhone--it's from Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu. 🌊

I ❤️ this #cover for Evangeline (who did not have a #fickleheart). #maylovesclassics #litsyclassicshost #AdelesMayMashup

Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.

Illustration from 1893 edition of Evangeline depicting the British #militia expelling the Acadians from Nova Scotia.
(Whew! That was a hard one. 😌)
#150pnpcoverparty @LeahBergen @CrowCAH

Reads much better with an audio. One of the saddest books I've read in a while, but as a young lady with Cajun heritage, I can't help but love this story.

Ok, so many of you might not know, but I'm from the village of St. Martinville, LA - the setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Evangeline (maybe you studied it in High school English?)
I took this this morning from under the famous Evangeline Oak tree - the actual oak she once sat under, pining for her lost love.

So, Longfellow's style is definitely over the top, and the relentlessly rocking meter starts to wear you down after a while but I still loved this beautiful Romantic poem and its tragic story of displacement. I do wish the separated lovers had just stayed in one place and written letters to the blacksmith until they located each other but I guess that would have killed the plot.😂 #litsypoetry365 #theRomantics @SharonGoforth

Started Longfellow's tale of 'Le Grand Dérangement,' the Acadian expulsion from Grand Pré, Nova Scotia as my #litsypoetry365 pick yesterday. Considering that is Mr. KVR's birthplace, I figure I should finally read it.? @SharonGoforth

Found on my parents' bookshelves: A copy of Longfellow's Evangeline from 1925 that belonged to my great grandmother during her days of studying to be a teacher. #litsyhistory