Amusing myself this afternoon paging through this old cookbook that I got for Mother‘s Day. Pearson was the quintessential New Englander - practical, humble, friendly, but not overly so. Reminds me of my grandfather, who was his contemporary. Many somewhat sexist references to men/women in the kitchen, but that‘s the 19050s for you.
Cooking was a different animal then - I will NOT be making anything I have to steam for three hours! 😆
My father passed away last Friday. He wasn‘t the type of dad who gave advice or had long talks with me about life. However not once did I ever doubt that he loved me. When I was in middle school and falling in love with poetry and discovering Robert Frost, he gave me this book one night out of the blue, proof that he paid attention to me and my interests in his way. Years later it remains one of the books I will never part with.
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LOCAL AUTHOR READING CHALLENGE
Read every month one book written by local author. You can plan your TBR immediately as I did or you decide every month what you'll read. Whatever suits you better. Tag me and use #readingwithmaja
Happy reading everyone!!
Gosh, I wish I had a group of friends who would spend a thousand dollars buying supplies and perform an exorcism of my basement with me if I needed it.
My current read. Bari Wood wrote one of my favorite horror novels (The Tribe) and when this came up on the weed list at the library I decided to check it out.
Myra is a gentle, nervous housewife with a group of devoted friends. The book starts right after she has her basement remodeled in hopes of erasing the evil atmosphere she hoped was due to “sour earth” and mice. But money and decor won‘t banish whatever taints her basement.
“She was a weak, silly woman with a mind like loose pudding.”
Damn!
I can‘t believe this round of #CBBC is over :) I loved reading y‘alls thoughts on this one - I didn‘t realize initially how “political” it would feel. Anyway, thanks again @MommyOfTwo for the lovely package.
