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[George]

Wow!  That's really cool!

[George]

Oh, look!  It's Page Four!

[George]

Rice, anyone?

And that rice is very nice!

[Jane]

Wow!  That's really cool!

Super cool.

[George]

We're about to set off for NY

Safe travels, DR vixmom!

~~~DITTO!!~~~

[Jane]

I think this cake is beautiful.

[George]

[George]

Fantabulous night of sleep.

I got up earlier than I planned...because it's geese mating season out in the yard by my bedroom windows. 

I haven't seen them in months, and now here they are in full force clacking away.

Bless their hearts.

[Jane]

Rice, anyone?

And that rice is very nice!

Indeed, it is very cute.

[John G.]

DR John I am glad you also find the questions at the end of the book annoying.

Now that you’ve read A Room with a View, do you think the ending would have been different if the room had been painted in ochre instead of puce?

Should Eleanora Lavish asked for the family to sign permission slips before fictionalizing their lives?

[John G.]

And equally vapid questions.

[John G.]

Back in my college days, I read everything available by Flannery O’Connor, true poster child for Southern Gothic writers. She seems to be having a moment these days. I read recently that someone turned her notes for her unfinished novel into a book. She’s also a main character in Ann Napolitano’s A Good Hard Look, which I am halfway through. I think I need to reread some of her work soon.

I haven't read O'Connor and only read Napolitano's Hello Beautiful.

Her short stories are brilliant but violent and ugly.

[Jane]

DR John I am glad you also find the questions at the end of the book annoying.

Now that you’ve read A Room with a View, do you think the ending would have been different if the room had been painted in ochre instead of puce?

Should Eleanora Lavish asked for the family to sign permission slips before fictionalizing their lives?

[Jane]

Back in my college days, I read everything available by Flannery O’Connor, true poster child for Southern Gothic writers. She seems to be having a moment these days. I read recently that someone turned her notes for her unfinished novel into a book. She’s also a main character in Ann Napolitano’s A Good Hard Look, which I am halfway through. I think I need to reread some of her work soon.

I haven't read O'Connor and only read Napolitano's Hello Beautiful.

Her short stories are brilliant but violent and ugly.

Sigh, I will pass even if they are brilliant.

[Jane]

The list sent to me for Tom Lake is from Fresh Book Club Ideas.  I went to compare the questions to what was at the end of my copy of Tom Lake.  It seems the eBook version didn't include questions. 

[singdaw]

Back from the brunch.

[singdaw]

I had eggs Benedict and a mimosa.

[George]

I think this cake is beautiful.

Oh, my goodness!  That is beautiful!

[Jane]

I still laugh at the time my brother read a book and was baffled as to why there were stupid questions at the end.  He had no idea it was for book discussions.  I'm sure he was relieved to find out that I agreed they were stupid

[George]

DR John I am glad you also find the questions at the end of the book annoying.

Now that you’ve read A Room with a View, do you think the ending would have been different if the room had been painted in ochre instead of puce?

Should Eleanora Lavish asked for the family to sign permission slips before fictionalizing their lives?

[singdaw]

Historian and film restorer Bob DeFlores presented. Lots of rare film clips. Delightful.

[Jane]

And equally vapid questions.

[Rodzinski]

DR RODZINSKI that is a great clip!

I always thought all of those Bubble Gum groups on Buddah were studio musicians and not a real band.  I had never heard The Lemon Pipers sing live.....nice.

The Lemon Pipers were kind of a hybrid. They were a real rock band from Oxford, OH, but when they signed to Buddah Records, they were given to a producer who specialized in bubblegum. So the singer sang to a pre-made backing track and then it raced, up the charts sealing their fate. This is evidenced by the fact that you can find the identical backing track used by the Peppermint Rainbow on their album. The Lemon Pipers albums actually show both sides of the group. Songs they wrote, and bubblegum tracks their singer sang over.

[Rodzinski]

Those guys all went to Miami U. Did Elmore or Ginny hang with the Lemon Pipers??

Not me, DR Rodzinski.  They’re the same age as Richard and DR Elmore, who were both students at Miami’s Oxford campus. I’m 4 years younger and came to Miami’s Middletown campus as an employee, but not until 1973.

When I asked Richard about them he said, “They played in the uptown bars and I didn’t have the money for that scene.”

Haha. Apparently they played often at the Boar’s Head in Oxford.

[Ginny]

Sunday afternoon greetings!  I christened my new craft space yesterday participating in an all-day virtual card making event.  My sister (in Michigan) and niece (in Florida) we’re also online and we had fun crafting “together.”

  Are you pleased with the space you created?

Yes, I’m very pleased, DR Jane.  The room will double as our guest room, so, except for my desk and card catalog on one wall, everything’s on wheels.  We can roll things out of there when we want to open up the trundle beds for guests.

[bk]

Picked up the package of soup, four in total. Then I decided I'd have a Subway sandwich, got that, came home, ate it, and now - time to work.

[elmore3003]

Back in my college days, I read everything available by Flannery O’Connor, true poster child for Southern Gothic writers. She seems to be having a moment these days. I read recently that someone turned her notes for her unfinished novel into a book. She’s also a main character in Ann Napolitano’s A Good Hard Look, which I am halfway through. I think I need to reread some of her work soon.

I haven't read O'Connor and only read Napolitano's Hello Beautiful.

Her short stories are brilliant but violent and ugly.

A Good Man Is Hard To Find!

[elmore3003]

Those guys all went to Miami U. Did Elmore or Ginny hang with the Lemon Pipers??

Not me, DR Rodzinski.  They’re the same age as Richard and DR Elmore, who were both students at Miami’s Oxford campus. I’m 4 years younger and came to Miami’s Middletown campus as an employee, but not until 1973.

When I asked Richard about them he said, “They played in the uptown bars and I didn’t have the money for that scene.”

Haha. Apparently they played often at the Boar’s Head in Oxford.

Yes! I could mnot remember the bar's name. I hung out at Al & Larry's.

[elmore3003]

And shit! I am sick again.

[singdaw]

Sorry, DR elmore3003.