Things I Adore: Vintage Books

Seed of the Serpent (1947) by: Esme Davis

To Struggle, To Laugh (1946) by Samuel Marko

A Pocketful of Canada (1946) by Collins

Forever Amber (1945) by Kathleen Winsor

Humoresque (1926) by Humbert Wolfe

This Freedom (1922) by A. S. M. Hutchinson

The Kentuckians A Knight of the Cumberland (1909) by John Fox Jr.

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser Vol. I  (1855) (the text carefully revised and illustrated with notes, original and selected) by Francis J. Child (Five volumes in three...I only have this one.)

Things I Adore: Vintage Military Books

Glory Road The bloody route from Fredericksburg to Gettysburg (1952) by Bruce Catton

The Struggle for Europe (1952) by: Chester Wilmot

Victory Through Air Power (1942) by Major Alexander P. De Seversky

A History of France From the Earliest Times to the Treaty of Versailles (1919) by William Stearns Davis, Ph. D.

History of the World War. An Authentic Narrative of The World's Greatest War (1919) By Francis A. March Ph. D.  in collaboration with Richard J. Beamish, Special War Correspondent and Military Analyst  and with an introduction by General Peyton C. March Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

World's War Events Volume III Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April 1917, and closing with the treaties of Peace in 1919 (1919) Recorded by statemen - Commanders Historians and by men who fought or saw the great campaigns.  Compiled and Edited by: Francis J. Reynolds and Allen L. Churchill

World's War Events Volume II Beginning with the attack at Verdun early in 1916 the story of the war and of American aid is carried to the close of 1917 (1919) Recorded by statemen - Commanders Historians and by men who fought or saw the great campaigns.  Compiled and Edited by: Francis J. Reynolds and Allen L. Churchill

World's War Events Volume I Beginning with the causes of the war and the invasion of Belgium in 1914 and carrying the history of the war to the close of 1915 (1919) Recorded by statemen - Commanders Historians and by men who fought or saw the great campaigns.  Compiled and Edited by: Francis J. Reynolds and Allen L. Churchill

Life of WM. Tecumseh Sherman, Late Retired General, U.S.A. (A graphic history of his career in war and peace; his romantic youth; his stern and patriotic manhood; his calm and beautiful old age; a marvellous march from the mountains of time to the sea of eternity.) (1891) by W. Fletcher Johnson and carefully reviewed, chapter by chapter and with an introduction by Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, U.S.A.

Things I Adore: Vintage Gardening Books

10,000 Garden Questions Answered by 15 Experts (1951) F. F. Rockwell

The New Garden Encyclopedia A Complete, Practical and Convenient Guide to Every Detail of Gardening (1936) Written by a group of Horticultural Experts and Edited by E. L. D. Seymour, B.S.A.

The Complete Book of Garden Magic (1935) by: Roy E. Biles

Flowers and Flowering Plants An Introduction to the Nature and Work of Flowers and the Classification of Flowering Plants (1929) by: Raymond J. Pool, Ph. D.

Spring Flowering Bulbs (1928) by Clark L. Thayer

Home Garden Handbooks Gladiolus (1927) by F. F. Rockwell

Gray's New Manual of Botany (Seventh Edition-Illustrated) A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (1908) Rearranged and Extensively revised by: Benjamin Lincoln Robinson and Merritt Lyndon Fernald

Things I Adore: Vintage Educational Books

The Story of America In Pictures  (1953) by Alan C. Collins

Knulp (1946) Edited with Introduction, Exercises, Notes and Vocabular by William Diamond and Christel B. Schomaker (Oxford University Library of German Texts)

The Oceans. Their physics, chemistry and general biology (1942) by: H. U. Sverdrup, Martin W. Johnson and Richard H. Fleming

Engineering Drawing (1941) by: Thomas E. French

Our Earth and Sky (1940) by: Gerald S. Craig and Sara E. Baldwin (a third grade book)

Premiere Etape Basica French Readings Books One to Five (1936) Retold and Edited by Otto F. Bond.

Drei Manner im Schnee (1934) By Erich Kastner and Edited by Clair Hayden Bell.

Leicht und New (1934) Edited with Notes, Exercies and Vocabulary by: Lilian L. Stroebe and Ruth J. Hofrichter

Der Blinde Geronimo und sein Bruder (1929) by: Arthut Schnitzler and Edited with notes and vocabulary by Lawrence M. Price (University of Chicago)

Beginners' Latin by the Direct Method (1914) by Edward C. Chickering, Ph.D. and Harwood Hoadley, Ph. D.

Three French Comedies (1905)
          L'ete de la Saint-Martin Par Meilhac et Halevy
          La Lettre Chargee Par Eugene Labiche
          Vent D'ouest Par Ernest D'Hervilly
                    With Notes, Vocabulary and Exercises by Roy Temple House, Ph. D.

Contes Et Legendes IIieme Partie (1895) Par H. A. Guerber Auteur de "Myths of Greece and Rome"

The First French Book. Grammar, Conversation and Translation  (1893) Edited by Henri Bue

Come to me..

..my sweetest friend..

At one point, I thought my heart gone.
Broke, hidden, nonexistent,
Dormant, dead, sluggishly slow in emotion and feeling.
Incapable of anything beyond pumping blood
Through the curves of my body.
As time's gone on and on
I realize, its too late,
It's alive and hesitant beyond all doubt.
Wishing to live free and alive again
With another of kindred spirit, gleeful laugh,
And eyes of mirth.
At times,
Pangs of longing come to me
Over simple moments.
Simple thoughts and deeds of strangers.
Genuine movements and concern
Allowing my heart to grow and
Beat anew, full of life and,
(What is this?)
Hope.
Such a glorious four letter word.

Might I be allowed a confession?
I miss cooking for someone,
Someone who truly appreciates and cares of my efforts
Hidden love, shown in the fruits of my labours.
I miss the simplest moments of sitting next to someone,
Slinging legs over a caring lap
Chatting away an afternoon, evening, or hour.
I miss having someone just mine,
At the end of the day,
Be it painfully dreadful in nature,
Or unsightly joyous and full of cheer.
Telling you of these things may sound of ease.
It's taken some time for my mind and heart to sink up
And allow me these realizations in their fullness.

I enjoy and prefer myself, by myself.
I desire not depending on anyone
Not needing that emotional support.
Not having that companion.
Knowing my strength will keep me up,
For if I don't, I shan't be able to stand.
Is there some compromise I've missed?
Some loophole I feel through
In trying to find my Hatter?

Am I to constantly feel my journey is starting again?
Fresh and new for an eternity?
Alone and unknown.
Happy, giddy, snarky and sad.
All in one case,
Encased within me.

Of one mountain,
I'm not sure is there
But oh my, do I ever hope
To see it at some point in my journey.

Readings and General Lack of Inspirations

Readings. Oh so many readings.
I read and read and read.
It's my escape as of late.
Being able to live in a world apart from myself.
Allowing the characters to envelope me
And their situations become mine
If only for a moment.

That's what its been lately.
Besides this 'real world' that keeps bothering me.

I'm exhausted.
Or frustrated.
Sleeping. Working. Singing along to the music.
Dreaming of cuddling next to a mountain of a man
That clearly only exists in my head.
Waking up and repeating again.

My Inspirations are slipping.
Yet they are ever present.
Simply in a shy state as of late
With numb mind and numb finger tip.
Reality is settling in
And scaring away all the beautiful thoughts
That used to run free in my mind.

Free form. Sweeping archs. Beautiful brush strokes.
Where have you gone?
Stop taking a vacation from me
And run away with me instead.
And not next Tuesday.
That will not do at all.
Not on a 'Tuesday.'
Not today.

You come and go now
In more fleeting moments
Than ever before.
This both impresses me and intimidates me.
Creates a shudder of disbelief
And a sigh of loss when sleep over comes me
And I know, I wish for you to stay

Will you be my dearest friend
Forever and ever?

Be with me, my dear, forever and ever.

Kiss me gently on the cheek before you leave
I won't feel it, but know it's there
Even in my unconscious state.

Come by later, for a cuppa tea.
And we'll run the numbers once again
And again, and again.
We'll laugh at the practical impracticality of it all.
Knowing we've known worse and knowing
Worse is yet to come.

But You'll be with me through it all.
I know it.
I know it well.
My dearest of dear ones.

Even in these fleeting moments
Filled with readings
and
General lack of ever present inspirations

Favourite Songs of June 2014

So some of these are also from May.. And I've been having a 'major' shift in music again, if you will. More so of an 'I need really really good music that I can listen to" music as "I can't listen to my records with drawl".. I did get a really good, old turn table recently, so hope is not fully lost. Though it is meandering a bit as I still need to get speakers and a stereo to accompany them. But that is neither here nor there. I'm like..half way there. At least that's what I like to tell myself.

Ok, rabbit trail!

Back to the music ramblings! I've been on a 50's/40's and EARLIER kick rather dramatically lately.  Also, my singing along with songs have taken off to whole new levels; as in I'll be in between helping customers at work and start singing a little.. So listen to this gems and sing along or simply let yourself get carried away in their beauty.

You belong to me - Jo Stafford

Heat Wave - Ella Fitzgerald

Magic - Coldplay

Bloody Mary - From South Pacific 

Moses Supposes His Toes are Roses - From Singing in the Rain

Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra