The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse by Beatrix Potter
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Review: The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Beatrix Potter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is about squirrels and chipmunks saving up nuts for the winter. On one level, the plot about what happens to the squirrel, it feels blandly generic. There is, however, an amusing comment on marriage in the reaction of Timmy and wife, Goody, to the events. Potter's is a very pragmatic view of marriage, is what I'm saying.
I own it.
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Review: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding by Beatrix Potter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
10 January, 2008
Well, if you're making your list of top villains ever, you can't put Samuel Whiskers on the list without Anna Maria. Just because she doesn't appear in the title, is no reason to slight her contribution.
***
17 August, 2025
In July we had catastrophic flooding from a system that poured vast quantities of water down upon us, here in Central NC. In 14 days at the start of July, we received 15 emergency texts: mostly for flash flooding, but there was also a tornado in there. The topsoil was washed away in many places in our plot, in our neighbor's yard, water coming through the culvert washed away everything from the side of his house to the trees and bamboo at the back of his acre. One 40 foot tree, in the lowest point in our yard was uprooted from the sodden soil. The Eno, behind us all, reached a height of 24 feet, higher than in hurricane Fran. The high tide mark on the trees at the footbridge was incomprehensible. I am poor at judging distances, but I'm guessing high tide was more than 80 feet from the normal bank there, just upstream of the wastewater treatment plant that was to be moved to higher ground per a grant awarded under President Biden, and which was canceled under President Trump.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2025
Review: The Snow Lion
The Snow Lion by Jim Helmore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
So pretty. It captures the delight I took in The Chronicals of Narnia when I read them as stories about kids and a talking lion. Also makes me think of Hilda. As much as I love my cats, I would be tempted to trade them all in for a talking lion. Hell, sometimes I would be tempted to trade in my human family for a talking white lion. And did I mention that it is a pretty book? So lovely.
Library copy
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