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A "-Bobbie Sue's Grooves" Page

BOOKS


QUOTES


WRITINGS


  • To me, BOOKS, as a whole,
    are a person's single-most best soulmate.

  • Stumbling onto QUOTES that just "grab ya"
    is like stumbling onto those great "finds" ya got
    at the garage sale!

  • They say that a picture is worth a thousand words.
    Not necessarily. A picture could never live up to what
    is "between the lines" in great
    WRITINGS.





  • GREAT LITTLE QUOTES:
    (also see Links area)


    I will write myself into well-being.
    -Nancy Mair


    Bloom where you're planted.
    -Mary Engelbrett


    I don't know much about being a millionaire,
    . . . . . .but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

    -Dorothy Parker


    I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
    -Gilda Radner




    OLD BOOKS
    Can we talk? . . .About the ones I collect?
    Scroll way on down the page to read about them.
    And scroll down to "Links" for booksearch engines.




    NEW BOOKS


    As far as crispy-fresh, brand-spankin', shiney-new books,
    my passion (and near-obsession) is for craft books and
    how-to books. I love going to my very own bookshelf
    and picking one out to leaf through.
    My collection grows and grows and I LOVE it!
    Here's some examples from my shelf:
    This one has some of the wildest-but-neatest ideas!
    It not only tells how to make paint from powdered milk,
    but things like how to kill slugs with beer, how to hide
    scratches on furniture with crayons, how to clean your
    diamonds with club soda! It's just FULL of stuff like that,
    and is so much fun to skip around in and read!
    Just click on the picture to get info about ordering.
    "Paint Your House With Powdered Milk,"
    by Joey Green
    I've been saving this one up for one of those cold, boring
    winter days. My plan is to get me a big mug full of one of
    those fancy flavored coffees, get this book out, kick back,
    and try my hand at Calligraphy. I've never tried to do it
    before. And this book has great big, easy-to-see illustrations,
    which appear to cover all of the basics.
    "Calligraphy"
    (First Steps Series),
    by Don Marsh
    Don't you just sorta groan when you see those books about
    getting organized? Boy, I did, until I found this one.
    All the ones I'd ever seen before were boring, to say the
    least, and only told me stuff I already knew but just
    didn't.....do. But THIS one is different! It's great!
    And it's not only for people who are UNorganized, it's ALSO
    for people who ARE, but have to work/live with people who are
    NOT. Just click on to the picture for info on how to order.
    "Organizing for the Creative Person,"
    by Dorothy Lehmkuhl & Delores Cotter Lamping.



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    WRITINGS
    "Writing is easy. . . . . just open a vein."
    -originator of quote unknown


    Clickon to any of the following writings you'd like to see.
    (Use your browser's "BACK" button to return to here.)


    One of my favorite writings is entitled,
    "Starfish,"
    by Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen.

    I'd love to know about your reaction to it!
    Tell me in my guestbook, or email me.

    Excerpts of the Unabomber Manifesto


    (Note: The one below contains adult language)
    Why I Hate Quitting Smoking


    New York Times article on Japanese Smileys


    Mother Teresa's letter to the U.S. Supreme Court


    Personal letter from Corporal John Watkins to his fiance'
    during 1863 Civil War Battle of Ft. Sanders






    Some of my "KEEPER-COLLECTIONS" include:

    THE WHITE INDIAN SERIES, BY DONALD CLAYTON PORTER -
    A friend (thanks, Jerry) gave me my first 10-or-so. From there,
    I found most of my teen-series at-or-through local paperback
    bookstores, and have lucked out a few times at thrift stores and
    swapmeets. I haven't yet found a bargain copy of #13, and I refuse
    to read past #12 until I DO find it.
    I'm into the 20-series in my collection.

    The SUDS-IN-YOUR-EYE SERIES, by MARY LASSWELL -
    Are there anymore Lasswell fans out there???
    I'd love to hear from you!!! Very few people I know ever
    heard of her - or of this old fun-to-read series.
    I found my whole collection, one at a time, on the net.
    The books in the series are:
    • 1. Suds in your Eye [1942]
    • 2. High Time [1944]
    • 3. One on the House [1949]
    • 4. Wait for the Wagon [1951]
    • 5. Tooner Schooner [1953]
    • 6. Let's Go for Broke [1962]
    • Special add-ons:
        1. Mrs. Rasmussen's Book of One-Arm Cookery [1946]
        2. Mrs. Rusmussen's Book of One-Arm Cookery ......
        . . . . . . with Second Helpings [1970]

    -A collection of BETTY MACDONALD books-
    THE EGG AND I, THE PLAGUE AND I, and ONIONS IN A STEW
    And I'm on the lookout for a bargain copy of
    ANYBODY CAN DO ANYTHING.
    I found some of them at local used booksales, including the
    booksale at my local public library, and one of them on the net.
    I even found a spare copy of The Egg and I, which I gave
    to my sister, Pat, who got me hooked on MacDonald in the first
    place. Pat and I both love the wit and humor used in telling
    about Ms. MacDonald's real-life adventures.

    Incidentally, I plan to soon acquire the movie version of
    The Egg and I, as well as the old spin-off movies from it,
    the Maw and Paw Kettle series.

    -A collection of SHIRLEY MACLAINE books -
    The ones of hers I have so far are OUT ON A LIMB,
    DANCING IN THE LIGHT, YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE,
    and DON'T FALL OFF THE MOUNTAIN. The first one I read was
    Out on a Limb. Reading it gave me a much, MUCH larger,
    broader view of spirituality than I've ever had in my life!
    Ms. MacLaine did BIG time research on the subject. I'm talking
    she thoroughly researched it! I am now totally in awe of
    Shirley MacClaine, not only as a great actress, but as a person,
    not to mention a fine writer. This is a great book for
    believers and non-believers alike.
    I then read Dancing in the Light, which gave a fascinating
    insight to how much she had spiritually evolved since the learning
    quests she'd written about in that first one I'd read. It was
    later on that I read You Can Get There From Here, which was
    all about that infamous trip to China that she and that group of
    assorted-personalities of women went on together a coupla-so
    decades ago. Jumping back in time like that, from who she had
    become in the other two books, plus finally learning details about
    that long-ago trip, was, to me, a very intriguing "jump-back."
    And even MORE so, more intensely so, in reading
    Don't Fall Off the Mountain, which goes all the way back
    into her childhood and into her young adulthood. I'm usually a
    big stickler about reading a series of an author's works in the
    order in which they were written, but I found, in this
    instance, something somehow very insightful through this "flash-back"
    way of reading. Insightful about Shirley MacLaine, but also quite
    insightful about myself! I recognized how she has spiritually
    evolved, I recognized how I have, even though her life and
    my life are nothing alike. There is something intensely magical,
    mystical, extraordinary to me about these books. I treasure them.
    These can all be ordered online. Just clickon to which form of
    the book (paperback or hardcover) you'd like to see ordering info on.


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    LINKS TO BOOKS


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    LINKS TO QUOTES

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    LINKS TO WRITINGS

    This is a fantastically gifted writer whom I know personally:


    Donna Jones-Flood

    Most of Donna's stories are works of fiction based on historical facts.
    Facts with regards to the lives of her Osage Indian ancestors
    and their co-existance with whites, in Osage County, Oklahoma.
    THE MAJORITY OF HER GREAT WORKS ARE ONLINE!
    For a gateway into this free wealth of great writings,
    CLICK HERE




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