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From Color Value by C. R. Clifford, 1907

A slow day in my life

Today my body told me to take it easy so it has been a very slow day — so slow that I wondered what to write.
Sunday mornings are always slow mornings in our house as we listen to our favorite radio program with baroque music between 9 and 11. (Alltid på en söndag, for those of you who'd like to listen to a Swedish program presented by a Greek).

From A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes by Charles Elmé Francatelli

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I fed the bread maker which is super simple as I measure flour into bags before we go here, so all I have to do is to empty a bag into the right amount of water.

I started to tidy up a bit so that I don't have to do it all tomorrow (we're going home on Tuesday), moving one thing meant that I had to move another and after a while I ended up with a pile that I don't know what to do with. Some corners of the cottage look very neat while others look — quite disastrous.

From A Little Book for A Little Cook by L. P. Hubbard 1905

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I took a short walk after I finished washing up , although the sun has been hiding all day and it is rather cool it was a pleasant walk.

Ironed a towel that I'll give to our neighbor.

After tea we listened to an interesting radio program about human personalities — how much comes from our genes and how much from the up bringing.
As I said earlier, it has been a slow day — I remained seated when the program was over and picked up a magazine, Språk (language) a magazine about the Swedish language. I only put it down to listen to another radio program, språket (the language), also about our language. If you didn't know before I guess you're learning that I'm quite passionate about language.

I'm quite sure nothing exciting will happen tonight so I'm going add this to my blog before I make tea and read some more.

We have all had a slow day.

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From Aunt Kitty's Stories with illustrations by J. L. Howard

Books and windows

Nan left a comment the other day saying that she was interested in the book titles on my new bookshelves. That made me wonder too as I wasn't quite sure myself. Before I made this small bookcase we had most of our books on shelves over the windows - and even if it's a small cottage with a low ceiling that meant that every time I wanted a book I had to climb on a chair to reach for it. It also meant that I didn't know what books we kept there. Some are books guests have left behind and some I've brought and never read while a few are doublets of books I have at home. This is what I found: Swedish, German and English dictionaries. Books about flowers, mushrooms, insects and other animals.

Pauline Wills: Live better. Colour Theraby
Elizabeth von Arnim: Elizabeth and her german Garden
Agatha Christie: Sad Cypress and A Murder is Announced
G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown
Yang Erche Namu: Leaving Mother Lake
Kate Jacobs: Friday Night Knitting Club
Mary Turner Thomson: The Other Mrs Jordan
Laura Childs: Death by Darjeeling, Gunpoder Green andShades of Earl Grey

Safiya Hussaini: Dömd att stenas
Thomas Björklund: Vad du borde ha lärt dig i skolan
Olof Lagercrantz: Dagbok
Torsten Sndberg: Gåtan på Granliden
Viveca Lärn: Kvinnan som var en fyr
Åke Edwardson: Låt det aldrig ta slut
Jan Broberg: I ett nötskal

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Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I

Sunhat weather

It has been a gorgeous and sunny day – but rather cool. Not until late afternoon was it warm enough to sit in the sun for a couple of hours.

Books

If somebody tells me that a book is wonderful and I have to read it — I usually stay clear of it. I think I've written about this childish behavior before. But this summer I made an exception and read some books that I normally wouldn't have read. I don't read contemporary mystery books or detective stories very often so this was a bit out of the ordinary.
One of my friends who works at the library thought I'd like the books about Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspeare — and she was right. She knows my taste in books rather well after all the years we've been discussing books.
I liked how these books dealt with the social problems in England between the wars and that I learnt new things about England and this particular time.
The other books many of my (American) friends have been praising are Laura Childs' Tea Shop Mystery Books. I've read the two first books, "Death by Darjeeling" and "Gunpowder Green" and I'm not sure what I think. Some hours' entertainment, yes — but not much more. I don't dislike them but find them very superficial. I actually forget to pick up the book and continue the story if I make a pause — maybe that says something.