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1. katry Says:

   
   May 14, 2015 at 12:17 pm

   Quote from Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, “The Four Seasons” (1940s)
2. Birgit Says:

   
   May 14, 2015 at 5:13 pm

   The stink plant. Good thing that smell-internet is’nt common yet.
   • katry Says:

     
     May 14, 2015 at 5:16 pm

     Birgit,
     I couldn’t begin to imagine what my house would smell like!
3. minicapt Says:

   
   May 14, 2015 at 6:25 pm

   For some reason …
   

   Cheers
   • katry Says:

     
     May 14, 2015 at 6:32 pm

     minicapt,

     Perhaps I need a new piece for my back garden!
     • Hedley Says:

       
       May 14, 2015 at 6:49 pm

       Well it’s over in Bloomfield Hills at a home on Orchard Lake….want me to go over there and Nick it for you ?
4. katry Says:

   
   May 14, 2015 at 7:18 pm

   My Dear Hedley,
   Just don’t get caught!
5. Spaceman Says:

   
   May 14, 2015 at 7:55 pm

   RIP, William Zinsser

   http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/14/writing-teacher-william-zinsser-dies.html
   • katry Says:

     
     May 14, 2015 at 8:11 pm

     Spaceman,
     I don’t remember which one, but one of his books was a textbook for me when I was in college.

     I really liked this article. My blog is my book sort of. I love to write, and it gives me that opportunity.
6. Spaceman Says:

   
   May 14, 2015 at 8:43 pm

   I have a copy of “On Writing Well” around here somewhere. Zinnser loved the english language yet stressed simple writing and direct writing. Zinnser would have liked your posts. Colorful yet short simple sentences. Not littered with extra words
   • katry Says:

     
     May 14, 2015 at 9:03 pm

     Thank you! I have always loved words and the way they go together.
7. t gibons Says:

   
   May 14, 2015 at 11:18 pm

   E.B. White?
   • katry Says:

     
     May 15, 2015 at 7:46 am

     t,
     Are you wondering about the quote? Is you are, the Quote is from Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, “The Four Seasons” (1940s). You can always find the quite source under the picture.

     If not the quote, let me know the E.B. White question.
     • t gibons Says:

       
       May 15, 2015 at 11:12 pm

       E B White wrote The Elements of Style. I believe it was the 1940s? He believed in simple and direct. I must give credit to his co-writer. William Strunk.

       White was part of the original staff at the New Yorker.The author of Charlottes Web. And so much else. From your neck of the woods. A fellow New Englander. Dry wit. Keen observer. Try One Mans Meat. Essays of life on his 40 acre farm.
     • katry Says:

       
       May 15, 2015 at 11:23 pm

       t,
       I totally forgot about that book. I read and remember well Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little.

       Thanks for the suggestion as I haven’t read One Man’s Meat.

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