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Tag Archives: Beverly Cleary
Wild Nights
[Books] were the world I could lose myself in when the one I was actually living in became too lonely or harsh or difficult to bear. I considered my options. There were only two and they were essentially the same. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Childhood, Miscellaneous, Movies, Vacations, Women
Tagged Ann M. Martin, Beverly Cleary, books, bookstores, Cheryl Strayed, commuting, Guts, Judy Blume, Kristen Johnston, LIRR, Little Women, Nancy Drew, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, Penn Station, quarantine, rainy days, reading, Reese Witherspoon, The Baby-Sitters Club, Vanderpump Rules, Wild
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From Page to Stage
I spent my formative years in a one-bedroom apartment in Hempstead, circa the ’70s. Television was rarely an option; my TV youth experience was relegated to the PBS kids lineup (“Sesame Street,” “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” and “The Electric Company.”) Here … Continue reading
Posted in AcTING!, Books, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Lists, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Amy March, Ann M. Martin, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, Beverly Cleary, books, BSC, Dolly Pops, Doubleday, Hempstead, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Prunell, Ken Kesey, Kirsten Dunst, L.M. Montgomery, limes, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Magic Trip, Megan Follows, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, PBS, Ramona Quimby, Randle McMurphy, Sarah Polley, Sesame Street, SNL, the '70s, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Electric Company, TV
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The Best Postcard
I was eight years old when I sent Beverly Cleary a very long and urgent handwritten letter, wherein I patiently explained that she and her writing meant – well, absolutely EVERYTHING to me. In my very-best penmanship (which, if you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women
Tagged 1984, 2002, 2007, Alan Tiegreen, artists, Beverly Cleary, birthdays, fraternal twins, getting older, goddesses, growing old is not for sissies, Henry Huggins, horses, humid summer days, imagination, Kinko's, late bloomers, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Long Island, Louis Darling, Mitch and Amy, Nanny Posch, Passion, postcards, Reagan, Rebecca, Ribsy, spry, Walter Cleary
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Romeo and Juli-Nyet
So today is the last day I can say that I’m in my twenties. I’m 29! There, I said it one last time. Tomorrow I will be thirty! When my mother turned thirty, my dad threw a party for her. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women
Tagged Ally McBeal, Beverly Cleary, Bianca, Caribbean, Coriolanus, crisis, Danish prince, English major, Germany, Greece, Hamlet, Italy, karaoke, meltdown, motorcycle, Romeo and Juliet, Scottish King, Sex and the City, Shakespeare, sonnets, Taming of the Shrew, Turkey, Turning 30, twenties, Two Gentlemen of Verona, USA
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Salem’s Lot & Sleepless Nights
I have been terrified of horror for as long as I can remember. Ghouls, mainly, when I was younger, scared the heck out of me. And even at five, I could tell that part of vampires’ power came from their … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Supernatural :o
Tagged Adventureland, Beverly Cleary, Buffy Innocence, buried alive, Eerie and Creepy comics, Farmingdale, ghouls, Hempstead, Home Depot, horror movies, little brother scratching at the window, Long Island, made for television movies, Merrick, Nickelodeon, parents, peach paint, Ramona the Brave, Salem's Lot, Saw 3, suburbia, The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Vanishing, vampires
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