Reading the 'Classics'
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Comments (2)Hi Tikanas! I'll answer to this! My Diet Chat name is Wild_Chicken because one of my favorite things to hear and see are the wild chickens, while hiking in one of my favorite places, Kauai. Some people call me BJ, my initials, but I prefer to be called Wild_Chicken to keep my privacy in case any of my relatives or friends are lurking in on me! :) Married, I have 4 kids, all girls, and no pets. My interests change every year, as I am always trying some new hobby or sport that I find I enjoy! I immerse myself in it for a year or more and I'm off to something else. However, I have always enjoyed hiking in whatever place I'm visiting. I hike at a fast pace and enjoy it! I like taking a camera and getting nature shots while I'm out there. I love talking with my kids, hot climates, watching things grow, seeing GOOD, non-violent movies, and cooking meals for people. I like reading in a library setting and get a library card at the local library as soon as I hit town! Lastly, I like to believe you're never too old for anything if you're in shape to try it...so take care of your health and see a doc yearly! As far as weight and diet goes, I am on a HER athlete-based sort of a plan: whole foods, no preservatives, and I eat SMALL meals every 3 or 4 hours, about 6 meals a day total. I try to combine a little protein and carb in each meal. This has keep me on track and I'm not hungry. Most of my food is refrigerator stuff, fresh and from the outside aisle in the grocery: veggies, fruit, whole grain, nutty bread, yogurt, and nuts. This, I find, keeps me CHARGED UP and ready to go! It also reminds me to get out there and MOVE! I have lost over 50 pounds (on WW, SS, and the HER althlete-based plan) and have 12 more pounds to lose B4 I'm at goal! I am hypothyroid and take meds for that; it doesn't make losing weight any easier! I detest sit-ups and push-ups, but try to do them anyway....lol....See MoreReading Jane Eyre again after 30+ years
Comments (43)Rosefolly, I really agree with you on the assessments of the two men. Rochester is clearly the romantic and the passionate one. Rivers doesn't even have the passion on the pulpit. Jane comments on his sermans. Rochester is not blameless; he has his flaws. On one level he is a Byronic hero; on the other level he is desperately trying to salvage a small portion of happiness in this life. While it is understandable, it is certainly not morally right. He tells Jane, after the thwarted wedding attempt, that he should have come to her and told her the whole story. I would argue that he knew better. When he plays the gypsy, he tells her that he sees in her brow that she could and would live without happiness if self-respect required it. He knew her very well, indeed! Rivers, on the other hand, was cold. He demanded the "right" thing from her insisting that God wanted her to marry him. And he knew he had will to bend hers. He was working on it when Jane hears the voice in the night. Rivers is probably more reprehensible because his Christian beliefs were aligned with the Puritans, which left no room for happiness, love, passion, fun, etc. Just cold dedication. Jane knew she would die under such strong willed restrictions....See MoreWhat is it about Wuthering Heights?
Comments (43)Hello, Lydia, and welcome. Glad you've found Reader's Paradise and to know that you enjoyed this thread. RPers are true blue readers so I think you will find lots of interesting discussions -- if it's readable, an RPer has either already read it or will be onto it pronto.It is aggravating when a movie replaces my mental pictures of a book but that seems to be the way my mind works.I have the same problem if I see the film before I've read the book, but not so much the other way round. I could see forty-three versions of Jane Eyre and not be bothered -- my mental visuals are still from the book though I have enjoyed nearly all the films. I think I've seen three (or four) versions of Wuthering Heights and none of them made much of an impression because they just never seemed to fit what I remembered. On the other hand, I saw the film of Doctor Zhivago first and it forever ruined the book for me. I'm sorry that rereading WH was disappointing to you, or was it? Maybe you aren't disappointed -- I may be misinterpreting. Fascinating, yes, but 'romantic' could be variously interpreted, I think. Which reminds me: I've never forgotten how a professor once illustrated the difference between a romanticist and a classicist. The former is epitomized by: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door  Only this, and nothing more." (Poe of course) The same tale from a classicist would go something like this: I stayed up the other night doing some reading until I dozed off. I woke when this tapping commenced at the door. I got up and opened the door, but nobody or nothing was there. I thought I must have dreamed it, but as soon as I sat back down the tapping started up at the window. I opened the window to have this damned blackbird fly into the room. It lighted on this statue above the doorsill. I tried to shoo it off and out the still-open window, but it wouldn't budge and kept up a racket of squawking -- sounded like 'Nevermore, nevermore'. Infernal bird. I took up a shotgun from my case and blasted it to smithereens. Made a helluva mess....See MoreWhites & Off-whites combo for Classic, Clean, Bright but Warm Kitchen
Comments (6)Finally made a decision! Had a color consultant from the painting company come out and look at paint samples and tile. Decided an off-white cabinet vs white would look best based on the rest of the kitchen and house. Picked the tile we liked best and the BM Maritime White we originally picked for cabinets and walls. We'll use the same white trim I have in the rest of the house. There's enough of a contrast where it looks good and that's what I've done with the rest of the house --and consistent with the decor style. My 1926 house has a lot of nice moldings, large baseboards, and trim and we show it off!...See More- 4 years ago
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