tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post141891010923850345..comments2023-10-08T06:37:26.421-04:00Comments on Little Hunting Creek: Great Moments in Fabric Literature, Vol VILittle Hunting Creekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15581836733935812927noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-43441816628747990992015-09-04T02:03:19.746-04:002015-09-04T02:03:19.746-04:00I enjoyed reading your post with Olaf's dilemm...I enjoyed reading your post with Olaf's dilemma. Ardyth Kennelly's mother was a seamstress, and although Ardyth herself apparently didn't sew, she loved clothes and fabrics. She spent a great deal of time decorating her living spaces and furniture--usually in bright colors such as pinks and reds--and loved to "plan" clothes for herself and others. She was also a collage artist later in her life and created huge, bizarrely beautiful collages.<br /><br />Besides "The Peaceable Kingdom," she also had four other novels published in the 1950s, and her masterpiece, "Variation West," was published posthumously (last year) by Sunnycroft Books. It too contains occasional mentions of fabrics. For example, a beauty-school student gets her mother to buy her "high-heeled shoes, a dress cut on the bias, nothing can beat plain black satinback crepe." Memorable lines...<br /><br />Nancy Trotic (Ardyth's step-great-niece and publisher)Nancy Trotichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915504650775108540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-29283484539143064782010-01-16T14:06:07.724-05:002010-01-16T14:06:07.724-05:00Depending on the book, I will re-read countless ti...Depending on the book, I will re-read countless times. Other books are just for once. But I've been through the HP books several times and look forward to sharing them with my small children eventually.Kris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17101078802388395298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-82051967717822913412010-01-14T02:37:44.187-05:002010-01-14T02:37:44.187-05:00I am enjoying these posts too. As I keep telling m...I am enjoying these posts too. As I keep telling my husband, I think re-reading a book is very similar to listening to the same piece of music more than once.kbencohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885068563358776147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-47795851718591006662010-01-13T21:41:48.077-05:002010-01-13T21:41:48.077-05:00I am a serious multiple reader, always have been. ...I am a serious multiple reader, always have been. The only thing that outnumbers the fabric stash in my house is the book stash.<br /><br />I've always been drawn into books with great descriptions of clothing, and I still have my mom's 1930s copy of Gone with the Wind with little fabric tags stuck in the pages with particularly good dress descriptions - I read the book and made costumes for all my Barbie dolls. (I was technically too old for them, but using them as miniature dress forms was an acceptable reason for keeping them).<br /><br />Enjoying this series SO much. Keep going.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449229622474314815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-8954050843868542072010-01-11T16:38:15.674-05:002010-01-11T16:38:15.674-05:00So enjoying these, keep 'em coming! I read a l...So enjoying these, keep 'em coming! I read a lot of one-time-only books, but reread lots of favorites, too, some again and again over the years. "Pride and Prejudice" and Wilkie Collins' "The Woman in White" top my most-reread classics list, with Janet Evanovich and Dennis Lehane leading the contemporary authors section.Venus de Hilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424101811517659566noreply@blogger.com