![]() ![]() Also, the core of the American Royal’s success is its ability to adapt to changing times while retaining the old traditions and spirit that made the show popular in the first place. The expansion of the American royal in the early part of the century also helped set the economic foundation for the Kansas City area. ![]() On the other hand, the first American royal was held in 1899. The geographical position of Great Britain served as a major advantage to the growing empire. The conference, which occurred in 1884, was intended to create some harmony between the competing colonizers. It found itself in a race against the other growing European powers, such as Italy and Germany, which eventually led to the Berlin conference. But it was the largest empire to exist at any point throughout history, reaching across the globe and carrying on over multiple centuries. The British Empire may not have technically ruled the world. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Her parents disowned her, but her baby daddy’s parents gave her guilt money to start up a business. I absolutely love her!!! Susan (Lorelai) - had Caymen out of wedlock in her teens and the baby daddy left her to fend for herself. Skye (Lane Kim) - is the amazing best friend who is dating a band guy and attends all of his gigs. He attends the exclusively rich private school named after his Grandmother. ![]() He’s being groomed to take over his father’s hotel dynasty in after college, which of course he’s trying to rebel against. Xander (Logan) - is the filthy rich love interest that Caymen begins to hang out with behind her disapproving mom’s back. She’s studious and into STEM, particularly on the path for crime scene investigation, but she plans to defer to help out her mom. She attends the local public school and has been taught that the rich are a certain breed you don’t want to get messed up with. ![]() As a massive Gilmore Girls fangirl myself, this actually made me happier rather than upset, so it was a complete guilty pleasure! *Sheepishly grins from ear to ear* Caymen (Rory) - is extremely close with her mom, but things have been stressful financially lately (always). Wow! I thoroughly enjoyed The Distance Between Us! First of all, this has ‘fanfic’ written all over it. ![]() ![]() ![]() People do. And we need to stop with the labels and marketing that supports (or doesn’t support) this divide.ĭavis takes us deep into the history of the term ‘tomboy’ and provides stunning examples of how advertising and marketing have played to the stereotypes of gender, gender roles, expectations, sex, and more. Here’s thing: I don’t really think ‘Tomboys’ exist. ![]() And then I read Lisa Selin Davis’s insightful and daring new book and felt we were cut from the same cloth. I started thinking about why we use this term and if there really was such a thing. As a ‘soccer mom,’ I often hear this on the pitch, “Oh, she’s just a Tomboy” or something of similar ilk. ![]() TOMBOY: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different (Hachette Books, August 11 2020) first came to my attention this past spring and I knew I had read it. A thorough and engrossing sociological, historical, and psychological examination and the antiquated term ‘tomboy,’ an imagined future for children who defy categories, and so much more. ![]() ![]() ![]() Calm, grave Rose Arbuthnot has the opposite problem: her husband is so wrapped up in his career that he barely remembers she exists: First, there’s Lotty Wilkins who has grown tired of having her life controlled by her husband and is desperate to escape from him for a while. Our four main characters have very different personalities and very different circumstances. Spending a month at San Salvatore surrounded by sunshine and flowers gives each woman a chance to resolve her problems and try to find happiness. The women are strangers to each other at the beginning of the novel, but each of them has her own reasons for wanting a holiday. The Enchanted April, first published in 1922, is the story of four women who rent a castle in Italy together one April. ![]() When I was choosing my books for this week, I knew it was time to try something by Elizabeth von Arnim, a writer whose work I had never read but who seems to be one of the most popular and most loved Virago authors. This is my second post for Virago Reading Week, hosted by Rachel of Book Snob and Carolyn of A Few of My Favourite Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Turn the stovetop burner on MEDIUM-HIGH heat and add the 3 cups of light cream (half-and-half) SLOWLY, whisking continuously while the mixture is heating. Whisk everything together, off the heat, until the ingredients are well incorporated. ![]() Whisk the egg yolks until they are well combined.Īdd the white, granulated sugar and the cornstarch. Place the egg yolks in a medium-size saucepan off the heat. ½ stick (4 Tablespoons, ¼ cup, 1⁄ 8 pound) salted butterīutterscotch or caramel ice cream topping to drizzle on top You can even use a regular pie crust as long as you bake and cool it first.Ħ large egg yolks (save the whites to make your favorite meringue cookies)ġ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, finely chopped (measure AFTER chopping) Hannah’s First Note: You can also use a prepared crushed cookie pie crust, a graham cracker pie crust or a shortbread pie crust. This pie is a pudding pie with whipped cream and does not bake in the oven.Ĩ-inch or 9-inch prepared crushed chocolate wafer or crushed Oreo pie crust. ![]() In anticipation of Joanne Fluke’s 24th Hannah Swensen mystery, Chocolate Cream Pie Murder, we’re sharing the titular recipe as it appears in the novel. Baking whiz and amateur sleuth Hannah Swensen’s love life has been totally upended, but that doesn’t mean she won’t be able to solve the latest murder in Lake Eden. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me" is a book to be re-read many times, and to be treasured for its beauty and its positive message of love and inspiration. And, on a deeper level, they will recognize that Papa is not merely fulfilling Monica's whim, but is demonstrating to her that even a seemingly unreachable goal can actually be attained. Small readers will empathize with Monica"s longing for the moon, and will be reassured by her father's willingness to try to make her wish come true. He gets a ladder and, placing it atop a huge mountain, ascends to the Moon only to discover it is too big to carry down. She cannot reach it and asks her father to bring it to her. ![]() The simple text, just right for reading aloud or for the beginning reader expresses perfectly the purity of a father's love for his child. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me tells the story of Monica, a young girl who dreams of playing with the Moon. Here is a multi-faceted story that appeals to children visually, verbally and emotionally, and which also contains a first lesson in natural history, depicting the eternal cycle of the waxing and waning of the moon. It isn't easy to climb all the way up to the moon, but he finally succeeds - only to find that the moon is too big to carry home! The way in which this problem is solved is a joyful surprise. Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her. In this unique and delightful picture book, the story literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. ![]() ![]() ![]() And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love. ![]() It shows how we carry on, through laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. Marjane’s child's-eye-view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. ![]() The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. ![]() In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() Creepy, but not too creepy, funny, and chock full of vampire goodness. What more does a kid need to captivate his attention? I remember distinctly loving the “horror” setting of the Bunnicula books. ![]() ![]() Veggie Vampire bunnies, psychotic (almost Renfield like) steak (you have to read the book) waving cats, and cupcake eating Sherlock-esque aging dogs, solving mysteries, draining veggies of their essential juices, and rabbit hunting. James Howe’s series of Bunnicula books in particular captivated my attention. Between the two of them in the 80’s they had written eight books that I must have read a dozen times each. Though I’m pretty sure a lot of this stems from Halloween in general, I think a lot of it also has to do with Susan Smith and James Howe. buy Mulva 2: Kill Teenape because I have art on the DVD), and a really long list of other misc. ![]() I love gore, goofy 40’s monster flicks, the Munsters, Halloween, campy Itallian zombie flicks, zany Australian vampire flicks, exploitative international pulp covers, insane amounts of weird halloween story and sound albums, fun retro artists, Ka-razy kooky psycho-billy music, monster punk music, retro horror metal music, unbelieveably low budget horror movies (p.s. ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s going to have to work with peers who challenge him. After an inspiring first day of film class, Marcus declares that he will make the most awesome movie ever-but there’s a gigantic difference between making comics and making a movie: You can’t make a movie alone. Readers come to understand how these creative acts help process stress and grief via striking conversations between Marcus and his loving father that also show the critical importance of developing emotional language. Marcus’ gift for storytelling is nurtured by his love of making comics (represented visually throughout by Cooper). It’s certainly not a biography, but one can see the shades of reality, with a young Black boy who’s short and funny making his way into film. Marcus, obsessed with making comics, finds new ambitions for his superhero character Toothpick when he joins an after-school filmaking club.Īlways-working comedian Hart enters the children’s-literature world with this middle-grade novel uplifting one of the profound life lessons that helped catapult him to global superstardom. ![]() ![]() The original "de Brignac" name was registered by the Cattier family in "the late 1940s or early 50s", according to Jean-Jacques Cattier. The first bottles of Armand de Brignac Brut Gold left the cellars in France in 2006. The Cattier family started setting aside portions of reserve wines for a new ultra-premium Champagne project at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 2015, a Demi Sec and a Blanc de Noirs (100% Pinot Noir) also joined the range. Two other cuvées, a Rosé and a Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay), were released in 2008. ![]() The Armand de Brignac champagnes are produced in a multi-vintage style, and the Brut Gold cuvée is a blend of the grape varieties Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay. The brand's first bottling, Armand de Brignac Brut Gold, is identifiable by its gold bottle with French pewter Ace of Spades labels. ![]() The brand is produced by Champagne Cattier and sold in opaque metallic bottles. Armand de Brignac, known colloquially as Ace of Spades, is a French Champagne owned by Shawn " Jay-Z" Carter and LVMH. ![]() |