Carlotta King wrote:I don't think Great Uncle Robert would ever get an article written - he always falls asleep as soon as he gets his papers out!
Or as Snubby calls it - nodding over a pipe!
Heh - yes, it's a good job our contributors aren't too much like Great-uncle Robert!
Personal views and anecdotes are fascinating to read but the more academic stuff is also absorbing - e.g. research into Enid Blyton's family tree or into the publication of early short stories and poems, information about locations and buildings associated with Enid, detailed accounts of the filming of TV programmes, biographies of illustrators, etc. I've learnt a great deal from articles like that.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
The best academic articles are thoroughly researched and bring something new to the table while still being interesting and entertaining. Those are the kinds we normally have in the Journal!
Having said that, I do recall a series of articles on Famous Five editions that didn't go down too well as it gradually became nothing more than a lengthy and meticulous catalogue of minute changes.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
It's a lovely picture... thanks Tony. It's a long time since I have seen reins like those on the toddler in the picture. I found them invaluable when my children were at that stage.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
I remember my mom using reins on me and my sister in the 1970's - can remember struggling to escape, moving my arms and legs and not getting anywhere!!
I often wonder why reins aren't used these days...I guess the powers that be would suggest they are 'inhumane' - and its better to let a child run into the road or plunge into a lake...
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
I work in a very public place and see reins on toddlers every day. On the other hand I can't recall my parents ever using them with me or my two brothers.
Great picture. Where's it from?
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
I am glad that the cover picture seems to meet with approval. It was actually a late replacement when I decided to use the story in the Journal. My original cover was more of an autumn one and It might yet get used in a year's time!
