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[seela]

I thought you are living with someone?

I do live with someone. Haven’t seen him for almost three weeks now. He’s also not one of the high risk people. The comment above was about how the pandemic has affected the grieving and my Easter plans, not about the day to day logistics of riding out the whole pandemic.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I haven't made the cake yet. I might this weekend. I'm a bit moody though so I'm not sure I'll accomplish much.

 

[gracie920101]

Seela,

I'm so sorry for your loss and the frustration you must feel with not being able to spend time in the presence and comfort of loved ones.

I think your Mignon eggs must be the predecessor of Cadbury eggs which appear to be a poor substitute after reading about Mignon eggs.

 

[seela]

Seela,

I'm so sorry for your loss and the frustration you must feel with not being able to spend time in the presence and comfort of loved ones.

I think your Mignon eggs must be the predecessor of Cadbury eggs which appear to be a poor substitute after reading about Mignon eggs.

Thank you

Turned out we had been kept out of the loop of how serious the situation was. It’s like when the diagnosis came in the first place - we weren’t told. Now we weren’t told that the treatments were stopped already in December. It’s pretty shocking, was back then and was even more so now. I’m glad I got to say goodbye.

Mignons are good, I love the concept of it. Way more of a surprise egg than Kinder eggs and the like.

 

[seela]

What was your favorite pastime as a child?

 

[IrisAlthea]

What was your favorite pastime as a child?

I have always loved reading.
I also loved running around, climbing trees, playing hide and seek.

We also played a game called the red and the white rose. It’s based on ( the war of the roses at the bottom of it of course) a book by Astrid Lindgren where two groups of kids fight to win a trophy. You had to scout, spy, plan attacks to their headquarter, kidnap, interrogate and of course the others did the same. My favourite game for years!

 

[seela]

I have always loved reading.
I also loved running around, climbing trees, playing hide and seek.

We also played a game called the red and the white rose. It’s based on ( the war of the roses at the bottom of it of course) a book by Astrid Lindgren where two groups of kids fight to win a trophy. You had to scout, spy, plan attacks to their headquarter, kidnap, interrogate and of course the others did the same. My favourite game for years!

All of that sounds like my childhood pastimes as well. I also liked cars, legos and Care Bears.

What’s the book the game is based on? I’m drawing a blank.

 

[IrisAlthea]

All of that sounds like my childhood pastimes as well. I also liked cars, legos and Care Bears.

What’s the book the game is based on? I’m drawing a blank.

The Kalle Blomkvist books. There are really nice movies from the 50s too.

Yes cars. I loved to build the race tracks and my brother was the one who played with them.
I also picked apart things to see how they were made. I was so happy when i managed toput back together and get the old phone to work again!

 

[ultramarineblue]

I read a lot when I was younger as well. I've been trying to devote more time to reading again but find that I enjoy reading exchanges on boards like this or about other topics more now. I remember that I would read anything I could get my hands on as a child.

 

[seela]

The Kalle Blomkvist books. There are really nice movies from the 50s too.

Yes cars. I loved to build the race tracks and my brother was the one who played with them.
I also picked apart things to see how they were made. I was so happy when i managed toput back together and get the old phone to work again!

Oh I’ve never read them. I’ve seen the movies though. Maybe it’s time to read or rewatch.

 

[seela]

I read a lot when I was younger as well. I've been trying to devote more time to reading again but find that I enjoy reading exchanges on boards like this or about other topics more now. I remember that I would read anything I could get my hands on as a child.

I was the same way. My library had a limit on how many books you could check out at once. But once I got to know the librarians and they got to know me, they’d let me check out more books because they knew I read fast and that is handle the books well. I loved libraries even back then.

 

[IrisAlthea]

I read a lot when I was younger as well. I've been trying to devote more time to reading again but find that I enjoy reading exchanges on boards like this or about other topics more now. I remember that I would read anything I could get my hands on as a child.

I still read a lot, but I don’t have the energy and time to read something new and challenging when life gets to much. I do love to reread books that I really love though and will happily read for pure entertainment. I find it a bit funny that people love watching tv-shows that can be pure trash but as soon as it is reading, it has to be very highbrow. The only time I get snobby is when everyone says you have to read something but thats probably more contrarian than snobby.

Oh I’ve never read them. I’ve seen the movies though. Maybe it’s time to read or rewatch.

Last time I saw them was with the kids after we read the books but it’s been a few years. Before that it would have been in my late 20s when my husband and I were out sailing for a week with a friend. We came to talk about the movies and the games and the smell of the alcohol burner in the kichen made me crave fondue. When we came home we organized a loopng and cozy fondue and Kalle Blomkvist night on his couch. It’s one of those memories that really make me smile.

I was the same way. My library had a limit on how many books you could check out at once. But once I got to know the librarians and they got to know me, they’d let me check out more books because they knew I read fast and that is handle the books well. I loved libraries even back then.

Same rules at my school library when I was a kid. There was a teacher who cared for it in her non-teaching hours and i managed to get her to let me do it when I had a longer recess and in the afternoon. I had the key to the library!
When I was older I had a friend with a mother who worked at the city library. Her mother brought home big bags of books she thought we might like or ought to read. As long as we put them back when read we didn’t have to think about anything else.

We had a lot of books at home too and I was allowed to read whatever I wanted so I read a lot that wasn’t really for kids and I still like to read books for kids and YA.

 

[Zionisacat]

What was your favorite pastime as a child?

What ever it was there was usually a body of water present so swimming at the beach, my or a friends pool or there were plenty of freshwater creeks within a bike ride that we were allowed to go to. Plus all the adventuring that went along with that, going up creek further than we should have, poking at the dead jellyfish on the shore, performing various acrobatics as we leapt from the rocks into water that was too shallow to be safely dived into.

 

[seela]

I still read a lot, but I don’t have the energy and time to read something new and challenging when life gets to much. I do love to reread books that I really love though and will happily read for pure entertainment. I find it a bit funny that people love watching tv-shows that can be pure trash but as soon as it is reading, it has to be very highbrow. The only time I get snobby is when everyone says you have to read something but thats probably more contrarian than snobby.

This is so true! I’m guilty of this highbrow line of thought myself as well at times, but I’ve gotten better at catching those thoughts and nipping them I’m the bud. I too read for entertainment and when things get hectic, I reread and return to books from childhood.

The story about Kalle Blomkvist and sailing is great!

Having a key to a library would be amazing! I’d love that as a kid, I still would tbh. I also read a lot of books that weren’t really age appropriate as a kid. I’ve often wondered how that affected me. For example, I read the Unknown Soldier by Väinö Linna when I was around 10. It was a lot to handle, but my parents and my (7 years older than me) brother answered patiently my many questions. I really liked the book a lot and it has left a very vivid memory. Other things I enjoyed when I was around that age were the Babysitters Club books and Bert’s diaries. So yeah. I read all sorts of things.

What ever it was there was usually a body of water present so swimming at the beach, my or a friends pool or there were plenty of freshwater creeks within a bike ride that we were allowed to go to. Plus all the adventuring that went along with that, going up creek further than we should have, poking at the dead jellyfish on the shore, performing various acrobatics as we leapt from the rocks into water that was too shallow to be safely dived into.

That sounds fun, except for the dead jellyfish bit. I loved swimming in lakes and the sea and playing by the creeks in the forest, too. And loved riding my bike, the freedom! We used to build dams in the creeks, too. One year the creek flooded very heavily (we had nothing to do with it that time) right before the weather turned freezing. The flood water froze and all winter long we could go skating in the forest between the willows and other trees. It was so amazing, only happened that one time.

I grew up in a poor neighborhood and when I was a kid in the 90s, there was a big recession. That definitely had an impact on my childhood. We played a lot outside together because for many of my friends it wasn’t that much fun to be at home when the parents had lost their jobs and the family was about to lose their home etc. The neighborhood kids would come together and play football or our local flavor of baseball. Kids of all ages played together, that was lots of fun and one of my favorite things about my childhood.

 

[IrisAlthea]

What ever it was there was usually a body of water present so swimming at the beach, my or a friends pool or there were plenty of freshwater creeks within a bike ride that we were allowed to go to. Plus all the adventuring that went along with that, going up creek further than we should have, poking at the dead jellyfish on the shore, performing various acrobatics as we leapt from the rocks into water that was too shallow to be safely dived into.

I made a project out of saving jellyfish by getting them back into deeper water. Then someone told me it could only end one way once they get in too shallow water.

This is so true! I’m guilty of this highbrow line of thought myself as well at times, but I’ve gotten better at catching those thoughts and nipping them I’m the bud. I too read for entertainment and when things get hectic, I reread and return to books from childhood.

The story about Kalle Blomkvist and sailing is great!

Having a key to a library would be amazing! I’d love that as a kid, I still would tbh. I also read a lot of books that weren’t really age appropriate as a kid. I’ve often wondered how that affected me. For example, I read the Unknown Soldier by Väinö Linna when I was around 10. It was a lot to handle, but my parents and my (7 years older than me) brother answered patiently my many questions. I really liked the book a lot and it has left a very vivid memory. Other things I enjoyed when I was around that age were the Babysitters Club books and Bert’s diaries. So yeah. I read all sorts of things.



That sounds fun, except for the dead jellyfish bit. I loved swimming in lakes and the sea and playing by the creeks in the forest, too. And loved riding my bike, the freedom! We used to build dams in the creeks, too. One year the creek flooded very heavily (we had nothing to do with it that time) right before the weather turned freezing. The flood water froze and all winter long we could go skating in the forest between the willows and other trees. It was so amazing, only happened that one time.

I grew up in a poor neighborhood and when I was a kid in the 90s, there was a big recession. That definitely had an impact on my childhood. We played a lot outside together because for many of my friends it wasn’t that much fun to be at home when the parents had lost their jobs and the family was about to lose their home etc. The neighborhood kids would come together and play football or our local flavor of baseball. Kids of all ages played together, that was lots of fun and one of my favorite things about my childhood.

Heh, in my case it was Mother gets married by Moa Martinsson.
I also remember reading The honeymoon by Faldbakken as a teen and trying to discuss it with a friend. Learned quickly not to do that.

 

[seela]

I made a project out of saving jellyfish by getting them back into deeper water. Then someone told me it could only end one way once they get in too shallow water.




Heh, in my case it was Mother gets married by Moa Martinsson.
I also remember reading The honeymoon by Faldbakken as a teen and trying to discuss it with a friend. Learned quickly not to do that.

Oh yeah, I’ve had a few of those failed attempts at discussion with friends as well.

 

[twister947]

This thread makes great reading with my morning coffee. Y'all are the best!

 

[IrisAlthea]

Oh yeah, I’ve had a few of those failed attempts at discussion with friends as well.

The look, like you just sprouted a new head is so encouraging.

This thread makes great reading with my morning coffee. Y'all are the best!

So, what were you up to when you were a miniTwister?

 

[twister947]

So, what were you up to when you were a miniTwister?

I read constantly. Built forts and dams. Built hobo stoves and cooked hobo meals. As for the appeal of the hobo lifestyle, I have not a clue. And I fished a lot, mostly by myself. Kid stuff...70 years later, not much has changed.

 

[IrisAlthea]

I read constantly. Built forts and dams. Built hobo stoves and cooked hobo meals. As for the appeal of the hobo lifestyle, I have not a clue. And I fished a lot, mostly by myself. Kid stuff...70 years later, not much has changed.

Yes, building forts, treehouses soapbox cars...

 

[seela]

I read constantly. Built forts and dams. Built hobo stoves and cooked hobo meals. As for the appeal of the hobo lifestyle, I have not a clue. And I fished a lot, mostly by myself. Kid stuff...70 years later, not much has changed.

What are hobo meals?

 

[twister947]

What are hobo meals?

Whatever we could find from home, boiled to death in a tin can. Delicious.

 

[seela]

Whatever we could find from home, boiled to death in a tin can. Delicious.

Sounds like it.

 

[twister947]

Yes, building forts, treehouses soapbox cars...

And this: "Follow me, I know a shortcut."

 

[IrisAlthea]

And this: "Follow me, I know a shortcut."

My brother and I actually made up our own game called shortcuts, finding ways to climb across multiple backyards, through back alleys, garages...