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Finally! Page 132 does explain it’s the Mouse Family (their name).

Is this a mouse family or human family with the last name Mouse? Maybe Annie’s nickname was mouse and she used that to create the idea. My nickname was mouse when I played YMCA soccer at 5 years old. But was expecting more of a Stuart Little type book and none of the logistics of a small creature are explained. Sort of deceptive by the cover art of a mouse with a camera.

I’m not impressed. They didn’t go up into the arch because they are all afraid of heights? And the little ones didn’t like the newspaper clippings in the visitor center. And no one bought souvenirs at the Meramec Caverns. There just seems to be a lot of negativity in this book so far. Im wondering if she’s trying to sabotage America’s Route 66 tourism.

Bizarre set of short stories. Very Edgar Allen Poe-like. I will read it, because I will read anything, but the strange nature of these stories make me do a double take.

I’m intrigued by this man’s life so far. Didn’t think it would be a page turner, but the research by Theising has been fun to follow.

I was given this book to read because I will be traveling to stay at the Greenbriar. So far, I can’t imagine a more poorly suited book to read if you are going there. The description of the place throughout the book is anything but positive and is meant to elicit nothing but ick. Blood-red walls, walls the lurid pink of Pepto Bismol, ceiling grayish pink of the cold poached salmon. . .

I have a law degree and there are some major problems with her reasoning in her quilt descriptions. She speculates and draws conclusions that might be one scenario, but there are other scenarios I could posit which would come to another perfectly viable conclusion. I need more support for her leaps. She could have added more to bolster as it’s fiction anyway.

Interesting

Interesting! Amazing what the explorers had to endure.

I’m inspired.

After the war was over, and the north was celebrating the victory, Lincoln asked the Navy Band to play Dixie as it was one of the best tunes Lincoln had ever heard. Lincoln’s mission was malice towards none, charity for all.

I picked up a much older version of this book at Half Price Books that was published by Dillon Press— the seventh printing in 1978 and it has a different cover. I’m enjoying learning about the country. Taking my group to the American Swedish Institute in MN in February where this author spent years of her life volunteering. Neat that her legacy lives on.

Reading via audible. I have to say that this is a slow burn. We all know the right resolution, but it’s getting there that’s so painful. I’m tempted to skip chapters and just have my quick fix, but I haven’t so far. The letters to Scotty help the reader, Kenna & Ledger. Moral=journal.

Fabulous. This book has so much merit. Read this book if you can find it. It is so well written and so much wisdom comes through these pages. Great stories.

Wow. I can do this book only in doses. Difficult to see the world through this lens. It’s going slowly. Problem is these girls may not think they are victims. The human trafficking warnings are on the back of the bathroom stalls.They could call the hotline, but the problem is complex. Tough problem.

As I near the end, I am reminded of the other book I’m reading called Girls Like Us which deals with sex trafficking.I wish men and women could join forces to overturn brothels using the heavy hand of beating & embarrassing those who use & abuse others for their own personal gain. Of course, the difference is that these girls were stolen & not groomed.Guns would have been easier on the ones implementing justice.

Bought this at the St. Louis Scottish Highland Games. I wonder how many women encountered problems like Bella did on the trip to America.

“The day has been crystal clear and cloudless . . . Almost too perfect for flying the mail . . . There hasn’t been even an occasional cloud near enough to burrow through . . . It’s an evening for beginners, not for pilots of the mail- no tricks of wind, no false horizons. It’s hours were shaped for beauty, not for contest.”
Sigh. I’m in love with him.

I’m on the second page of the preface of this book by Charles A. Lindbergh and I think I’m in love with him. He writes so very well. This type of thought must be so lacking in news today that I notice this thoughtful
and picturesque style as special.

I’m particularly impressed with the Blinded by the Flash chapter. Especially in this day and age when officer’s behavior is being challenged this is a candid and fair look at what it means to carry a badge and “professional courtesy”. Everyone should read this and realize “the line” depends on respect.

Unbelievable. Humor and a lot of 😳 WTF! People never cease to amaze me.

It’s crazy what these officers put up with. Humans are stupid and laughable, but it’s also sad that these officers are lied to on a regular basis. They are human too and it’s unbelievable all they go through. Every single traffic stop could be their last. It takes a lot of nerve to even make a stop at all.

He had me hooked on the first page. This is a world I can’t fathom being a part of. The bravery to engage criminals is just that . . . Bravery. Finding I enjoy it so much I have to add it to good reads. He needs to get an ISBN attached to his masterpiece. It’s very good.

She really drives me nuts.

I’m getting so irritated by this book. Claire Cozy, the narrator of this book - the owner of the coffee shop, can make wild assumptions, but when others do that, she requires all kinds of details. For example, her boyfriend beats up his cousin hours before, but when they find the cousin, her backup ex husband jumps to the accusation that her boyfriend finished the beating, which is a logical leap she can’t see

She didn’t think a Southern Soldier would have ever laid down his life merely to prolong African Slavery. It was the principle of liberty they thought they were deprived of. This higher holier motive than keeping the African race in bondage carried them through Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Shiloh, and the hundred fields they stained with their blood, else why did they reject Lincoln’s proposal to keep slavery!

Harper is educated, and well-spoken. Her purpose is to tell her daughter “what manner of folks your fathers were.” She begins at the election writes, “Party spirit was something fearful at this time.”