From 'The Chrysalids'
When I was quite small, I would sometimes dream of a city - which was strange because it began before I even knew what a city was.
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From 'The Chrysalids'
When I was quite small, I would sometimes dream of a city - which was strange because it began before I even knew what a city was.
The book that affected me strongly after reading it is 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
It made me realize how much we take for granted...
The book that affected me strongly after reading it is 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
It made me realize how much we take for granted...
Hi Everyone! It's me - Tournesol, returning after [apparently] 6 long years!
Hopefully, I'll be around a lot more lol...
sticky
Too much ink from his anchor tattoos.
Why is it the door is always "Pull" only when you have your arms full?
Kiera Knightly: "Well then, your pants are cold..."
Matthew Macfadyen: [nods in speechlessness] lol
Nope, I don't believe in lying to children.
Would you swallow a live fish?
Hello Bleeding Pawn!
I've often felt that! Then I just say what I need to say, without trying to be eloquent!
Do you think it's harder for men to talk about their feelings, than for women?
...rye...
Ate that super-spicy Indian food from the restaurant, and now I have awful acid reflux! I should've just stuck with my eggs and toast! hmph!
Sweet Corn!
Real sugar or artificial sweetener?
I've been gone too, for such a long time, that I thought I wouldn't have an account here again!
But my old username and password worked, and it's wonderful to see that so many of you guys are...
No, piracy is never justified.
Do you think that the media brainwashes people?
periscope
dislike!
lizards
marriage
The last movie I saw, is 'Under the Tuscan Sun'...it was on cable, and my son was asleep, and so I finally got to see it.
I felt it was a beautiful movie: there was just the right mix of fantasy,...
I need to go wash baby bottles!
A bald man was given a comb as a gift.
"I'll never part with it!" was his reply!
I do not like haliotosis [bad breath] and body odour!
Also, insincerity and flattery are unattractive to me...
Hey All!
I recently read this novel, and I found it to be quite compelling.
DOnoghue managed to mix a nightmare-come-true for a young girl in her twenties: being held in captivity for 7...
Luckily, I don't have the problem of drying delicates. As I live in the tropics [Caribbean], we have heat all year round. I have one of those umbrella racks with the hanging clothes pegs, so I jsut...
My sister made the mistake of taking me to the Benihana sushi bar.
I do not share her love of Japanese cuisine and culture, and she knows this, but she was so sure that I would 'just love it if...
Anyone read the novel, or watched the movie? What do you think of it?