a history of the world in 10 and 1/2 chapters ~ julian barnes

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten ~ Robert Fulghum

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff

Only naming books you have read is NOT a rule-it just has to be a real book. You don't have to have had personal experience of said book. Although I do confess we read the entire Captain Underpants series once upon a time. Fine children's classics-should be on every family's shelves.

Okay Agnes-we're on the way. I think we said the next party is a Harvest Home party-warming alcoholic drinks (Martin- bringing the beer? I'm mulling wine) and root vegetable pies. I'm doing sweet potato. Other munchies as you wish. Can we do baked potatoes in the bonfire?

Milk and Honey - Faye Kellerman

The Land of Goshen - Charles McNair

hope you get the connection!

(OK, I'll bring a barrel of the very fine Wadworths 6X ale from Devizes in Wiltshire.)

The Eagle has Landed - Jack Higgins

where eagles dare ~ alistair maclean (a scotsman!)

The Tomb of the Golden Bird - Elizabeth Peters

The Owl and the Pussycat - Edward Lear

Lonesome Dove ~ Larry McMurty

Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott

Legacy of Charlie Parker - Brian Priestley

(now I don't get the connection between Land of Goshen and the Eagle Has Landed. I was going to link it with The Land of Milk and Honey - Sarah Getty)

The Legacy of Charlie Parker link to

Robert, My Son - Henry Denker

Sons and Lovers -- D.H. Lawrence

(Kewl! Another PARTY! I'll bring a case of the Gamay Noir from By Chadsey's Cairns Winery in Prince Edward County here in Ontario. A YUMMY wine. Very peppery.)

(oh DUH!!!! Now I get it!! #$%%@^^ Land..Landed. How dumb can I be today)

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY~~MICHAEL ONDAATJE

cheers & a pleasant weekend to all. Fall is the best time of year here in Northern California

Running With Scissors : A Memoir Augusten Burroughs

It's okay agnes-you're busy getting ready for the party.

The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide - Douglas Walker and Graham Walker

(OH, I really want to post a reply to my own link again!)

Come To Grief - Dick Francis

Can we wait until Friday Oct. 6th for the party? That's going to be the Hunter's Moon. We'll have on of the highest tides of the year on the river that night about 11:00pm. It should be close to 11 feet. If you have never seen a salt marsh covered with water in the full moon night, you have missed a sight!!

The bad thing will be that the walkway to the dock will be covered with water and we'll have to party until about 3AM.

Good Grief, Charlie Brown...Charles Schulz

Oh, goodie, moonlight on the marsh... I love it. I'll bring some of the island wine made on the island where I grew up in Lake Erie. And.. how about some apple dumplings.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl

The Moonlight on the Marsh party. That works for me.

The Lady and Sons Just Desserts - Paula Deen

Life is Uncertain...Eat Dessert First! - Sol Gordon

Adventures of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie

Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain

(I know I'm posting too often but I cant resist, especially food related stuff!)

The Emperor of Ice Cream - Wallace Stevens

The Emperor's New Clothes Hans Christian Anderson

The Naked King - Yevgeniy Sharts

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

Skin Cancer Prevention - Ulrik Ringborg

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

The Sun King: Louis XIV at Versailles - Nancy Mitford

on the golden porch ~ tatyana tolstaya

Around the Golden Ring of Russia ~ Iurii Aleksandrovich Bychkov and V. A. Desiatnikov

Lord of the Rings...JRR Tolkien

The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas

The Duchess of Duke Street - Mollie Hardwick

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street - Helene Hanff

The Queen of Hearts - Heather Graham

The King Of The Hill - A. E. Hotchner

Breakheart Hill - Thomas Cook

Pork Chop Hill by S. L. A. Marshall

Apple Sauce - Michael Wilding

we traditionally eat this with roast pork.

Into the Wild Blue Yonder ~~ Allan T. Stein

er, what's a yonder?

Over There...Thomas Fleming

The Gang's All Here ~ Michael Maslin

Here There Be Dragons - Sharon Kay Penman

The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King

The Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett

The Quilts of Gee's Bend - John Beardsley , William Arnett, Pauljane Arnett, Jane Livingston, Alvia Wardlaw

(This was an amzing exhibit I saw recently.)