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Found at the used-bookstore. I've never heard of the book, but the cover was too pretty to pass up. (In other words, I'm a conspicuously unproductive consumer. :) )

How To Fold a Bus Note

This looks like a handy thing to know: How to Fold a Bus Note

Flower-Picking

The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians

This was posted on a message board.

THE 100 FAVORITE NOVELS OF LIBRARIANS Based on a survey conducted by Brodart Co., September, 1998 - March, 1999

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Miss M is playing with some Playmobil soldiers that her brother left out. In her world, everybody has detailed conversations with each other. I predict she'll love Jane Austen some day. I overheard this bit as her soldiers conversed together:

"But some soldiers don't have the energy to die . . ."

Spring indeed

Emma Summaries Part Two

Continued from Part One.

ch 29 - Frank Churchill and the Westons plan a dance at an old unused building called the Crown Inn. Emma's father goes along with the plan so long as windows will be kept closed so that none of the dancers gets chilled and sick.

ch 30 - The dance is all set to go, but then Frank Churchill is called away by his aunt. He's out of sorts, and when he says goodbye to Emma, he is about to declare that he is in love with Jane Fiarfax, although Emma thinks he was about to declare his love for herself. Later she visits Jane Fairfax, who is out of sorts, too.

ch 31 - Emma thinks she loves Frank Churchill, but in his absence, decides she does not. She imagines that he and Harriet might make a good couple, since Harriet is so kind and affectionate.

ch 32 - Emma meets Mr. Elton's new wife, Augusta, and doesn't like her. She's vulgar, snobbish, self-centered and constantly prattling about herself or something equally trivial.

ch 33 - Mrs. Elton admires Jane Fairfax and befriends her, which Emma assumes must be a hardship for Jane. Mr. Knightley declares that, although he admires Jane, she is too reserved for him to fall in love with her.

ch 34 - Emma really dislikes Mrs. Elton, but, so as not to appear resentful, she gives a dinner party for her. Mrs. Elton is as unpleasant as ever. When she learns that Jane Fairfax walks to the post office every morning to check her mail, Mrs. Elton pressures Jane to let the Elton's servant deliver it to her to save her from walking in wet weather. But Jane is fiercely determined to check her mail.

ch 35 - Mrs. Elton pressures Jane to let her find her a good job as a governess, even when Jane protests firmly. Mr. Weston has received a letter from Frank Churchill saying he will return soon.

ch 36 - Mr. Weston tells Mrs. Elton that his son, who she hasn't yet met, is coming back. Mrs. Elton keeps bringing the subject to herself, and he doggedly brings it back to Frank. Nobody seems to enjoy talking to her very much.

ch 37 - Frank Churchill and his aunt will be renting a place nine miles away, so everyone is assured of seeing plenty of him. Emma is sure now that she is not in love with him, nor he with her.

ch 38 - The ball. Mrs. Elton annoys everyone. Mr. Elton snubs and apparently humiliates Harriet by refusing to dance with her, even though she has no partner. But Mr. Knightley rescues her by dancing with her himself.

ch 39 - The next morning as Emma is fondly remembering the ball, Harriet is brought in by Frank Churchill. She was accosted by gypsies as she walked with a friend. Emma begins to imagine Harriet and Frank together.

ch 40 - Harriet finally breaks free of her obsession with Mr. Elton by burning little keepsakes of his that she had taken and cherished - and she confides to Emma that she likes someone else who is far superior to her in social status.

ch 41 - Mr. Knightley suspects a secret attachment between Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax.

ch 42 - Everyone goes to Mr. Knightley's to pick strawberries. Frank Churchill is absent. Jane Fairfax is pressured by Mrs. Elton to take a job as a governess for a friend of hers, and Jane finally leaves in distress. As she leaves, Frank Churchill shows up very late and in an agitated mood.

ch 43 - Everyone goes to Box Hill the next say to picnic. Frank and Jane exchange disagreeable words, and Emma is unpardonably rude to Miss Bates. She feels her guilt keenly after Mr. Knightly calls her on it.

ch 44 - Emma resolves to be a true friend to Miss Bates. She visits and learns that Jane has accepted the job as governess.

ch 45 - Frank Churchill's aunt has died. Meanwhile Jane Fairfax is distressed to the point of being ill and she won't see anybody. Nobody knows why she is so upset.

ch - 46 - The Westons break the news to Emma that Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax have been secretly engaged. Emma assures them that her own heart isn't broken; she's not in love with Frank Churchill.

ch 47 - Emma breaks the news of Frank Churchill's engagement to Harriet, but Harriet isn't heartbroken. It comes out that Harriet likes Mr. Knightley and Emma is devastated. She realizes that she has always loved Mr. Knightley herself. She thinks back on all her past actions and feels ashamed. It's her own fault that Harriet is vain enough to aspire to Mr. Knightley, and it's her own fault that Mr. Knightley ever met Harriet. She realizes her error in meddling with other people's lives.

ch 48 - Emma hears Mrs. Weston tell of Jane's anguish and shame during her secret engagement, and Emma regrets that she missed the opportunity to know her better. Mrs. Weston is pregnant and will be busy with her baby. Frank and Jane will marry and leave, Mr. Knightley will marry Harriet and have his own home to spend his evenings at - Emma thinks of these things and realizes that her future looks very lonely.

ch 49 - Mr. Knightley confesses his love for Emma, and Emma is happy again.

ch 50 - Emma reads a letter explaining Frank's behaviour. He told his uncle of his engagement to Jane to prevent Jane from leaving to take a job as a governess.

ch 51 - Mr. Knightley will move in with Emma so that her father won't have to do without her. Emma is distressed about Harriet, who is now the lonely outsider, rejected by both Mr. Elton and now Mr. Knightley.

ch 52 - Emma arranges for Harriet to spend two weeks with her (Emma's) sister so that Emma can enjoy her newfound happiness with Mr. Knightley and not upset Harriet. Jane and Emma become real friends.

ch 53 - Emma-s father is slowly reconciled to the idea of Emma marrying Mr. Knightley. Everyone is delighted except the Eltons.

ch 54 - Mr. Knightley has news that Harriet has consented to marry Robert Mr. Martin. Emma sees Jane with Frank Churchill and is glad that Mr. Knightley is so much superior in character to Frank.

ch 55 - Harriet marries Robert Martin. Jane and Frank set their wedding for November. Emma and Mr. Knightley marry. Her father finally accepts it after a rash of turkey thefts in the neighbourhood.

The End

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Amazing Mantis

I saw this on Cute Overload - I sometimes show this blog to L and Miss M because they're still young enough to love pictures of cute animals (although some of the humor is more geared towards adults!) This picture didn't originate there, though. They just posted a copy of it.