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WEDNESDAY

Stopped in at the 50% clothing sale (which occurs every Wednesday but I missed the last couple weeks) and found two great winter coats at $12.99 and a wool blanket (which was not on sale) for $5.99.  Jackpot!  Took another batch of Little Sister's summer clothes to the consignment shop and picked up what didn't sell from what I took in two months ago.  Brought home a check for over sixty bucks to split with Leofwyna.  We also got Toni over to look at the shoes... we filled two grocery bags with a nice variety that fit her very well.  Her DH, Marty, does so much for us it's too bad he can't use them himself.  Hee-hee!

Back at home I got the entire yard mowed again as the weather man keeps promising rain.  Doubtless this rain will come Saturday when we want to go to a nice archery event out at Gretna. 

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While exploring a blog, Cabinet of Wonders, I found Baum's Ozma of Oz included in a discussion.  When I was very young Gramma had several of this series of books and Ozma was my favorite.  In fact I read it again just last year.  I totally relate to Henrietta in this story.

"L. Frank Baum was brilliant at coming up with whole strings of wonderful ideas that captured children's imaginations, and it really didn't matter whether his books were exciting or the characters compelling: they were stimulating to the imagination."

I'm still beguiled by fantasy (Mercedes Lackey), science fiction (Robert Heinlein and Marion Zimmer Bradley) and time travel adventures (Diana Gabaldon). 

I think I want to find a couple copies of Ozma so I can give them to the two little kids in the neighborhood.  Just this afternoon Sydney, age 2, was showing me the book she'd brought home from the library.  Gotta encourage this!