book – Ruth E. Hendricks

The Sunny-Sulky Book

Throwback Thursday.

This is a volume of my mother’s childhood along with her brothers John and Robert. This is a copy of the book they were read to, not the actual one that belonged to them. I was able to find a copy online and gave it to my mom years ago.

My mother Marian was born in 1912 , John in 1910 and Robert in 1914 so that will give you a reference to the time period.

The story lines wouldn’t be acceptable in today’s world. “In “The sunny side,” children behave well and are rewarded for their virtues. In “The sulky side,” children misbehave and are punished by either their parents or their peers”

I guess the objective of the book was to keep kids in line!

When I was little I enjoyed hearing tales of the naughty children. 😂 my mother recounted a few of the tales but I only had my imagination to envision them at the time. The book is still available online with different illustrations.

The book opens in two directions. Half are stories of Sunny children who exhibit desirable virtues, do good deeds and show excellent deportment.

The other half are stories of Sulky children who get into their mischief, show poor manners or are naughty.

I remember the story of Fairy -Eat -it -All.

A mountain of desserts and goodies he never finished eating

Turn the book over and the Sunny stories begin

And here is a good girl feeding the birds on Christmas

Here’s another child who was deemed Sunny

April 16, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: antique, book, childhood, family, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, vintage 12 Comments

Fun to be a Winner

Last month I read e-Books by the author Marie Force at Carnegie Public Library on their Libby app.

Force is the author of the McCarthy Family Saga Series on Gansett Island. A great escape.

Then I watched an Instagram live interview and I heard if you wrote a comment about what you do while reading, you’d be eligible to receive one of two copies of Force’s new book from publisher 1001darknights_blueboxpress.

I wrote that “I knit cozy socks while listening to audiobooks.”

And I won a copy of her new book! thank you Blue Box Press.

Fed Ex delivered it promptly and I’m going to read it this week.

Had to finish some current knitting projects, pumpkin hats and a few other projects.

October 13, 2024 by Ruth Categories: books, PhotographyTags: author, book, instagram, knitting, Marie Force, photography, postaday, writing 8 Comments

Almost 101 years ago

One of the books from My Bookshelf. Inscribed to my mother by my grandmother. My mother would have been eleven years old that Christmas

My mother’s volume of Anne of Green Gables on the right. Laura’s newer version on the left

July 2, 2024November 10, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Anne of Green Gables, book, bookshelf, family, grandmother, mother, photography, postaday 13 Comments

Le Petit Prince Sculpture NYC-

rom my sister Mary today-

From my sister Mary today-

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

June 8, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: author, book, family, Jean-Marc de Pas, Le Petit Prince, New York City, sculpture, The little Prince 4 Comments

Morning Frost

Frost causes lethal damage to crops, fruits and plants. You know how aggravating it is-scraping it off a car window. Florida friends were getting all their orchids and plants inside recently as there was frost. In fact their situation was more intense than frost with unexpected below freezing temps. I think it was ICE!

It’s interesting how frost forms and the crystals are beautiful, too. I learned there are four types and if you want to learn all about frost click on this article from the National Geographic.

This early morning I noticed how the frost looked on different objects.

Learning how summer turns to autumn with the assistance of a mysterious man *(Spoiler: hinting he might be Jack Frost)*

I used to read a book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg to the kids titled….

January 8, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: book, childhood, Chris Van Allsburg, Columbus OH, frost, National Geographic, nature, patterns . crystals, photography, postaday, weather 8 Comments

Supporting Your Independent Bookstore and a Friend

October 11th, fellow blogger and friend, Audrey Kletscher Helbling, posted the news that her poem, “Funeral During a Pandemic” had been published in an award winning book- This Was 2020—Minnesotans Write About Pandemics and Social Justice in a Historic Year.

The collection was compiled by Paul Lai, a Ramsey County Librarian in Minnesota. If you click the link at “posted the news” above so you can see a photo of the beginning of her poignant poem.

There are 54 pieces of prose and poetry in the volume. I called the reference librarian at their library and was able to get the

ISBN# 9781087967622

I discovered the book could be ordered from your independent bookstore. So I did!

Here is a nearby independent bookstore, White Whale Bookstore (“a home for book lovers”) in Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh PA, just a few miles from my home. Today I went to pick up the book. I’m looking forward to reading it.

Hope you have an independent bookstore near you.

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by Ruth Categories: books, WritingTags: 2020, blogging, Bloomfield, book, Bookstore, Independent Bookstore, Minnesota Prairie Roots, Pittsburgh PA, Poem, poetry, Ramsey County Library, White Whale Bookstore 11 Comments

A Book for Throwback Thursday

I found this little book on my shelf.

Inside is the name of a dear family friend and the year is 1936.the place name inscribed is Inveraray, which is home to the Duke of Argyll

Here’s the little book I found on my shelf

I look up a couple of surnames. My great grandmother on my paternal side was Rosa Kerr.

So what to do with this little book?

I put it back on the shelf.

August 25, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1936, book, Inveraray, Kerr, photography, postaday, Scotland, Scottish tartans, Stewart, Sutherland, Tartans, vintage 5 Comments

Fellow Blogger’s Book is Here

I’ve followed Didi van Frits for years now. We even had the good fortune to be in Berlin visiting family at the same time and we got to meet in person. That’s was in June 2019. I dedicated a blog post to him in 2013

He has just published his book and I ordered the English version and it has arrived from Germany.

Here’s the link for the details.

About

“I’m 75 years old now. I’ve made a lot of music in my life since I was 12 when I started playing the banjo in a Dixieland orchestra. I studied theology, sociology, psychology, and finally philosophy. Of course, philosophy had the most lasting impact on me. But also painting, photography, caricatures (I love Sempe), and the weekly political debate or the science of history with its often frightening details. Where did I feel most comfortable? With the music.”
Videos at http://www.facebook.com/didi.vanfrits

You can hear my recording of him playing. Just a snippet of his playing guitar at his hotel courtyard when we met.

With his lovely wife Barbara in Berlin June 2019

https://youtube.com/shorts/3YjfQcxaWvs?feature=share

August 15, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Berlin Germany, blog, blogging community, book, Didi van Frits, family, friendship, Frizztext, Germany, guitar, music, photography, postaday, travel 8 Comments

Ground Control Has Been Released

Karen Hough’s first novel Ground Control has been released and my copy arrived in the mail today!

I am looking forward to diving in and devouring it tonight.

Remember the post where Canadian author Karen Hough was introduced? Her Aunt Joanne is my good friend whom you’ve met on the blog before.

Here are links for Book Club discussion guide and the link to purchase a copy. too.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56594348-ground-control

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ground-Control-K-Hough-ebook/dp/B08ZY15KGR/

Here is the link to subscribe to her mailing list (book club discussion guide): https://www.subscribepage.com/karenhoughwrites

Podcast. https://samplechapterpodcast.com/ka-hough-ground-control?fbclid=IwAR1Ou1zi4j9cot9lJTLyWeJQfEMcvVGK2_tEiR6zkR5M4grLi76Q7rDGr_s

April 26, 2021April 27, 2021 by Ruth Categories: booksTags: Amazon, book, book club, book release, first novel, Goodreads, Ground Control, Karen Hough, photography, postaday, writer, writing 8 Comments

Diane Kerr Poet, Author of PERIGEE

I received a copy of PERIGEE in the mail today. A gift from the poet Diane Kerr.

I had the honor of capturing her author photo which now graces the back cover of her just published poetry book.

Thank you Diane and congratulations on winning the Brittingham Prize in Poetry and having your book published at the University of Wisconsin Press.

To read reviews and/or purchase a copy click here

Release from the University of Wisconsin Press Click link for more information

“Diane Kerr mentors poets through the Madwomen in the Attic Creative Writing Program at Carlow University and is the author of the collection, Butterfly. Her work has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review, and Pearl, among others. She holds an MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Kerr’s forthcoming Perigee follows a speaker’s emotional reckoning with a traumatic secret she felt pressured to keep during her girlhood. In varied lyric narratives, these poems reinforce that shock and suffering have no statute of limitations.”

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Perigee.

the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, poetry, WritingTags: author, author photo, book, Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Carlow University, Diane Kerr, Madwomen in the Attic, PERIGEE, photography, poet, poetry, postaday, University of Wisconsin Press, writing 5 Comments

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