Catch and Release.....

One of my favorite parts of the book, "Same Kind of Different As Me" is this:

Ron asks Denver to be his friend. Denver takes time to think about what this means, and then tells Ron:

"Bout bein your friend."....."There's somethin I heard 'bout white folks that bothers me, and it has to do with fishin."...........He spoke slowly and deliberately, keeping me pinned with that eyeball....."I heard that when white folks go fishin they do somethin called 'catch and release'. ..........
"That really bothers me, " Denver went on. "I just can't figure it out. 'Cause when colored folks go fishin, we really proud of what we catch, and we take it and show it off to everybody that'll look. Then we eat what we catch......in other words, we use it to sustain us. So it really bothers me that white folks would go to all that trouble to catch a fish, then when they done caught it, just throw it back in the water."

........."So, Mr. Ron, it occurred to me: If you is fishin for a friend you just gon' catch and release, then I ain't got no desire to be your friend." ............

Suddenly his eyes gentled and he spoke more softly than before: "But if you is lookin for a real friend, then I'll be one. Forever."

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wow. I feel ashamed of the period in my life when I was only interested in winning people to my faith..........I actually had a new friend say directly to me, "I hope you are not my friend just so you can try to convert me to your beliefs......" that really convicted me about my motives of a lot of things I do.......

in the essence of "being fishers of men" , this is straight talk........I think of Jesus frying fish on the shoreline with his friends on his last moments on earth after his resurrection. Frying fish.........his straight talk was: "Do you love me?........feed my sheep."...........then I wonder, do sheep eat fish?

I am not being silly, seriously, I think we are to be spent for each other. That's what it's about. Not just proselyte, win others to our beliefs, and send them on their merry way to fight it out alone.......too much of that goes on. "I die daily that others might live." What would that look like in my life? That's what I need to work out.

same kind of different as me

wow. this is quite the read. please check it out.

Click to enlarge this picture to read the back of the book. I haven't finished it yet, but, believe me, I can barely put it down. My dear friend sent this to me to read.......

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A Perfect Diary

I found a publication that I am in love with. It's a Korean Artist named Kim Sungshin. I found the diary on Etsy and after looking at the four pictures they get to have, I knew I had to have it. It is very small, 5" x 6 1/2", but I don't mind because it is so rich in illustration. I am doing a full blog post about it at my Shebrews blog . Come over there and look for the post titled: Confessions of a Bibliophile.

Something About Alice

My latest Alice watercolors on Vintage Alice Book Pages.

I have an Alice in Wonderland that is falling apart, so I took individual pages from it and put watercolor illustrations on them. I will be offering these in my Etsy store, OhMy1. I plan to add more stuff to the store in the coming weeks---be watching!!!

New Adventures of "Alice"

I found a site that has complete downloads of some of the books that are now out of print. While trying to find out information about John Rae who wrote this book, I discovered this site:

http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/New_Adventures_of_Alice/pages/001_New_Adventures_of_Alice.htm


The illustrations in this book are beautiful and the price is up there for any volumes of it you can find. The condition of mine isn't very nice, but I don't mind that usually. The illustrations are still in great shape.


I've been real interested lately in transferring some of these illustrations to fabric for making fabric collages, etc. I can't wait until my craft season on the road is over so I can take the time to experiment. Visit my craft blog to see what I am up to. http://shebrews.com

A Purpose for This Blog

I have decided that this will become my blog to discuss what I am reading. I have such a love for books, and such a need to talk about what I am reading. Currently I am reading James Michener's Chesapeake. I added a link on the sidebar for a site I found where you can exchange books for just the cost of shipping. I haven't done any trading yet, but you list what you have available, and then go on a hunt for what you want. Meanwhile, you can hook up with other bibliophiles. I love it!!!
I will be back to discuss Michener's book.

Who Rang that Bell????

My son, Michael, and I decided that you can never have enough Wizard of Oz things. So, we pooled together to get the latest Wizard of Oz publication. It is the centennial edition of the annotated Wizard of Oz. Hardcover. It is loaded with illustrations and information. I can't wait to have time to read it!!!



I have been working on these original Oz ornaments. I plan to take a tree full of them to the first inside art/craft show I am in.

I showed these to a few of my artsy/crafty friends who seemed to really like them. I plan to have a couple of little quilties, too. Then, I discovered the Mc Donald's Wizard of Oz figures that they have been putting into Happy Meals. We stopped at a Mac D's for supper and behold, there they were. I don't hope to get them all, as they have been selling them a while now. Pooh. I wish someone would have told me. I don't even remember them being on tv. What are they thinking?????


So, here are a few hanging in my Pier One tree I purchased at Easter last spring. I knew I would find a purpose for it!!!

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