I love crafts! I can't believe it's taken me this long to write about them. Making bags is a relatively new endeavor of mine. I was lucky enough to receive a lovely corduroy and suede handmade bag from my aunt for Christmas. Right now I am in possession of 1.5 bags I made myself. One of those I made by felting and the half-bag is an ongoing labor of love, but more on that later......
What do I love about handmade bags? Hmmm, well, I love that they have stories.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Bravo, Jane Austen
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I can actually remember the moment I stopped reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice when I had the first go around. In middle school, upon learning that this novel was revered by so many readers I knew, I decided to take it up. However, at a certain point, I encountered this language: "the former....the latter....". I just couldn't grasp which one was the former and which the latter! The language was just too hard. There I gave up and never looked back. That is, I never looked back until a few months ago. At book club one night we got to talking about Jane Austen. Again, my fellow readers spoke with a sense of awe and wonder regarding Pride and Prejudice. I felt left out! I realized then that I had to go back and try again.
I think that my resistance to picking the book back up after all these years stemmed from more than just the antiquated phrasing. I resisted because the book is so cloaked in this awesome reputation. Everyone raves about it! Honestly, I was a little intimidated. Part of me also thought that a book written so long ago would be unreadable, stuffy, and outdated.
I can actually remember the moment I stopped reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice when I had the first go around. In middle school, upon learning that this novel was revered by so many readers I knew, I decided to take it up. However, at a certain point, I encountered this language: "the former....the latter....". I just couldn't grasp which one was the former and which the latter! The language was just too hard. There I gave up and never looked back. That is, I never looked back until a few months ago. At book club one night we got to talking about Jane Austen. Again, my fellow readers spoke with a sense of awe and wonder regarding Pride and Prejudice. I felt left out! I realized then that I had to go back and try again.
I think that my resistance to picking the book back up after all these years stemmed from more than just the antiquated phrasing. I resisted because the book is so cloaked in this awesome reputation. Everyone raves about it! Honestly, I was a little intimidated. Part of me also thought that a book written so long ago would be unreadable, stuffy, and outdated.
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