On a lighter side.....

[John Davison]

You drove from NY to TX and back with cats aboard???

Absolutely! They were angels.

 

[John Davison]

Not true! Cats are very adaptable if introduced to travel in small doses.

 

[John Davison]

Drat! "Cats" is right up there in my all time Broadway list of greats. The costumes and sets were particularly memorable.

 

[diane]

Cats are great. I have some very good travellers who love it as much as dogs!

 

[diane]

I read "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and was fascinated by them as a kid. Rereading them recently, I couldn't get into them at all. Either they, or I, haven't aged well.

It's very interesting to re-read books you read as a kid or a teenager, as an adult. I read Sometimes A Great Notion when I was about 17 and it was all about the anti-authority thing, don't step on me, rebellion against the man and all that. I re-read it when I was 50 and...a WHOLE different book! Had to check I had the right one! Same thing with the Three Musketeers. Holy Cow! All that was in there?

 

[John Davison]

Cats are great. I have some very good travellers who love it as much as dogs!

So true, -- a few short trips followed by longer ones gets them in the grove. The develop their own routine even in cramped and new places. I couldn't be more proud of Goliath and Sunshine!

It's very interesting to re-read books you read as a kid or a teenager, as an adult. I read Sometimes A Great Notion when I was about 17 and it was all about the anti-authority thing, don't step on me, rebellion against the man and all that. I re-read it when I was 50 and...a WHOLE different book! Had to check I had the right one! Same thing with the Three Musketeers. Holy Cow! All that was in there?

Ah, maturity! Why does it have to come so late in life!

 

[diane]

So true, -- a few short trips followed by longer ones gets them in the grove. The develop their own routine even in cramped and new places. I couldn't be more proud of Goliath and Sunshine!View attachment 45720

Ah, maturity! Why does it have to come so late in life!

Ain't it the truth! Ah, yes. Youth is wasted on the young.

 

[John Davison]

Ain't it the truth! Ah, yes. Youth is wasted on the young.

There's got to be a reason why!

 

[diane]

There's got to be a reason why!

I been looking all over for that and can't see any reason why. But, it does make for some fond - and sometimes very weird - memories in your old age! I just figure it's because life is like a basket - no noticeable beginning and no real end.

 

[1950lemans]

...books that have stayed with you in some way.

As a child, The Little Engine That Could.
As an adult:
Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton
Views, Roger Dean

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Another book that has "stayed with me",

Bravo Two Zero: The Harrowing True Story of a Special Forces Patrol Behind the Lines in Iraq, Andy McNab

 

[chellers]

Others that have stayed with me,

When Hell was in Session, by Admiral Jeremiah Denton

Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW, by James N. Rowe

 

[ole]

As we age, we tend to learn differently. When I was 18, I was surprised to learn that The Dad actually knew more than I did. Every generation, although slightly different, learns that.

 

[matthew mckeon]

Dispatches by Michael Herr. He hasn't written a lot since then.

 

[Northern Light]

As we age, we tend to learn differently. When I was 18, I was surprised to learn that The Dad actually knew more than I did. Every generation, although slightly different, learns that.

We bring more to the table as we age, hopefully. Experience and education shape our interpretations of what we read, for good or bad.

 

[Blessmag]

How about unmemorable?

Mutiny on the Bounty
Moby Dick
Shakespeare: you name it!
In Cold Blood
Godfather

 

[Northern Light]

How about unmemorable?

Mutiny on the Bounty
Moby Dick
Shakespeare: you name it!
In Cold Blood
Godfather

The last two I would agree with, but I love Shakespeare.

 

[Northern Light]

So true, -- a few short trips followed by longer ones gets them in the grove. The develop their own routine even in cramped and new places. I couldn't be more proud of Goliath and Sunshine!View attachment 45720

Ah, maturity! Why does it have to come so late in life!

Ahhhhhhhh, sweet kitties!

 

[GELongstreet]

I read "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and was fascinated by them as a kid. Rereading them recently, I couldn't get into them at all. Either they, or I, haven't aged well.

While I love the books and movies of LotR and also the Hobbit movies I really couldn´t find anything great in the Hobbit books. Strange thing.

 

[FarawayFriend]

While I love the books and movies of LotR and also the Hobbit movies I really couldn´t find anything great in the Hobbit books. Strange thing.

Hah, with me it's just the opposite! I first disliked the LotR films, then read the books, bought the extended version DVD boxed set and have seen them countless times afterwards ...
I started reading Tolkien with the "The Hobbit" (in English) and liked it, but don't like the films. Peter Jackson tries to squeeze 3 parts out of that small book to squeeze money 3 times out of the audience ...

As for the books, to me they were:

• Das Klassenfest / Uwe Kant
• Buddenbrooks / Thomas Mann
• Everything by Theodor Fontane
• Everything by Gwen Bristow
• Gone with the Wind / Margaret Mitchell
• Sense and Sensibility / Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen