tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post5769181193766804491..comments2024-03-28T14:10:50.561-07:00Comments on Kittling: Books: Oh, the Places You'll Go With an Imagination!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-58831299372469459082022-05-30T00:50:01.839-07:002022-05-30T00:50:01.839-07:00I'd take my childhood in that little village o...I'd take my childhood in that little village over a childhood in the city any day. (There were thirty-nine kids in my graduating class,)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-74772842393432787072022-05-29T17:48:32.977-07:002022-05-29T17:48:32.977-07:00What a lovely vision of your young life. The view...What a lovely vision of your young life. The view that city childhoods are more interesting than those in rural communities is obviously not true.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-32436265030780254052022-05-26T00:47:00.550-07:002022-05-26T00:47:00.550-07:00So do I!So do I!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-21535507445875179222022-05-26T00:46:33.512-07:002022-05-26T00:46:33.512-07:00All we have to do is find the key that sets it fre...All we have to do is find the key that sets it free.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-61545519320728125292022-05-26T00:46:07.164-07:002022-05-26T00:46:07.164-07:00Yes, it does.Yes, it does.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-83362899561554047302022-05-26T00:45:52.873-07:002022-05-26T00:45:52.873-07:00I had a dog, and I grew up in a small farm village...I had a dog, and I grew up in a small farm village where I played Cowboys and Indians (I was an Indian), pretended my bicycle was a racehorse, and when we played house, my "husband" stayed home with the kids while I went to work. An imagination is a wonderful tool-- especially in conjunction with books.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-70099846717260791792022-05-25T19:42:46.507-07:002022-05-25T19:42:46.507-07:00I love the detail that the boy's imagination s...I love the detail that the boy's imagination still has him wearing his glasses :)Kate L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17044129739440995201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-43174787965133055222022-05-25T13:41:49.185-07:002022-05-25T13:41:49.185-07:00I still love Rockwell's artwork! And anything ...I still love Rockwell's artwork! And anything with books in it always makes me smile. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-13963208918043210322022-05-25T08:04:44.310-07:002022-05-25T08:04:44.310-07:00I have no problem imagining myself in the middle o...I have no problem imagining myself in the middle of stories in which I would never actually be involved in real life. I can identify with characters of all stripes and backgrounds. Imagination can indeed take us anywhere. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-88337946400574545312022-05-25T06:20:51.648-07:002022-05-25T06:20:51.648-07:00I can certainly identify with that flight of imagi...I can certainly identify with that flight of imagination, Cathy. I may not have all that much in common with the boy in the picture, but being set free with books? That resonates.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-55228765368423511862022-05-25T03:01:20.353-07:002022-05-25T03:01:20.353-07:00Interesting you can see yourself in that picture. ...Interesting you can see yourself in that picture. I can't. It seems like the perfect all-American life. I didn't have that in Chicago and also I'm half Eastern European Jewish, so that's not a life I can identify with. Except the reading. I can imagine myself reading anywhere and I'd like to have had a dog there/Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.com