tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post2027820313863762421..comments2015-03-02T11:43:36.822-05:00Comments on Jollett Etc.: Sepia Saturday: Book 'emWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-27429368256131465452012-11-23T18:25:13.269-05:002012-11-23T18:25:13.269-05:00Finally - you have made my day! I was going to ma...Finally - you have made my day! I was going to make a little joke about drug dealers having no scruples, but I thought, Naw, let a reader have some fun with that. And nobody did. It&#39;s nice to meet another punster. Thanks for visiting!Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-1506547134435711422012-11-23T17:57:55.920-05:002012-11-23T17:57:55.920-05:00Just discovered this blog through Jana&#39;s Genea...Just discovered this blog through Jana&#39;s Genealogy round up -- what a fun piece. And I learned a new fact, that a &quot;scruple&quot; was an apothecary&#39;s measurement. And here I thought drug dealers had no scruples...Ediehttp://freudsbutcher.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-35243029380753051052012-11-22T07:31:09.347-05:002012-11-22T07:31:09.347-05:00Ray&#39;s word problems sound very much like today...Ray&#39;s word problems sound very much like today&#39;s word problems (although I&#39;m not sure we use some of those units of measure anymore - I&#39;ve never encountered grains and scruples in a math class). It&#39;s interesting that he &quot;invented&quot; this way of teaching. Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-24410165571305404692012-11-21T22:55:16.864-05:002012-11-21T22:55:16.864-05:00What an enjoyable reading and I love how you foun...What an enjoyable reading <br />and I love how you found modern applications to Ray&#39;s series. <br />Some things never grow old!! <br />:)~ <br />HUGZTICKLEBEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-92126912322334456472012-11-19T10:01:21.150-05:002012-11-19T10:01:21.150-05:00It is fun finding those silly little scribblings. ...It is fun finding those silly little scribblings. In some ways, they don&#39;t say much or mean much, but at the same time they mean everything.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-39042180661135450202012-11-19T09:59:16.045-05:002012-11-19T09:59:16.045-05:00Another mystery name leaving us in the lurch!Another mystery name leaving us in the lurch!Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-7704397443073702512012-11-19T09:58:40.906-05:002012-11-19T09:58:40.906-05:00If you like &quot;Amaziah,&quot; you might also be...If you like &quot;Amaziah,&quot; you might also be swayed by another brother&#39;s name: Zephaniah. For a girl, how about Zibiah Saloma? Whew -- my 2G grandparents had to think of 15 names, and they thought of some doozies. Not a Michael in the bunch!<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-32028017981424255172012-11-18T20:17:28.370-05:002012-11-18T20:17:28.370-05:00These old books are wonderful. Education ain&#39;t...These old books are wonderful. Education ain&#39;t what it used to be.<br />My father used to write little notes in his prayer books during mass - mostly comments about the weather, but after he died, we found those little comments very precious. <br />Helen Bauch McHarguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-23671780817131513632012-11-18T17:18:37.465-05:002012-11-18T17:18:37.465-05:00What a joy to read this post and the excerpts as w...What a joy to read this post and the excerpts as well! You had me smiling and laughing and remembering notes passed to my best friend in the 6th grade. And I do remember HIS name but since he may still be out there somewhere ....Liz Strattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14355785887810653358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-8150380612756796002012-11-18T16:57:22.956-05:002012-11-18T16:57:22.956-05:00A beautiful essay, Wendy. I bet the book pages hav...A beautiful essay, Wendy. I bet the book pages have that lovely musty aroma too. Kind of like forest mushrooms. And I wish I had known of Amaziah 24 years ago when we were testing names for our son. It has a mystic quality.Mike Brubakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-62536508001285238292012-11-18T08:08:04.929-05:002012-11-18T08:08:04.929-05:00I agree. Back then education was &quot;no nonsense...I agree. Back then education was &quot;no nonsense,&quot; I guess. No one expected education to be &quot;fun,&quot; just important.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-85900953195688738892012-11-18T07:56:35.981-05:002012-11-18T07:56:35.981-05:00Hang in there. I&#39;m sure highlighting and nota...Hang in there. I&#39;m sure highlighting and notating on the Kindle are on the horizon. And if not, I&#39;m sure whatever writings I&#39;ve left behind will still mystify people. Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-933847293746483882012-11-18T07:53:14.744-05:002012-11-18T07:53:14.744-05:00The Civil War account is the absolute truth, writt...The Civil War account is the absolute truth, written by a Virginian and published in Lynchburg, just a couple miles from Appomattox. No slant at all. Nope. None. Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-77789613047503896852012-11-18T06:33:15.831-05:002012-11-18T06:33:15.831-05:00Oh I just love the old books. And the mysterious m...Oh I just love the old books. And the mysterious message is just perfect. I feel I should write such things in the margin of books so that generations to come will be mystified by the meaning. But how do you write in the margin of a Kindle?Alan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-34734800118341089742012-11-17T20:41:09.616-05:002012-11-17T20:41:09.616-05:00Whoop Whoop...well done for the Sepia Saturday Boo...Whoop Whoop...well done for the Sepia Saturday Book Theme! You have given new meaning to Book Work and a lesson in following a clue to a dead end. For sure Orval&#39;s history book would be the first one I&#39;d read for the slant on the Civil War which probably depended on if it was written by a Yankee or a Southerner. <br /><br />Really interesting post. Thanks for sharing your ancestors books, it&#39;s obvious you have inherited their wit and talent with words. Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-78541514009340455372012-11-17T16:18:34.975-05:002012-11-17T16:18:34.975-05:00Wonderful assortment of old books which absolutely...Wonderful assortment of old books which absolutely show that perhaps educational techniques were not all so bad back then. I did not even think about the old books, I have a couple one on geography, it is limited too. I got a kick out of the girlfriend lead on. Nice post and treasred books. Pat transplanted to MNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-58387146244940612372012-11-17T16:14:31.243-05:002012-11-17T16:14:31.243-05:00Those math problems were fun to read, especially w...Those math problems were fun to read, especially with the units of measure we don&#39;t typically use (like hogsheads!). Wouldn&#39;t parents flip out over figuring the cost of opium!Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-71509757657377736342012-11-17T16:12:53.084-05:002012-11-17T16:12:53.084-05:00Such a pity. Nothing says &quot;romance&quot; lik...Such a pity. Nothing says &quot;romance&quot; like a parallelepiped.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-86263668925561583552012-11-17T16:10:04.878-05:002012-11-17T16:10:04.878-05:00I recall translating between the lines in my Latin...I recall translating between the lines in my Latin book from high school. I&#39;m sure I went back and erased everything before turning it back in (we didn&#39;t buy our books then).Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-65484308897099488222012-11-17T16:08:44.965-05:002012-11-17T16:08:44.965-05:00Yeah, I had to put Ruskin out of my mind too. Whe...Yeah, I had to put Ruskin out of my mind too. When I saw the name in Granddaddy&#39;s book, I had to double check to make sure it was the same guy. Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-88896577943538055352012-11-17T16:07:54.941-05:002012-11-17T16:07:54.941-05:00It never occurred to me to save my textbooks, but ...It never occurred to me to save my textbooks, but it&#39;s interesting having my grandparents&#39; books.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-89923938492645080902012-11-17T08:54:10.121-05:002012-11-17T08:54:10.121-05:00Marvelous books! I love the math problems.Marvelous books! I love the math problems.Colleen G. Brown Pasqualehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16402783115333431440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-64231449766392298292012-11-17T08:39:53.672-05:002012-11-17T08:39:53.672-05:00Now you made me wonder why I discarded my own math...Now you made me wonder why I discarded my own math books... Probably cause I didn&#39;t write any romance there. (Oh Caroline, meet me under the diagonal of the cube next to the parallelepipedon on p. 124.)<br />Anyhow, it&#39;s good you kept them!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512412669995490110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-39211717255444844632012-11-17T07:53:28.018-05:002012-11-17T07:53:28.018-05:00Those old school books have mede me search our boo...Those old school books have mede me search our book cases to see what we have accumulated. I can only go back to the 1940s with some reading books.Latin books (not mine) from the 1960s are heavily annotated but no intriguing messages like those in yours. A fascinating post, Wendy.Bob Scotneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-9683583316129209122012-11-17T07:45:50.572-05:002012-11-17T07:45:50.572-05:00Ruskin? Yikes, I remember him, too, from a college...Ruskin? Yikes, I remember him, too, from a college lit course -- clear as mud, as far as I&#39;m concerned. Was not unhappy to leave him behind! Great post, Wendy!Deb Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.com
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