Comments on: Little House in the Big City http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/01/little-house-in-the-big-city/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: D. C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/01/little-house-in-the-big-city/comment-page-1/#comment-37635 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 01:44:40 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9716#comment-37635 When I was ten my class read “My Side of the Mountain” by Jean Craighead George. I was impressed by the idea of burrowing down in the leaves that filled the hollow tree…keeping warm just as if one were a squirrel.

Of course, re-reading it as an adult the book seemed entirely preposterous in every particular (I’m not even sure that leaves would keep you warm). But my ten-year-old self was charmed, and I remember the book fondly for the adventure and sense of the POSSIBLE that it gave a shy kid.

]]> By: Kevin A. Lewis http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/01/little-house-in-the-big-city/comment-page-1/#comment-37622 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:14:38 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9716#comment-37622 Ahhh, the warmth of a crackling fire on a long winter night; the family gathered in the flickering light to share tales of their honest day’s labor along with fond memories of long ago…Meanwhile, in the nearby forest the children of the night make their music with a long, mournful howl that eddies and rises on the bitter Carpathian wind as-wait a minute, there’s been a terrible mistake; I thought we were in Kansas-no, I’m sure the plum brandy is excellent, but I just remembered a pressing dental appointment in Palm Springs…(Scotty, get me outta here***********)

]]> By: jeffo http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/01/little-house-in-the-big-city/comment-page-1/#comment-37619 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:07:21 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9716#comment-37619 I was going to say, I’d be real careful about that NYC snow! And bombogenesis is one of my new favorite words. Stay warm!

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