toomuchbrudders.bsky.social
Happily retired. Voracious reader (mostly Folio Society editions), family-tree researcher, TooMuchBrudders.com family blogger. Married to 5th generation farmer. My grandson calls me Goose. 📚💙☘️
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Thank you - I’ve learned so much about my family (and my husband’s) in the past half-dozen years since retirement. Was even contacted by a third cousin in Northern Ireland last week! ☘️
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Finally pieced together this story from our family’s past. A sad tragedy from 1890, but now we can remember those who were lost: toomuchbrudders.com/2025/05/18/1...
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This set of books makes me happy even when I’m not reading one of them. 📚💙
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I keep all our Folio Society editions together. They’re kind of snobby that way. 📚💙
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Happy birthday!
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I want a Part 2.
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I did the same and agree: Holy wow!
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Enjoy every bite!
(The cover of my Folio Society edition looks … almost friendly.) 📚💙
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Just getting started …
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Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
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Ruby Bridges’ Through My Eyes
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I learned about Angel’s Trumpet, thanks to a bit of prose my mom wrote in 1946:
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Thank you. Our youngest son gave us a squirrel feeder for Christmas. (Photo is grandson helping Gary hoist it into a tree.) But not one squirrel has approached it in all these months. Other trees, yes … but the feeder remains untouched. 🤷♀️
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Sadly, my parents have both since passed away. The morning of my dad’s funeral, I looked out and saw one of the bird feeders was toppled over and basically smashed to smitherines on the back patio. It seemed quite symbolic. That was a tough day!
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We scurried out of there once we realized our mistake. 😳 Maybe it wasn’t the first time it happened.
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I visited the museum long ago, too, and somehow got put in charge of our group: toomuchbrudders.com/2020/02/04/t... 🎹🪩
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Oh, how my dad battled the rascally squirrels over the decades: toomuchbrudders.com/2019/08/15/n... Thanks for jogging my memory. 🥹
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My grandson and I are reading The Wizard of Oz together - snuggling under our poppy comforter. 📚💙
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Sue Monk Kidd 📚💙
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What she said. ⬇️
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Have you read this book? It’s fascinating … and infuriating. 📚💡 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social outdid himself!
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Thank you. It does my heart good to see my mom’s poetry still appreciated years after her death. (She did not “go gently.” ❤️)
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Finishing this today - absolutely fascinating! 📚💡
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Agree with you - it’s excellent! Hard to accept finishing that final page …
Here are some thoughts about all the books I read that month: toomuchbrudders.com/2025/01/31/b... 📚💙
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I did. I think it’s a good prep. 📚💙
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We had not one - but two! - foxes come to visit! I paired it with one of my mom’s poems: toomuchbrudders.com/2025/05/07/t... 🦊
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Here’s a pair: Demon Copperhead followed by David Copperfield. I read a lot and must say both were standouts! Whatever you choose, enjoy! 📚💙💡
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Fascinating …
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My husband’s a farmer, so …
… a little.
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📚💡 Just getting started …