Cath- I love Fannie Flagg's "Fried Green Tomatoes".

Janie- the l'il leather-bound volume Jon gave you sounds like a treasure!

When I was a kid I loved Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" books. Also Marguerite Henry's various horse books. And Beverly Cleary's humorous novels like "Mouse and the Motorcycle", "Henry Huggins", and the "Ramona" series... And of course Shel Silverstein's fantastic funny poetry! I still keep many books by these children's authors on my shelf today...

When I was a child I just loved the Famous Five and Secret Seven.

I love Enid Blyton.

Just finished a long Clive Cussler run, great stories, not good for bedtime reading, too exiciting!!
See Stuart Wood has a couple of new ones out, oh boy! Love Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard. Still rereading some old John D. MacDonald, Love them all, but especially the Travis McGee series, Same with Laurance Sanders and his Archy McNalley!!

Have lots of Steinbeck, can't part with them.

Right now am reading Backstage With Julia again. Very cool.

Nan

When I get a free day this time of year I like to spend it canning. From early childhood, one of my favorite smells is tomatoes being processed.

I make the whole neighborhood enjoy the smell now, lol. It's to hot so I have taken the work outdoors and cook the tomatoes down on the grill burner in the pressure canner.