What are you reading at the moment?

[jamesleeburke]

I hope you enjoy LDMSAS.

Best,

Jim

[lbroome]

I've decided to lay aside all things political. I just went and picked up a book I had been waiting on for over a month at the library. I wonder if any of you have heard of this book if you are into things Louisiana. Jim, you yourself may have heard of this book and its author. Its sounds like my kind of reading material while waiting on your next best seller.

[i]Poor Man's Provence; Finding myself in Cajun Louisiana" by Rheta Gimsley Johnson. "Poor Mans Provence is what results when one beloved national treasure decides to write about another beloved national treasure, Louisiana's Cajuns. Johnson gives us an insider tour of an outsider culture, and its as dead-on as Levi-Strauss and as funny as Mark Twain. As the Cajuns would put it. "You need dis book, you"' Unquote~Cynthia Shearer[/i]






p.s. Pamala, I always have trouble with the tool bar stuff, can you help? It should be simple as inserting photo's hu? I can'y get the italics or bold to work for me and I am doing something wrong.

[pamala]

it seems to be working

you just hit the icon before and after you type

the i appears at beginning of text, the i/ after

You can not go back and add the icons...has to be while composing

[lbroome]

Thanks Pamala, this is a test, the following is a test of Lonnie's comprehinsion ". Now I know you have to uncheck the BBCode box, just like you do for photo's. Duh.

[lbroome]

I followed your dirrections and still failed. I'll find a Phbb help site. Gotta go to Physical Therapy. Thanks, LB

[pamala]

are you clicking the italics before and after you type, or going back and inserting?

[pamala]

no, I see from your last post that you got it

[lbroome]

I also want to state that this book is not one of those that pokes fun at the Cajun Culture, as we had discussed many moons ago. This is what Ms. Bailey White say's of Ms. Johnsons book; Cheeky

In Poor Man's Province, Rheta Grimsley Johnson manages something that is difficult to do in life and in writing; she balances true love with a level head. She admits early to being a tourist. She says,"Living for a decade in a place doesn't give me the right to report as a native". "She vows that she has learned more from her neighbors than about them.

Insightful without being nosy, clever without being smug, funny without poking fun, this is one of those welcoming books, like some of the Acadian households Johnson describes, where everyone feels at home. Both her readers and the people she writes about will be comfortable, well fed, highly entertained, and happy they came to Poor Man's Province".

I was reading the preface and the 1st chapter in physical therapy and already love it enough to recommend it to anyone that wants to learn some Cajun Culture at its best. Cheeky Mon

[CaribooRose]

Hey JLB
That John Wesley Hardin were not a good person, hah? <understatement>

About halfway thru ... thoroughly hooked ... again! LOL
Regards!
Rose

[jbenham]

Currently reading Red Knife by William Kent Krueger. Just finished Swan Peak yesterday and Brass Verdict before that. Aint it great that we have authors that write such great fiction?