It's hard to believe that Labor Day and the start of the fall season is only a week away. When I was a kid, this meant that school started the following day and that it was time to put our white shoes and purses back in the closet for another year. Now it means one more thing, that the fall fiber festivals are gearing up. If any of you are planning on visiting the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival, there is a coupon for $1.00 off the admission price at the festival website. Nothing big but it is the only show I know that gives you anything off. Vermont's show is held just outside Burlington at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. Though still a small regional show, like so many other Sheep & Wool Festivals,it has grown considerably in the past few years. Ball and Skein will be there, in the "State" building, booth S-20 (I think).
Last night at dinner, Dave Paul told me that his new jumbo flyers for the Hitchhiker are ready to go. With all the last minute shop stuff to finish and preparation for the first day of school (today) he had left behind the one he'd set aside for me. I'll blog about it after I see him tomorrow. Tuesday night is pizza night around here. Check it out for yourself, The Merlin Tree will also be at the VT S&W, same building.
Books.. I'm re-reading "Rebecca". Last week, while doing a speed run through one of the wholesale clubs, I found a new book "Rebecca's Tale" by Sally Beauman. Instead of jumping right into it, "Rebecca" is coming first. It has been a long time since the last time I read du Maurier. I'm looking forward to this in the way you would a large bar of good chocolate, wanting to devour and savor it at the same time. Have any of you read it yet?
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Wish I could be there!
I read Rebbecca a couple of years ago and loved it all over again!
I just saw your What’s Playing and that album is one of my faves!!
I have not read it, but it keeps popping up on blogs I frequent. I think the universe is telling me to just read it already.
Wow, it’s that time already? The summer has flown by! I don’t think I’ll make it to VT this year (after my recent trip I’m truly hating car rides right now) but I hope you guys have a great show! :o)
Rebecca and du Maurier – love em both! Read the book at least twice already. Think I’ll do it again.
I reread Rebecca, maybe, two years ago? Then my girls read it and we watched the movie, it was a good family read for the summer.
I loved Rebecca when I first read it eons ago. Thanks for the reminder. I should find it again.
I’ll be at Vermont Sheep and Wool! It’ll be my first time. Was pleased as punch to see the usual cast of characters vending! Can’t wait to see you.
Nope, haven’t read it. Hope to be in VT for the festival with Connie, Lorrie, Manise.
Haven’t read either book. *sigh*
I have not read that, but I have read Mrs. DeWinter, which tells the story of what happened after.
It’s been eons since I read “Rebecca”. Something my gramps recommended for summer reading when I was a teen. I haven’t read the sequel – but would love to hear a review when you get to it.
Good luck at the fair!
I have read it more than once – loved and savoured it each time, quite like chocolate, as you say!
I never get tired of Rebecca, OR Du Maurier! And I found Rebecca’s Tale at Target early in the summer, and enjoyed it.
Rebecca was one of the first books I got one I started “reading” audiobooks. It was nice to have that read to me while I knitted or spun. And that reminds me — I have another Forsyte Saga volume in my queue, and ere I am at home with a cold, and a new spindle that just arrived in the mail [wink]. Hmmm…I think I know what I am going to be doing presently.
The spindle, Judy, is even more beautiful than the picture that tempted me. I’lll be trying it soon, and I expect I’ll be making up for any 10-minute spinning sessions I missed in the last couple of weeks. Thanks for the prompt ship!
Back to Du Maurier for a moment — The King’s General is one of my favorites, and if you can lay hands on a copy of The Scapegoat someday…neither book is to be missed!
Can you guess what section I head for straightaway when I go to used book shops? 😉
Yes, even before I start looking to see if there are any good knitting books. 😉
Rebecca is a great book. You might also like The House at Riverton that I just finished. It is written in somewhat the same style. The opening technique is particularly similar.
The gorgeous Ledbetter spindle that I purchased from you is on my blog today. It spins as beautifully as it looks. My efforts are nowhere near as good as when I use my wheel, but it did resemble yarn.
Love Rebecca and have read it several times – first time I read it I think I was 12, now I’m 45, and each time I get something different. I just read Rebecca’s Tale this summer. I liked it but it was completely a different take than I expected. Maybe that’s WHY I liked it…Now I have to go find Mrs. DeWinter.
Oh My! I grew up reading du Maurier! I couldn’t get enough!! And Rebecca? I can still quote the first line….what fun!
I love Rebecca and all things duMarier. My favorite was Frenchman’s Creek. Thanks to your suggestion, I’ll be looking for Rebecca’s Tale.
duMaurier. I can’t type, and I’m too obsessive to let it pass. It’s a lot of work to be this crazy.