Rebekah's Reading Room: Christmas Joy

I came across this video and thought you all might enjoy it too.

I hope you all feel the joy of this season!

We had the lovely winter weather hit our area yesterday afternoon and temperatures were in the single digits last night with windchill of -12º. Yeah. Cold. The roads were bad enough that church was cancelled this morning, but we're still planning on having the Christmas program tonight!

http://fireflysstoryspace.blogspot.com/2016/12/12-days-of-christmas-cookie-recipe.html

Join the fun and read other posts from the "12 Days of Christmas" by clicking on the image.

Quotes

". . . It should be noted here that the public's standard for proper pacing has changed over the years. The leisurely pace of Jane Austen or Sir Walter Scott makes my modern students gnash their teeth. The fact that we have moved from a literary culture to a video culture, as Neil Postman points out, means that modern readers will tolerate little character development and less description. "Nothing happens" in a book, according to my students, unless the first chapter features at least two murders and a car chase.

This just means that moderns have a problem with perspective. Our idea of appropriate pacing is too narrow; it needs to be expanded to include subtle discussions and loving descriptions. But this does not mean that modern readers need to tolerate inefficient time management. Detours worth taking are allowed; foot-dragging is never acceptable."
~J. F. Baldwin

Background

Pages

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Christmas Joy

3 comments: