neroli.108: All That and a Bag of Chips; or, Gotta Love Someone Who Loves Tarzan Matinees

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

All That and a Bag of Chips; or, Gotta Love Someone Who Loves Tarzan Matinees

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As I was just writing in reply to Swampwitch, Frida brought so much to the table that we will really never go hungry.

The fact that she absolutely loved Tarzan films and laughed all the way through them only further endears her to me, so as I still have an entire watermelon in the fridge, we will continue celebrating Frida's Centennial today. She deserves it, yes?

As part of the festivities, do follow the link, leading you to one of my favorite books. I have a Favorite Book Shelf, and I knew this one was going to be placed there before I even picked it up.

When you go there, you might understand why:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/events/frida/
Have a wonderful time.
And so it continues: Viva la vida, my friends.

5 comments:

AfKaP said...: I always got to play cheetah when I was a girl!; July 19, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Anonymous said...: I always had to be "Boy".; July 19, 2007 at 5:26 PM
neroli said...: Absolutely hilarious!; July 20, 2007 at 7:17 AM
AfKaP said...: I hope it is not portentous that we opened our watermelon on this day and it was BAD!! Perhaps Frida is not smiling upon me this week! Perhaps I should leave an offering on the altar ofthe Holy Virgin Jane!; July 20, 2007 at 7:50 AM
Anonymous said...: What was the monkey's name? That would be me.

Frida lived in such pain, I'm sure. The term that comes to mind when I look at her work is "kay-viveka."
Thanks for the shout out. *smile*; July 20, 2007 at 7:51 AM