Finally! Sorry about the ridiculously long delay. Hope everyone hasn’t completely forgotten where we are in this book.
The time has come to say goodbye to our little friends and I think Grahame ends his story pitch-perfectly. The friends have a quick victory and regain Toad Hall, sending the Weasels and Stoats back to the Wild [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Chapter 12: The Return of Ulysses
Posted in Books, Chapter Days, Wind in the Willows on December 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hi everyone, this week’s chapter has been canceled on account of snow and too many websites to build. We’ll pick up next Monday and chat Wind & the Willows over Christmas. Sound good?
Non-writing post
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This is a T-Shirt design I did recently. What do you guys think?
Chapter 10: “Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears”
Posted in Books, Wind in the Willows on December 8, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Ah, Toad. What can you say? He is something else.
This is a humbling chapter for Toad and also one that reveals how hard it is to truly humble him.
Notice how he jumps right in to boasting as soon as the Rat hauls him out of the river. (” Such trials, such sufferings, and all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just FYI, we will have our chapter post Monday again. It’s a doozy. Toad could not be more annoying in a good way.
Violation
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is a short film that I stumbled across today. It moved me. Watch it.
http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/Volition/
Writing cliche: I must be dreaming
Posted in Snobbery on December 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I was reading an excerpt of a book by a nameless author who I’m less-than-enamored with and I came across this sentence:
…I was ninety-nine-percent sure that I was dreaming because…
Cliche alert. Variations of that line are practically everywhere from Billboard 100 songs to dollar-store paperbacks. But is it really true? Have you ever been in [...]
Chapter 10: The Further Adventures of Toad
Posted in Chapter Days, Friday Chapters, Wind in the Willows on December 1, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Well, we’re back after that brief break.
Toad is just an amazing character. The fact that he is still likable after this chapter is a testament to how well Grahame writes him. Just to review:
He steals a horse.
He lies constantly.
He is amazingly conceited.
He wrecks the car that he previously stole.
And yet, somehow, he is totally [...]
