Betty MacDonald, Wolfgang Hampel and Mrs. Burbank

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

enjoy a very nice Saturday.

Don't miss Betty MacDonald fan club contest, please.

There are only a few hours left. 

Dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans, you can win some very interesting new Betty MacDonald fan club items if you can answer the question below.

Read it please and we hope you'll be able to answer the question:

Who is Mrs. Burbank?

Send us the real name of Mrs. Burbank, please. 

Betty MacDonald fan club contest deadline: January 31, 2015

Good luck dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans! 


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund,  Anita, Eartha Kitt II and Betty MacDonald fan club research team are going to intoduce new Betty MacDonald fan club projects in February.


Betty MacDonald Memorial Award winner Wolfgang Hampel is going to share some new Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle info in February.

If you are interested in joining the new fascinating Betty MacDonald documentary and biography  project  with new Betty MacDonald interviews and other details  never published before, you are very welcome.


Don't miss the excellent new  breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick!

Best wishes from

Martin

Betty MacDonald fan club


    Betty MacDonald fan club contest: Who is Mrs. Burbank?

Darsie obediently got up, took the sugar bowl and went out to the kitchen. After a long long time he came back to the breakfast table with a plate of cinnamon rolls.

"What are these for?" his father said. "And where is the sugar?"

"Sugar?" said Darsie. "What about sugar?"

"I told you to fill the sugar bowl," said Mrs. Burbank.

"Oh," said Darsie, "I thought you said, 'Get the cinnamon roll.'"

from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald

 

Betty MacDonald fans and Charlie Hebdo

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


we got a very intelligent and touching message from our beloved Betty MacDonald fan club member Mary Holmes.


Yours,

Tom

Betty MacDonald fan club


Dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

i was horrified by the terrorist attack in Paris.

I am horrified by all terrorist attacks. I cannot see what benefits for themselves the terrorists think they are getting. It is good that the "Je suis Charlie group" had the courage to react the way they did. 

I aim someday, when I have time, to read the Koran as I want to see what is written in it that justifies the cruelty.  Mind you, killing is nothing new. In the past there have been so many executions caused by not obeying the dogma of various religions, massed political killings all over the world and all wars. Perhaps one is sad because one had believed that mankind was becoming more rational. 

There is too much hate in our world. Hate of people with other beliefs, from other countries and cultures and even people who are more wealthy and more successful. But we should realize that we are all dependent on each other. I took the following from Facebook:

 

However it is not all bad. 

One has to be thankful for the doctors and nurses who had the courage to go to Africa and help the people with Ebola and other charities like the Red Cross and all the caring organizations who go at great danger to themselves to help people in trouble.

Best wishes,

Mary 

The reason why we love author Betty MacDonald

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


join Betty MacDonald fan club contest, please.

We already got many mails. Thank you so much for your oustanding support.

It was a very good advice for Betty MacDonald fan club fans to reread the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle stories and watch the interviews by Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel.

I bet everybody knows now who is real Mrs. Burbank.


Betty MacDonald fan club contest deadline: January 31, 2015

Good luck dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans!  

Julia and Maria are the winner of the two Betty MacDonald fan club contests.

Julia knew the bike in the tree on Vashon Island  is referenced in the Christmas book "Red Ranger Came Calling" by Pulitzer Price winner Berkeley Breathed.


Maria sent the correct answer that Betty MacDonald lived on Vashon Island when the photo had been taken.

Congratulations dearest Julia and Maria! 

I tremendously enjoy Linde Lund's interview with new Betty MacDonald fan club honor member, author Traci Tyne Hilton. 

Traci's answers are really brilliant and very intelligent.

I'm going to read her books.

That's my favourite question and answer:

What do you think is the reason Betty MacDonald is beloved all over the world?

Betty's work gives us a glimpse into a world that we would have never known without her. Both life in the Olympic Mountains and on Vashon are so different from regular town and city life. I think readers love to escape, and the more remote the location, the more different the people we get to meet, the more we love the work! Betty's books help us all escape to a time that is getting farther and farther away, and a place that doesn't even exist anymore, but even when it did, it was unexpected, hilarious, and stunningly beautiful.

You'll enjoy So like an arrow swift by Brad Craft.

Dearest Brad thanks a million for sharing this very interesting information. 

You can see one of my most favourite book editions by Betty MacDonald. 

I adore the book cover very much although you might say it's kind of oldfashioned.

Tell us the original title of the book please and you'll win a Betty MacDonald fan club event DVD.

Good luck, guys!

Enjoy a very nice Friday,

Rena

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald and Traci Tyne Hilton

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  told us there will be a special Betty MacDonald fan club birthday event  for  Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel.

Any details?
 
Does anybody know when  Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli was born?

We can't wait to listen to several new Betty MacDonald fan club interviews  by  Wolfgang Hampel.

We are also fond of Wolfgang Hampel's  oustanding satirical poems.

By the way many Betty MacDonald fan club fans adore this outstanding poem by author and artist Joyce Lawhorn.

I'm able to recognize myself when Betty MacDonald writes:

A woman wants her friends to be perfect. She sets a pattern, usually a reasonable facsimile of herself, lays a friend out on this pattern and worries and prods at any little qualities which do not coincide with her own image. She simply won't be bothered with anything less than ninety per cent congruity, and will accept the ninety per cent only if the other ten per cent is shaping up nicely and promises accurate conformity within a short time.
 
Men are very much different in making friends..........   
Don't ask me please if I like any of my husband's friends...............
No, it's a joke.......some of them are ...............ok............for  him.................

If I ever marry again - I won't because I adore my husband - I'd like to have this priest who got an oustanding voice.

Although I adore Linde Lund's interview with new Betty MacDonald fan club honor member, author Traci Tyne Hilton dearest Linde should have asked her this question.

Perhaps other Betty MacDonald fan club fans and honor members are interested in sharing their thoughts.

When Linde asked Traci Tyne Hilton  What do you like most in Betty MacDonald's books?

Traci's answer is simply brilliant:

I love her over the top humor paired with her brutally honest representation of life. 

That's one of the most important reasons Betty MacDonald's book are unique. 

Betty MacDonald fan club member Barbara shared this delightful photo of Betty MacDonald.

Where did Betty MacDonald live when this photo was taken?

The first Betty MacDonald fan club fan who knows the correct answer will be our next Betty MacDonald fan club surprise winner.

Good luck folks!

Take care,

Hannah

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

after  watching Betty MacDonald everybody knew the answer.
 

The first Betty MacDonald fan club fan who could  answer our question was Frank.

Congratulations dearest Frank!
                                  
Betty MacDonald had been honored because of the millionth copy of her book The Egg and I.

Greta is going to share another Betty MacDonald fan club surprise today.

We have a question regarding the bike in the tree on Vashon Island.

There is an author who mentioned this bike in his book.

Tell us please the author's name and the title of the book.

Be as fast as you can, please.

The first one is our Betty MacDonald fan club surprise winner.



Take care,

Maria

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald and a very special tree on Vashon Island

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Greta and her Betty MacDonald fan club research team are working on their project 

                            Betty MacDonald on Vashon Island  
 

The first Betty MacDonald fan club fan who can answer our question below is going to win a Betty MacDonald fan club DVD collection.

                                  
                            Why had Betty MacDonald been honored? 


Hurry up, please and you'll be our Betty MacDonald fan club winner.

Greta is going to share another Betty MacDonald fan club surprise on Wednesday.

Did you ever see the bike in the tree on Vashon Island?


Yours,

Barbara


Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald and Vashon Island

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Greta and her Betty MacDonald fan club research team are working on their project

                               Betty MacDonald on Vashon Island

They have a  wonderful surprise for us today.

You shouldn't miss it.

We are going to post it soon.

Yours,

Adrian

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald, Linde Lund and Holly Golightly

A Betty MacDonald fan club team with Marco is working on the new project

                                      ' Winter with Betty MacDonald '

                                          More info coming soon!

We got info from several Betty MacDonald fan club fans who don't know the real Mrs. Burbank.

Come on guys!
  
Reread the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle stories please and watch the interviews by Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel.


Betty MacDonald fan club contest deadline: January 31, 2015

Good luck dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans! 


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund is dreaming of a very famous apartment in New York. 

It  would be a great place for Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli.


Betty MacDonald fan club member Kathy is the winner of a new Betty MacDonald documentary. 

Congratulations dearest Kathy!

You can see Linde Lund's dream below.

You'll enjoy ' Fold ' by Brad Craft.

Folks you should have breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick.

You'll love it.

Take care,

Sandra

Betty MacDonald fan club

Linde Lund

Dearest friends I missed this offer. I'd love to live in Holly Golightly's apartment for some weeks discovering New York!

Holly Golightly’s Apartment in Breakfast at Tiffany’s is For Sale for $8 Million—Get the Scoop!

Betty MacDonald Sunday surprise

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


we hope you know the real name of Mrs. Burbank!

It's not difficult at all.

If you know Betty MacDonald's books you won't have any problems.

A very good advice for Betty MacDonald fan club fans who might be problems to answer it reread the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle stories please and watch the interviews by Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel.


Betty MacDonald fan club contest deadline: January 31, 2015

Good luck dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans! 


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund is dreaming of a very famous apartment in New York. 
Do you know the famous movie? 
There is also a cat in it. 
I guess it would be a great place for Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli.

Tell us the title of the movie please. 

The first Betty MacDonald fan club fan is the winner of a new Betty MacDonald documentary. 

So hurry up, please dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans.


Did you have breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick? 

Don't miss it, please.

Have a sunny Sunday,

Chris

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald and the real Mrs. Burbank

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

enjoy a very nice Saturday.

Dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans, you can win some very interesting new Betty MacDonald fan club items if you can answer the question below.

Read it please and we hope you'll be able to answer the question:

Who is Mrs. Burbank?

Send us the real name of Mrs. Burbank, please. 

Betty MacDonald fan club contest deadline: January 31, 2015

Good luck dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans! 


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund,  Anita, Eartha Kitt II and Betty MacDonald fan club research team are going to intoduce new Betty MacDonald fan club projects in February.


Betty MacDonald Memorial Award winner Wolfgang Hampel is going to share some new Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle info in February.

If you are interested in joining the new fascinating Betty MacDonald documentary and biography  project  with new Betty MacDonald interviews and other details  never published before, you are very welcome.


Don't miss the excellent new  breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick!

Best wishes from

Martin

Betty MacDonald fan club


    Betty MacDonald fan club contest: Who is Mrs. Burbank?

Darsie obediently got up, took the sugar bowl and went out to the kitchen. After a long long time he came back to the breakfast table with a plate of cinnamon rolls.

"What are these for?" his father said. "And where is the sugar?"

"Sugar?" said Darsie. "What about sugar?"

"I told you to fill the sugar bowl," said Mrs. Burbank.

"Oh," said Darsie, "I thought you said, 'Get the cinnamon roll.'"

from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald

 

Betty MacDonald fan club interviews

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

we already mentioned that Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  and Betty MacDonald fan club research team are working on a new Betty MacDonald exhibit.

If you are interested in joining this Betty MacDonald fan club project you are welcome.
 
Several Betty MacDonald fan club fans shared very interesting details and info regarding Betty MacDonald's fascinating experiences in Hollywood.

Thanks a million!

We are going to publish some new Betty MacDonald fan club interviews  by Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel who is working on an updated Betty MacDonald biography.
Good luck dear Wolfgang Hampel!

Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is a great guy even if he is a bit strange.
My British friends would say he's a bit eccentric but that's like Onions in the Stew, don't you think.


Do I agree with Betty MacDonald's description of women and men? Oh yes I do!
Betty MacDonald was such a very intelligent lady and she knew very well what she was writing about.

If we believe that Mr. Tigerli acts a bit strange what can we say of the behaviour of some men?

Betty wrote the truth! By the way I don't hate men! I love them - some of them - especially mine!



This great  poem by author and artist Joyce Lawhorn is outstanding.
Betty MacDonald would have loved this poem as much as we do!
Thanks a million dearest Joyce!


My family and friends adore Traci Tyne Hilton's books very much.


We are very happy that she is our new Betty MacDonald fan club honor member.

Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world like Linde Lund's interview with Trac Tyne Hilton very much. 


Have a great Friday,

Astrid

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund interviewed author Traci Tyne Hilton who is a huge Betty MacDonald fan.

Many greetings to Traci Tyne Hilton and Betty MacDonald fan club fans around the world.

Lena


       Betty MacDonald fan  club interview with author Traci Tyne Hilton
                Copyright 2014 by Traci Tyne Hilton & Linde Lund
                                        All rights reserved

I can find several interviews with you. Which two ones do you prefer?

Here are two recent interviews. The second one is a "character interview" with the characters from my newest book, which is kind of fun.

http://hbsauthorspotlight.blogspot.com/2014/05/traci-hilton-author-interview-in-hbs.html

http://shannonvannatter.com/traci-tyne-hilton-character-interview-part-1-of-1/

 

This is a picture of me on my tenth wedding anniversary at The Betty MacDonald Farm on Vashon. My sweet husband planned our weekend away, but didn't realize that I actually wanted to STAY at the farm! But he did drive me there to see it before we went home, though. I'm pretty little in the picture, but if you look closely, you can see me by the door to the barn.

Which book by Betty MacDonald did you read first?

My mom gave me her copy of The Egg and I when I was about 11. It was my first taste of Betty Macdonald, but I was definitely hooked! I read it at least once a year until I was in my twenties and finally got around to finding the rest of her work at my library...and then collecting reprints.

What do you like most in Betty MacDonald's books?

I love her over the top humor paired with her brutally honest representation of life. 

Is there anything you dislike in Betty MacDonald's books?

One could call her portrayal of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest in the Egg and I racist, but she was a woman of her time, and the things she writes about, such as alcoholism, are not untrue. They are just reported with that brutal honesty that she also uses for her white neighbors--no one is safe from her sharp pen. So, it makes me a little uncomfortable to read, but at the same time, I think it is real (from her perspective at least, and her perspective is valid,) and I don't dislike it, if that makes sense.

Did you ever read Betty MacDonald's books for children for example The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series and  Nancy and Plum?

Oh yes! I wish I had had them as kids, but I have been reading them to my kids which is even better! My sister in law bought me Nancy and Plum several years back, and I love it. I don't know why it's not a classic on par with the Secret Garden or the Little Princess! But...even better than Nancy and Plum are the Piggle Wiggle books. They crack my kids up, and were the first chapter books that my girls really devoured. They crack me up, too!

What is your favourite book by Betty MacDonald?

It is still The Egg and I. It's a book that formed so much of my opinion on fiction and held such an important part of my growing up--I don't think anything could beat it. My husband and I call snobby activities "The Theatah and the Dahnce" and I've been known to say "I itch, so I scratch, so what?" 

Did Betty MacDonald influence you as author?

Absolutely. Though I write mysteries I want them to be funny, and I hold Betty MacDonald's work up as a standard for humor.

What do you think is the reason Betty MacDonald is beloved all over the world?

Betty's work gives us a glimpse into a world that we would have never known without her. Both life in the Olympic Mountains and on Vashon are so different from regular town and city life. I think readers love to escape, and the more remote the location, the more different the people we get to meet, the more we love the work! Betty's books help us all escape to a time that is getting farther and farther away, and a place that doesn't even exist anymore, but even when it did, it was unexpected, hilarious, and stunningly beautiful.

Dearest Traci I hope I don't bore with so many questions.


I wasn't a bit bored! Betty MacDonald is definitely my favorite author and I loved having a chance to talk about her work and why I love it so much!

As I already mentioned there are several Betty MacDonald fan club fans who enjoy your books very much.

That people who love Betty MacDonald also like my books is almost unbelievable to me, and really is a dream come true, as an author. When I was a young girl, curled up with her work, escaping to that remote egg farm, I never dreamed that someday people who loved her, would also enjoy what I had to say.

Dearest Traci thanks a million for this wonderful interview.

Lots of love to you and your family.

Lots of love to you, as well! Thank you.

Traci

Betty MacDonald exhibibit

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  and Betty MacDonald fan club research team are working on a new Betty MacDonald exhibit incl. interviews with Betty MacDonald, other family members and Hollywood actors.

Did you ever see The Egg and I and The Ma and Pa Kettle series?

You'll be able to read Betty MacDonald's fascinating experiences in Hollywood.

There are some very important letters in Betty MacDonald fan club letter collection. 

Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel is going to include all these great facts and stories in the updated Betty MacDonald biography.
Good luck dear Wolfgang Hampel!

How is our Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli doing?

Mr. Tigerli is really very funny but also a bit strange like most men!

I can't stop laughing while reading Betty MacDonald's descriptions of women and men.

I totally agree and that's one of the many reasons I adore Betty MacDonald's books.

Brad Craft's breakfast is excellent.

Thank you so much, deaerst Linde Lund for sharing this very beautiful poem by  author and artist Joyce Lawhorn.

We got many mails from Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world who enjoy this poem very much.

I love it too!

Thank you so much deaerst Joyce and Linde for sharing it!

And as we all know Betty MacDonald was also fond of cats.

Visiting  Linde Lund's  page you'll notice soon that Linde is crazy about cats....

Wishing you a very nice day,

Carola

Betty MacDonald fan club

New Betty MacDonald fan club projects

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel are going to share their new Betty MacDonald fan club projects during this month.

Betty MacDonald fan club event DVD's from London and Berlin are available now.
They include some very interesting interviews.

I'd like to know when  Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli was born.
We should have a huge birthday party for our very special Betty MacDonald fan club honor member. 
Don't worry, fans! Ms. P. will only be a strange episode in Mr. Tigerli's very active love life.


It's so funny what Betty MacDonald wrote about women and men, although my husband does not agree at all but it's true what Betty wrote.


Brad Craft.is really brilliant.

I always enjoy breakfast at the bookstore. 

We got a message from  Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund.
She shares a delightful poem with us. ( see message below )


Yours,

Greta

Betty MacDonald fan club

Dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

this is such a beautiful poem by my dearest facebook friend, author and artist Joyce Lawhorn.

I adore this poem so much and I asked Joyce for permission to publish it on Betty MacDonald fan club blog.

Thanks a million dearest Joyce Lawhorn!

There are Betty MacDonald fan club  members in 40 countries around the world and I hope they'll enjoy it as much as I do.

Lots of love from Linde and Lund family.

Copyright 2015 by Joyce Lawhorn

All rights reserved

There was a lady they called Lazy Daisy, she was dirty they say and really lazy.
Her grass grew high up to the door, and even the cat wouldn't eat off her floor.
She lived on water and bread, and even her cat was rarely fed.
Then one day her cat went missing, no more meowing and no more hissing.
He had found a home just over the hill, where food was plenty and got his fill.
He never missed Lazy Daisy at all, even though his name she would often call.
Her call echoed through the canyon both night and day, come home little kitty, come home right away !
Daisy didn't blame her cat for not coming home, for there was nothing in her cupboard but a dried up bone.
Not even enough to make some stew, Now Lazy Daisy knew what she had to do.
She got on her bike and road in to town, bought a loaf of bread and big juicy ham.
She bought a batch of fresh caught fish, to put in her cats favorite dish.
Now kitty will come home Daisy thought, when he sees all the food I bought.
Come home kitty , come home she cried, You have fresh fish and a big ham I fried !
But little kitty was warm and asleep in his bed, always loved and always fed.

Betty MacDonald fans from all over the world celebrate Betty's birthday

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

let's celebrate Betty's birthday.

We are not talking about  beloved author Betty MacDonald.

Actress Betty White is 93 years old.

Betty White was one of the world famous  Golden Girls.

Don't miss Betty White's 93rd Birthday Flash Mob, please.

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  told us there will be a special Betty MacDonald fan club birthday event  for  Betty MacDonald Memorial Award winner and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel who will celebrate his birthday in February.

By the way does anybody know when Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli was born?

Is our Casanova  still madly in love with Ms. P.?

I totally agree what Betty MacDonald wrote about women and men.
Betty MacDonald knew very well what she was writing about.

I have the very same experiences with my husband and his friends.......


I have to praise Brad Craft.

Breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick is really delicious..

Take care,

Sören

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald biography and documentary

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

we wish you a very nice Monday.

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  shares outstanding photos and videos on her page.

Linde is very fond of a poem of one of her friends and we got the permission to publish it on Betty MacDonald fan club blog. It's an excellent one. Linde Lund's friend is an author and artist.


We are going to publish the great poem during this week.

Betty MacDonald Memorial Award winner Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club research team are working on a new outstanding Betty MacDonald biography.

If you are interested in joining the new fascinating Betty MacDonald documentary and biography  project  with new Betty MacDonald interviews and other details  never published before, you are very welcome.

Do you agree what Betty MacDonald wrote about women and men?

We can't wait to hear your thoughts.

I enjoyed the breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick very much.

Take care,

Claudia

Betty MacDonald fan club

              The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald

". . .I realized why it is so much easier for a man to adjust himself to new surroundings and people than for a woman. Men are so much less demanding in friendship. A woman wants her friends to be perfect. She sets a pattern, usually a reasonable facsimile of herself, lays a friend out on this pattern and worries and prods at any little qualities which do not coincide with her own image. She simply won't be bothered with anything less than ninety per cent congruity, and will accept the ninety per cent only if the other ten per cent is shaping up nicely and promises accurate conformity within a short time. Friends with glaring lumps or unsmoothable rough places are cast off like ill-fitting garments, and even if this means that the woman has no friends at all, she seems happier than with some imperfect being for whom she would have to make allowances. A man has a friend, period. He acquires this particular friend because they both like to hunt ducks. The fact that the friend discourses entirely in four-letter words, very seldom washes, chews tobacco and spits and random, is drunk a good deal of the time and hates women, in no way affects the friendship. If the man notices these flaws in the perfection of his friend, he notices them casually as he does his friend's height, the color of his eyes, the width of his shoulders; and the friendship continues at an even temperature for years and years and years."

sooooo much truth, it's killing me
not only do I love this book and this writer because she is real and honest, but also because she can be asolutely hilarious when writing about things that were really hard for her.
and.... she wrote some books that were part of my favorite list as a child... Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle anyone??

Betty MacDonald, Marjorie Main and the Oscar

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

it  is  very touching to read the supporting mails by Betty MacDonald fan club 

honor members Letizia Mancino and Bernd Kunze.

Thank you so much! We are Charlie!

Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Letizia Mancino's  Mr. Tigerli stories  are great and we enjoy it so much.

Thanks a lot for this very special Betty MacDonald Fan Club gift.

I bet Betty MacDonald would have loved this very much as we do today.

Golden laughter and I would say the same as I say about Betty MacDonald's and Mary Bard Jensen's books: Don't read Letizia Mancino's  stories in public places because you can't stop laughing all the time.

People around you might think you are crazy.


To me it's not surprising at all that Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel has the most wonderful friends.

You only have to read Wolfgang Hampel's  outstanding Betty MacDonald biography and listen to his Betty MacDonald interviews.

Oh boy, if I listen to Wolfgang Hampel's interviews with Betty MacDonald's magical sister Alison Bard Burnett who toured with Wolfgang throughout Seattle I can't stop laughing about this unique couple.

The Betty MacDonald DVD of these interviews  is even funnier.

I love it.

Again - don't read Wolfgang Hampel's Betty MacDonald biography or listen to his Betty MacDonald interviews in public. You already know the reason why.


I'm very curious who will be the Oscar winners.

Celeste Holm won the Oscar as supporting actress although Marjorie Main had been nominated as Ma Kettle in The Egg and I in 1947.

I wished Marjorie Main had won the Oscar because she really deserved it.

Marjorie Main is outstanding.

Love,

Nicole

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world are Charlie

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

 

We received so many supporting mails from Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world.

Thanks a million for this!

Read two statements of our outstanding Betty MacDonald fan club honor members, please.


Betty MacDonald fan club honor member, author and artist Letizia Mancino:



Dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

it was a terrible time in Paris.

Freedom ist the best value of life, and we have to defend it.

It took centuries of development to achieve a free society, and we want to maintain it.

We hope very much that these values will be recognized and loved more and more.

With many best wishes,

your

dearest Letizia


Betty MacDonald fan club honor member - music producer Bernd Kunze:

Violence is always very bad and terrible.

I'm shocked about the attack in Paris. My thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims.

Stopp violence!

Best Regards

Bernd

As already mentioned some of our French Betty MacDonald fan club members lost family members and friends because of this barbaric attack!

Dearest Letizia Mancino and Bernd Kunze thanks a million for your support.

Betty MacDonald fan club fans appreciate it very much.



Vanessa

Betty MacDonald fan club

Don't miss  '  Why I am Charlie  ' by Brad Craft with a comment by Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund

Why I Am Charlie

"I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity." -- Salman Rushdie

I am Charlie.

I am Charlie because on January 7th, 2015 two masked gunmen forced their way into the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and murdered twelve people, including three police officers, and injured eleven others.  I am Charlie because the targets of this attack included the editor of the magazine, Stephane "Charb" Charbonnier and his fellow cartoonists Jean Cabut, Georges Wolinski, Bernard Verlhac, and Philippe Honore.  Also murdered that day were columnists Bernard Maris and Elsa Cayat, copy-editor Mustapha Ourrad, caretaker Frederic Boisseau, and Michel Renaud, who was there visiting a friend.  The police officers murdered that day were Brigadier Franck Brinsolaro, policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe, and Ahmed Merabet, whose murder inspired  Je Suis Ahmed.  So, yes, I am Ahmed.

Ahmed Merabet died on January 7th not because he was a Muslim but because he and his fellow officers were there to protect their fellow citizens, the editor and employees of Charlie Hebdo, from the violent, religious fanaticism, as it turned out, of a two, three, four or more of their fellow citizens of the French Republic.  I am not French, but an American. I am not Muslim.  I am an atheist. I am not, nor do I know personally any serving police officers.  Yet, I am Ahmed.

And I am Charlie.  I am Charlie because, again as the novelist Salman Rushdie once said, “From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.” I am Charlie because I sincerely believe that there is no justification for the unjustifiable: no God, no Prophet, no policy, foreign or domestic, no text that can justify murdering people for drawing cartoons.  I do not accept that anyone has the right to kill another human being for "blasphemy."  I do not believe in blasphemy.  I reject both the premise and the presupposition of God.  You may believe whatever you like, and I will defend your right to do so, but your faith can not and will not change my disbelief.  More importantly in a larger sense, your faith may not dictate the limits of my expression of that disbelief.

Because I draw, I am Charlie.  Because I think, I am Charlie.  Because I have every right to be, I am Charlie.

I have friends who have in the past few days questioned the both utility and the motivations of the Je Suis Charlie signs and marches, friends who have, quite rightly pointed out the bitter irony of despots and dictators marching at the recent rally in Paris.  Some have also drawn attention to the deaths of innocent civilians in the American campaign using drones to assassinate our enemies in Yemen.  I have read more than one person I respect suggesting that the work of the murdered cartoonists was both racist and hateful.  Then there is the overwhelming horror of the massacre by Boko Haram of hundreds, if not thousands this week, and the question of why we are not marching in the streets to protest those murders as well.

It is not in spite of but because of these outrages and their resulting moral and ethical complications that I say, I am Charlie.  It is because France -- the cradle of the Enlightenment -- much like my own country, has had to struggle, and will continue to struggle with her own history, her own culpability in the perpetuation of racism, intolerance and violence, that I say, I am Charlie.    Those struggles are inherent to not only our system of government, but to the founding missions of both our revolutions.  It is for Voltaire and Honoré Daumier, for Clarence Darrow, for H. L. Mencken and the American cartoonists Paul Conrad, and Herblock, that I am Charlie.  It is because we not only may, but must challenge long-held assumptions and the smug assurance of our own superiority that I am Charlie.  It is because I may be uncomfortable with some of the content of Charlie Hebro that I am Charlie.  It is because I am revolted by the slaughter of innocents that I am Charlie.

I do not say any of this because I see myself as in anyway representative.  I add my own voice to the chorus, that is all.  I am just a bookseller.  I am Charlie because we must all be, one way or another, heard, if we are not all, by either violence, indifference or timidity, to be silenced.  I speak for no one but myself.  I speak because I still can.  I speak, as I write, and draw and do the little that I can, because to not do so is to concede to the fanatics my silence in the face of this latest outrage.  I will not be silent, even if I can do nothing else, even if I address only my friends.

Humbly then, defiantly and if to no other purpose than to remember and honor those who were murdered on January 7th by the enemies of secularism, freedom of speech and the right to laugh at and in the face of religious fanaticism and hatred, I will say it again,

"JE SUIS CHARLIE!"

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Betty MacDonald Fan Club January 16, 2015 at 3:48 PM

Dearest Brad you did it! Nobody can explain it in a better way how we feel in these days. We all are Charlie.
Thanks a million dearest Brad! I have to reread it again because everything is true and so very well written.
All my love to you from your friend Linde and Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world who adore you very much. Thank you again!!!!!!!

Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter January 2015

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

it's Friday today.

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel share really very important Betty MacDonald fan club info in Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter January 2015.

Betty MacDonald Memorial Award winner Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club research team are working on a new outstanding Betty MacDonald biography.

Guys, come on and join us, please.

If you are interested in joining the new fascinating Betty MacDonald documentary and biography  project  with new Betty MacDonald interviews and other details  never published before, you are very welcome.

Anita, Eartha Kitt II and the other members of Betty MacDonald fan club team will be very  happy and grateful to hear from you.

 
We got a great message from beloved Betty MacDonald fan club honor member, author and artist Letizia Mancino:


Dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

it was a terrible time in Paris.

Freedom ist the best value of life, and we have to defend it.

It took centuries of development to achieve a free society, and we want to maintain it.

We hope very much that these values will be recognized and loved more and more.

With many best wishes,

your

dearest Letizia

I'm so very much impressed of Letizia Mancino's biography and a bit jealous of Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel, who got the most wonderful friends.

We agree with you so much dearest Letizia Mancino!

Thanks a million for your outstanding support!

Some of our French Betty MacDonald fan club members lost family members and friends because of this barbaric attack! 


We live in democratic states and they won't ever reach their goal to change us.

No chance for these murderous terrorists!



Bengt

Betty MacDonald fan club

New Betty MacDonald interviews

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel are going to share new Betty MacDonald  fan club research results in Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter January 2015 available on Friday.

Anita, Eartha Kitt II and their Betty MacDonald fan club research team are working on a new fascinating Betty MacDonald documentary with new Betty MacDonald interviews and other details  never published before.

Betty MacDonald fan club meetings in London and Berlin had been very successful.

There will be two Betty MacDonald fan club DVD's available next week on Tuesday.

Charb vie!

I totally agree with Ulla and Thomas.

These terrorists won't ever have a chance to change our free and democratic Societies. 

Norway is a very good example for this!

Don't miss Brad Craft's My first Monet, please.

Inger

Betty MacDonald fan club

Betty MacDonald meetings in London and Berlin

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter will be available on Friday.

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel had been interviewed for Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter January.

Betty MacDonald fan club meetings in London and Berlin had been very successful.

There will be  two Betty MacDonald fan club DVD's available during next week.

Regarding the comment of the French Betty MacDonald fan club fan I'd like to say that I don't care whether Charlie Hebdo had been very popular or not.

                         The Power Is In Our Hands

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Betty MacDonald Fan Club January 11, 2015 at 9:58 AM

Dearest Brad! We adore it so much! Lots of love from your friend Linde, Lund family and Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world!

The fact is that the terrorists didn't reach their goal.
Just the opposite!
Charlie Hebdo is much more popular now.


I totally agree with Betty MacDonald fan club member Ulla who posted in 2014:

There are several  dictators on this planet.

There is one who hates Twitter.

There is one who invades a neighbour state. I'm convinced this behaviour means the beginning of their end.

People want democracy and freedom and you can't stop them with these very oldfashioned methods and intruments.
What these dictators are doing all the time is democrazy instead of democracy!

I'd like to add that these terrorists won't ever be able to destroy our democratic societies.
 

Thomas 

Betty MacDonald fan club 

Long live Charlie Hebdo

First Charlie Hebdo issue since Paris attacks goes on sale in France

People queued before dawn at kiosks across France for the first edition of the weekly to go on sale since last week’s attacks

People outside a newsagents in Paris on Wednesday as the latest edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo went on sale. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images

Matthew Weaver

Wednesday 14 January 2015 08.27 GMT

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Large queues formed outside French magazine kiosks as the first edition of Charlie Hebdo went on sale since last week’s terrorist attack on the magazine’s office killed eight of its journalists.
Some outlets reported that hundreds of copies of the magazine were sold in the first few minutes of going on sale by customers eager to show support for free speech in the wake of the attack.

Despite a print run of up to 3 million copies, including versions in six different languages, many struggled to get hold of the first copies of a magazine that usually has a circulation of only 60,000.
The Guardian’s Anne Penketh said her local newsagent in Paris was so inundated with customers wanting copies of Charlie Hebdo that he hid them and only sold copies to regulars.
She said: “While I was there, a couple of people stopped by and asked for a copy, but [the newsagent] said he didn’t have any. He then stooped down and put my copy inside Le Figaro so nobody would see. He says he’s never seen anything like it.”
Long pre-dawn queues of people were seen at many magazine kiosk across Paris including at the Gare du Nord, where dozens of people formed were lining up before 6am.

Betty MacDonald, France and Charlie Hebdo

Betty MacDonald fan club fans, 

we are still working on Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter January. Be a bit patient, please. 

Thanks a lot for your understanding and support dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world.

We got a message from a Betty MacDonald fan from France who send us his thoughts regarding France and Charlie Hebdo.

( see his message below )

 We are very interested in your thoughts and comments.

Thanks a million in advance deaerst Betty MacDonald fan club fans.

Yours,

Astrid

Betty MacDonald fan club 

It is kind of you to post several messages about Charlie Hebdo.

Of course, it is horrible to have several people killed, who were writers and cartoonists. This was done only by two or three people who were mentally very weak, having had no parents to raise them, having lived in dirty suburbs and in prisons.

They had the power to kill only because our government is very bad at controlling weapons, and also very bad at caring about poor people.

The main priority of Hollande is the fight against cars and factories. This is what he said in his yearly speech at the end of 2014. He wants to have the votes from the green party, otherwise the parliament would be against him. He does not care about poverty, about unemployment, about freedom of speech. On the contrary, he makes people poorer every day with new stupid laws, new stupid taxes, new stupid wars far away from France: in Mali, Centrafrique, Irak, Syria, Ukraine, etc.

Last year, Hollande has banned a very good humorist called Dieudonne, just because he was criticizing Israel who sent bombs on Palestine. Dieudonne is a very good man and a really funny man. He is on the side of the poor people and on the side of the people who want peace in the world. It was totally unfair to censor him.

Of course, when the head of the state is saying that a humorist is dangerous, how would think weak people about a humoristic journal?

They would think it deserved to be punished, like Dieudonne was.

France is living in a spiral of violence, especially against the freedom of speech.