I quote my notes about Barbara Winthrop at Boarding School, 1925, pretty much verbatim:
Today’s been a bad one for Feast of the Day. This might have to do, pp. 278-279: “There was plenty of driftwood to make the cheerful fire over which the girls roasted their ‘Wienies’ and fried their bacon. After eating innumerable sandwiches, rolls with the big fat wienies between the halves, potato chips and all the things that go to make up a picnic lunch that girls always adore - not forgetting Betsy’s cheese crackers, of course - they buried potatoes in the ashes for later use, and lay back on their sweaters to bask in the sun.”
This is similar to a wienie roast I rejected yesterday as too boring, but for two things: they eat bacon with their hot dogs, and this character Betsy's nigh-obsession with cheese crackers matches mine for popcorn.
I can't believe there's only one more regularly-scheduled Feast of the Day! I'd like to continue them, though; my reading on this topic won't end tomorrow, just the reading of that collection of books.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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