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marlowe1249.The Delany Sisters: Book of Everyday Wisdom with Amy Hill Hearth - So this is a nothing book. I suppose it's basically a cash grab after Having Our Say which was the book that was the big hit for the Delany sisters. I don't know about that book. Sounds like it was an interesting autobiography. This one is more a series of observations and old person wisdom, such as exercise every day, don't throw anything else, don't be bitter.
One part that made me laugh was when they talked about how there is too much sex these days or too much expression of sex. Only because Samuel Delany is their nephew and well, he writes a lot about sex and relationships and power. But mostly this is a book about nice old ladies who never got married and decided to be sisters together. Of course, I'm wondering if they ever did have sex since they don't seem to approve of premarital sex and they never got married (because in their days it was either careers or marriage). So were they Ace? I'd assume otherwise before recently but Asexuality has had a big surge in popularity.
If only I could eat sugar I would try to make the pickled watermelon rinds or the corn cob liquor. But almost every recipe has a bunch of Crisco and sugar and I'm diabetic so that would be fatal. Even if sugar just gets taken in the alcohol process.
Anyhow, this took me a day to read. I'm reading short books since I'm reading Les Miserables and The Faery Queen (an annoying version of the Faery Queen where they keep all the letters in the Elizabethan way) so I need some short books.
I promise I'm not trying to race to see how many books i can finish before the end of the year. In fact, I'd be fine if I didn't finish any more books since this is the point where I get bored with this project and stop for a year.
One part that made me laugh was when they talked about how there is too much sex these days or too much expression of sex. Only because Samuel Delany is their nephew and well, he writes a lot about sex and relationships and power. But mostly this is a book about nice old ladies who never got married and decided to be sisters together. Of course, I'm wondering if they ever did have sex since they don't seem to approve of premarital sex and they never got married (because in their days it was either careers or marriage). So were they Ace? I'd assume otherwise before recently but Asexuality has had a big surge in popularity.
If only I could eat sugar I would try to make the pickled watermelon rinds or the corn cob liquor. But almost every recipe has a bunch of Crisco and sugar and I'm diabetic so that would be fatal. Even if sugar just gets taken in the alcohol process.
Anyhow, this took me a day to read. I'm reading short books since I'm reading Les Miserables and The Faery Queen (an annoying version of the Faery Queen where they keep all the letters in the Elizabethan way) so I need some short books.
I promise I'm not trying to race to see how many books i can finish before the end of the year. In fact, I'd be fine if I didn't finish any more books since this is the point where I get bored with this project and stop for a year.
