Lewis Carroll, James Herriot, A cross-stitches, etc.

[milztoday]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" 
<Aberforths_Goat at Y...> wrote:
> > Do we, perhaps have other Lewis Carroll fans in our
> > midst?  Although very different from HP, there are
> > similarities. Vaguely similar playfulness from the two
> > authors.  I'm quite a fan myself.  Dedicated myself to
> > memorising Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the
> > Carpenter in my teens.
> 
> Hmm. I suppose it's about time I gave LC another chance. My parents 
bought
> me a copy of Alice when I was nine or ten - and told me it was a 
lovely
> fantasy story about Kings and Mirrors and Magical Rabbits and 
Adventure
> Galore. 

I didn't like Alice either....maybe it's because I read it for a book 
report. But I didn't "get it" then.

> 
> At about the same time my mother tried to convince me to read James 
Harriot,
> which she billed as a beautiful book about a wonderful man who 
loved taking
> care of cuddly animals - or somesuch. Since I'd just had my LC 
experience, I
> refused. Fortunately, someone gave me a copy years later, and I 
discovered
> the hilarious James Harriot *I* know and love.
> 

I loved/love the Harriot books! Tricky Woo, Nugent (aka Nudist), 
Tristan, the farmers, what fun! 

Milz (who wanted to be a vet after reading those books, but then 
realised that her brain cells didn't have the capacity to contain 
information about several species let alone one)