tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post5602088298497992264..comments2024-02-18T00:11:11.490-08:00Comments on Heroines of Fantasy: A Writer's GratitudeHeroines of Fantasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169664399606524540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-52861720315465798682013-12-02T07:31:36.741-08:002013-12-02T07:31:36.741-08:00AT, as always, great contribution to the discussio...AT, as always, great contribution to the discussion. Beautiful.<br /><br />I read recently that it took Mr. Geisel years to write most of those "simple" books. And I have to be honest--his illustrations creeped me the hell out as a kid! I didn't read much Seuss, and were it not for Max in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I probably would not have watched it either!Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-19282615999785980132013-12-02T02:15:19.899-08:002013-12-02T02:15:19.899-08:00Very nice post, Kim.
Dr. Seuss teaches children t...Very nice post, Kim.<br /><br />Dr. Seuss teaches children this in a great book <i>Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are.</i> If you have never read that to your child--or your inner child--do it soon.<br /><br />Like all of Seuss, it looks superficial, like the time some silly beach creatures fought over who and who did not have stars on their bellies.<br /><br />Then you look deep, and you see that <i>Sneeches</i> is a story about racism. And you might be tempted to think the Star-Belly Sneetches were real assholes... <br /><br />Then you look deeper...<br /><br />And you see the Star-Bellys are not solely to blame:<br /><br /><i><b>...Then one day, it seems...while the Plain-Belly Sneetches/ Where moping and doping alone on the beaches/ Just sitting there wishing their bellies had stars...</b></i><br /><br />Why? The Plain-Belly had money. Why couldn't they play ball and have beach parties?<br /><br />The same is true with <i>Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are.</i><br /><br />On the surface, it seems like an excuse to have funny pictures and funny names for things.<br /><br />Then you look deep and it is a story about gratitude. "You may have some problems, but <i>these</i> poor saps have real problems!" <br /><br />Then you look deeper...<br /><br /><i><b>Tanks goodness for all of the tings that you're not!/ Thank goodness you're not something someone's forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place / like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.</b></i><br /><br />One can almost see that moment, sometime in the early 70s, when Theodor Seuss Geisel saw a coat hanger just hanging somewhere--just waiting to be used, rusting, forgotten--and he thought, "There is a lesson here."<br /><br />His book is not just a lecture on being grateful your life isn't worse then it is, but that one should be thankful there are people in your life who need you.<br /><br />Because as long as that exists, you can endure anything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244653473304470304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-60973145224877711852013-11-26T09:51:13.250-08:002013-11-26T09:51:13.250-08:00Awesome post, Kim! I'm thankful for YOU! :) ...Awesome post, Kim! I'm thankful for YOU! :) You're the magnet who brought us all together. Happy Thanksgiving!Karin Rita Gastreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788750258292938903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-23286922021599378682013-11-25T17:37:47.457-08:002013-11-25T17:37:47.457-08:00Dammit, Kim! You made me cry! I am grateful, too. ...Dammit, Kim! You made me cry! I am grateful, too. My HRB family means the world to me. Sisters is words. It's just the best.Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.com