An Unfortunate Lily Maid (ch 28)

I've been waiting for this chapter. I can't wait to read what I saw on the movie. I had forgotten exactly what happened. But I could remember the pond and a boat and something dreadful.

Gilbert, Gilbert, Gilbert. He came to her rescue and still she hates him.

Again, Matthew saves the day and tells Anne to keep at least some of her romance.

parsed - to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc

presentiment - a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding

Vanity and Vexation of Spirit (ch 27)

Gasp! Anne has green hair. Oh the poor girl. She tries so hard and then it just blows up in her face. At least she is trying to be a more forgiving. And in the end Marilla says that her talking isn't making her headache worse.


coruscation - a sudden gleam or flash of light

snood - the pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey or a headband for the hair(I'm quite sure Anne wasn't talking about the turkey snood)

The Story Club is Formed. (ch 26)

So, what is your besetting sin? First I have to know what besetting means. Ah, judging from dictionary.com it must be a church word. See below. Hmmm, it is going to take some thinking to come up with my besetting sin.

Oh my gosh, my daughter just turned 12. According to Anne, when she turns 13 she will know so much more. I'm not sure I'll be able to stand that. LOL!

Oh my, doesn't Anne have an imagination. Can you believe that Bertram jumped in to save Geraldine but forgetting he couldn't swim they both drowned. I actually laughed out loud when I read that. She is quite entertaining.

besetting - constantly assailing or obsessing, as with temptation: a besetting sin.

Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves (ch 25)

Finally, a nice new dress for Anne. With puffed sleeves, however, the dress in the book is brown. Oh my, what poor Matthew had to go through to get it for her.

And I do believe Marilla is coming around.


cogitation - concerted thought or reflection

deprecatory - apologetic; making apology

contemptuously - scornfully

ingratiatingly - charming; agreeable; pleasing (i like this word)

Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert (ch 24)

My daughters piano teacher calls her students pupils. Interesting.....


Isn't it remarkable how Anne's life has changed since she came to Avonlea. She has many friends and family. And, maybe most importantly, someone to "spoil"her.


A student is a person attending an educational institution or someone who has devoted much attention to a particular problem.

A pupil is one under the close supervision of a teacher, either because of youth or of specialization in some branch of study.

gadding - to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another (my kids gad about all the time, don't yours?)

Anne Comes to Griefin an Affair of Honor (ch 23)

Daring was the fashionable amusement among the Avonlea small fry just then. It has begun among the boys, but soon spread to the girls, and all the silly things that were done in Avonlea that summer because the doers thereof were "dared" to do them would fill a book by themselves. I love that line.

"Anne tossed her red braids." Oh no, here comes trouble.

"No, Diana, I am not killed, but I think I am rendered unconscious." THAT is too funny.

I would have fainted too if I would have had to explain how I broken my ankle to Marilla.

"Oh, I'm an afflicted mortal."

I too, know some some people that surely couldn't have ever been children.

And to end the chapter. " There's one thing plain to be seen, Anne," said Marilla, "and that is that your fall off the Barry roof hasn't injured your tongue at all."



oft - short of often

Anne is invited out to tea (ch. 21)

Anne is always so caught up in doing what is right and proper. Oh how I wish my children would think like that. At least to some degree. Then Marilla gives her the best advice of all. "You should just think of Mrs. Allan and what would be nicest and most agreeable for her,"


The Family Herald - according to wikipedia - The Family Herald: A Domestic Magazine of Useful Information & Amusement (1843-1940) was a weekly story paper established by James Elishama Smith in 1843


manse - the house and land occupied by a minister or parson

pithy - full of vigor, substance, or meaning (hmmmm)

I'm way behind.

Yes I know. I am way behind. But I'm going to try and get finished by the end of March. The reading part isn't what's keeping me from finishing. Well, maybe that is part of it, because I have read about 5 books since I started Anne of Green Gables. It takes a while to read and look up words and type and look up words and post and look up words. You get the drift. Anyway, I'm back on track now. Thanks for sticking with me.

Tuesdays Quote

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm

A New Departure in Flavorings (ch 21)

LOL!!! This is too funny. "Many a thing Mrs. Lynde had lent, sometimes never expecting to see it again, came home that night in charge of borrowers thereof." Ha! They needed a good reason to gossip.


Funny how much emphasis there was on housecleaning and feminine duties. "....sound doctrine in the man and good housekeeping in the woman make an ideal combination for a minister's family." And poor Anne used anondyne liniment for vanilla. That must have been awful.


presentiment - a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding

sojourn - a temporary stay (didn't know that)

dyspeptic - suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion) (is that where pepto bismol gets its name?)

anodyne liniment - find a recipe here