“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed.
As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.”

— Scottish diarist James Boswell, read by the character Montag in “Fahrenheit 451”

Indeed!

Just read several classics last evening from (my 1st RB) Golden Apples of the Sun!

Then, this today.... Awesome! Mr. Bradbury had it right!

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-rel...f-sun-213345163.html

(Be sure to go full screen.)

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Originally posted by fjp451:
Then, this today.... Awesome! Mr. Bradbury had it right!

Exciting times! So many new questions, new metaphors to discover...listen...

This weekend I was a part of a "Living Library" event (presented with hopes of becoming an annual activity). Topics were for discussions between visitors and those asked to offer details on their interests. Some of which included: a NYS Assemblywoman, Amish Historian and Linguist, Biology Prof/R&R security specialist, NNY Folklorist/Architect, Sustainable Economist/Storyteller, Viet Nam Vets Medical and Vocational Specialists, and RB/MA topics.

People exchanged freely from 10am-2pm. The RB discussions were very well received and highly informative, in view of the backgrounds and life experiences people brought with them. A true pleasure from start to finish. Thank you, Mr. B! Very much like the "Book People."

Hi fjp451,

What better way to help Ray live forever than a Living Library event! Wish I could have been there.

MTD

Now, Grandpa Spaulding, Douglas, and Tom would have smiles - wide and proud - for what the coming weeks would bring:
https://sierrafoothillgarden.f...ld-of-dandelions.png

(All North Country fields are an explosion of brilliant yellows...)

Hey, in an antique store today I saw two of those rug beater things--so small they must be for throw rugs, though!

"Rug beater" of which you speak, Dandy!
http://www.rugrag.com/image.axd?picture=post_1940.jpg

I always enjoyed offering countless historic and cultural bits of info when teaching DW. The book is a "Time Machine" from its first page to last.

RE: Green Machine, soda shop, kick-the-can, home-made wine in the cellar, front porches and conversations, lightning bugs, cigar shop, single movie theater, boarding house, fire-balloons, ice box, policeman walking the beat alone (who knew everyone's name), buffalo stories, home remedies, Ladies' Lodge, mysterious neighborhood visitor, a magnificently maintained trolley - to name a few. The kids enjoyed the origins and uniqueness of each element Mr. B so poetically brought to the tale. One of the best late spring-to-summer reads in literature. (What a pleasure sending stuff to him when the unit was concluded! He always responded with love and generosity!)

Do the mandates of today's common core even allow room for such images and wonder. . .!?

So, I am sending a note to a friend and looking for a description of John Huff on-line . . . and what comes up?

Quite a while ago - 1-26-02
http://www.raybradbury.com/ubb...um3/HTML/000044.html
One of my all time favorite passages in all of literature. Thanks, Mr. B!

(Some fine passages from familiar friends-visitors along the way. . . )

RB Sites ~ that keep on giving:
http://www.bradburymedia.co.uk/

http://iat.iupui.edu/bradburyc...sthash.exrI6osf.dpuf

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies has really taken some steps forward in recent months. Hopefully, the F451 Bookends will also help in keeping up the momentum.

Some jerks are due for a sound of thunder! http://www.zimparks.org/index....hman-safaris-profess

For long-time and new fans of this RB site alike, the Indiana University (Prof. Jon Eller) link Phil now includes with his posts offers some great looks into Mr. B's decades of works, photos, and nostalgic keepsakes - for which he was so revered.

As have most on board here, I have enjoyed RB images offered via Phil's dedicated UK site for quite a while, as well as observing anything Bradbury that appears anywhere else online or in the media. A trip through the following IU links offers "Moments" never before realized, as most are taken directly from the decades of Cheviot Drive archives! *The IU August events are enticing!

www.facebook.com/pages/Center-...am&ref=page_internal

Also worth a review:
www.facebook.com/pages/Center-...ne&ref=page_internal

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Thanks for the plug, fjp. I'm glad you find the Facebook page interesting.

It's worth pointing out that you do NOT need to have a Facebook account to view the page. Everyone is welcome!

Mr. Rogers remix. Trippy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM