zenmomma *

>>I'm not going to worry about the fact that they don't have the focus
(yet or never will?). I will still be making a happy, stimulating
environment for them to grow in.>>

Beautiful. :o) Just think of yourself as the Johnny Appleseed of your own
little piece of the world.

~Mary, who just rented an Amercian Legends video from Blockbuster which
includes, of course, Johnny Appleseed.


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Cindy

zenmomma * wrote:
>
> >>I'm not going to worry about the fact that they don't have the focus
> (yet or never will?). I will still be making a happy, stimulating
> environment for them to grow in.>>
>
> Beautiful. :o) Just think of yourself as the Johnny Appleseed of your own
> little piece of the world.
>
> ~Mary, who just rented an Amercian Legends video from Blockbuster which
> includes, of course, Johnny Appleseed.
>

_The Botany of Desire_ has a chapter on Johnny and how his story was
too sanitized by Disney. Apples in that era weren't all that good
for eating - they were used for cider (hard cider at that).
He also talks about how the Red Delicious apple was started - it
was a fluke of nature. A tree started growing that produced good
apples to eat raw - it hybridized itself from nearby apple trees.
There are a number of interesting chapters in that book!

--

Cindy Ferguson
crma@...

zenmomma *

>>_The Botany of Desire_ has a chapter on Johnny and how his story was
too sanitized by Disney. Apples in that era weren't all that good
for eating - they were used for cider (hard cider at that).
He also talks about how the Red Delicious apple was started - it
was a fluke of nature. A tree started growing that produced good
apples to eat raw - it hybridized itself from nearby apple trees.
There are a number of interesting chapters in that book!>>

No Way! You mean Disney actually changed a story to suit their own needs?
Never! <g>

Actually, doesn't Johnny Appleseed fall under the heading of Folklore or
Tall Tales? Knowingly exagerrated over time and generations of telling. I'd
love to read the real stories, though. Thanks.

~Mary



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