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Katydid

Katydid

I love books! I like to collect books that I've enjoyed over the years and look at them on the shelf, like photographs to remind me of time well spent, and when I don't like a book, I can't discard it quickly enough. I am currently gravitating toward historical fiction and philosophical literature, with the occasional post-apocalyptic sci-fi... more »
  • Auckland, New Zealand
  • member since December 26 2007

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  • Raspberrymocha55

    Raspberrymocha55 says

    Thanks. I'm kinda' drifting in and out, as I try to make sense of what has happened to my family. I figure that there is a purpose behind everything that happens to us, but I'd sure like a little glimpse as to what that purpose may be. I'm seriously stressed out. Things will get better, once my husband returns to us.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    actually, when i click on it, it comes up as "my name is red" which i intend to read for the group read at BTS

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    actually, i have no idea how that book got on my shelf. unless it was written in the spirit of mark twain, i can't believe the subject matter would appeal to me. i am going to remove it from my shelf. if you like christian fiction, it might be okay. i don't.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kiki68

    Kiki68 says

    Hey Katydid--I just read the Scarlett Ibis--so very sad and affecting--I kind of wish I hadn't read it now! Just thought I'd pop in to tell you that! Have a great day!

    Yours, Kiki

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kiki68

    Kiki68 says

    Hey Katydid--I just read the Scarlett Ibis--so very sad and affecting--I kind of wish I hadn't read it now! Just thought I'd pop in to tell you that! Have a great day!

    Yours, Kiki

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Katy E - http://kt-eplus9.blogspot.com

    Katy E - http://kt-eplus9.blogspot.com says

    Nice! When we get a lot one year, we just spend more time removing them from bathrooms where they irrevocably end up. ;)
    Thank you! Although it could be a while before that ever happens. ;)

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Katy E - http://kt-eplus9.blogspot.com

    Katy E - http://kt-eplus9.blogspot.com says

    Awww... oh well, that's ok, Americans are pretty cool too (:D) and Katie's are just fine. ;)
    Wow, that is really coincidental that you mentioned Lloyd Alexander (love his stuff too!) because I had not heard of anyone else who had read his stuff before, until a few days ago - another friend of mine asked about him! I read the Prydain series a few years ago and really loved it; in fact that may have been what really sparked my consequent love of literature. Thank you for your recommendations.

    Wow, study insects? That would be so cool; I love most bugs (except spiders and long-legged things), and have from a very young age been rescuing little beetles and flies from nooks and crannies. ;) I actually have a special love for praying mantis; my grandparents' house has hordes of them, and I love watching them hatch, all tiny and brown, and then slowly grow to be long, graceful and green. Like the fact that they can move their heads independently of their bodies? And their eyes move too; that's so cool! For a bug, they have a lot of character. ;) I have only once seen a katydid alive, and it was very funny! More like a grasshopper.

    Ahh, there goes me, ranting about the stuff I love. *wan smile*

    Thanks for your note,
    Katy

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Katy E - http://kt-eplus9.blogspot.com

    Katy E - http://kt-eplus9.blogspot.com says

    OMG another fellow kiwi! This is the first time I have come across another kiwi that I do not personally know on shelfari, you see. I am happy!
    I live in Auckland as well. A lot of New Zealand friends and family of mine are on here too, but I honestly had never come across a stranger before.
    Is your name Katy like me? That was what drew me to click on your pic - the "katy" in "katydid"! Not many spell it like that.

    ---Katy, Auckland, NZ
    P.S. Your profile picture - that's a praying mantis, not a katydid. ;)

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • jenn o

    jenn o says

    Because I've spent the last 11 years of my marriage being a housewife, which afforded me the luxury of reading a book a day, give or take. And now that my divorce is going to finalized, I'm going to have to get a jobby job, which means I'll have to [shudder] start living life instead of merely reading about it.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robyn S

    Robyn S says

    Cool, I'll bring it in on Tuesday :)

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robyn S

    Robyn S says

    Do you have a copy of The bone people? Chris's aunt was throwing out a copy and so i picked it up. I've been meaning to read it too, you want to borrow it?

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Thanks so much Katydid! I think I'm going to take a break and brew a pot now, using your recipe (then I'll try UP's world-famous garlic brew next).
    Best wishes,
    Scott

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Raspberrymocha55

    Raspberrymocha55 says

    Thanks for the note! I've been offline for the last 2 weeks due to the holidays. Nice to meet another LC grad! I'm an oldie but a goodie, class of '77.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Carol T

    Carol T says

    That is amazing - I worked in university research labs on the reproductive neuroendocrinology of the Cuban cockroach hoping eventually to find the species specific pheromone to limit its spread. Not successful. Also worked for another lab studying the coevolution of a particular insect and plant, mostly doing developing and printing of photos of chromosomes and planting of seeds that my boss sent me from his field trips. Another lab used the milkweed caterpillar as a bioindicator in a test I was doing, very time consuming, so I have been raising and caring for insects in most of my time as a lab rat. My main boss was an entomologist who really liked birds better and is now farming cacti and succulents.

    Now that I have bored you with my past in the insect world, will you tell me what you are finding in NZ? I know that NZ used to be the bird islands until people brought in other animals. Have you ever been to the little island between the N and S islands that was cleared of predators and then restocked with native NZ birds? It is breathtaking - teeming with birds who have no fear of people. It is well worth the trip. Only about 15 people at a time are allowed on the island at a time. We made a zodiac landing there and actually saw a wild kiwi trying to sleep.

    I just remembered, a boy from Taiwan was visiting our son and he brought us an offering of an insect every day which he had caught outside our house, stick insect, praying mantis, scorpion (yes, too many legs for an insect), a small centipede and so on. I was amazed, but not nearly so much as he was. We also have a resident armadillo, roadrunners, owls and white tailed deer in addition to more common types in our yard.

    BTW, my husband got his master's at Iowa State in Ames. Where in Iowa are you from?

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Carol T

    Carol T says

    Hello Katydid, how are things down under? I was in Aukland, and the rest of the two main islands, over Christmas and New Year's of 2004 and greatly enjoyed your country and people. Good memories.

    I see that we like some of the same books. I'll check your site when I can.

    PS: That's a great picture of the preying (sp?) mantis. You are a good photographer, too.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • susanbellnc

    susanbellnc says

    Thanks. That's my Blondie. He's a cutie. I was so happy to get that picture.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • paula s

    paula s says

    you made me hungry with that recipe with the pears and cheese...am going to try it tonight!...PWrite a note for Katydid here

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Michael L

    Michael L says

    Thank you. Yes we are. It is sad but we are also glad because he was suffering a lot and that is over. Bless you.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    Thanks!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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