Today was my Anne of Green Gables tea, celebrating the book’s 100th anniversary—we had a splendid time, drinking raspberry cordial, eating biscuits, pound cake, tarts, cucumber sandwiches and madelines, and sharing favorite bits of Anne. (Notice the sprig of hydrangea next to the book on the table: a souvenir from Montgomery's birthplace.)
I read from Montgomery’s journals, including the following bit:
Today has been, as Anne herself would say an "epoch in my life". My book came today, fresh from the publishers. I candidly confess that it was for me a proud, wonderful, thrilling moment! There in my hand lay the material realization of all the dreams and hopes and ambitions and struggles of my whole conscious existence—my first book! Not a great book at all—but mine, mine, mine—something to which I had given birth—something which, but for me, would never have existed.
And of course, I couldn’t get through that without crying—but can you blame me, having so recently finished my own first book?
Then we chatted some more, mostly about books, and looked at photos from our family’s trip to PEI in 2005 ... the recreated Green Gables, Montgomery's birthplace and grave ...
All in all, a splendid time was had by all.
8 comments:
Ah, what fun! I love that excerpt from her journal.... Are you in the blue dress at the front?
Uh, that was me. My mom was still signed in... :)
Yep, that's me, Sherry/Erin. ;)
We had such a nice time.
what kind of tea do you like best? my favorites are 'sugar cookie sleigh ride' and 'English breakfast'.
Hmm, those sound familiar, Marie! :) We drank peppermint, but I adore chai.
You finished your book?!
Wow! I'm such a slacker.
And I forgot:
When may I read said book?
Oh, now I have to qualify, Sally. Finished, as in, I wrote the first draft. But really, nowhere near finished. :) The first 7 1/2 of 15 chapters are edited fairly well, but there's still a long road ahead. I'll try and resend 4&5 this week. Thanks for reminding me!
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