Sunday, January 11, 2015

Betty MacDonald, Mark Twain and Charlie Hebdo


“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” -- Mark Twain

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We totally agree with Mark Twain. As The Guardian wrote: Don't stop laughing about these murderous clowns!

New Betty MacDonald fan club honor member - author Tracy Tyne Hilton

Betty MacDonald fan club fans, 

It's a very special day today.

Welcome dearest Tracy Tyne Hilton as Betty MacDonald fan club honor member!

And most important - Happy birthday dearest Tracy Tyne Hilton in the name of many Tracy Tyne Hilton - and Betty MacDonald fan club fans from 40 countries. 

 We wish you the most wonderful birthday ever!

There are many Betty MacDonald fan club fans who adore your books very much!

Best wishes and lots of love,

Linde Lund 

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer


Betty MacDonald fan club interview with author Tracy Tyne Hilton

Betty MacDonald fan club fans, 

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund interviewed author Traci Tyne Hilton who is a huge Betty MacDonald fan.

Many greetings to Traci Tyne Hilton and Betty MacDonald fan club fans around the world.

Lena


       Betty MacDonald fan  club interview with author Traci Tyne Hilton
                Copyright 2014 by Traci Tyne Hilton & Linde Lund
                                        All rights reserved


I can find several interviews with you. Which two ones do you prefer?

Here are two recent interviews. The second one is a "character interview" with the characters from my newest book, which is kind of fun.

 
This is a picture of me on my tenth wedding anniversary at The Betty MacDonald Farm on Vashon. My sweet husband planned our weekend away, but didn't realize that I actually wanted to STAY at the farm! But he did drive me there to see it before we went home, though. I'm pretty little in the picture, but if you look closely, you can see me by the door to the barn.
Which book by Betty MacDonald did you read first?
My mom gave me her copy of The Egg and I when I was about 11. It was my first taste of Betty Macdonald, but I was definitely hooked! I read it at least once a year until I was in my twenties and finally got around to finding the rest of her work at my library...and then collecting reprints.
What do you like most in Betty MacDonald's books?
I love her over the top humor paired with her brutally honest representation of life. 
Is there anything you dislike in Betty MacDonald's books?
One could call her portrayal of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest in the Egg and I racist, but she was a woman of her time, and the things she writes about, such as alcoholism, are not untrue. They are just reported with that brutal honesty that she also uses for her white neighbors--no one is safe from her sharp pen. So, it makes me a little uncomfortable to read, but at the same time, I think it is real (from her perspective at least, and her perspective is valid,) and I don't dislike it, if that makes sense.
Did you ever read Betty MacDonald's books for children for example The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series and  Nancy and Plum?
Oh yes! I wish I had had them as kids, but I have been reading them to my kids which is even better! My sister in law bought me Nancy and Plum several years back, and I love it. I don't know why it's not a classic on par with the Secret Garden or the Little Princess! But...even better than Nancy and Plum are the Piggle Wiggle books. They crack my kids up, and were the first chapter books that my girls really devoured. They crack me up, too!
What is your favourite book by Betty MacDonald?
It is still The Egg and I. It's a book that formed so much of my opinion on fiction and held such an important part of my growing up--I don't think anything could beat it. My husband and I call snobby activities "The Theatah and the Dahnce" and I've been known to say "I itch, so I scratch, so what?" 
Did Betty MacDonald influence you as author?
Absolutely. Though I write mysteries I want them to be funny, and I hold Betty MacDonald's work up as a standard for humor.
What do you think is the reason Betty MacDonald is beloved all over the world?

Betty's work gives us a glimpse into a world that we would have never known without her. Both life in the Olympic Mountains and on Vashon are so different from regular town and city life. I think readers love to escape, and the more remote the location, the more different the people we get to meet, the more we love the work! Betty's books help us all escape to a time that is getting farther and farther away, and a place that doesn't even exist anymore, but even when it did, it was unexpected, hilarious, and stunningly beautiful.
Dearest Traci I hope I don't bore with so many questions.


I wasn't a bit bored! Betty MacDonald is definitely my favorite author and I loved having a chance to talk about her work and why I love it so much!
As I already mentioned there are several Betty MacDonald fan club fans who enjoy your books very much.
That people who love Betty MacDonald also like my books is almost unbelievable to me, and really is a dream come true, as an author. When I was a young girl, curled up with her work, escaping to that remote egg farm, I never dreamed that someday people who loved her, would also enjoy what I had to say.

Dearest Traci thanks a million for this wonderful interview.

Lots of love to you and your family.

Lots of love to you, as well! Thank you.


Traci

Saturday, January 10, 2015

New Betty MacDonald fan club honor member will be introduced

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,



2014  was the most successful year in history of Betty MacDonald fan club members regarding new members, research results and international activities and projects.

2015 will be even better............


We can be very grateful and happy having wonderful Betty MacDonald fan club fans and Betty MacDonald fan club honor members.

Speaking of Betty MacDonald fan club honor members Linde Lund is going to  introduce an outstanding new Betty MacDonald fan club honor member on Sunday. 

Who is it?   We are very curious!!!!

We are delighted that Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is back.
I'm a huge Mr. Tigerli fan and adore  the new delightful story very much.


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel are going to talk about new Betty MacDonald fan club goals and projects in 2015.

Yours,

Dani

Betty MacDonald forum 

Betty MacDonald fan club fans support Charlie Hebdo

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

great news!

Many Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world are going to order  Charlie Hebdo.

We all are Charlie Hebdo and Charlie Hebdo needs our support.

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund posted a message.

We bet  Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli will also support Charlie Hebdo.

We talked about Betty MacDonald and nature.

In case you are interested in joining Ruud's Betty MacDonald's fan club research team ' Betty MacDonald and nature ' you are welcome.

You can see a flying drone over Snoqualmie Falls in Washington State.

The situtation is very difficult and dangerous.

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund and Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel have been interviewed for  Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter.

Betty MacDonald fan club meetings in London and Berlin had been very successful.

There will be two Betty MacDonald fan club DVD's available soon.

Take care,

Nicole  & Malte


Betty MacDonald fan club

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Conversation with Betty MacDonald and Letizia Mancino

Dearest Linde and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,
we are now in Rome. I just opened the computer!
Thank you very much  for your very important work for Betty MacDonald fan club!
Mr. Tigerli is indeed very strange!  I do not think that he really likes to marry the  Phyton lady Julia; she is too expensive for him!   But the truth is  she would like to go to India with him and introduce Mr Tigerli to  her parents! They are 5 meters long and 15 cm thick! Mr. Tigerli does not  like that!
You can tell everybody that Mr. Tigerli apologizes very much the exchange of  the Russian girl with the snake. He prefers a father in law from Russia! He rather would drink one liter Wodka with a future father-in-law from Novosibirsk than to meet future snake parents in Calcutta! 
This is the happy news for 2015! 
I hope that you might publish these good news as soon as possible.
Happy new year from ice-cold Rome,
Letizia and Christoph

Betty MacDonald fan club 

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Conversation with Betty MacDonald and Letizia Mancino

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is back with a new very hot love affair.

Read and enjoy the new outstanding Mr. Tigerli story written by Betty MacDonald fan club honor member, artist and author Letizia Mancino.

Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mary Holmes translated it in English language.

Thanks a million dearest Letizia Mancino, Mary Holmes and not to forget our unique Mr. Tigerli in the name of many Betty MacDonald fan club fans in 5 continents.

Love,

Greta 




Mr. Tigerli’s new love

Copyright 2014 by Letizia Mancino
translated by Mary Holmes
All rights reserved


Mr. Tigerli isn’t flying to London!

That’s a pity!

Mary Holmes had offered to go with him. She was born in London.

Does the cat have a problem speaking English?

No, if he had an hour’s English lesson every day he would easily be able to carry on a conversation with Larry and Prince Charles.

He is so gifted!

But he is vain, Betty!

We can allow him that!!

But who pays the high bills for the cosmetics and the manicurists and hairdressers?

The Queen of England.

But he will not be one of her entourage anymore!

That’s such a shame! The Queen will be very disappointed.

He got himself so well prepared. I was so proud of him: every day he practiced at the Patton Barracks and Mark Twain Village in Heidelberg.

At the American Head Quarters?

Yes, but now there are just hundreds of acres of overgrown ground.

Have the Americans left?

Yes, but the mice are back.

The Houses of Parliament in London have been totally over-run with mice and can’t control them!

But now it’s all for nothing! Tigerli isn’t going to London!

He must have very serious reasons for this decision!

Very! The honour of going to present himself to the Queen didn’t seem to be important anymore.

What has happened?

I daren’t tell you the true story.

Come, Roman Nose, I’m sure I’m strong enough to bear it.

Perhaps not... and also it could be a problem for the fans!

Come!

He has disappeared!

Where’s he gone?

He’s not far from my studio. I have discovered that Mr.Tigerli is at my neighbour’s house.

Has it something to do with a girl?

That was my first thought.

Casanova!

My neighbour’s daughter is just 20 years old. Very curvatious, a very attractive redhead.

They are very dangerous!

But I have spoken with Alena’s mother and he isn’t interested in Alena!

That’s strange.

He is there to visit another woman in the house. Don’t get too much of a shock, Betty. She is a female python!

How terrible!

He is deeply in love with her: he stands under her window for hours like a Romeo. „But, come, what light through yonder window breaks? Come to the window my beautiful love“

A „Don Giovanni“.

A lost soul!

Does she show herself at the window?

No, she is not allowed to leave the house!

What does Tigerli find attractive about a cold snake?

Hot love! He doesn’t come to me any more for his food. The salmon remains in his bowl.

 A person who is in love does loose his appetite!

They eat together in the evening1

Mice from Patton Barracks?

No, deep-frozen rats from the firm Beaufreeze!

How romantic! By candle light?

Without. Tigeli’s eyes shine brightly enough!

Passionate love!

Hugging each other tightly!

Breathtakingly beautiful!

Breathtakingly!

Do you think he will stay with her forever?

She is the right woman for him. I can’t begin to tolerate these mice

A paradise for them!

Yes, Betty!

And if they marry?

We will invite all Mr. Tigerli’s friends to the wedding


END

Friday, June 6, 2014

Most successful Betty MacDonald fan club item

Betty MacDonald fans,

it's the day of Betty MacDonald fan club contest part II.

The most popular Betty MacDonald fan club item ever - Betty MacDonald fan club intereview DVD with Betty MacDonald's very witty sister Alison Bard Burnett and unique Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel is waiting for you!

More info on Betty MacDonald fan club blog!

Rosi

Betty MacDonald fan club
http://bettymacdonaldfanclub.blogspot.com/