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| "The Barn by Egg and I Road" oil landscape painting by Robin Weiss SOLD |
Man, I have been procrastinating on the blog again! I think it is because I have so much stuff banging around in my head to post about, that I just keep putting it off! In my effort to get the ball rolling again I will post this warm up study of a photo I took last summer. this is a familiar barn to lots of us who live on the Kitsap Peninnsula. Its right off the main highway on the way to Port Townsend and right next to a road named for a book that is iconic in our area.
The Egg and I, first published in 1945, is a
humorous memoir by
American author Betty MacDonald about her adventures and travels as a young wife on a
chicken farm on the
Olympic Peninsula in
Washington
state. The book is based on the author's experiences as a newlywed in
trying to acclimate and operate a small chicken farm with her first
husband Robert Heskett from 1927 to 1931 near
Chimacum, Washington. On visits with her family in
Seattle,
she told stories of their tribulations, which greatly amused them. In
the 1940s, MacDonald's sisters strongly encouraged her to write a book
about these experiences.
The Egg and I was MacDonald's first attempt at writing a book.
First published by the
J. B. Lippincott Company on October 3, 1945,
The Egg and I
received laudatory reviews and soon appeared on the best-seller list.
The book was a blockbuster success as a novel, being reprinted on a
nearly monthly basis for the next two years.
On September 12, 1946, the specially-bound one-millionth copy of the book was presented to MacDonald by
Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren at a luncheon in
Seattle
These excerpts were taken from Wikipedia. I have not yet read the book even though it has been on my bookshelf for about 20 years! After doing this research I will have to read it!
