Hey Everyone!!
I hope you all had a tremendous New Year, and many thanks for stopping-by PhillipEdwin.com and/or Phillip Edwin (author) FB page for their first post of 2016!! I pray ‘16 overflows with extraordinary readings, phenomenal writings, and exceptional ideals which revolutionize our thoughts, spirits, and values so we’re best equipped to reshape our world for a better tomorrow!!
An epitome of change indeed tiptoes through our opening paragraph, and one fictional character that’s no stranger to it—may it be consciously or subconsciously—is Canadian orphan Anne Shirley.
Highly imaginative and outspoken, although well-meaning, Anne was born in Nova Scotia to two schoolteachers. But when both died of typhoid fever when she was three-months old, she spent her subsequent years between acquaintances of her parents and orphanages until adopted, in her early teens, by a pair of elderly siblings who lived on Green Gables farm in the fictional town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island.
While the siblings had requested a boy from the orphanage to assist with farm duties and Anne arrived in error, she immediately enchanted nevertheless both the siblings and the Avonlea community with her charming character, refreshing nature, and new-age ideals.
Back in November, I’d posted a tribute to Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and mentioned though I hadn’t read her ‘Anne’ novels at that point (…and had only viewed the made-for-television movies which were tremendous!), I’d without doubt begin reading them in 2016. Therefore today, I stopped by my local library and snagged ‘Anne of Green Gables’ (1908) from the shelf and planned to read it during the first weeks February! For one reason or another nonetheless, the library only had an annotated version which featured, in its wide margins, explanatory notes, summaries, translations, etc…, meant to aid teachers and instructors. At first, I scratched my head at the idea of reading from such a book (…perhaps because I’d never had and wasn’t certain of what to expect), but after I’d thought about it, I’d figured I’d gained a unique opportunity to enhance my own understanding of Ms. Montgomery’s work so long as the notations didn’t give the story away.
Hence, many thanks for stopping by, have an extraordinary February, and if you’d like to read an interesting tale brimming with hope and enchantment, pick up ‘Anne of Green Gables’ by Lucy Maud Montgomery from your local library!
We’ll ttys!
Phil