Always looking for good news. Chop Wood, Carry Water, which is Jess Craven's Substack, has a Sunday round-up of all the good news and it always cheers me. Good things still happen.
LOVED this post, Amy! So many good things! I requested my library purchase Draw Your Adventures and put another one of Samantha's books on hold. LOVE your drawings of SF. Love the leaves, love good news, looked for the Faces, Places on Hoopla but didn't see it. I'll keep searching, the film looks fab. I love Jonathan Edward Durham's idea - I'd be a regular! Love the reminder about preferences (I would have chosen the door knob) which reminded me of an art prof's gentle reminder, "Not every mark is precious . . ." Fantastic first read of my day. Thanks!!
ahh this post gave me so much to smile about... especially that delightful art film trailer --I so hope to find the movie! OH-- and the fall leaves. Many thanks for the reminder to pick up a few.
I grew up in Central Jersey (which absolutely is a thing). My 5th grade teacher was a genuine Piney (i.e., lived in the Pine Barrens part of the state). He was probably the first person who ever told us the tales of the Jersey Devil - I'm going to say those tales came out around this time of year, during spooky season. 5th grade was absolutely the right age to hear these stories - you *know* they're not real, but you're also just young enough that they send the shivers down your spine and then you ask your parents over dinner if they've ever heard of the Jersey Devil and see what they think. (For the record, my mother was from CT and they had different legends in New England; my dad was from Newark and was vaguely aware of the Jersey Devil story, but told us it was nonsense and we believed him.)
Oh my goodness now I am very curious about this forthcoming book that will include things like the Jersey Devil, which, as a southerner, I have definitely never heard of! GoodGoodGood.co is a great source for good news. You can subscribe to a weekly e-mail of good news, and you can also subscribe to get an actual old-fashioned newspaper packed with good news on the first day of each month. It is a delight!
Wow!! This post is loaded.. I'll use all weekend to sift through it. I live in Alaska, Juneau has mostly spruce trees.. I miss those beautiful leaves of my Midwest childhood home. I can recall the sweet musty scent of wet fall leaves through your picture.
Have a great Halloween, looking forward to your book.
I live and grew up in southern New Jersey, the Jersey Devil was brought up a lot whenever campfire scary stories were shared. My only knowledge of the Jersey Devil is he is the 13th child of Mrs Leeds,born with deformities and banished to their basement and shunned by everyone in his family and community. Mr Leeds believed he wasn't the child's father and that it was the Devil's child. He escaped the basement and lived in the Pine Barrens of NJ, haunting the people who lived there. killing animals and people. He is still brought up when things are creepy and scary in the dark.
I've lived almost three-quarters of a century in NJ and can't remember a time I did not hear about the Jersey Devil. Though I am from Northern NJ and the Jersey Devil was a Pine Barrens (Central and South Jersey) Legend the stories made their way up to us. My first real recollection of the mention of the Devil was at Boy Scout Camp in Morris County. Around the campfire in the woods is always a good place to share spooky stories and this one was about the half-man creature that came after unsuspecting campers or hikers for a meal. Later when camping at Bass River State Forest in the Pinelands I met up with some fellow campers who swore that they had seen the Jersey Devil, always running across the road, just beyond the reach of headlights. We've taken the story for granted so that when our professional hockey team chose the name, NJ Devils, no one had to ask why.
I grew up in South Jersey and heard about the Jersey Devil my whole life but I'm sad to say I can't recall anything specific. I had a book with old tales of New Jersey that I'm sure included information/stories about the Jersey Devil but I'm afraid it's not one that made they cut when we moved last summer. I'll check in with my siblings to see if any of them have anything to offer or remember the book. You may want to check John McPhee's "The Pine Barrens" as I'm pretty sure he included such stories. I always associated the Jersey Devi with the pine barrens, an area located in Central and Southern N.J.
I grew up in the 50s and 60s in suburban New Jersey, an hour out of NYC, and certainly remember hearing campfire stories about the Jersey Devil. For us, he lived in the Great Swamp near Morristown.
Always looking for good news. Chop Wood, Carry Water, which is Jess Craven's Substack, has a Sunday round-up of all the good news and it always cheers me. Good things still happen.
LOVED this post, Amy! So many good things! I requested my library purchase Draw Your Adventures and put another one of Samantha's books on hold. LOVE your drawings of SF. Love the leaves, love good news, looked for the Faces, Places on Hoopla but didn't see it. I'll keep searching, the film looks fab. I love Jonathan Edward Durham's idea - I'd be a regular! Love the reminder about preferences (I would have chosen the door knob) which reminded me of an art prof's gentle reminder, "Not every mark is precious . . ." Fantastic first read of my day. Thanks!!
A good news feed is just what we need.
ahh this post gave me so much to smile about... especially that delightful art film trailer --I so hope to find the movie! OH-- and the fall leaves. Many thanks for the reminder to pick up a few.
It certainly is good to be here. 🩵
I grew up in Central Jersey (which absolutely is a thing). My 5th grade teacher was a genuine Piney (i.e., lived in the Pine Barrens part of the state). He was probably the first person who ever told us the tales of the Jersey Devil - I'm going to say those tales came out around this time of year, during spooky season. 5th grade was absolutely the right age to hear these stories - you *know* they're not real, but you're also just young enough that they send the shivers down your spine and then you ask your parents over dinner if they've ever heard of the Jersey Devil and see what they think. (For the record, my mother was from CT and they had different legends in New England; my dad was from Newark and was vaguely aware of the Jersey Devil story, but told us it was nonsense and we believed him.)
Loved Faces Places!! I'm a big fan of the Gleaners & I ... but I'd never seen this film. Great rec.
Just got two different @SamanthaBakerDion books in the mail today! I ordered them as a birthday present to myself lol. So excited to dig into them.
ok, figured out the correct tag 😁 @sdionbakerdesign
Oh my goodness now I am very curious about this forthcoming book that will include things like the Jersey Devil, which, as a southerner, I have definitely never heard of! GoodGoodGood.co is a great source for good news. You can subscribe to a weekly e-mail of good news, and you can also subscribe to get an actual old-fashioned newspaper packed with good news on the first day of each month. It is a delight!
Faces/Places is the absolute best. I had forgotten about it. Thank you for mentioning it!
Thx for those leaves. It’s like opening up a new box of crayolas. Looking forward to the new book.
Wow!! This post is loaded.. I'll use all weekend to sift through it. I live in Alaska, Juneau has mostly spruce trees.. I miss those beautiful leaves of my Midwest childhood home. I can recall the sweet musty scent of wet fall leaves through your picture.
Have a great Halloween, looking forward to your book.
Hi Amy,
I live and grew up in southern New Jersey, the Jersey Devil was brought up a lot whenever campfire scary stories were shared. My only knowledge of the Jersey Devil is he is the 13th child of Mrs Leeds,born with deformities and banished to their basement and shunned by everyone in his family and community. Mr Leeds believed he wasn't the child's father and that it was the Devil's child. He escaped the basement and lived in the Pine Barrens of NJ, haunting the people who lived there. killing animals and people. He is still brought up when things are creepy and scary in the dark.
I've lived almost three-quarters of a century in NJ and can't remember a time I did not hear about the Jersey Devil. Though I am from Northern NJ and the Jersey Devil was a Pine Barrens (Central and South Jersey) Legend the stories made their way up to us. My first real recollection of the mention of the Devil was at Boy Scout Camp in Morris County. Around the campfire in the woods is always a good place to share spooky stories and this one was about the half-man creature that came after unsuspecting campers or hikers for a meal. Later when camping at Bass River State Forest in the Pinelands I met up with some fellow campers who swore that they had seen the Jersey Devil, always running across the road, just beyond the reach of headlights. We've taken the story for granted so that when our professional hockey team chose the name, NJ Devils, no one had to ask why.
Faces Places is on Kanopy if you (or your library) have that. I’m looking forward to watching it this weekend. :)
I grew up in South Jersey and heard about the Jersey Devil my whole life but I'm sad to say I can't recall anything specific. I had a book with old tales of New Jersey that I'm sure included information/stories about the Jersey Devil but I'm afraid it's not one that made they cut when we moved last summer. I'll check in with my siblings to see if any of them have anything to offer or remember the book. You may want to check John McPhee's "The Pine Barrens" as I'm pretty sure he included such stories. I always associated the Jersey Devi with the pine barrens, an area located in Central and Southern N.J.
I grew up in the 50s and 60s in suburban New Jersey, an hour out of NYC, and certainly remember hearing campfire stories about the Jersey Devil. For us, he lived in the Great Swamp near Morristown.