Night Train
Ready for Night Train?
You’ll meet him here, beginning April 28.
Tags: Atchafalaya, barred owl, Night Train, Scholastic, Woof
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8:33 am on January 9th, 2015
Good morning! Night Train? O.K. You got us now, Spence.
8:51 am on January 9th, 2015
We are buying a couple copies of that for the Grands and us. Just think, when it comes out it will be spring!
Morning all. Stay warm and safe!
8:52 am on January 9th, 2015
Just heard that the Paris police have the two terrorists surrounded in a building. There will be no escape!
9:14 am on January 9th, 2015
Good morning OH and B&M&L and alll! Woof! will the second be Woof Woof?
Have a fractious Friday.
9:44 am on January 9th, 2015
Good morning all.
9:49 am on January 9th, 2015
B,M,&L, Thay have hostages!
9:57 am on January 9th, 2015
Fractious? It must be Friday in Paris.
Good Morning: O’Howlers, Barb,Magpie,Lucy, B, Hounds and Everyone.
Woof! It’s an Owl.
10:05 am on January 9th, 2015
Howlers, evidently 2 separate locations. One a print shop, second a kosher grocery.
10:07 am on January 9th, 2015
Yeeeep!….I’m closing my eyes and hiding my flat-head till this is all over with….Yeeeeep!
10:12 am on January 9th, 2015
Us too, Rio!!! And our hearts are in France right now. Dog be with them.
10:23 am on January 9th, 2015
And Kat be with them too!
Everyone, Be careful on the icy roads.
10:31 am on January 9th, 2015
Um, OK, confused. This has something to do with the YA series?
(Is the owl part of that? Good picture of the owl, anyway.)
Also, Good Morning to All.
10:36 am on January 9th, 2015
DianeC: Yes, Woof is the first book in the new series. We are not sure about the owl either. Maybe someone else knows.
10:57 am on January 9th, 2015
Masquers–Thanks.
MPM–Base 16? Aaagh! (Base 10 was once explained to me as quite logical, and it seemed so during the explanation, but then…yikes!) You have my admiration.
Tupper’s Mama–Sequoyah/Sequoia rocks indeed–and his system is reportedly a more logical way to read and write, once you learn it. Good on him!
HOH–As you note, I discovered a whole passel of Cherokee-themed places and artifacts in TN, including a carving of Seq. at a museum there. (And in case there’s anyone interested, the Cherokee Nation website offers an online course in learning the Cherokee language–along with specs for what kind of capabilities your computer needs to do so.)
Awaiting news from France with the rest of you…
10:59 am on January 9th, 2015
What is the recommended age range for YA?
Barb’s boss called and told her he saw about 50 cars in ditches this morning on his 1 1/2 hour drive.
11:00 am on January 9th, 2015
Mama says she just can’t seem to get away from those birds. Her people really don’t like them – so much so that they don’t even call them by name. Yet lately, they have been everywhere. FB posts, news shows, magazines. And the other night, one flew DIRECTLY over her windshield on the highway. Gave her a major case of the shudders.
Now we find OFA’s new, greatly anticipated book has one of those birds.
Sheesh, couldn’t it have been a pelican?
11:04 am on January 9th, 2015
I guess there is an owl named Night Train in the book.
Good morning everyone.
11:05 am on January 9th, 2015
Night Train is Birdie’s good luck owl.
11:07 am on January 9th, 2015
We love owls. Why do you not like them?
Gunfire and explosions at print shop.
11:09 am on January 9th, 2015
But Tupper and Gilly, what about Hedwig?
11:17 am on January 9th, 2015
We Like Owls too.
Royals, Please Explain.
11:21 am on January 9th, 2015
B,M,&L: YA means younger than 75.
11:33 am on January 9th, 2015
O’Howlers: We thought it meant Young Always.
11:43 am on January 9th, 2015
Young!…Adult Pug…snort!
Stover!…Did you enjoy WOOF?…chuffle!…What a dumb question!
11:45 am on January 9th, 2015
Barb: The American Library Association defines “young adult” as twelve to eighteen years of age.
11:46 am on January 9th, 2015
Charlie suspects killed in siege. Just on the internet, live report
11:50 am on January 9th, 2015
Rio: Woof is excellent! Birdie says Night Train is her good luck owl which upsets Bowser. Then she says, “‘Of course, he belongs to nobody.’ Whew! I did not like the idea of Birdie having an owl, not one little bit. Me and Birdie: a team. Wasn’t that obvious? And there was no room for more. My mind was absolutely made up on that question, case closed” (216).
11:54 am on January 9th, 2015
Ok – now as to those birds:
Native Americans tend to be on one side of that coin or the others. Many Nations revere and respect those birds. However, just as many other Nations see them as purveyors of bad luck, or even precursors of death.
In the southwest, the Pueblo potters have created those birds for generations to sit on their windowsills with the idea that the stronger, more aggressive Nations (Navajo and Apache) who fear those birds would not raid their homes.
The Storyteller comes from a Nation that also avoids that bird, but not to the extent that we do. It is just the way it is – why do people avoid black cats, broken mirrors and the number 13. None of those things bother us in the least. Nor do we knock on wood, gather 4 leaf clovers or cross ourselves.
Its all how you are raised.
12:02 pm on January 9th, 2015
Stover!….Excellant!…wheeze!…The sad thing is I don’t think I will survive the winter to be able to read that book…sob!sob!sob!…sniffle!
12:36 pm on January 9th, 2015
Royal Mum: Thank you for the Familial Background on Owls.
In Our Experience Owl can be a Spirit Guide and Crow can bring Messages of Impending Trouble. Even the gentler birds such as wrens and robins speak to Those Who Listen….as perhaps does All of Nature.
12:37 pm on January 9th, 2015
B: Woozer! We are going Love Woof!!
12:43 pm on January 9th, 2015
Rio: You’ll survive the winter never fear. It just seems horrendous. We have about six inches of snow which is quite beautiful glistening in the sun.
In Paris on the Arch of Triomphe, they have a lighted sign, “Paris Est Charlie.”
Grammar: “Its” is a possessive pronoun. If you can use “his” then “its” is correct. If not, you mean “it is” and the apostrophe is needed in place of the missing letter: “it’s.” End of lesson.
12:48 pm on January 9th, 2015
Barb is mad at me because I just killed a squirrel. What does she expect, if he’s in my dam yard he is fair game. Little bugger couldn’t run fast enough in the deep snow. That makes Maggie 2, squirrels nuttin. Barb says her stomach is all queasy.
12:49 pm on January 9th, 2015
Love the cover of Wolf!
Night Train is a cool name for an owl. There was an owl that lived and hunted around my dog park for quite awhile.
Rio, pal, you will make it through the winter. You really will. Just hang in there.
12:51 pm on January 9th, 2015
Bee – hanging our head in typo shame.
12:51 pm on January 9th, 2015
Maggie, You Go Girl!
(whispering) Barb will get over it.
1:04 pm on January 9th, 2015
Tupper’s Mama: We couldn’t find your Grammatical Error…Probably reading every other word again.
Hey for Maggie! (apologies to Barb).
1:10 pm on January 9th, 2015
LL the L here for Maggie, Really, a squirrel? I keep trying but those little buggers can climb trees…Not fair! I get voles and moles and gophers and sushi…I want a squirrel! Maggie, who’s a good girl? YOU!
On the unfortunate note in France, some of the hostages at the second site were killed 🙁 But the Bros that began it yeaterday are gone, thank dog. Don’t mess with the frogs!
1:11 pm on January 9th, 2015
Sorry about the grammar lesson. I’ve been seeing “its” used incorrectly for a while now and it just irritates me. No big deal and I’ll get over it.
I think Maggie should be ashamed of herself. I like squirrels.
1:19 pm on January 9th, 2015
Okay…Now we see it…in the Last Sentence…its instead of it’s.
But in the Royal Mum’s defense we don’t think it was intentional…just the Otter Cork on the job.
B: As for your irritation over Grammar Slips, as an English Professor how can you Not be?
1:24 pm on January 9th, 2015
T&G’s Mama, 50 lashes with a wet noodle for your grammatical oops!
1:27 pm on January 9th, 2015
Heh, heh.
BStover: I went back to check it wasn’t me that wrote its! It seems I wan’t the only one.
1:30 pm on January 9th, 2015
It’s the “Arc” of Triomphe, not the “arch” which is English. And, of course, its “de” not “of.” I think I’d better stop now.
1:53 pm on January 9th, 2015
Good Mid-Afternoon! I am taking a quick break while I have a prep period. Another 2 hour delay today. The roads and cold are deadly in the early morning, but those 2 hours do make a difference.
I know that YA is targeted towards the 12 to 18 group, but I find that I enjoy many of the titles. Sometimes the students tell me about a new book that they are enjoying. The most recent one I read was “The Boy on the Wooden Box” by Leon Leyson. It is an autobiography of one of the youngest people on Schindler’s list. I find that I can easily finish YA books. During the winter when the standardized tests are looming on the horizon, a book that I can easily finish is the best book ever!
Have a safe travel day.
2:03 pm on January 9th, 2015
Bee – not excusing but our big computer always otter corks it’s to its. No idea why. Our tablet and phone don’t. We try to catch it but it does slip through.
And we understand how it gets to you. Our bugaboo is when people modify “unique”.
2:15 pm on January 9th, 2015
This is serious. B is now correcting herself.
2:18 pm on January 9th, 2015
Tupper and Gilly: I have a friend who gets livid over the use of “literally” as in, “I literally froze to death.” I sometimes use it incorrectly just to annoy him.
2:19 pm on January 9th, 2015
Masquers is making me laugh.
3:05 pm on January 9th, 2015
Barb here. I feel bad because the squirrels are attracted to the bird feeders that I put out. They are close to the patio, so in this snow the poor things just can’t run fast enough to get out of the yard. He almost made it. I didn’t mind when it was rats, and Maggie just thinks she is doing her job to rid the premises of all little furry things. It was still gruesome to watch.
I have a funny one for you – saw a F B posting with a pic of someone’s kids. She said “They are really cute and there smart too. I oh so wanted to comment!
3:05 pm on January 9th, 2015
Masquers: Perhaps B’s brain has frozen in “correct” mode. It will thaw out eventually.
I do notice when someone uses “literally” unliterally.
3:44 pm on January 9th, 2015
Y’all are cracking our mom up! She is ROFL! It, It’s Its, there, their. they’re, hear, here, so, sew and sew on! Chortle, snuffle.
3:48 pm on January 9th, 2015
Martha, thank you for the book shout out. When mom taught literacy she tried to keep up with new “YA” books (6th grade and up). Now that she is retarded, she has to rely “on the company of strangers”.
3:48 pm on January 9th, 2015
Night Train, is that supposed to a ring a bell or something ?
3:55 pm on January 9th, 2015
Hello NASHWA. Maybe I should click on your link. Wait, I think I’ll go ask Rio first.
Here’s one more. My DIL emailed the other day that she would let everyone know the amount do on our meat order.
4:27 pm on January 9th, 2015
B, Barb & Dawson: Their (heh, heh just kidding) There are so many mistakes on F/b and I have to believe most of these are intelligent people. Proper use of the English language has gone the way of the Dodo.
4:32 pm on January 9th, 2015
We agree. Us it pisses off!
4:43 pm on January 9th, 2015
Why are there Always Links?
4:45 pm on January 9th, 2015
BML: That one took me a while. lol.
5:39 pm on January 9th, 2015
It is very difficult to use the computer when a certain blond dog wants to lay across the keyboard and take over the mouse. I am miffed. And even though it is only 30 minutes early, mom refuses to make with the doggy dinner. Again, miffed.
It is really gray and cold here, but at least we don’t have any of that wet stuff.
Wish I had anything interesting to say, but sadly, that is not the case. Take care.
5:48 pm on January 9th, 2015
MTMP:
If I wait until I had something interesting to share then my posts would be few and far apart. What is interesting to me right now is a nap.
5:52 pm on January 9th, 2015
MTMP, interesting or not, just love hearing from you and your ma. She has a wicked sense of humor!
5:53 pm on January 9th, 2015
Barb, don’t feel guilty. Squirrels are just rats with fuzzy tails.
We love Rob Lowe on Parks and Rec. We LITERALLY love him! Heh!
Martha, thanks for the knotting/sewing/crocheting instructions. Not gonna’ happen here. T.C. would like it if we could purchase more of those mousies though. That was her very favorite Christmas present. It was the most unique. Heh!!
5:54 pm on January 9th, 2015
Macy, ditto to what HOH and Dawson said. You are always more entertaining than us us us.
6:42 pm on January 9th, 2015
OH, mom is ROFL at your description of the squirrel. She agrees 100%.
6:45 pm on January 9th, 2015
Saw where actor Rod Taylor passed today. Mom always thought he was a) good looking and b) talented. Never knew he was an Aussie. Are there any ugly guys down under? We should ask Liz.
6:45 pm on January 9th, 2015
Dear Macy: Even when you say you aren’t interesting, you are.
6:48 pm on January 9th, 2015
First Edward Hermann, now Rod Taylor. That’s 2 Out of 3.
6:58 pm on January 9th, 2015
B. Stover–should I even ask how you feel about people who use what I think of as “pre-emptive” apostrophes for plurals? (I think they’re a pre-emptive decision for those who aren’t sure whether or not to use one, so just throw one in anyway, as in
“With best regards from the Quinn’s”)
I like owls, but wish they were vegetarian.
HOH–“Don’t mess with the frogs” Yeah.
7:07 pm on January 9th, 2015
HOH–RIP Rod Taylor–I had a crush on him as a child–he starred in a TV show called Hong Kong. As to your question, Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna Everage–another role model of mine) is Australian.
7:07 pm on January 9th, 2015
“Pre-emptive” apostrophies? He, he, he, chortle,. gawfaw!
7:14 pm on January 9th, 2015
http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/trim.DAC9FFC3-B59A-4B64-8280-1420873A3D76.MOV
7:20 pm on January 9th, 2015
Martha–I’m a big fan of a number of YA books (and in fact we have an adult discussion of one scheduled next week) so you’re not alone.
7:22 pm on January 9th, 2015
Lucy Lou here and want y’all to know that I am putting that rotten POP back into their cages. Silly critters!
7:26 pm on January 9th, 2015
DianeC. and Martha, our mom too likes YA books and finds it interesting that we are supposed to “grow out” of the era. Mom is kind of Peter Pan…”I won’t grow up”.
7:26 pm on January 9th, 2015
And finally–Not that anyone asked, but “Night Train” has a special significance in these parts (I just googled and found what I wanted–[a beverege] “for the economical drunkard”
http://www.bumwine.com/nighttrain.html
I really am going to try and make it to the gym now…
7:42 pm on January 9th, 2015
Along that line there is a wine label called “Night Harvest”.
7:52 pm on January 9th, 2015
8:01 pm on January 9th, 2015
Wine from Australia…only the best for Riö and moi.
8:03 pm on January 9th, 2015
Siber Mr. H, my paw pal. I can excavete in any weather!
What a team we be!
8:33 pm on January 9th, 2015
Maskers!…Memories!…chorkel!…I knew Night Train was a type of liquor but when I googled it all I found were song lyrics…sniff!
8:34 pm on January 9th, 2015
Darah, LOL
If you come and visit me you can dig all you want and not get wet, muddy, or dirty. Sand has its advantages.
8:47 pm on January 9th, 2015
Siber Mr H, Wowser, what an idea! Did you come up with that? You are such a smart guy.
9:10 pm on January 9th, 2015
Wrenching!….sob!…We are watching the 1st of the last four episodes of “Parenthood”…sniffle!…It is hard to watch…
9:24 pm on January 9th, 2015
Just had our friend Bill the Drummer over for dinner and laughter and great conversation.
Last summer, he mentioned to us in passing that he had always wanted a (Mohawk, hand-made lacrosse) stick. We got him one for Christmas. But instead of wrapping it, we got a twig from the back yard, and wrapped that up with very fancy paper and bow and ribbons. He was so excited to get such a beautiful package. When he opened it, we proudly told him that we remembered he always wanted a “stick” – and here it was.
Bill’s face was priceless. He is way too much of a gentleman to say anything outright, but he definitely should not ever play poker.
The Storyteller broke up first – so then he went and got the lacrosse stick out of the closet. Too funny. And Bill the Drummer was so happy to finally get his own stick.
9:34 pm on January 9th, 2015
Rio: Us too! Sob. Is this the End of the Series?
9:36 pm on January 9th, 2015
Good Story, Royal Mum.
9:37 pm on January 9th, 2015
Drummer!….Is this Bill guy a real Drummer?…snort!….Does he know “Wipe Out”?…heh!
9:40 pm on January 9th, 2015
T&G”s Mama Love the story of Bill the Drummer. And the way you brought his gift to him is priceless,
9:42 pm on January 9th, 2015
Rio – Bill is indeed a real drummer. And he does a meeeaaannn Wipeout.
9:51 pm on January 9th, 2015
I hope
9:53 pm on January 9th, 2015
BSD, yes one of our all time favorite series is ending in three weeks.
9:56 pm on January 9th, 2015
Barb,Magpie,Lucy: NO!!!
10:10 pm on January 9th, 2015
Parenthood!…I cannot believe this series is ending so soon…sniffle!…It is always great! What the hell?…sniff!
10:36 pm on January 9th, 2015
Upset!…So I have to tell you all something. It happened today and really upset someone’s mother…snuffle!…We were all lazing about this afternoon when the “City” decided it was time for someone to clean out the gutters which have been clogged with ice for the last three plus weeks…grunt!…So this guy comes along in his City Machine and starts shoving piles of ice from the corner to the front of my house…sniff!…We all thought there would be a truck coming along so he could use his machine to load it onto a truck and take it away….wheeze!….Oh no! He picked up load after load of this chemically treated, oil soaked snow and piled it up on mother’s carefully groomed lawn…yeeeep!…She blew a gasket! She got her coat on and went outside and told that City Guy to stop dumping that horrible ice on her beloved lawn and get the hell away from my house…snort!snort!…Beau and I cheered her on from behind the window…heh!heh!…When my friend came home she noticed 3 big piles of dirty ice piled on the lawn. Her mother lamented and lamented about it. As her lawn is really the only true thing she cares about. So it was a bit distressing….wuffle!…Do youse guys think the lawn will die where the big piles of dirty ice have been dumped?…gruffle!
10:48 pm on January 9th, 2015
Rio: Call the City and Tell Them to Get That Oily Snow Off Off Off your lawn and Pronto!!!
10:50 pm on January 9th, 2015
Time to gas up the pink bulldozer.
10:54 pm on January 9th, 2015
Bear!…My friend suggested this right off the bat but the trouble is, and they both agree, is that the “City” would do more damage taking the ice off the lawn by destroying the sidewalk and who knows what in the the process…snort!…They are a bunch of “Dumb Bastards” and no one has any regard for them…sniff! ….I could tell you another horror story about my friends drive into the busy-place yesterday due to City Workers, but this may have to wait for another time…grumble!
11:02 pm on January 9th, 2015
Rio, Tell your friend to take pictures….pictures of it now and pictures of it as it melts.
I agree with Bear. Call the city. I am sure the stupid jerk was not suppose to dump it on a lawn.
11:03 pm on January 9th, 2015
In Minneapolis they pile it on the boulevard and when it gets piled too high on the corners they eventually come with trucks and take it away. They usually unload the trucks on frozen lakes or big parking lots. Not too good for the lakes I suppose.
But mostly what happens is the streets just get narrower and narrower and eventually they decree ‘one side parking’ which can cause other problems but the fire trucks have to be able to get down the streets. A lot of times you have to wait on the streets if someone is coming from the other direction because both vehicles will not fit on the street at the same time.
Winter is interesting.
11:08 pm on January 9th, 2015
Oh and I was going to tell you about Mr.Fireslippers. Tonight the Turtleman and his wife and Mr.F and I were playing cards. Mr.F got hungry and got out some cheese and crackers. He was having a lot of trouble with the cheese cutter and grumbling about how bad it was. It was sort of shaving the cheese but only with a lot of effort.
He was using a carrot peeler.
The turtleman says he will deny this story if I put it up here, but you all know Mr.Fireslippers history. You will know the truth.
Night all. Except Liz and Ruby in OZ. G’day Liz.
11:08 pm on January 9th, 2015
If the lawn is damaged (remember, I know nothing about grass) do we have the slim hope the city will repair the damaged lawn?
11:08 pm on January 9th, 2015
Yark. We know what you mean about inept workers making matters worse. If they were dumb enough to pile it on the lawn in the first place, it is doubtful they will be smart enough to take care of things without causing further damage.
11:08 pm on January 9th, 2015
Rio – our solution would be to call the city but ask to be notified when the removal will happen so someone can be there to supervise.
But do take pictures. Take them now, and at least once a week for the rest of the winter. Then when spring comes, keep taking pictures as the lawn grows in. If it is damaged, you have a photo record of why it is damaged.
But we agree – the city worker should not have dumped city waste on private property.
11:13 pm on January 9th, 2015
Growl. Sounds like a Code Violation to Me. Where’s Attorney Meash?
11:23 pm on January 9th, 2015
Gasp, But will the city use a loophole by saying the gunk was dropped on their easement instead of private property, and they can do as they please on their easement. My city would claim that.
Staff, the carrot peeler. That’s funny.
Night All
11:28 pm on January 9th, 2015
SiberH!…Taking Photoz is a good idea!….snort!…My friend might call the city on her own, but the nagging thing is they will cause yet more damage if they come back…gah!…We all spent 90 plus days almost trapped in the house as they, the City, re-laid the water pipelines last summer…I think I mentioned my friend losing it one morning and tossing orange cones off the street and yelling “U Frigging Assholes” …heh!heh!
11:37 pm on January 9th, 2015
City!…Probably closed for the weekend…grump!…But my friend says she will call an place a formal complaint and document the ice piles and the grass dying so that Wookies Paw, our Lawyer, can sue the pants of the inept City Workers come Spring Time – but only If I survive this winter long enough to see justice served….grump!
11:37 pm on January 9th, 2015
Having been named after a stick, I think Bill is a wise man to want a stick of his very own.
Rio: My Lady still laughs at the cone incident. That is the stuff of which AJ moments are made.
11:39 pm on January 9th, 2015
Mr.FireSlippers!…heh!heh!…snort!…Good one! One for the books…chorkel!
11:50 pm on January 9th, 2015
Anger!…I think my friend feels anger much in the same way as the Giant…sniff!….She actually shakes and has little control of her actions after reaching the “red zone”…wheeze!..I hope one day she does not land head first in jail…gasp!
11:52 pm on January 9th, 2015
Rio: We will save a seat for your friend.
11:59 pm on January 9th, 2015
Seat!…In jail?…heh!heh!…I’m sure youse guys have been in the “Dog-House” most of yer life and have reserved seats…snort!…My friend has managed not to murder or do harm to anyone as of yet…sniff!