It’s my turn at From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors,
and I’ve posted My Childhood, My Reading List, an exploration
of banned books I have loved.
I hope you can stop by.
Wishing everyone a glorious autumnal weekend!
Image from Morguefile.com
Tracy Abell 
That photo leaves me breathless. Fall foliage is the one thing I miss about living in a colder climate.
Headed over to your guest blog…
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Isn’t it a gorgeous picture? I loved it the moment I saw it. And I left it huge because it’s so beautiful.
Thank you for visiting my other post. I’m sad because it got deleted along with the comments. I put it back up (as best I could remember the ending I kept tweaking this morning), so all’s well.
Have a great weekend, Melodye.
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I’m sorry you lost the original post, which was so lovely. I revisited the entry and tried to recreate what I’d said earlier. Nothing elegant, but it’s heartfelt. xoxo
PS Moving forward, forward, forward with my revisions!!
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You are so big-hearted, Melodye. Thank you for coming back and recreating your comment. I was so sad when it went away.
Forward with revisions sounds grand!!! Good for you, writer friend. You’re going to do it!
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I love fall for the reason you picture above. The colors. Nature is the best artist, hands down.
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Isn’t it the best combination of colors? Just jumps right out at you. I love your line: Nature is the best artist, hands down.
You are so wise.
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Great blog post, Tracy! Except for Judy Blume, I didn’t even know the others were banned. I mean really. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? I can just imagine what Roald Dahl would’ve said about that!
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Thank you for stopping over there, Lorraine. I don’t know if you left a comment because the whole thing got knocked out a while ago. I just put it back up but those comments are lost. Poop.
It would be enlightening to be a fly on the wall and hear Roald Dahl go on about banning books. I might even learn some new words.
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when i click on it, it says page not found! weird
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The post accidentally got deleted by W’s back-up system (or something techno like that). I just got it back but am sad because original comments are gone, gone, gone.
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Great post, Tracy.
Hmmm…
A Wrinkle In Time encourages time travel? 😉
Little Women encourages writers and writing? Ha! 😉
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory encourages chocolate cravings and tooth decay? 😉
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Thank you for reading my post, Barb. Even though I told myself I wasn’t going to address the whys of certain books being challenged, I couldn’t help thinking along your lines. Tooth decay! Writing as a profession! Time travel! Yikes!
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Yes, i can’t find it either. Hmm? Did it get moved?
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The post was accidentally deleted by W’s host doing a back-up (don’t I sound like I know what I’m talking about?!)
Anyway, it’s back up but the original comments are gone forever. Sniff, sniff.
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Beautiful pic — I’ll definitely go over and read your post 🙂
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Isn’t it a lovely photo? Right up there with your fall foliage pics. 🙂
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