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The Illusion of Magnificence: A Critical Deconstruction of Trope Inversion, Asymmetric Altruism, and Narrative Contrivance in the 2006 Adaptation of Charlotte’s Web
#CharlottesWeb #MovieReview #Comedy #Family #Fantasy #FilmCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/the-illusion-of-magnificence-a-critical-deconstruction-of-trope-inversion-asymmetric-altruism-and-narrative-contrivance-in-the-2006-adaptation-of-charlottes-web/ -
The Illusion of Magnificence: A Critical Deconstruction of Trope Inversion, Asymmetric Altruism, and Narrative Contrivance in the 2006 Adaptation of Charlotte’s Web
#CharlottesWeb #MovieReview #Comedy #Family #Fantasy #FilmCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/the-illusion-of-magnificence-a-critical-deconstruction-of-trope-inversion-asymmetric-altruism-and-narrative-contrivance-in-the-2006-adaptation-of-charlottes-web/ -
Charlotte’s Web Part 2
#Fanfic #WanderingWitch #CharlottesWeb #AnimalFarm
#Wss366 lodge #ScribesAndMakers π11 It all started when…I stopped and looked around. The only creature visible was the pig, so I asked, “Did you speak, Mr. Pig?”
“I did. I am Napoleon, president of the great farm. And you, young lady, were about to destroy the fine work of my Minister of Education, Miss Charlotte.”
“I don’t see Miss Charlotte’s work, Comrade Napoleon.” I figured from what I had seen that the title would endear me to the swine.
“It’s ‘Your Excellency.’ Some animals are created more equal than others, and I am one such. And if you just look beyond your nose, you will see the fine tapestry, woven by Minister Charlotte.”
Now that I looked, there was a spider’s web that I had been about to brush aside. “That is indeed a fine web, Your Excellency. It even has writing in it: ‘Alternate Facts are True Facts.’ That is an interesting statement.”
“Indeed, and yesterday it read, ‘Rage is Freedom.’ That was something I said in a speech.”
I nodded. I didn’t understand how that worked, but I wouldn’t openly disagree. Instead, I brought up my reason for visiting. “The sign says I can get food and lodging here. Is that true?”
“Are you an ambassador from one of the local farms?”
“No, I’m just a wanderer.”
“Then we can #lodge you in the North Pasture and provide a bucket of raw oats and hay.”
“Oats and hay?” I asked incredulously.
“All animals are created equal, and if oats and hay are good enough for the donkey, they are good enough for you.”
“Perhaps you might find something better. Maybe bread? I am not used to oats and hay.”
“I see the minister has woven you an answer.”
When I looked, the web had changed. An enormous spider sat in its middle; around it was spelled out: “Half the oats at half the quality is good economics.”
What kind of warped reasoning was that, I wondered?
“I will have the dogs show you the way,” Napoleon said. He waved, and a pack of dogs came from a nearby thicket.
“Oh, dear!” I exclaimed. “I forgot I’m expected down the road a way this evening. I’m so sorry to have bothered you, Your Excellency.” The dogs looked fierce and were giving me the evil eye. Besides, who had ever heard of feeding guests raw oats and bedding them in a pasture?
There was a swine-like grunt, which I took for a farewell, and I hastily retired. After all, “Retreat is the highest form of bravery.”
[FINIS]
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Charlotte’s Web Part 2
#Fanfic #WanderingWitch #CharlottesWeb #AnimalFarm
#Wss366 lodge #ScribesAndMakers π11 It all started when…I stopped and looked around. The only creature visible was the pig, so I asked, “Did you speak, Mr. Pig?”
“I did. I am Napoleon, president of the great farm. And you, young lady, were about to destroy the fine work of my Minister of Education, Miss Charlotte.”
“I don’t see Miss Charlotte’s work, Comrade Napoleon.” I figured from what I had seen that the title would endear me to the swine.
“It’s ‘Your Excellency.’ Some animals are created more equal than others, and I am one such. And if you just look beyond your nose, you will see the fine tapestry, woven by Minister Charlotte.”
Now that I looked, there was a spider’s web that I had been about to brush aside. “That is indeed a fine web, Your Excellency. It even has writing in it: ‘Alternate Facts are True Facts.’ That is an interesting statement.”
“Indeed, and yesterday it read, ‘Rage is Freedom.’ That was something I said in a speech.”
I nodded. I didn’t understand how that worked, but I wouldn’t openly disagree. Instead, I brought up my reason for visiting. “The sign says I can get food and lodging here. Is that true?”
“Are you an ambassador from one of the local farms?”
“No, I’m just a wanderer.”
“Then we can #lodge you in the North Pasture and provide a bucket of raw oats and hay.”
“Oats and hay?” I asked incredulously.
“All animals are created equal, and if oats and hay are good enough for the donkey, they are good enough for you.”
“Perhaps you might find something better. Maybe bread? I am not used to oats and hay.”
“I see the minister has woven you an answer.”
When I looked, the web had changed. An enormous spider sat in its middle; around it was spelled out: “Half the oats at half the quality is good economics.”
What kind of warped reasoning was that, I wondered?
“I will have the dogs show you the way,” Napoleon said. He waved, and a pack of dogs came from a nearby thicket.
“Oh, dear!” I exclaimed. “I forgot I’m expected down the road a way this evening. I’m so sorry to have bothered you, Your Excellency.” The dogs looked fierce and were giving me the evil eye. Besides, who had ever heard of feeding guests raw oats and bedding them in a pasture?
There was a swine-like grunt, which I took for a farewell, and I hastily retired. After all, “Retreat is the highest form of bravery.”
[FINIS]
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Charlotte’s Web Part 1
#Fanfic #WanderingWitch #CharlottesWeb #AnimalFarm
#Wss366 Sty #ScribesAndMakers π11 It all started when...It all started when the witch got lost. The country she was going to wasn’t supposed to be far, yet the sun was nearing the horizon, and the only signs of civilization were neat country farms. Hunger gripped her belly, and she descended from the sky to view the signs posted outside the farmhouses.
Brushing her long, ashen hair away from her amethyst eyes, she read a small sign next to a farm gate: “Eggs.”
Eggs would be fine if she could cook them, but that seemed unlikely at the moment. What she wanted was bread and a place to sleep. A hay loft would do, but a proper bed would be better. Her pointy hat, long black robe, and the witch’s star brooch often impressed country folk, and she could trade fortunetelling for a meal and bed. The announcement that they would have a two-headed chicken in the spring or that their ewe would twin usually clinched the deal.
Who, you might ask, is this clever lady? It is, of course, I, Elaina the Ashen Witch.
There was no help for it; eggs were out, so I continued on my way.
The next farm had a sign next to a stile. Beyond was a #sty with an enormous, fat pig that examined me closely. Still further away, I saw a collapsed windmill and a barn with the words “All Animals are Equal” written on the side. An odd slogan for a farm, I thought.
What interested me most was the sign, though, and after a bit of puzzling over the poor spelling and odd writing, I made out what it said: “Fod and Ladging fer all COMERADES.” I was unsure if I were a comerade or even a comrade, but given the late hour, it was worth a try. I could definitely use “fod” and “ladging.”
“Hold there, comrade,” came a voice as I mounted the stile, “can’t you see the marquee?”
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Charlotte’s Web Part 1
#Fanfic #WanderingWitch #CharlottesWeb #AnimalFarm
#Wss366 Sty #ScribesAndMakers π11 It all started when...It all started when the witch got lost. The country she was going to wasn’t supposed to be far, yet the sun was nearing the horizon, and the only signs of civilization were neat country farms. Hunger gripped her belly, and she descended from the sky to view the signs posted outside the farmhouses.
Brushing her long, ashen hair away from her amethyst eyes, she read a small sign next to a farm gate: “Eggs.”
Eggs would be fine if she could cook them, but that seemed unlikely at the moment. What she wanted was bread and a place to sleep. A hay loft would do, but a proper bed would be better. Her pointy hat, long black robe, and the witch’s star brooch often impressed country folk, and she could trade fortunetelling for a meal and bed. The announcement that they would have a two-headed chicken in the spring or that their ewe would twin usually clinched the deal.
Who, you might ask, is this clever lady? It is, of course, I, Elaina the Ashen Witch.
There was no help for it; eggs were out, so I continued on my way.
The next farm had a sign next to a stile. Beyond was a #sty with an enormous, fat pig that examined me closely. Still further away, I saw a collapsed windmill and a barn with the words “All Animals are Equal” written on the side. An odd slogan for a farm, I thought.
What interested me most was the sign, though, and after a bit of puzzling over the poor spelling and odd writing, I made out what it said: “Fod and Ladging fer all COMERADES.” I was unsure if I were a comerade or even a comrade, but given the late hour, it was worth a try. I could definitely use “fod” and “ladging.”
“Hold there, comrade,” came a voice as I mounted the stile, “can’t you see the marquee?”
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COYFOX PORTALS TO ALL DIMENSIONS VIS A VIS THE WESTERN GATE OF KUNG FU
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Words are a Scam. Don't use them.
Slavery is not a reward.
Doctors Orders: I cannot fight for freedom.#dragonslair #spaceace #CharlottesWeb #donbluth #nyx #RebecaPuebla #Subversivegirl
#XanaduObserverEffect
#DrStevenNyx #MastoArt
#JennaOrtega for #TankGirl & #Gremlins
#AIDebate Good AI vs Bad AI #EndersGame #Zendaya #TimotheeChalamet -
#MythologyMonday 🕸️✨
In Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the spider becomes a fate-weaver. Like the Norns of old, Charlotte spins destiny into her web—words as spells, silk as salvation. A barnyard tale, yet steeped in ancient myth: that language itself can alter the threads of life. 🐖🕷️ #Charlottesweb -
#MythologyMonday 🕸️✨
In Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the spider becomes a fate-weaver. Like the Norns of old, Charlotte spins destiny into her web—words as spells, silk as salvation. A barnyard tale, yet steeped in ancient myth: that language itself can alter the threads of life. 🐖🕷️ #Charlottesweb -
Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #PrimeVideo #CharlottesWeb 4 Best Family Movies on Prime Video To Watch Right Now http://dlvr.it/TQ0zF7
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To think that I was considering giving up the pig snout caricature…
https://bergetoons.blogspot.com/2025/11/toon-quite-piggy.html#editorialcartoons #trump #piggy #animalfarm #lordoftheflies #charlottesweb #misogyny #pressfreedom
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"I would like to just focus a minute on one discrete aspect of all of this that exemplifies how the Trump administration is little more than a combination of trolling and ignorance pushing hate into action. As DHS announced on Saturday, this tyranny is being called 'Operation Charlotte’s Web.'
I am certain that someone thought this was particularly witty when they came up with the name, but it’s honestly one of the more offensive possibilities these hateful authoritarians could have used.
Even on its face, using the name of a beloved children’s book as the name of your anti-immigrant, mass-arrest operation is appalling.
But, to use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy and freedom and against fascism and tyranny. Abusing his life’s work like this cannot stand without a response.
On Sunday evening, Bovino went so far as to quote from Charlotte’s Web in a post showing a video of him and others arresting people — suggesting the 1952 book is somehow in fitting with his hateful operation.
Nothing could be further from the truth."
https://www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bovino-is-exactly-who-eb-white-warned-of
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"I would like to just focus a minute on one discrete aspect of all of this that exemplifies how the Trump administration is little more than a combination of trolling and ignorance pushing hate into action. As DHS announced on Saturday, this tyranny is being called 'Operation Charlotte’s Web.'
I am certain that someone thought this was particularly witty when they came up with the name, but it’s honestly one of the more offensive possibilities these hateful authoritarians could have used.
Even on its face, using the name of a beloved children’s book as the name of your anti-immigrant, mass-arrest operation is appalling.
But, to use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy and freedom and against fascism and tyranny. Abusing his life’s work like this cannot stand without a response.
On Sunday evening, Bovino went so far as to quote from Charlotte’s Web in a post showing a video of him and others arresting people — suggesting the 1952 book is somehow in fitting with his hateful operation.
Nothing could be further from the truth."
https://www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bovino-is-exactly-who-eb-white-warned-of
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Man films #BorderPatrol agents smashing his car window in #CharlotteNC
Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina. During the second encounter, they forced him from his vehicle after breaking the window and threw him to the ground.
November 15, 2025
#CharlottesWeb #ICE #ICESucks #Fascism #MurderPatrol #USPol #TerrorizingUSCitizens
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Man films #BorderPatrol agents smashing his car window in #CharlotteNC
Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina. During the second encounter, they forced him from his vehicle after breaking the window and threw him to the ground.
November 15, 2025
#CharlottesWeb #ICE #ICESucks #Fascism #MurderPatrol #USPol #TerrorizingUSCitizens
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Fern, Charlotte, and Wilbur are off to school... #SomePig #CharlottesWeb
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Mother Earth and Father Time, Charlotte's Web, 1973
🎵 He turns the seasons- around.
And so she changes- her gown.
But they al-ways look
In their prime.They go on dancing- their dance
Of everlasting- romance.Mother Earth,
And Fa-ther Time.🎵Happy Mabon. Blessed be.
🎞️ Hannah-Barbara, Sagittarius Prod
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In this post I attempt to pay tribute to one of my favorite writers and one of my favorite books. Writing lessons from Charlotte's Web by E.B. White.
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The entire kids’ publishing industry needs this pinned above their desks.
In fact, anyone working with or writing for kids could do with reading it.
E.B. White, author of 'Charlotte's Web' on what adults get wrong when writing for children.
#childrensbooks #bookstodon #charlottesweb #ebwhite #authors #childrensLiterature #yafiction #publishing #publishers
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The entire kids’ publishing industry needs this pinned above their desks.
In fact, anyone working with or writing for kids could do with reading it.
E.B. White, author of 'Charlotte's Web' on what adults get wrong when writing for children.
#childrensbooks #bookstodon #charlottesweb #ebwhite #authors #childrensLiterature #yafiction #publishing #publishers
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This is NOT the first time #SearsIsland has been targeted with a destructive energy project! Tell #GovernorJanetMills to build the #WindTerminal on #MackPoint, instead of Sears Island. There is federal funding available, so there's NO REASON to be CHEAP (Mills has balked because #Maine would have to clean up #industrial #pollution at Mack Point -- which should be cleaned up anyways!
"The possible industrial development of the island has been a point of controversy for many years. Writer #EBWhite (#CharlottesWeb), a resident of nearby Brooklin, Maine, noted in a 1975 essay for the New Yorker that he had attended an evening forum about a #CentralMainePower Company proposal to construct a #NuclearPower plant on Sears Island. White reported to New Yorker readers that the Central Maine Power Company 'feels very good about nuclear generating plants, is not worried about #radiation or accidents.' [Or rise in sea temperature from heated wastewater causing environmental damage, apparently]. In response to a goat farmer, their spokesman acknowledged #radioactive 'iodine can contaminate milk... [b]ut he was cheerful about the prospect. You would simply put the animals on a controlled diet, he said, and after about forty days the radioactivity would be gone.' [#Hormesis anyone?] Facing #LocalOpposition, the plant was not built."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Island
#Environment #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
#Searsport #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik
#EndangeredSpecies #ProtectTheDunes #GovernorJanetMills #WabanakiAlliance #Wassumkeag -
This is NOT the first time #SearsIsland has been targeted with a destructive energy project! Tell #GovernorJanetMills to build the #WindTerminal on #MackPoint, instead of Sears Island. There is federal funding available, so there's NO REASON to be CHEAP (Mills has balked because #Maine would have to clean up #industrial #pollution at Mack Point -- which should be cleaned up anyways!
"The possible industrial development of the island has been a point of controversy for many years. Writer #EBWhite (#CharlottesWeb), a resident of nearby Brooklin, Maine, noted in a 1975 essay for the New Yorker that he had attended an evening forum about a #CentralMainePower Company proposal to construct a #NuclearPower plant on Sears Island. White reported to New Yorker readers that the Central Maine Power Company 'feels very good about nuclear generating plants, is not worried about #radiation or accidents.' [Or rise in sea temperature from heated wastewater causing environmental damage, apparently]. In response to a goat farmer, their spokesman acknowledged #radioactive 'iodine can contaminate milk... [b]ut he was cheerful about the prospect. You would simply put the animals on a controlled diet, he said, and after about forty days the radioactivity would be gone.' [#Hormesis anyone?] Facing #LocalOpposition, the plant was not built."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Island
#Environment #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
#Searsport #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik
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I love E.B. White. Re-reading Charlotte's Web made me cry.
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Second or #ThirdGrade...Not sure Dept: But I do remember consecutive library #StoryTimes. We were all held spellbound sitting round the carpet-like-a-campfire by our elementary school librarian's sense of timing and drama. First she hit us with a reading of #WhereTheWildThingsAre (Pictures!), then came #CharlottesWeb and finally #AWrinkleInTime. That was the clincher. She was...a genius.We were lucky enough to have had several of those...
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🎵"I write the words that make the barnyard sing.
I write words of love, like 'Some Pig!'
I write the words in my web that catch the flies.
I write the words. I write the words."🎵https://youtu.be/__7NUrkFirA?feature=shared
#ComplimentACharacterWithASong
#HashtagGames
#CharlottesWeb
#EBWhite
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🎵"I write the words that make the barnyard sing.
I write words of love, like 'Some Pig!'
I write the words in my web that catch the flies.
I write the words. I write the words."🎵https://youtu.be/__7NUrkFirA?feature=shared
#ComplimentACharacterWithASong
#HashtagGames
#CharlottesWeb
#EBWhite
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CW: Long thread/10
#10yrsago US Senate IP address linked to #Snowden #Wikipedia change from “dissident” to “traitor” https://www.techdirt.com/2013/08/05/someone-using-us-senate-ip-address-edits-wiki-entry-to-change-ed-snowden-dissident-to-traitor/
#10yrsago #JeffBezos’s letter to the #WashPo staff https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jeff-bezos-on-post-purchase/2013/08/05/e5b293de-fe0d-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html
#10yrsago Why writers should stand up for libraries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vArSULK9Zzk
#10yrsago Ethical questions for security experts https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UfOxCIIlcU-iRcUeA6p6fyEE4qUbSuFMqmSuWjRsL_4/edit?forcehl=1&hl=en#slide=id.p
#10yrsago #EBWhite on why he wrote #CharlottesWeb: “A book is a sneeze” https://web.archive.org/web/20130806171658/http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/08/a-book-is-sneeze.html
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CW: Long thread/10
#10yrsago US Senate IP address linked to #Snowden #Wikipedia change from “dissident” to “traitor” https://www.techdirt.com/2013/08/05/someone-using-us-senate-ip-address-edits-wiki-entry-to-change-ed-snowden-dissident-to-traitor/
#10yrsago #JeffBezos’s letter to the #WashPo staff https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jeff-bezos-on-post-purchase/2013/08/05/e5b293de-fe0d-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html
#10yrsago Why writers should stand up for libraries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vArSULK9Zzk
#10yrsago Ethical questions for security experts https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UfOxCIIlcU-iRcUeA6p6fyEE4qUbSuFMqmSuWjRsL_4/edit?forcehl=1&hl=en#slide=id.p
#10yrsago #EBWhite on why he wrote #CharlottesWeb: “A book is a sneeze” https://web.archive.org/web/20130806171658/http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/08/a-book-is-sneeze.html
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"If I can fool a bug, surely I can fool a man....people are not as smart as bugs."
- Charlotte to Wilbur
Charlottes Web by E.B. White#Photography by me
"Summer's Web"#spiderweb #web #summer #CharlottesWeb #spider #summer #morning
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Charlotte and Wilbur: the original Web influencers.
Sorry, Peter Parker.
#CharlottesWeb #EBWhite #Spiderman #Internet #SocialMedia #communication #communications #media #spider #spiders #web #webs -
Charlotte and Wilbur: the original Web influencers.
Sorry, Peter Parker.
#CharlottesWeb #EBWhite #Spiderman #Internet #SocialMedia #communication #communications #media #spider #spiders #web #webs -
Today in 1973 — #CharlottesWeb premiered.
#DebbieReynolds (as Charlotte), #PaulLynde (as Templeton) and #HenryGibson (as Wilbur) starred in this animated musical based on the book by E.B. White.
#OnThisDay #CharlottesWeb #HannaBarbera #Nostalgia #FilmMastodon #ClassicCartoons
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Today in 1973 — #CharlottesWeb premiered.
#DebbieReynolds (as Charlotte), #PaulLynde (as Templeton) and #HenryGibson (as Wilbur) starred in this animated musical based on the book by E.B. White.
#OnThisDay #CharlottesWeb #HannaBarbera #Nostalgia #FilmMastodon #ClassicCartoons
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Comes with some risks & side effects. Yet not as risky as some pharma drugs used for seizures.
Our 25 yr old autistic daughter in her 3rd year of use.
She tried #CharlottesWeb a decade ago, and noted improved reading. Now she is on 1:5 THC:CBD oil. -
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Comes with some risks & side effects. Yet not as risky as some pharma drugs used for seizures.
Our 25 yr old autistic daughter in her 3rd year of use.
She tried #CharlottesWeb a decade ago, and noted improved reading. Now she is on 1:5 THC:CBD oil. -
My previous post was about the #Gardener Katherine White.
After she died, her husband E.B. White, #Author of #CharlottesWeb, wrote a little #Verse for their close #Friends & #Family.
To all who #Loved my lovely #Wife.
To all who spoke their #Sorrow,
I send this printed card of #Thanks
So l can face #Tomorrow.I'd hoped to write a full reply
To each, to say #ILoveYou.
But I'll #Reveal the sticky #Truth:
There's just too many of you. -
My previous post was about the #Gardener Katherine White.
After she died, her husband E.B. White, #Author of #CharlottesWeb, wrote a little #Verse for their close #Friends & #Family.
To all who #Loved my lovely #Wife.
To all who spoke their #Sorrow,
I send this printed card of #Thanks
So l can face #Tomorrow.I'd hoped to write a full reply
To each, to say #ILoveYou.
But I'll #Reveal the sticky #Truth:
There's just too many of you. -
#EarwormOfTheDay For a cheery (maybe too cheery) #Saturday, it's a #ShermanBrothers classic, 'Chin Up' from the 1973 CHARLOTTE'S WEB.
Humourous warning: really really will stick in your head, listen with caution - and a smile.
#DebbieReynolds #Happy #Cheery #ChinUp #CharlottesWeb #Animated #Spider #Pig #Song #Earworm #IWokeUpLikeThis
