I wholeheartedly agree with you. I particularly enjoy when the judicial branch has to try and enforce incomprensible laws. I too wish for a good businessman to form a sensible budget. Thank you for commenting. -Prometheus

Thank you for commenting Courtney. You've stumped Prometheus. He's trying to think of something clever to say. I think if our nation's moral compass were on track we'd have a lot less issues in society. The history of banning/confiscations are extremely dangerous to the citizens. I refuse to go down that road.

@BookZealots yes, very dangerous. And now we throw in the age of technology and it adds a new layer, I think.

@@CourtneyReads Yes! I agree.

On the point of the French, I'll let you slide. It's completely understandable. As for the tea... I'm not paying. Thank you for the comment. -Prometheus We helped with two world wars. Isn't that payment? I do wonder though if it was good tea. I cringe though with the loss of all that tea. We love our loose leaf tea. Erion~

@@BookZealots Tell Prometheus it's always the cool guys who arrive late to the party! Probably a good idea you showed up though!

@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk We may be late, but we know how to party when we get there. From your 'Merican Friend, Prometheus.

Indeed it is my own writing. I wrote it last night. Thank you for your kind words. -Prometheus Hello Amy, thank you you for you comment and support. Erion~

Amen Brother. We were born for such a time as this. -Prometheus I am so happy to hear you comment about the covid nonsense! We were a lone island on booktube during that time; attacked and then ostracized by the intolerant tolerant others. Thank you so much for your comment. Erion~

@@BookZealots you are welcome... I was treated similarly to that by my own family. I was the only one not to get the so called safe vaccine in my family and was judged for that. I love how tolerance is tolerant unless you don't agree with said tolerances beliefs. Lol I believe Jesus used the term hypocrites. 😂 The irony of the entire thing is that my family doesn't trust the government for anything else. For some reason they believe them when they say that this new drug is safe, although it just came out. 😂 Anyway I could go on and on but thank you for coming back I really appreciate that. We truly need to stick together.

@@FacelessBookReviews Wow. My condolences about how your family treated you. That must have been really hard. I was really surprised at how quickly people bowed to the gov to take the arm juice to work. How quickly will they bow to take the real test. I really believe it was a test and the pastors/churches and many Christians failed big time. I could go on and on too. But the concerns we had then have all been revealed. Even more doctors have come out with the truth. Question everything and stand fast in the faith. yes! We truly need to stick together.

@@BookZealots Amen brother!

LOL you're right, it is another pile of possibilites. I hadn't thought of that. I have experience with embroidery and I did a little ribbon embroidery. It's gorgeous, but it was way too expensive. If I ever make a Victorian crazy quilt, I'll definitely include ribbon embroidery....hmmm, thinking of the washing issue. Maybe just embroidery. LOL I wasn't a big fan of crewelwork though. I had shown quilt tops in past videos, but I don't know if I still have them up.

Wow! That is a long time indeed! I'd love to learn to knit. Did you already know how when you knitted with our co-workers? I've tried teaching myself, but it's extremely awkward. I think my knitting style is actually Russian and not the popular English style. The yarn has to be in my left hand, not my right. Did your 12 y/o learn to sew from a class or you? I'd like to learn to sew my own clothes. The clothes today are so cheaply made.

@@BookZealots while I did have some knitting skills from home-ec in 5th, 8th, and 9th grades, it was really, really basic and I taught myself in my early 20's. I've been told I have poor form, but I get the job done and the sweaters, hats and mitts were gift worthy. Since I moved to NC, I've only made dish cloths. My daughter learned machine sewing and needlework for badges in American Heritage Girls. She since has made clothes for herself and her sister and a few gifts. She's super creative; she gets that from her father.

@@Fernie4243 First, I love that your dear daughter is so talented. Second, I am shocked you were taught knitting skills in a home ec class in three grade levels. Home ec was no longer offered in my school district in Cali. I barely got music lessons in fourth grade. by 2002, PE was being eliminated. Anyway, there's form to knitting?! I laugh to think what these women would have to say about Prometheus crocheting and holding the tension with his toes? 🤣 He made scarves for soldiers one year for homeschool. Of course we washed everything before we mailed them. But form? I'm more worried about tension and then reading patterns. Is your husband an artist? My step father's family is extremely talented. A little jealous that they're all so talented. Is there a DNA gene for that or something?

@@BookZealots my schools were slow to eliminate those things. Sports were big and our school always hosted regional track and field events. They kept the home-ec going because the kitchens were used to make all the food. We didn't have a cafeteria. I haven't talked to anyone there in years and don't know if it's still the same. The home-ec teacher that was there forever retired a couple years after I graduated. My husband is a composer/ musician. His degree is in composition but he can play many instruments. If you search KZbin for Joel Everett you can find him. He's not the martial arts guy. There is a few bits he composed, most is arrangements. The song Together he wrote for me. It's my favorite.

@@Fernie4243 I like that the school kept the home ec. I think it's really important. here in our tiny town there's a lot of sports for middle school. my middle school didn't have anything like that. one would assume in Cali there would be lots of extra curricular option, but nope. I will definitely look up your husband's music. My uncle Ken is a musician and he writes music too. He's not a good singer though. IMO. LOL And he draws. I think all 6 of the "kids" had talent in art and most of them worked on it. My uncle hates it when people call his art/music as a talent, because he has worked on his crafts for decades. But I will argue, it started out as talent, because I can put effort into those crafts and definitely NOT get the same results. 🤣

Thanks Cheryl.

Thank you James.

LOL Just like mobs, they behave differently when put on the spot in a different setting? And some of the books are really performing. I'm quite happy with Victober books this year. How are you doing? Are you participating in Victober?

Thank you Linda. What would The Great Bridge say? McCullough's writing is superb.

@@BookZealots It would say, "Don't try this at home."

Thank you. I laughed at your reading: dickens...Austen, Dickens.....Austen....another Dickens. 🤣 I havne't read Wilkie Collins. I tried A Woman in White and soft dnf'd it. I've not heard of Basil. I also wasn't aware the L'Amour had survival skills in a book.

@@BookZealots it is western short stories, but since he had experience roaming the far reaches of the country during the dust bowl years, his stories do contain good information in survival. Education of a Wondering Man is a memoir of his early years. He read a lot of books when he was traveling the world and gave himself a fantastic education. My husband and I both read it and made a huge wish list of books from his reading list. Fascinating man.

@@Fernie4243 Oh wow, I love it when a book increases the private library. LOL And autodidacting is the best too. He sounds like he was a smart man.

Hi, hello~ Thank you. Prometheus had a great time doing some of the accents, but then one of them he kept slipping into an Australian accent. We were laughing so much. Thank you, I hope you have a great reading month as well. I'm aleady looking forward to nonfiction November. But I am enjoying the three books I have started.

Thank you Tanya. It was fun to record, but editing was challenginng.

@@BookZealots I bet! Really original and unique 👍🏻

Yay. I'm so glad. Thank you for letting me know. 🤗

Hi, hello~ Thank you. I saw a frog yesterday while I moved a trash bin and I thought of Jill. 🤗 so many different chickens. And each one has a different personality and they each like different foods. They're entertaining.

LOL Thank you Angie. That wasn't even in the script. But so many people are afraid to read big books I decided to keep it in. It was fun to record, but hard to edit. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you Lindsey. It was easier to record than it was to edit.LOL

LOL Thank you Nigel. I think Humpty Dumpty cheats. He sounds rather like my husband. 🤣 Seriously, I do think I will need to use that for X. Oh wait, and Q I appreciate the cheat code.

Really? How come? We had a mean rooster Russel Crowe. He was smart. If one of his girls wasn't in the coop, he'd come out and round her up to go inside. I thought what is he doing? Counting them? How does he know any hens are missing? BUT! He was also evil, but when I went to close the coop he would be at the door to attack me! Once we got King Leopold, Russel went bye-bye. The feathers on the easter eggers are soooo soft. I need names for three girls.

that must be an interesting family story. What town did she move to? And when did the family move back to the U.S.?

LOL I hadn't had any issues with TSS until this buying of the 12 chicks. I have always bought my chicks from them. Really?! I had no idea TSS owned Pet Sense. We have one in town, but I don't like shopping there because they're prices are so high. The price of chicken feed and the chick crumbles have increased to a ridiculous price.

Thank you. It's especially wonderful to walk the property during the spring time when all of the plants are budding and in the fall with all the colors and the leaves are falling. But I love the green grass, trees/mountains, and our blue skies here in KY, USA. I found that book you told me about online. There are 79 pgs in pdf form. I have the tab opened, but on my computer, I haven't made the time to read it yet. It's hard for me to read ebooks, but I really want to try this book book. What is your neighborhood like and are you reading any good books right now?

I'm so sorry to hear about your back! Do you put ice or heat on it? Or nothing? I have tweaked my back in the past/mowing incident that didn't turn into a mower rolling over me, but occasionally flares up. I can empathize with your pain. I love putting heat on it. I don't know if I'm supposed to, but it's what feels good to me. From my experience country women usually do have a high pain threshold. I'm sorry it did you in. Do you see a back doctor regularly? Can a chiropractor tweak you back so you're not in a lot of pain? If Elvis is mean he has to go some way. He might as well feed us. 🤷‍♀ But if Eleanore and Winifred can whip the boys into being good roosters/protectors then I'll keep him and the other boys.

@@BookZealots I use ice. When I had the spinal fusions it was the only thing that helped me. I have those gel packs that you freeze. They are wonderful. My back orthopedic dr retired so I have to find another one. That’s another reason I haven’t have another surgery.

@@user-iz6cc6lz3j-Vickie I understand using ice after surgery. I hope you find a great doctor.

@@BookZealots thank you. I have a couple in mind it’s just making up The decision to go. This time I know what I’m in for before I was going in not knowing the bone graph was the worse. It was more painful than the fusion.

Hi John, Hopefully Prometheus can figure out why the weedwhacker string isn't advancing. We go the other one working, but that was having different issues. 🤣 rage against the machines. Where's the machete? LOL Harder, but it's more reliable. How did you fare with the hurricane?

@@BookZealots I fared much better than many of my neighbors. I lost power from Friday morning until Monday evening. I also have some minor damage to fix. I have one friend who still doesn't have power. A lot of trees came down, but the major roads have been cleared.

@@HeyYallListenUp Wow, I am relieved to hear you are safe and have power back on and only minor damage. Were you aware the hurricane was headed in your direction? My brother is in SC and he wasn't hit much. Lots of leaves and one tree that broke in half. Why did NC get hit harder than SC? It doesn't make sense to me. Do you have a generator? Does your friend have a generator? So many people are trying to help the more devastated areas, but now truck driver's tires, bringing in supplies, are being slashed. Who does that?! I'm glad you're safe.

@@BookZealots I was aware it was coming, but I wasn't expecting the results. Hugo did a lot of damage in 1989, but there wasn't as much flooding. We had rain from a cold front the day before, so over a two day period, some areas got between 10 - 20 inches of rain. Also, given the mountains, the valleys quickly flooded. My friend does have a generator, and now has his power restored.

@@HeyYallListenUp I understand that. I don't think anyone thought the catastrophe that hit was going to happen. When has the western parts of NC been hit by a such a powerful storm? I'm glad your neighbor had a generator and now has power. The linemen are amazing. 10 - 20 inches of rain! Wow. That's a lot of rain.

So good to hear from you. Prometheus has two scythes. One the snath/handle is wiggly, but still functional and the other scythe's blade broke. 😟 He's a pretty good mechanic now and has two of our mowers working, but we have defintely scythed a little of our property in emergency moments. I do not know how men did acreage with that. Crazy. Oh my goodness you scared me with thoracic outlet syndrome. I looked it up to see what it was. It sounds painful and scary. I definitely do not have that. I looked up a diagram of the arm muscle and it was the frontish/side deltoid. It's fine now. This happened in August? But I hadn't used the machete since then, I was so worried about re-injuring it. Any thoughts on why an old knee dislocation injury would flare up for apparently no reason? I chalked it up to emotional stress, because I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Adding Albion's Seed to my goodreads tbr. Thank you. 📚👍

@@BookZealots Most jobs are easy when you have the right tools! I use a heating pad for just about everything 😅. Glad your arm is feeling better, I recall you mentioning it hurting in a previous video.

Thank you so much for such a sweet comment. Blessings to you as well. 🤗💗

LOL Hi Cheryl, thank you. I had a name for the smallest Silkie. I forgot to mention. I named her Precious, but now I don't know which one she is. 😂

Oh my goodness! I didn't realize you were in the path of Helene. Is the garden the only damage? Do you have family near? Is everyone okay? The entire recovery situation is a hot mess and completely unacceptable. Imagine giving away our natural disaster funds to illegal criminals and terrorists. 🤦‍♀️ It's treason. I'm so angry. And citizens trying to help their fellow man are being threatened with jail? sorry. I love my neighbor and I used to love my country. I get very passionate. I know what you mean about copying someone's accent while talking with them. I didn't do that, but when I'd get angry I would slip into a southern accent. I lived in San Diego and had only been to Texas for a week when I was ten. 🤷‍♀️ That's what I thought about the potato plants, but we've grown red potatoes before and the flowers were white. I've never heard of pickled green tomatoes. Did your 12 year enjoy the process? I hope they are delicious. Blessings to you too and please let me know how your neighbors are and your family. Oh, about Tess. I'm at the part I think your husband might be referring to. It's very vague, but because of what grows later, we know what Alec D'Urberville did.

@@BookZealots We are in the zone but the only damage was a tarp torn in half and a peach tree uprooted. There was flooding 5 miles to the east and "weeks" worth of power outages, washed out roads, etc. to the west. Here in WNC Desantis is our hero, not Cooper. Also so many good, good people trying to do whatever they can.

@@Fernie4243 I'm relieved to hear you are safe and sorry to hear about the peach tree. I've been following information I can find on this platform from people on the ground or like you mentioned, Desantis. He mentioned sending people up to NC. I also heard a woman in NC and she ranted about fema telling people they could not shower without flip flops. 🤦‍♀ That's as stupid as telling people to go online and apply for the relief funding. Without Elon Musk there wouldn't be internet, but if people don't have cell phones or computers, because they were washed away in the flooding, how are they supposed to do that? The woman also told Fema they better not get in the way. LOL don't mess with mountain people. I've also heard linemen are working on restoring power.

@@BookZealots LOL that was Leigh (sp?). She's a realtor from the Charlotte area and she knows everyone. She really loves people. She's been working hard in this. The day before that she told people delivering supplies to carry. Desperate people do desperate things. I've been following her for several years. 2020 she was playing the piano and singing hymns. She's real.

@@Fernie4243 I'm sure that's her. I didn't pay attention to the name, but she has a short bleached hair bob. yes! That's her. I just looked her up in my history. It is so true, desperate people do indeed do desperate things. It's way past my bedtime. Night~

There really are! I was so amazed when I was researching it and it was fun to see how many overlap, but also listening how many of the accents are here in the U.S. LOL

@@BookZealots there is a lot of overlap between US accents, yes. Which makes sense, but is still surprising sometimes.

@@CourtneyReads I find them extremely fascinating. My older son says buh-en, like a Virginian for button. He grew up in San Diego. I have no idea where he heard it pronounced like that. LOL

@BookZealots so without the emphasis on the T sound? That's how we say it where I'm from, too. And I do have a souther accent, but not as strong as many. My accent also adapts a lot depending on who I'm talking to. I've had students in classes that I taught ask what part of New York I was from. That's where they were from and they couldn't accept that I was a born and raised South Carolinian.

@@CourtneyReads Those yanks can be pretty prejudiced. LOL I wasn't aware South Carolinians omitted the double t's in the middle of words. this is such a fun conversation. I do love hearing different ways of speech. And have you heard of the old English region in NC?

Thank you! I have been hearing this on chicken channels, not all, but a lot. And I've been watching mine and they seem very curious, the first to investigate new foods and adventure (free range in the open). Other than the one that bit me, they don't seem aggressive. My only problem I can see is keeping them in the netted area when I put them in the coop. The Silkies are quite a bit smaller than the other hens. Thank you for letting me know. I appreciate the feedback.

@BookZealots my brother has a mix of many chickens and yes, it is difficult to keep some where they're supposed to be. They had some, not sure what kind, even smaller than silkies and they can fit through the littlest gaps.

@@CourtneyReads Oh wow, I didn't know there was a smaller breed. I wonder if they're also a bantam breed? I purposely had avoided getting bantams because they're smaller. But I guess God wanted me to have them, so I'll make the best of the situation. Does your brother have a lot of property?

@BookZealots he has a few acres.

@@CourtneyReads lovely.

hello~ Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. 🤗

I've been to Chicago. I used to love it until 2009 and we never returned. I've been told Chicago is a smaller version of NYC. Did you grandfather share stories about the sidwalk games the kids played? When I was about 10 new neighbors bought the house next to us and the wife grew up in the Bronx and she'd share stories with me. I loved it! Did you grow up playing outside?

I bet her stories were so interesting! My maternal grandfather was born in 1914. His parents came over from Odessa around 1912. He’d talk about how it was noisy lol There were several siblings and he loved to read and would escape to a corner of the apartment with his buttered bread and read. ❤ One of his stories I loved to envision when he told it was the ice man who would carry the ice up the many floors of the building. Amazing times. He didn’t mention playing in the street - sounds like his mother tried to keep them close and in a lot. They ventured as kids do. lol I played outside of course - it was the 70s lol I dug in the dirt - planted rocks for some reason - and ride my big wheels and later my bike all over :)

We're good James. Thank you. Busy on the land. We, thank God, did not get hit hard with the storm. We had dead wood get blown out of trees, a Winnie the Pooh blustery day type clean up and about three inches of rain. We have a lot of work to do before winter hits. Been praying for the people hit hard with this hurricane though. People are realizing they can't rely on the gov to help them. It's very scary and I wish I had a helicopter to fly in water and food for these people. This is the day that the Lord has made and I will be glad in it. thank you for your thoughts James. I appreciate it. Erion~

@@BookZealots Oaky, No Hurry. Glad to hear all is well.

I'm so glad you're safe and your family is as well. I didn't know you were in NC. Praying now! And will continue. keep me posted.

I'm going to look into an update on the hurricane. I usually only pay attention if storms are headed towards my brother in S.C. and offer him a place to stay if he wants. I've heard the touristy spots in London are more dangerous (pick pockets or snatch and grabs). And I heard there were snatch and grabs from scooter gangs in NY. I thought I saw one in one of your videos. But I'm glad nothing dangerous happened to you all and overall it was a good visit. I still need to watch 4. I don't think I received notifications for them all. I'll have to check. KZbin is trying to punish me right now.

Thank you Linda. I hope you enjoy your Bible study.

@@BookZealots Wow, derangement syndrome.. how interesting that a hateful attitude destroys rationality. Makes sense. Somehow the two are connected. I am not surprised you're changing your mind about moving south. I think it would be sad to leave such a nice home and property with plenty of space for more books... to live somewhere else in a smaller house. Less upheaval is better, in my opinion... unless you're Abraham hearing God telling you to move west permanently. Somehow you will manage. I say that knowing how hard it is at my age (72) to be in charge of one half acre - that doesn't look anywhere near as good as your land. CA grasses are brown, not green, this time of year... at least in my yard. I don't have a real lawn anymore. What little there was, was obliterated by the fire and cleanup activities. Anyhow, wishing you well. I've thought of getting a dog but I don't know that I can take on any more huge responsibilities. And dogs are that.

Just saw I posted from the wrong KZbin account. This is the one I use to listen to my outdoors and documentary type videos like David Paulides Missing 411 etc... so those videos don't get mixed into my Booktube videos on the subscription page.

@@vantripper IQ is lowered in mobs too. Fun little brain facts. =) About moving, I agree. We were going to have to sell almost all of our furniture to move and buy a house the size of a crack jack box and pay higher prices. No thank you. But it was also the crime rate we weren't thrilled with. It's more God stopping us. This is the second time this has happened. The first delay was covid. Pretty big delay. LOL Then this second one was Prometheus needing to take two extra math classes, because he's a transfer student and didn't take the SAT or the ACT. And he was researching jobs and degrees and said it isn't profitable to pay the extra tuition at the private school in FL. I told my husband, "well, if we're staying here for 4 or more years, I want a refurbished kitchen." LOL And he said, "um, what are you thinking? How much are you thinking?" It was hilarious. I can't do the flooring and I can't do the countertops, but I can paint the cabinets. It's only in the thinking stage. But first, a used truck for Prometheus. Are you still going to plant a flower garden? and yes, dogs are a huge responsibility.

@@vantripper Very cool and organized. =)

I understand. I was going to share informaiton about my husband and decided to delete it. I hope you're doing well James.

I'm sorry you need to rehome your guard dog. =( That's a hard decision to make. yes! Okay, you understand the need for space and the connection of mental health. That doesn't surprise me. I'm excited for you in finding new pastures. I hope you'll share when you find it or get settled. It's a concern that more people are getting pushed out of their areas. Thank you for commenting.

@@BookZealots Kano (my guard dog) will be happy where ever he goes. Just keeping my eye out for the right place 😉. Luckily it was easy for me to find my next space, I just had to look and be honest with myself. I have my heart set on the desert, but for now I'm headed back to Appalachia which is where I was born. Very exciting and I needed to be miserable first in order to make this step. Everything for a reason.

What a horrible experience. I'm sorry that happened. Was that before or during the time Rudy Giuliani was mayor? I had an Italian aunt who went to visit family in NY and she saw a burglary taking place and she was going yell at the guy and everyone around her shut her up and scurried her away. That was in the 1980's though. I haven't paid attention to the hurricane. I suppose I should we had a tornado siren go off yesterday. Is there supposed to be strong winds or just the rain?

@@BookZealotsit’s suppose to be strong winds here. I’m not sure what year that happened. My daughter is 43 now and my parents took her. I am thinking it was in the late 80’s or early 90’s. They took her everywhere. She was their only grandchild. My dad paid for me to fly from Florida When she was a couple of months old. My mom said he couldn’t stand it not seeing her. I went through the Atlanta airport with a baby, stroller and all baby stuff. A nightmare I still remember.

@@user-iz6cc6lz3j-Vickie It's very sweet your dad wanted to see his granddaughter so much. 🤗 But I can also imagine the nightmare of traveling through Atlanta airport with a baby and all of the items that accompany those precious little humans. LOL

How did you fare in the storm Vickie? Are you okay? I hope you dind't have any flooding or damage. My brother is in S.C. and he had a tree break. He's not sad about it, he wanted to take it down, but it was too big a job for him. We have lots of twigs that have broken off of trees, nothing big that I've noticed. If you have internet, please let me know if you're okay. I heard TN was hit quite hard.

@@BookZealots it was pretty bad here in northwest Georgia. Lots and lots of rain and really windy. Lots of trees down everywhere but I haven’t seen and down right near me. I never lost power thank goodness. Thank you so much for thinking of me. How was it up there. My sister-in-law lives in Gainesville Florida and got hit hard. She lost power. She was coming up to stay with my niece outside Knoxville but decided to wait till the hurricane passed and now till they get her power going. She fortunately has a generator. That was a bad hurricane. Lots of people without power. I have 2 creeks near my house one which is by my yard. It’s really flooded but there is an incline up To my yard. My dad who would have been 95 in a couple of days always said he never saw it flood up over the ride. Where I live is my great grandparents home site. There was lots of flooding everywhere.