Merry Christmas to Jean


Small note card, 2 1/2 inches by 2 inches.

Merry Christmas to Jean
From Mom

With love and a fond memory of a day past.

Found in "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper. Published by Collier Books, 1986.

16 comments:

  1. hey, this blog is interesting.. i liked your title'forgotten book marks'..its funny to see all these forgotten bookm marks..

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  2. What a great book! I adore your blog.

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  3. what a wonderful way of bringing out 'bookmarks' as you call them.

    keep up the good work!!:)

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  4. I browsed through your blog, and it's really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. My mother passed away last year. My sisters name in Jean. Although I know there is no way it could be.. for a couple of minutes it was pleasant to dream. I miss my mother. The handwriting is even similar. Thank you.
    Finski

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  6. I just discovered your blog, and I am so glad I did. I can't believe it's not monetized! What a goldmine. Sorry-- that's the accountant in me talking.

    I love the handwritten recipes, too. If you find some handwritten in Portuguese, let me know. I'm putting together a cookbook and I'll buy them.

    Your blog is one of the most original I've ever seen.

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  7. I watched the movie. It's awesome. Sorry. Just being the typical 17-year-old that I am here. I'd love to have the book. Surely it's more interesting than the movie itself. Great blog btw :)

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  8. I really like your blog.

    Good job mate.

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  9. I find this post very touching. It is one of the most unusual posts I have seen in a long time.

    Your bookmark find is almost an evocation of bookmarks I use, not signed, that I usually hunt years for, because I cannot remember which book I left it/them in.

    Beautiful...

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  10. I LOVE that book. :) The card is poignant, and just the right find for it.

    I found this blog not too long ago, and how delightful it is! Thanks so much for sharing with us.

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  11. This blog alone has made me feel less self conscious about the odd-ball things I use as bookmarks. Right now I'm using a random business card I was handed at a tattoo convention. It's for a business I have no desire to shop from (a sex-toy shop), but I love the card because it has a lovely image of a pin-up girl on it.

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  12. has anyone ever read your blog and found their own bookmark?

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  13. Such a neat blog!
    I love looking through library books for bookmarks. I used to collect them. Now I only keep the cool ones. The gum wrappers and little slips of paper got kind of boring after a while.

    I also collect cards from the old card catalog system.

    Anyway, I'm now following your blog. Keep up the neat work :)

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  14. that was kind of sad even though it was meant to be sweet.

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  15. that's one of my favourite books in the whole world, although I love the old 70's cover art by Michael Heslop much, much better. the recent movie was such an abomination it upset me and many others no end... for a book with such evocative imagery, it was terrible the way they tampered with the sense of place and the storyline.

    my mother was the one who discovered the series in a local book store when I was about 10, and every time I read these books (which is still almost annually) I think of her and her remarkable talent for knowing exactly what I'd love. just like a mum :-)

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