"It takes a high wall to keep out fear." "Evil tongues and evil ears are equally bad." "Distrust poisons a friendship." Such are a few of many words of wisdom in this attractive, easy-to-read book.
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Julie Jensen McDonald, whose ancestry is Danish, was born in a western Iowa Danish community. She is noted for an immigrant novel with Danish roots, "Amalie." For Penfield, she has authored "Delectably Danish Recipes and Reflections," "Scandinavian Proverbs," and "Definitely Danish: Denmark and Danish Americans." She served as chair of the Iowa Arts Council, teaches journalism at St. Ambrose University, and is a trustee of the Davenport Museum of Art.
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My Grandmother Used to Say,
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Danish Proverbs is now back in print. This new edition has revised color on the cover, but still features the drawing of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid as immortalized in bronze by the sculptor Edvard Eriksen.In hand calligraphy on archival paper by master calligrapher Esther Feske, these short, bright sayings become words to relate to in their reference to: Sage Observations, Experience Speaks, Worldly Goods, Hearth and Home, Eating and Drinking, Children, Heart and Soul, Friends and Neighbors, War and Peace, Law and Government, Animal Observations, Wise Advice, and Wry Comments. Line drawings by Esther Feske illustrate scenes of historic importance in Denmark beginning with the Jelly Stone of 980 A.D. Early writing (runes) on the stone inspired some of the character type-designs used in the book. Other illustrations are: Viking ships, Viking burial grounds, and other scenes drawn from photographs taken by Penfield Publisher Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret during a tour of the Scandinavian countries. Julie Jensen McDonald, whose ancestry is Danish, says of her selections of proverbs for this book, "`My grandmother used to say' prefaces many of the proverbs in my mind. May you also find what your `grandmother used to say' and more. This book is a beautiful addition to personal collections, as well as a thoughtful gift. "That which is unsaid may be spoken, but the spoken cannot be unsaid."
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