Betty MacDonald, Monica Sone and the 5th season

Betty MacDonald fan club fans, Betty MacDonald had to suffer a lot because of jealousy and hateful comments. Although The Egg and I was so popular after publication in 1945 and sold over one million copies within a year Betty got several letters from obviously very jealous women. I totally agree what Monica Sone said about the subject for example: Feeling jealous can be handled in a positive or negative way. It can stimulate you to work hard to get what you want or one could hold on to jealousy and feel emotionally unhappy. Do more women than men feel emotionally unhappy? I can't imagine that women in a democratic country vote for a guy like this. To me it's really a shame! Whatever their explanations, the underlying fact remained: his disrespect for women — his evident understanding of them as property or props — simply did not matter. Or, at the very least, did not matter enough. To me it's like the start of the fifth season. The "fifth season of the year" as Carnival is called, begins on November 11th at 11:11 a.m. But the real "crazy days" do not start before the so-called Weiberfastnacht (Shrove Thursday), the Thursday before Rosenmontag (Carnival Monday). The "crazy days" of Carnival are celebrated with parties on the streets, in public squares and in pubs. Closing times for pubs and bars are suspended for the duration of the festival. I can remember these funny days very well when I visted my German friends in Cologne in 2016. The fifth season only lasts a few months but afterwards it's quiete normal again. I adore Mount Rainier and Betty MacDonald's outstanding descriptions Can you remember in which book you can find it? If so let us know, please and you might be the next Betty MacDonald fan club contest winner. I hope we'll be able to read Wolfgang Hampel's new very well researched stories about Betty MacDonald, Robert Eugene Heskett, Donald Chauncey MacDonald, Darsie Bard, Sydney Bard, Gammy, Alison Bard Burnett, Darsie Beck, Mary Bard Jensen, Clyde Reynolds Jensen, Sydney Cleveland Bard, Mary Alice Bard, Dorothea DeDe Goldsmith, Madge Baldwin, Don Woodfin, Mike Gordon, Ma and Pa Kettle, Nancy and Plum, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and others - very soon. It' s such a pleasure to read them. Let's go to magical Betty MacDonald's Vashon Island. Congratulations! They found the most interesting and important info for Wolfgang Hampel's oustanding Betty MacDonald biography. Don't miss our Betty MacDonald fan club contests, please. You can win a never published before Alison Bard Burnett interview by Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel. Good luck! This CD is a golden treasure because Betty MacDonald's very witty sister Alison Bard Burnett shares unique stories about Betty MacDonald, Mary Bard Jensen, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and Nancy and Plum. Do you have any books by Betty MacDonald and Mary Bard Jensen with funny or interesting dedications? If so would you be so kind to share them? Our next Betty MacDonald fan club project is a collection of these unique dedications. If you share your dedication from your Betty MacDonald - and Mary Bard Jensen collection you might be the winner of our new Betty MacDonald fan club items. Thank you so much in advance for your support. Yours, Astrid