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Hooray! In only about two weeks we at LibriVox.org achieved our goal and can now shut down our fundraising campaign.
http://librivox.org/2010/03/09/funding-goal-achieved-thank-you/

We raised $23,000 from 433 donors, in 13 days, averaging $1,769 in donations from 33 people every day. We had a couple of big donors, who gave a few thousand dollars each, and many more smaller donations which all add up to: everything we asked for.

A big thank you to everyone who donated!

Our own Adrian Praetzellis was just the subject of a very nice article in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100306/LIFESTYLE/100309770/

Way to go, Adrian!

19 The Coming of the Cavaliers – 00:11:30

18 – How Englishmen Fought a Duel with Tyranny 00:07:41

Some of our very artistic volunteers have been creating beautiful album art/cd inserts for our books. Some are so appealing, it makes me want to listen to the books even though I don’t know anything at all about them.

Here are two collections:
http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_cd_covers
http://www.archive.org/details/LibrivoxCdCoverArt

And here is the art for some of my solo books. Clicking an image will take you to the catalog page for the book, where you can get the audio files, the album art, and a printable CD case insert! Aren’t they pretty?

I think KathyrnD made most if not all of these. Thank you, Kathryn!!

17 How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers – 00:10:24

Sorry no proper posts in such a long time. I’ve been feeling quite rotten in one way or another for so long. Saw doctor and he’s running tests. I’ll let you know.

16 How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Sea – 00:13:25

15 How the Colony was Saved – 00:24:44

Do you love LibriVox? Have you listened to some of our wonderful free recordings? Since you’re visiting my blog, perhaps you are a fan of The Secret Garden, or Heidi, or The Swiss Family Robinson?

Though we are entirely volunteer-run, we are finally feeling a financial strain — our tremendous success has caused us to require ever more server space and bandwidth for our projects-in-progress. Can you make a small donation to help defray our server costs?

http://librivox.org/2010/02/24/librivox-needs-your-help/

Many thanks!

I’m pretty worn out now, but I felt well enough this morning to go on an outing with Henry. We went to the MOPA in Balboa Park and looked at the beautiful photos, and then walked through the Botanical Building, and then through the Timken Gallery. I love the Timken especially much; I’ve been visiting it ever since I was a little kid and I just love to say hi to my favorite paintings. And then Henry treated me to lunch at In-N-Out!

Boy among the plants:

Botanical Building seen through the fancy railing at the Timken:

14 More Adventures of Captain John Smith – 00:21:58

Ok, time for the next book. “This Country of Ours”, by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, is a book of US history for kids, from early exploration and settlement to the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

It’s very long, but divided nicely into six or seven parts so I’ve divided my recordings likewise. I posted all of Part 1 back in 2008, but if you missed it you can download Part 1 here and catch up: http://librivox.org/this-country-of-ours-part-1-by-he-marshall/.

And now, on with Part 2: Stories of Virginia, from chapter 13 (Captain John Smith) to chapter 21 (The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe). You can read along and view the original illustrations at mainlesson.com. (You can buy a lovely paperback reprint of the original book there, too!)

13 The Adventures of Captain John Smith – 00:22:44

Hooray for the Swiss Family!

The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter 18 – 27:58

Oh, it’s the end of the book. How sad.

relapse today. bad headache all day, plus return of illness in general. bah.

Hooray for the Swiss Family!

The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter 17 part 2 – 29:05

Sorry there haven’t been any real blog posts for so long but I’ve been really sick and have only just yesterday started to feel a little better. Whatever Henry had two weeks ago, I caught about nine days ago and it knocked me flat. I’ve barely been able to get out of bed this whole time, and haven’t been able to read or knit or watch TV much (hurts my eyes), so I’ve been resting and listening to podcasts and audiobooks. Lots of Radio Lab, Fresh Air, and the BBC’s “History of the World in 100 Objects”.

I’m on the mend now, for sure, though it’s a slow recovery. Yesterday I had a bit of an appetite and a little more energy and spent most of the day sitting up. And we watched the Olympics!

Today I have a goal of folding all the laundry that Dan washed, and possibly throwing out all the dead and reeking leftovers from the fridge. They were worth saving nine days ago, but now, not so much. And then I’ll spend the rest of the day recovering and watching the Olympics with my Valentine.

Hooray for the Swiss Family!

The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter 17 part 1 – 13:09

(sorry, had the wrong recording linked here for a while but it’s fixed now)

Hooray for the Swiss Family!

The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter 16 part 2 – 20:57

Hooray for the Swiss Family!

The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter 16 part 1 – 21:53