Somewhere He Opens a Window

The Sound of Music is one of the greatest movies of all time.  Don't even try to argue with that because you know it's true.  One of the best quotes in the movie is given by the mother abbess.  Even if you don't like the Sound of Music you have to love the mother abbess, she is just a beautiful person and full of wisdom.  Wisdom like this, 'Whenever God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window."  What a great thought.  So what does The Sound of Music have to do with today's book you ask.

Well, Marguerite De Angeli's The Door in the Wall is full of the same sentiment as the mother abbess' advice.  Whenever something goes wrong you just have to look for the door in the wall. Set in fourteenth century England, The Door in the Wall is the story of Robin the crippled son of a nobleman.  His childhood was full of pressure, "Ever since he could remember, Robin had been told what was expected of him as son of his father."  Can you imagine that kind of pressure?

Everything is going ok until Robin gets very sick and is left permanently weakened.  Once that happens he can no longer become the knight he was expected to be so now he must look for the door in the wall.  All in all this is a great story and a really fun read.  This book also contained one of my new favorite things...roasted apples.  A lot of the stories I have been reading contain scenes where the characters are on a journey and they make a fire and roast apples for dinner.  I thought that sounded absolutely scrumptious so on my family vacation we made a fire and roasted apples.

My aunt Kathy, cousin Jonathan, me, and my cousin Ali 

 

Typically you are supposed to core the apples, put a little butter and brown sugar in the core and then roast them in the fire.  Since it was the end of the week we didn't have that many apples left so we cut ours up mixed them with butter and brown sugar then roasted portions in foil.  For next time I would suggest adding a little cinnamon and roasting the apples whole.

Finding the door in the wall, roasting apples...that's kids stuff.