Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald biography

Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

speaking of special birthday anniversaries during March, what about Betty MacDonald's husband Donald MacDonald?

Donald Chauncey MacDonald was born Sept. 2, 1910, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

He died in 1975 at the age of only 65 in Monterey.

I'm working on a story about Donald Chauncey MacDonald with many facts, information and photos for Betty MacDonald Newsletter April 2015.

Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel's wonderful Betty MacDonald interviews with Betty MacDonald's beloved sister Alison Bard Burnett and many other relatives and friends include the most interesting memories of Donald Chauncey MacDonald. 

I hope these interviews will be published soon.

Wolfgang Hampel's  Betty MacDonald documentary of Betty MacDonald's life in Boulder, Butte, Seattle, Laurelhurst, Chimacum, Vashon Island, Carmel and Carmel Valley is really fascinating.

My personal favourites are scenes of Betty's and Don's life in Carmel and Carmel Valley.

I hope that Betty MacDonald's filmed interview will be available soon. 

Wolfgang Hampel's satirical poems and stories are delightful and so very witty. 

It's a very good idea to offer a special CD and DVD of Wolfgang Hampel's outstanding work.

You'll adore Darsie Beck's beautifully written childhood memories of Vashon Island.


Take care,

Nena

Betty MacDonald fan club


Betty MacDonald and her husband in Hollywood

Betty MacDonald, Wolfgang Hampel, Darsie Beck and ESC 2015

 


Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Darsie Beck, Betty MacDonald's favourite nephew and son of Betty MacDonald's unique sister Alison Bard Burnett gave us the permission to share a special gift with you, his childhood memories of Vashon Island. It's so beautifully written. 

It'll be published on March 26.

Artist and author Darsie Beck:

I've always been fascinated by the ferry boats that serve the island and Olympic Peninsula communities of Puget Sound. I feel particularly fortunate to have spent my first ten years and the last thirty years here on Vashon Island and the in between years living in water front homes near the Fauntleroy ferry dock and on the north end of Mercer Island near the old ferry landing that once served that island community.

Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel  has been interviewed for Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter March.

So many Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club fans adore Wolfgang Hampel's satirical poems.

Betty MacDonald fan club team Nadine, Greta and Astrid are working on a new Betty MacDonald fan club article regarding Wolfgang Hampel's oustanding work on Betty MacDonald and his literary works.
 

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund and Betty MacDonald fan club research team are going to share their outstanding new Betty MacDonald fan club research results.

Betty MacDonald fan club contest is a great chance!

You'll be able to win many Betty MacDonald fan club items, especially the updated Betty MacDonald documentary with new interviews.  

Send us your most beautiful photo of Betty MacDonald's favourite flowers, please.

Deadline: March 26, 2015

Do you have any idea why it's March 26?

We'd like to know the ESC TOP 10 of unique Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli .

Many Betty MacDonald fan club fans enjoy Brad Craft's very interesting reviews for example
Quick Review Perruchot's Toulouse-Lautrec.

ESC Queen Katja Ebstein celebrated her 70th birthday on March 9th.

There are so many Betty MacDonald fan club ESC fans who adore Katja and her outstanding songs.

We got many birthday greetings for this beloved singer. 

If you listen to her you can understand why Katja is only called ' The Voice '.

We'd like to know the ESC TOP 10 of unique Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli .


Ann Sophie with Black Smoke is in my current TOP 5.


That's a current ESC 2015 TOP 23.

Enjoy your Wednesday,

Jan

Betty MacDonald fan club

Wolfgang Hampel, Betty MacDonald, ESC 2015

Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

you'll get many interesting info on Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel,  the new Betty MacDonald fan club research teams and Betty MacDonald fan club projects in 2015. 
   
We are very glad to hear from you if you are interested in joining the new Betty MacDonald fan club research teams.

Don't miss current Betty MacDonald fan club contest, please. 

Send us the most beautiful photo of Betty MacDonald's favourite flowers.

Deadline: March 26, 2015

Good luck dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans! 

By the way there is a Betty MacDonald fan club research team ' Betty MacDonald and her garden '. 

Send a mail to Reni please. 

New Betty MacDonald fan club research team members are always welcome.

We don't know whether Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli  is as fond of beautiful gardens as he is of beautiful ladies.

We know Betty MacDonald fan club members from all over the world enjoy breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick very much. 

What do you think of Brad's hipster chocolate?   Really brilliant and very funny! 

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  is a huge ESC fan and can't wait to meet many Betty MacDonald fan club ESC fans.

Are you interested in attending  Betty MacDonald fan club ESC meeting 2015?

Let us know, please. 

We are very happy to meet you!

This is a  new current Eurovison Song Contest TOP 16. 

Who is the winner of  German ESC preselection 2015 on March 5th? 

It's very exciting! We already got many votes. 

Fahrenhaidt - Frozen Silence and Mrs. Greenbird with Shine Shine Shine  are the hot favourites.  

Send us your favourite song please.

Perhaps you are the winner of some very interesting Betty MacDonald fan club Eurovision Song Contest items!

Deadline: March 4, 2015

Yours,

Sandrine

Betty MacDonald fan club  

Wolfgang Hampel and new Betty MacDonald fan club research team

Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

March will be a very exciting month for Betty MacDonald fan club fans not only because we believe in very beautiful Spring!

Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel's unique Betty MacDonald fan club interviews and his Betty MacDonald biography are the subject of Vincent's new Betty MacDonald fan club research team.

Vincent will be very glad to hear from you if you are interested in joining his new Betty MacDonald fan club research team.

Don't miss current Betty MacDonald fan club contest, please. 


You can win Betty Macdonald fan club collection with many very interesting bonus items.

Send us the most beautiful photo of Betty MacDonald's favourite flowers.

Deadline: March 26, 2015

Good luck dearest Betty MacDonald fan club fans! 

 
Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli will be back with new outstanding activities. 

Come on! Let's have a new breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick.

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund and her Betty MacDonald fan club Eurovision Song Contest 2015 team are very busy right now. 

What about Betty MacDonald fan club ESC meeting 2015?

More info are coming soon!

This is a current Eurovison Song Contest TOP 15. 

Who will win German ESC preselection 2015 on March 5th?  

Fahrenhaidt - Frozen Silence and Mrs. Greenbird with Shine Shine Shine  seem to be  the favourites.  

Do you agree?

What's your opinion?

Send us your favourite please and you can win some very interesting Betty MacDonald fan club Eurovision Song Contest items!

Deadline: March 4, 2015

Yours,

Melanie

Betty MacDonald fan club 

Wolfgang Hampel, Betty MacDonald and Anybody can do anything

Wolfgang Hampel - and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

I adore Betty MacDonald's book  'The plague and I and Betty's very witty friend Kimi ( Monica Sone) but  my favourite book by Betty MacDonald is 'Anybody can do anything'.

Therefore I'd love to see this musical. ( see text below )

We are going to organize a BettyMacDonald fan club birthday contest in March.

You only have to tell us your favourite book by Betty MacDonald and her sister Mary Bard Jensen.

You'll get all the info in March!

Don't miss current Betty MacDonald fan club contest, please!

The winner takes it all. 

You can win a Betty MacDonald fan club treasure collection with several new Betty MacDonald fan club items. 

Who is Betty MacDonald's very cute friend and when did Betty MacDonald describe her adventures?

Betty MacDonald fan club contest deadline: February 25, 2015

             
Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner Wolfgang Hampel and Alison Bard Burnett's daughter Alison Beck mentioned in her interview with Wolfgang Hampel that Betty MacDonald's Anybody can do anything was her favourite book. I totally agree with her.

By the way it's not a bad idea to relisten to Wolfgang Hampel's interview.

Maybe you'll  be able to answer the Betty MacDonald fan club contest answer. 

I hope beloved Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli not only survived his very dangerious experiences with Natalie Horler's red high heels but also his huge Birthday party with famous honor guests.

Let us know everything, please - perhaps with some very cute photos.

Thanks a million in advance! 

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund is going to share some very important Betty MacDonald fan club news in the next days.

Happy Wednesday,


Jo


Betty MacDonald fan club

Anybody Can Do Anything: A Musical

Adapted from the best-selling memoir by Betty MacDonald (of "The Egg and I" and "The Magical Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" fame), this new musical tells of how Betty survived the Great Depression as a single mother, thanks to the loving support of her family, especially her tremendously bossy sister Mary. Through terrible bosses and worse dates, with a Christmas tree harvested from the local park and meatloaf for 49 Sundays in a row, the family keeps its sense of humor and faith in each other. Funny and bittersweet, nostalgic but sharp-tongued, "Anybody Can Do Anything" is a musical homage to a Seattle original.

The cast includes Billie Wildrick, Jenny Shotwell, Greg Allen, Abi Brittle, Frances Leah King, Eric Englund, Angie Louise, Randy Scholz, Jessica Spencer, and Keaton Whittaker.

Wolfgang Hampel and Monica Sone

Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


if you are interested in joining Lasse's  Betty MacDonald fan club research team 'Betty MacDonald and Monica Sone' Lasse and his team members are delighted to hear from you.

Betty MacDonald fan club research team leader Lasse sent us this message:  

Over 31.000 people were kept interned until July 1948 - more than three years after the war in Europe had ended.

I hope we can learn from the past and we are willing to. To me it's quiete a shock to learn the depressing facts of internment of Japanese, Japanese Americans, European and European Americans in a democratic society.

Betty MacDonald Fan Club honor member Monica Sone was furious at the blatant disregard of her civil rights.

Monica Sone said to Betty MacDonald Memorial Award winner Wolfgang Hampel:
 
I didn't move from Seattle - they moved me away and I never came back.
( only for family visits ) 
 
Of course everybody can understand Monica Sone's feelings.

A democratic society has to protect the civil rights of their people. Otherwise it's no longer a democratic society. A simple fact.

In the camps, internees were seen more as prisoners of war than as civilians.

Just imagine the loss of property, the personal insults, the barbed wire, armed guards, the dust storms, horrible food, unfinished barracks, barren land, shared huts, inadequate washing and toilet facilities, green uniforms, military work details, snapping to attention at an officer's approach.

Therefore Monica Sone's Nisei Daughter is a very important book.

Betty MacDonald fan club founder, author, poet and Monica Sone's good friend Wolfgang Hampel told us that Nisei Daughter belonged to the very few books he was rereading. 

I know many of us do the very same.

Betty MacDonald encouraged her friend Monica Sone in publishing her book 'Nisei Daughter'.

Betty MacDonald:

'Nisei Daughter ' is a very remarkable book, humorous and delightfully readable, that takes you into the heart of a Japanese-American family and into the mind of the sensitive, perceptive eldest daughter.
The internment of the American born Japanese during World War II is handled with honesty and rare dispassion. It is certainly to Monica Sone's credit that she she still sings God bless America. 
 
Betty MacDonald was right. 

Having Monica Sone's experiences I'm not sure I would.

I agree with John Heitman "In a world where there are lots of smoke screens and J. Edgar Hoovers, an individual can really be hurt."


Take care,

Lasse

Betty MacDonald fan club 

Betty MacDonald, Wolfgang Hampel and a special birthday

                          

Betty MacDonald's very beautiful Vashon Island



Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund is convinced that Betty MacDonald fan club fans from 40 countries around the world won't have any problems to answer Betty MacDonald fan club question:

Who is Betty MacDonald's adorable friend and in which book did Betty MacDonald mention this cutie?




Betty MacDonald fan club contest deadline: February 25, 2015


Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner  Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club research team got very important items for updated Betty MacDonald biography.

Betty MacDonald fan club TOP research team Anita and Eartha Kitt II are going to share the very exciting info during the next days. 

Mr. Tigerli's birthday is on Valentine's Day.

This day perfectly fits!

We got a delightful message from Betty MacDonald fan club honor member, artist and author  Letizia Maninco -  our beloved 'Italian Betty MacDonald':

                                                    
                                      

Dearest Linde and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

thank you very much. 

I'll  meet Mary Holmes and Wolfgang Hampel today and we are going to  speak about a book "Mr. Tigerli - a loving cat". 

For such a book, I would like to write about new adventures of Mr. Tigerli, and to integrate also the interviews with Betty MacDonald.

Mr. Tigerli revealed to me that he was born on St. Valentine's Day,  but he didn't like to tell me the year.

He said "Do you know I have nine lifes ?".

Dearest Linde and Betty MacDonald fan club fans what do you  think about writing a book about Mr. Tigerli?

Congratulations for the new web site!

Many best wishes from Christoph and me,

Letizia

Dearest Letizia Mancino, Mary Holmes and Wolfgang Hampel, I know Betty MacDonald - and Mr. Tigerli fans from all over the world would be delighted to read more about their beloved hero. 

Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is such a fascinating guy and really very smart. We adore him. This is my favourite question and answer from Mr. Tigerli's interview.

Many women rave about you, as one can see from Betty MacDonald Fan Club blog on the internet.
What is the secret of your manly attraction?

I have been asked this question many times before.
There I have the same attribute as my friends Casanova, Boris Becker and James Bond: we were not great talkers but men of action.

Isn't that great?  I guess Casanova, Boris Becker and James Bond are nothing comparing to our beloved hero.

A million hugs to unique Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli.



Enjoy a very nice day,

Tom


Betty MacDonald fan club