When I was in elementary school, one of the main required readings was a book called "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan. It is a "novel is set in the western United States during the late 19th century. Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer who is still saddened by the death of his wife during childbirth several years earlier finds that the task of taking care of his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. He writes an ad in the newspaper for a mail-order bride. Sarah, from Maine, answers his ad and travels out to become his wife." (Thanks, Wikipedia.)
Like the Harry Potter of 1986... NOT
The book was adapted into a made-for-TV movie, starring the lovely Glenn Close as Sarah. It also starred Christopher Walken as Jacob, which actually kind of makes me want to rewatch the film again... But anyway...
Truth be told, I did NOT like the book OR the movie. The book was award-winning though! And who doesn't like movies with Christopher Walken?! Well friends, I have always been very tall, the tallest in my class. So with the name Sara (3rd graders don't differentiate between Sarah and Sara, those amateurs) and being VERY tall, I totally got "Sara, Plain and Tall" all the time from my classmates. And NO girl likes to be called plain. So was the book good? Probably. The movie heart-warming? Probably. But I was anti.
For people my age though, "Sarah, Plain and Tall" is a book/movie that we remember. So when I was thinking about a name for this blog, I wanted to play off of the name, since I thought it was quite recognizable and clever, and putting "brain" just sort of fit. So if you want to kick it like in 3rd grade, read/watch on the Hallmark Channel to your heart's content. And no, mail-order bride-ing it is NOT in my future. (Yet.)
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