tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post488751803083742872..comments2023-11-06T19:32:54.152-05:00Comments on Cricket And Porcupine: The Last DanceCrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584174478393760131noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-88039136863874385582011-05-20T15:42:30.912-04:002011-05-20T15:42:30.912-04:00I've seen that look of pure joy on my grandfat...I've seen that look of pure joy on my grandfather's face, while he watched my young sons playing.Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16705613736966783261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-82191189962039567672011-05-09T08:25:49.167-04:002011-05-09T08:25:49.167-04:00You certainly have a way with words. Beautifully ...You certainly have a way with words. Beautifully written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-76284099670356598682011-05-08T15:55:09.584-04:002011-05-08T15:55:09.584-04:00I love you Nana stories. They're all so beauti...I love you Nana stories. They're all so beautifully written... with love. I think I'll have to print them all and just keep them.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-2489466412541119972011-05-07T21:08:35.500-04:002011-05-07T21:08:35.500-04:00I, too, referred to the era of ugly girl names as ...I, too, referred to the era of ugly girl names as I wrote about Ethel, my maternal granny. Her friends were Oneida and Ada Fulp and Mildred and Thelma and Gladys and Hazel. If we named our daughters after soap opera queens, what were the notions of femininity that went into the names for girls at the turn of the twentieth century? <br /><br />I followed the bunny trail over from Jayne's Suburban Soliloquy and I'll be back.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-52478782060834752002011-05-07T16:40:38.688-04:002011-05-07T16:40:38.688-04:00the part about her friends resonates so deeply wit...the part about her friends resonates so deeply with me. i knew my nana's friends too and their presence at her funeral steadied me. though i also mourned not only her loss but the visits when she brought a carload of her friends to my house and we all visited in my living room while the kids played around our feet.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-42019164502285910032011-05-06T10:14:24.671-04:002011-05-06T10:14:24.671-04:00so well written
so rich with love and respect
I l...so well written<br />so rich with love and respect<br /><br />I loved your comment on my hats post, I totally agree when I'm not being silly because life is getting to me a bit these daysDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-67432249441733540042011-05-06T01:14:48.159-04:002011-05-06T01:14:48.159-04:00This is a beautiful love story.This is a beautiful love story.Claudya Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034216831504207496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-85867437609994067832011-05-05T22:46:00.199-04:002011-05-05T22:46:00.199-04:00Oh, you're grandmother certainly made the best...Oh, you're grandmother certainly made the best of time. And it's true about the girls, that's a special thing that never changes. With the girls. I can't wait to see the girls next weekend! <br />I hope you're compiling all you Nana stories into a book. I just love your voice. The whole world should hear it.<br />(My Grandmother: Blanche. Great Aunts: Hortence, Yvonne, Adeline, Zelda...)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-65745791933186475552011-05-04T12:04:17.623-04:002011-05-04T12:04:17.623-04:00With my Mom, in her last years, she frequently ref...With my Mom, in her last years, she frequently referred to her friends from her nurse's training class as "the girls" or the "Kids" and I used to rag her about calling them those names, especially calling them "Kids." Her response was always the same -"To me, they will always be 'kids!" Now that I'm in my 60s, edging closer to the 70 mark, I refer to my friends from my school days the same way -and tell my kids the same thing my Mom used to say. And as a grandparent I can also attest that watching one's grandchildren does give the elation of pure joy, for sure! When they were tiny babies, I often said I could sit and just look at them, do nothing else, for hours on end -a desire I don't recall having had when my children were babies. Probably because I always had too darned much work waiting to be done then to allow such things like that to happen. Beautiful post, wonderful words of joy, pure joy!Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-6621415279391356142011-05-04T10:06:12.991-04:002011-05-04T10:06:12.991-04:00Joy. Pure joy.
Before two years ago I would have...Joy. Pure joy. <br /><br />Before two years ago I would have scoffed at such a thing. Now I understand.<br /><br />I love your grandmother. Thanks for sharing her.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-81630173330844281802011-05-04T08:56:36.047-04:002011-05-04T08:56:36.047-04:00It is nice to read what you have to share again, a...It is nice to read what you have to share again, a lovely tale.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-83489134538804985842011-05-04T08:46:01.867-04:002011-05-04T08:46:01.867-04:00I know I commented on all of these pieces when the...I know I commented on all of these pieces when they first appeared, but it's certainly worth saying again how wonderful they are. Great writing.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.com