Comment on Fear Not! by pauline
From FDR: “…let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”...
View ArticleComment on Fear Not! by Touch2Touch
Very freeing, yes, YES! Me too, love the conversations. So glad you joined this one — I miss our conversations in person, though. I’m going to Think Spring! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Cindy Naidoo
Winter is bad for me too, although in South Africa we do not have such severe winters as you do. I love happy bright summer days. If winter depresses you so much, you should follow the sun, maybe spend...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
What a kind and delightful offer! We used to winter for a month in Mexico or in Arizona — which was very nice. But now we are old and no longer travel well — so I will fortify us with lots of movies...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Elisa
Tie it on with a long black scarf over the top of the hat and under the chin. LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Barb
Or you could come visit us in Oz! We have lots of sunshine and in Queensland where I live, the temperature gets no lower than 9C or 10C. We only have two seasons, hot and cool! ;) LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Crowing Crone
I have tried to take winter in stride. I have tried psyching myself up for it. I have tried photographing winter’s beauty. I have tried talking myself into being okay with winter. Now, I proclaim “I...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
Now there’s a thought! Sunflower smiling through the snowflakes — LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
I’ve wanted to visit Australia since I was a girl and read Arthur Upfield’s Napoleon Bonaparte mysteries set in the Outback — not that they’re household words any more. But I’ve always found Australia...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
Telling it like it is, eh, Joss? Your blogging friends are glad to have you around, wherever your geographical location may be! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by mybrightlife
As Cindy said, our winters are less harsh than yours but I still struggle and as I get older I feel the cold penetrate my bones! But boy oh boy, when the summer arrives I make the most of it which is...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by mamta chakravorty
Winter is not harsh here in India. We dread the scorching summer :) Loved your post ! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
ORANGE! Wow, Fran. You are one snazzy couch potato! I can’t think of a better retort to your perfect descriptor, grey brownish muddy winter! (Hamburg winter in the film Mostly Martha looks just like...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
You remind me how pleasant it is to listen to the rain when wrapped snugly in bedclothes. I still feel like a child at those times, so there’s two of us. LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
Thanks for the comment and the WARM wishes. I hope your summer is hot and bright and sparkly too! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
Happy to welcome you on board! When I wish for heat I don’t think I could actually deal well with the summer heat of India. I was in Japan one summer and it was dripping wet hot, which I imagine India...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by franhunne4u
Absolutely – though I live accidentally in a neighbourhood where most buildings were either made from red-bricks – and the house just over the street is glaring red! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Anonymous
Judy, wonderful Judy, If you were a skier, you’d be joyous when it snowed. It’s not too late to try it. For this winter Joan wrote the copy for a sign I’m going to wear on my back when I’m skiing/ “I’m...
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
I do like the idea of a red house — or many red houses — certainly in winter. Cheerful! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Winter Closet by Touch2Touch
Well, Dick, good try! But it was already too late when I was 19 and 20 — I do love the sign and I hope you will wear it — love the thought of you flying down the mountain while those young...
View Article