Comment on HOW WE REPINE — OR SING by Madhu
“Put all our songs together, and what resounds is a mighty chorale of human aspiration, dreams, and desires. A mighty song, a beautiful song — and none of us has to sing it alone.” That’s beautiful...
View ArticleComment on HOW WE REPINE — OR SING by Touch2Touch
The feeling is most definitely mutual, Madhu. LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Laid Low by Touch2Touch
That recipe sounds pretty tempting, Madhu. If it snows AGAIN tomorrow as predicted, and/or Saturday (ditto) — I think I will give it a try! Might even turn a wintry :-( into a :-) LikeLiked by 1 person
View ArticleComment on Laid Low by Angelia Sims
I can’t imagine!!! A week? Okay, but SIX??? YOU POOR THING!! Colds are really no joke. Especially, the ones that physically drain us. The soreness and the constant pressure and discomfort. I’m glad it...
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Thanks for the wishes, Angelia. Especially the hanging-in-there one — as our next winter storm really gets its back into it this afternoon! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on We Are All Invited — by Naomi Baltuck
What a great thing to do with your husband, always learning together, taking interest in the wider world. My ears perked up when you mentioned Konya–we are going there this spring to see our son and to...
View ArticleComment on We Are All Invited — by Touch2Touch
When we went to Turkey quite a while ago, we hadn’t really ever heard of Konya. Now, of course, I am so sorry — Enjoy every ounce of your trip, and many good wishes on her new venture to your daughter....
View ArticleComment on Laid Low by phillyjoec
A friend wrote a book about grief where she references the life of Longfellow and how much he went through at a relatively young age. It didn’t take much for something to become fatal. I believe that...
View ArticleComment on Laid Low by Touch2Touch
Me too! Thank you, Roy. :-) Life was very different not even that long ago, say, before the 2nd World War. No antibiotics, for openers! LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Laid Low by 2e0mca
Well, I hope you’re finally on the mend Judith :-) Some colds persist for a very long time though they’re not always ones that require us to stop our normal activities. One thing that gets lost in the...
View ArticleComment on Laid Low by Touch2Touch
Your bean soup sounds delicious, and just the thing for our unending arctic winter. I’ll give it a try. Lots of material things are MUCH better now than in J. Austen’s day — but when it comes to a...
View ArticleComment on Laid Low by 2e0mca
All I can say then Judith is Keep pouring in the water – second best healer of all after sleep :-) LikeLike
View ArticleComment on SNOW by Thérèse Craine Bertsch
Judy you make the ordinary and real shine as the essential elements of a day lived like no other. Some things are said to separate the boys from the men, and the girls from the women. Snow, well, it...
View ArticleComment on SNOW by pauline
And here I was writing love poems to the snow on my blog. We’re as different as snow and green grass :) But I know you’ve been suffering. We don’t have quite as much (a mere 19 inches) of the white...
View ArticleComment on SNOW by Touch2Touch
Wow, you hit the nail on the head, Therese. Snow separates the kids from the older folk! My elder slogan: new snow, no go! And the ice aspect, unspeakable. Loved your account of last week — Iceland! —...
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Ho ho, Pauline! I saw your post of your snowy love poems early this a.m., and duly noted them to look at later in the day, when I had more equanimity. Snow and green grass indeed! Outdoor/indoor,...
View ArticleComment on SNOW by firstandfabulous
Oooooooh. Poor you. I can’t even imagine – except for the cold which we are getting our share of, but the mounds of snow you are experiencing are ridiculous. Even by Mass’s standards. My step daughter...
View ArticleComment on SNOW by Mabel Kwong
That is a lot of snow bucketing down your part of the world. On one hand the pure whiteness of it all looks very serene and pretty. But I am sure the cold is bitingly painful and hope you stay out of...
View ArticleComment on SNOW by Touch2Touch
Chelmsford? Then you know what it’s like, and even worse. A very bad feature: there’s no one to bitch to! We’re all in it together. :-( LikeLike
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