tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post2222548684707629954..comments2024-03-25T13:17:56.636-06:00Comments on A Chicken in the Window Well: Journal LettersNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-53240531002212035222016-01-09T09:14:05.130-07:002016-01-09T09:14:05.130-07:00Oh yay! Well, you'll get a nice feel for my ho...Oh yay! Well, you'll get a nice feel for my home life growing up -- though, most of these were written when I was very small, so there were more things afoot with nieces and nephews and the like during most of my life (especially since we had a studio apartment in our basement, so often a sibling and his wife and kids lived there with us while finishing school, building a house, etc. But mostly my dad will be so pleased to know of the resurgence of interest in his book :) -- and, with his faltering strength and failing hearing these days, making him happy is my happiest thing! So thank you both of you!<br /><br />And yes to the "highly irregular"!! Exactly. One of us will come across it sometime and be like, "Oh! THAT's it! Of course!"Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-11044428286416068812016-01-08T20:33:05.345-07:002016-01-08T20:33:05.345-07:00OH and on the all important question of "high...OH and on the all important question of "highly irregular." I can hear the same thing, spoken in a sort of spluttering voice, perhaps by a British colonel in India--that type of character--which makes me think of, I don't know, jungle book or Peter Pan or something. Hmm. Sam also finds it familiar but we can't figure it out.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-20786104913210549612016-01-08T20:23:25.854-07:002016-01-08T20:23:25.854-07:00Yes! No shame in the journaling posts, and knowing...Yes! No shame in the journaling posts, and knowing you they will be lovely. I know how you feel though. Like everything I write should somehow be--"worth" writing. "Worth" what and to who, I don't know, but it is enough to paralyze me often enough. I hate it. I mean--who's blog is this anyway?! (I tell myself). Anyway, bring on the catalogs of the mundane! I LIKE reading that kind of update post from others. Other people's lives are just interesting to me, in all their seeming ordinariness!<br /><br />This journaling letter idea though, is quite intriguing to me. I'll have more questions in a future email…<br /><br />And of course seeing Linn's comment above I had to follow the link and see about your dad's book, which led to me looking for it on the library website (not there) and on Amazon (yes! Ordered) and subsequently learning that he wrote a book called "please bless Marilyn" (thank you) which has a completely amazing cover. I knew I liked your dad. :) PS to Linn, I loved the Peacegiver also. I thought it was going to be trite at first (that EFY-ish "parable" structure) but it is powerful and profound.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-8715970326029287032016-01-07T22:58:06.320-07:002016-01-07T22:58:06.320-07:00*top books last year*top books last yearNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-39432713347718154902016-01-07T22:57:28.449-07:002016-01-07T22:57:28.449-07:00Oh! That made me so happy to read that again. I st...Oh! That made me so happy to read that again. I still remember how fun/funny it was for me reading your too books last year and thinking somehow "Oh! My dad's book! That's nice of her to mention that!" -- as if somehow you knew. I forget I don't even have the same last name as him anymore! That was such a fun coincidence! I'm so glad you like it, and I might need to pull it out to read a few of the stories again to my kids!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-18745910657894515312016-01-07T08:41:18.013-07:002016-01-07T08:41:18.013-07:00Whatever you write, whether it be flowery or just ...Whatever you write, whether it be flowery or just regular, makes me happy. Seeing your gift of words and reading your dad's book, makes me think your family is just really gifted in the word area. I'm glad to be a happy recipient.<br /><br />(Speaking of, I was sharing my favorite books of last year on the blog and went back and referenced previous posts on that subject and came across what I wrote about your dad's book: http://jacobandlinn.blogspot.com/2014/12/my-favorite-books-of-2014.html. It made me all kinds of happy. And now it has special significance to me because my Gram gave me that book. So I will love it forever for two reasons.)Linnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813312996970089854noreply@blogger.com