tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post6224020577908443781..comments2024-03-29T03:53:25.372-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Pain. What On Earth's It Good For?Ms. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-31143756656965820632020-01-10T09:36:16.308-05:002020-01-10T09:36:16.308-05:00Thanks to you I can now look forward to another bo...Thanks to you I can now look forward to another book by Alexandra Fuller. Made my day.<br />Lovely sewing.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-48928969933640862902020-01-09T18:28:55.245-05:002020-01-09T18:28:55.245-05:00Thank you, Allison! Thank you, Allison! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-39692154839925370492020-01-09T18:28:42.452-05:002020-01-09T18:28:42.452-05:00I am SO with you on religion. It's all just li...I am SO with you on religion. It's all just like one damn rationalization after another when the obvious answer to all of it is- there IS no god. <br />Maybe science should study you, Ellen. You do seem to be pretty even-tempered. <br />I think Mr. Moon has finally realized that it's only January and that we might actually need a heater before April. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-16322421853983808662020-01-09T18:26:33.300-05:002020-01-09T18:26:33.300-05:00She is an excellent storyteller, isn't she? I ...She is an excellent storyteller, isn't she? I listened to all of them on audio books and that was a good way to read them for me. If I lost the thread for a moment there was really no harm done! <br />I can't imagine the peace that woman must live in either but I'd sure like to try it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-31845076059103893892020-01-09T18:24:53.562-05:002020-01-09T18:24:53.562-05:00You really should read more Fuller. She's an a...You really should read more Fuller. She's an amazing writer. <br />Yeah. In your free reading time. <br />I think I did a good job on this dress. For once. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44471654951127552262020-01-09T18:24:12.584-05:002020-01-09T18:24:12.584-05:00I would have had fourteen kids if it hadn't hu...I would have had fourteen kids if it hadn't hurt so damn much. Probably a good thing it did. I had no idea that thirty people from Edmonton were on that plane. Jesus. <br />Be careful in that snow. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-31225641922312329542020-01-09T18:23:03.432-05:002020-01-09T18:23:03.432-05:00"...a drug den in someone's garage"...."...a drug den in someone's garage". Haha! Those days are long past, Mr. P. I think this place was called Hobbit's Hoagies. It's bona fide. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-30752448269620054312020-01-09T18:22:01.034-05:002020-01-09T18:22:01.034-05:00Not for long. She's like super pragmatic.Not for long. She's like super pragmatic. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-49394031992224137422020-01-09T18:21:37.314-05:002020-01-09T18:21:37.314-05:00She's written other books. Look her up because...She's written other books. Look her up because there's one between Don't Let's Go... and this one. "Cocktail Hour Under The Tree of Forgetfulness," I think. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-1693445005089627642020-01-09T18:18:33.829-05:002020-01-09T18:18:33.829-05:00Yes. The article addressed that too- how much of i...Yes. The article addressed that too- how much of it has to do with her upbringing and childhood? <br />I doubt Maggie will give the dress a second thought but it makes me happy to make it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-88428669945716683212020-01-09T18:17:41.254-05:002020-01-09T18:17:41.254-05:00Our youth have always been our leaders' cannon...Our youth have always been our leaders' cannon fodder. It has always been thus. I am so sorry to hear that your cousin's son, beloved to you, deployed. It's the most ridiculous and unbelievable thing in the world that we still settle issues with war. With the actual blood of our children. I imagine that might be part of your grief. But of course I don't know. <br />Please try to take comfort and perhaps do something else rather than listen to the police scanner. That cannot be healthy. <br />Take care. Please. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-18758773813026640692020-01-09T18:13:08.403-05:002020-01-09T18:13:08.403-05:00It is pretty material, isn't it? I think I bou...It is pretty material, isn't it? I think I bought the end of the bolt when I got it. <br />Yeah, if we could only dial back pain a little bit. Wait- isn't that what marijuana is supposed to do? I need to give that another try. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-32114216085889713442020-01-09T18:12:14.399-05:002020-01-09T18:12:14.399-05:00Not sure that the article would help you at all bu...Not sure that the article would help you at all but the research they're doing may eventually. I'm glad that massage helps you. Chronic pain is not something I'd wish on anyone. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-61263643702164243852020-01-09T16:13:38.555-05:002020-01-09T16:13:38.555-05:00Maggie's dress is adorable. You do nice work!...Maggie's dress is adorable. You do nice work!Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-1469422935227144192020-01-09T11:11:09.171-05:002020-01-09T11:11:09.171-05:00and that whole 'god never gives us more than w...and that whole 'god never gives us more than we can bear' is a load of crap. just more religious bs to excuse a god that supposedly loves all but sends plenty of shit and never intervenes.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-86961151475299787952020-01-09T11:07:43.306-05:002020-01-09T11:07:43.306-05:00we had one cold night Tuesday night and now at 10 ...we had one cold night Tuesday night and now at 10 AM today it's 71˚ but overcast. maybe we'll get some rain which we really need. perhaps if Mr Moon researches long enough, you won't need a heater next winter. at this rate anyway. <br /><br />I have a high tolerance to pain and apparently to emotional pain as well though I do feel both.<br /><br />and I love the fabric you made Maggie's dress out of.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-66340503387242029122020-01-09T09:57:23.965-05:002020-01-09T09:57:23.965-05:00Maggie’s dress is adorable. And I read about that ...Maggie’s dress is adorable. And I read about that woman who doesn’t feel pain. What blessed quiet it must be in her head. I can’t imagine. I’m reading the outlander books, which I got for Christmas. So far I’m enjoying them. I wish I’d known about them and followed them in real time. I was a more focused reader then. These days I’m so distractable. But she’s a good storyteller and I’m sort of obsessed with the central love story. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-76696929550536298062020-01-09T09:46:29.793-05:002020-01-09T09:46:29.793-05:00I haven't seen that article yet -- haven't...I haven't seen that article yet -- haven't gotten to that issue, I guess! It sounds fascinating. I'm looking forward to it now!<br /><br />I did read Alexandra Fuller's "dogs" book but I haven't read any of her others. Maybe I should give them a try, with all the free reading time I have. (Ha!)<br /><br />Maggie's dress looks great!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10201632522144315152020-01-09T07:59:54.771-05:002020-01-09T07:59:54.771-05:00I remember listening to an interview with her on C...I remember listening to an interview with her on CBC but I had forgotten about the emotional pain. I remember her saying that her kids worry about her a great deal as she gets older because she could fall and break something and have no pain. Childbirth without pain sounds fabulous; I'm surprised she didn't have more kids:)<br /><br />The dress is lovely. You're warming up and we're heading for a deep freeze. Sigh.<br /><br />Thirty people from Edmonton died on the Ukrainian plane yesterday. It was devastating here, a sad day, plus a snow storm that snarled traffic for hours on end. My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-20938944467508421302020-01-09T06:23:36.469-05:002020-01-09T06:23:36.469-05:00A little pub-like place? You mean a drug den in so...A little pub-like place? You mean a drug den in someone's garage? Thumbs up for Maggie's dress. She will love it...hopefully!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-59606025507539161692020-01-09T02:42:09.898-05:002020-01-09T02:42:09.898-05:00That is fascinating. Does she get frightened? That is fascinating. Does she get frightened? Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45400109293540367682020-01-09T00:39:14.946-05:002020-01-09T00:39:14.946-05:00"Don't let's Go to the Dogs" was..."Don't let's Go to the Dogs" was one of my all time faves! I will pick that book up and will love reading her! Thank you for that. I did go to the book store today and just wandered aimlessly...Curious to read the article as well. <br />That woman will probably live to be a couple of hundred yers oldLinda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-83857155389529878122020-01-08T23:08:09.010-05:002020-01-08T23:08:09.010-05:00What an interesting article. In addition to the d...What an interesting article. In addition to the differences in her genes, I wonder how much her upbringing and natural personality has an impact. <br /><br />The little dress is adorable. I'm sure Maggie will love it!Maebemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706540456819503068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-17273495824376321122020-01-08T22:36:24.142-05:002020-01-08T22:36:24.142-05:00Dear Mrs. Moon
I cried silent tears last night fo...Dear Mrs. Moon<br /><br />I cried silent tears last night for hours and hours. I sat listening to the police scanner, and replaying what was on the news about Iraq. My eyes literally just poured soaking my beard, in turn soaking my shirt collar. Whew then apparently I cried in my sleep as I woke several.several times to switch out pillows. <br />I tried explaining how I walked into my cousins house and saw the news. I also saw my cousin with her handle of Smirnoff and cranberry just wailing. Deep deep deep earth rattling wails. Theres so much to it the grief of having a child deployed in a never ending war. I only know the feels of having a cousins child deployed but damn it I love that child to the moon and back seven hundred gizzillion million times. I sat with my cousin making myself a liberal drink, I might as well say I added enough juice to make the vodka a light interpretation of pink....<br />Holy hell just watching the muted news and holding her hand. Then off to home where it all came out I let out tears for everything I thought about this endless war. About all these babies who are deployed, or getting deployed. <br />This has nothing to do with what you wrote today, and what I write you never really does. But I feel better after I get it all out.<br /><br />Until we meet again giant lift you off your feet spinning hugs Mary Moon. You have no idea how much you mean to me, or how much you inspire me to just do one thing better then yesterday.<br /><br />Maybe next time I'll tell just how far I fell down the rabbit hole I'm digging my way out of, not that you need to know but if I tell you then someone knows and then I'm not hiding how bad I got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64986598261260524412020-01-08T20:34:26.692-05:002020-01-08T20:34:26.692-05:00That is a beautiful piece of fabric and a beautifu...That is a beautiful piece of fabric and a beautiful dress. Miss Maggie is a lucky little woman.<br />I've read about not feeling pain. I could use a little of that. Ha. Won't happen.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.com