tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post8659880095051264647..comments2024-03-28T12:23:59.235-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Shelling Peas And Memories Of Another Kind Of Terror Than The One We're Living Through NowMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-18018199624168760622020-09-13T04:00:02.794-04:002020-09-13T04:00:02.794-04:00I was aware of the anniversary of 9/11 but I didn&...I was aware of the anniversary of 9/11 but I didn't mention it or, to be honest, think much about it. Next year it will be 20 years -- we'll probably hear a lot more about it then. Surely one of the strangest and most horrifying days of all our lives.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-15132564822213130862020-09-12T19:18:45.986-04:002020-09-12T19:18:45.986-04:00Covid has given us death equivalent to sixty-five ...Covid has given us death equivalent to sixty-five 9/11s, and more every day. But yes. There is still goodness in pockets of our world. Clean sheets and rain. Heaven. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-7886333817185172182020-09-12T17:07:49.844-04:002020-09-12T17:07:49.844-04:00I've seen okra cooked like that too!
You'...I've seen okra cooked like that too! <br />You're absolutely right about the numbers not reflecting the concern. Humans are so illogical and often times just plain stupid. I despair as well. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-20459973046645031452020-09-12T17:06:39.743-04:002020-09-12T17:06:39.743-04:00Oh, Elizabeth. I love you too. Oh, Elizabeth. I love you too. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12872308095169301572020-09-12T17:06:27.160-04:002020-09-12T17:06:27.160-04:00Remember Nikita Krushchev saying that the US would...Remember Nikita Krushchev saying that the US would destroy itself from within? Oh, how we laughed! <br />He was fucking right. <br />If you don't feel the need to garden, don't do it! It's a lot of work and the reward is not always really worth it. It's nice when it is but it sucks when it isn't. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70373553251723104912020-09-12T17:04:07.095-04:002020-09-12T17:04:07.095-04:00Heh-heh!Heh-heh!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-14868863911713490822020-09-12T17:03:55.015-04:002020-09-12T17:03:55.015-04:00Wow. That's quite a story, Mary. I can just se...Wow. That's quite a story, Mary. I can just see those empty highways...<br />And yes. The greatest danger always seems to come from within. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-74094206001681626382020-09-12T17:02:45.551-04:002020-09-12T17:02:45.551-04:00I don't know the answer to the question. I thi...I don't know the answer to the question. I think the absolute shock and horror of what happened on 9/11 transcended everything else whereas the slow illnesses and deaths from Covid can far more easily be ignored or disregarded entirely unless it happens to someone we know or love. And of course, the orange one has contributed mightily to that. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-77807265243196113862020-09-12T17:00:41.468-04:002020-09-12T17:00:41.468-04:009/11 was one of those events. We ALL remember wher...9/11 was one of those events. We ALL remember where we were, what we were doing. I'm sure your son remembers too. <br />I've discussed the beans vs peas thing. There are some beans that we just call peas here. Black-eyed peas, for example. And some that we call beans. Black beans, pinto beans, etc. Don't ask me why. They all come in a pod. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-14405932605771086552020-09-12T16:58:32.405-04:002020-09-12T16:58:32.405-04:00Always. One foot in front of the other. Always. One foot in front of the other. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-20536102786599688702020-09-12T16:58:17.350-04:002020-09-12T16:58:17.350-04:00Yay for the babies! Did you show them how to eat p...Yay for the babies! Did you show them how to eat peanuts? My brother who lives up your way says the smoke is horrible. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-18344214264801812732020-09-12T15:31:37.707-04:002020-09-12T15:31:37.707-04:00Those peas look great! I've been eating them (...Those peas look great! I've been eating them (with the accompanying "snap") all my life. I like steaming okra on top of them, too.<br /><br />As to 9/11...it may sound like a terrible thing to say, but the 3000 people who lost their lives on that day are a drop in the bucket compared to the 200,000 and counting who have died from Covid and half the country doesn't give a shit about THEM. Some days, I just despair.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-85401880814411753932020-09-12T12:55:33.032-04:002020-09-12T12:55:33.032-04:00I love your voice -- hearing it in your words. Soo...I love your voice -- hearing it in your words. Soothing and just perfect for these times. Thank you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-42647506425302234862020-09-12T10:55:39.607-04:002020-09-12T10:55:39.607-04:00no need for terrorist attacks on the US anymore. P...no need for terrorist attacks on the US anymore. Putin figured it out. we are destroying ourselves.<br /><br />I do miss having a garden but I don't know if I have the energy to start over. or where. the old spot is just a huge mound of weeds and now there is a house on the property and on the other side is the spray from the septic system. I don't have as much sun over here though I could probably find a spot on the other side of the far flower bed. something to do this fall and winter.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-77599856090287895612020-09-12T10:37:06.849-04:002020-09-12T10:37:06.849-04:00Happy Saturday y'all:)Happy Saturday y'all:)My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12554309568321135532020-09-12T10:31:11.086-04:002020-09-12T10:31:11.086-04:00I'd been in NYC on business and flew out the n...I'd been in NYC on business and flew out the night before 9/11--my last glimpse of the Twin Towers was from the window of the plane before leaving EWR as a thunderstorm cloud ultimately it from view. Coming home in the darkness, I flew in to DCA and looked down over the Pentagon just before we landed. Was at work in DC the next morning (not far from Capitol Hill), when the attacks took place. WDC became frantically gridlocked that morning as people tried to get away from the city and other possible attacks. I stayed alone in my office until mid-afternoon and then drove home on empty highways. <br /><br />We used to think danger would come from from those outside our country. Now we know it comes from within. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-28118804748298839192020-09-12T04:03:04.857-04:002020-09-12T04:03:04.857-04:00Fresh Peas are indeed divine! I wonder how, as a ...Fresh Peas are indeed divine! I wonder how, as a Country almost 20 Years ago, we could come together during a terrible disaster and now, we can't come together during an even more epic and Global Crisis? How some could view 3,000 perishing with compassion and yet the very same people now barely Care that we're nearing 200,000 American Dead, mostly due to a Leader they Voted into Power? It's strange, has our America changed that much? I fear it has indeed. One day at a time is how we're coping too. Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-68066838026042533812020-09-12T03:36:24.123-04:002020-09-12T03:36:24.123-04:00I was working as a cashier ( teller) in a bank on ...I was working as a cashier ( teller) in a bank on 9/11. A customer came in and said something dreadful was happening in NY.We put the TV on in the rest room and saw the horror unfolding.Shortly after ( I was only part-time) I picked up my then 13 yr old son from school and we got home and watched TV. I remember telling him it was important " history" and we should watch.<br />I think that what you call peas...we would call beans!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-9440605777367093682020-09-11T21:50:44.273-04:002020-09-11T21:50:44.273-04:00Lovely post. And yes, one foot in front of the oth...Lovely post. And yes, one foot in front of the other.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621560989986102122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-18275685002706700922020-09-11T21:31:14.706-04:002020-09-11T21:31:14.706-04:00"Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy"-Anoth..."Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy"-Another day in the life, and the little greenies look marvelous. Smoke doing its worst up here but the babies came today and tried to figure out what peanuts do. Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.com