tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post4655558173325731018..comments2024-03-29T10:31:35.829-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Riding In Cars With BoysMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-60123213732376854262011-01-09T15:33:32.332-05:002011-01-09T15:33:32.332-05:00I was drunken before I was sexy. :-)I was drunken before I was sexy. :-)Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-91223576837741335282011-01-08T18:00:46.596-05:002011-01-08T18:00:46.596-05:00Kathleen Scott- Yep. It's all there. The agony...Kathleen Scott- Yep. It's all there. The agony and the ecstasy.<br /><br />Angella- That just made me feel so blessed- reading your words. Because I have come to love you, too. Isn't it odd how we find our own real sisters here in this crazy, random way? Thank-you. More than you know.<br /><br />Bethany- It WOULD be nice to be paid and I will admit that readily. But of course, I not only do it for free, I HAVE to write and so there you go.<br />I will check into what Elizabeth suggested. Isn't she an angel? <br />And so are you.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-89156504467278525252011-01-08T10:07:07.541-05:002011-01-08T10:07:07.541-05:00Well, I knew you were going to say that. And I'...Well, I knew you were going to say that. And I'm not minimizing this at all. I just want the entire world to read you. I'm thinking newspaper column, but I suppose in a way that's almost obsolete. Whatever that contest is E was talking about. Can you do that?<br />Lots of your writing is stand alone, article, essay, brilliant magic stuff, pieces, you know? <br />I guess I was just trying to say your writing is top notch and amazing and so evocotive. But you're right, you're already published. Lucky us. I just feel bad for the rest of the folks who haven't found you yet.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510823788662848522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-69170683636184310992011-01-08T09:40:16.166-05:002011-01-08T09:40:16.166-05:00Ms. Moon, this is amazing. I am just floored by th...Ms. Moon, this is amazing. I am just floored by the way it reflects life with all its crazy and sweet and making it through and its refuse to let him fucking break me there is a part of me he cannot touch.<br /><br />i am grateful in ways that might seem unreasonable for one who only knows you inside this light box, but i am so grateful Ms. Moon that you survived that man however you could, because you are here now, and you inspire me and make me laugh and make me cry and you are awesome and beautiful and i love the way you tell this story through the cars, so original and isn't it sweet to look back sometimes at the boys who helped us become who we wanted to be, even as they were figuring out who they wanted to be.<br /><br />i hope that man kissed you in the front seat of that truck, and i bet when you came home your newest little man Owen kissed you too. i love this post. And you.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-78303799627658997402011-01-07T23:31:22.440-05:002011-01-07T23:31:22.440-05:00What a wonderful wandering path of a story, life i...What a wonderful wandering path of a story, life in word and experience, love and hate and growing.Kathleen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868566314392048880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10047584053878130962011-01-07T22:59:17.912-05:002011-01-07T22:59:17.912-05:00Jo- In drunkenness, I was late. Not so much the ot...Jo- In drunkenness, I was late. Not so much the other stuff.<br /><br />Lora- Mmmm. Maybe. <br /><br />Bethany- I am! Here! Every day!<br /><br />Ms. Fleur- Now there's a word!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-47494057587091407372011-01-07T22:54:00.238-05:002011-01-07T22:54:00.238-05:00Funbulous!Funbulous!Petit fleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626110471501778855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-39207917466834682962011-01-07T22:39:14.051-05:002011-01-07T22:39:14.051-05:00This is brilliant and fascinating. You need to be ...This is brilliant and fascinating. You need to be published.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510823788662848522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-13312040703427100662011-01-07T21:47:58.157-05:002011-01-07T21:47:58.157-05:00I love these stories! Thanks for the glimpse into...I love these stories! Thanks for the glimpse into your past. My niece is 16, and she goes on dates. After a couple though, they only seem to "hang out" at each other's houses. Anyway. You are charming, so I have no doubt you charmed those boys, and were (are) cute too.Lorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590402368207743547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-31997147880622349102011-01-07T18:36:37.513-05:002011-01-07T18:36:37.513-05:00I meant to say, my granny drove a morris minor, an...I meant to say, my granny drove a morris minor, and my mother had the most wonderful turquoise morris minor van. She delivered cheesecake in it. <br /><br />In Ireland, we pretty much got drunk and fooled aroudn with (although we didn't call it that)/slept with people. <br /><br />If it kept happening, and we got on well, it might have developed into something more sober or permanent. Not so much of the romance.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-35421342614381930312011-01-07T18:33:45.943-05:002011-01-07T18:33:45.943-05:00Mwa- It's so odd to me to think of dating as n...Mwa- It's so odd to me to think of dating as not being something every one did. Very odd. And yet, it must be true.<br /><br />Syd- Oh! You reminded me of the MUCH older boy I dated who drove a Mustang. Dang. How did I forget HIM! He was so cute with that mustache.<br />And don't worry- I get kissed ALL the time. <br /><br />Ms. Bastard-Beloved- May I just reiterate HOW MUCH I FUCKING LOVE YOU!?<br /><br />Maggie May- Aren't all seventeen year old girls cruel? Or maybe it was just me.<br /><br />Radish King- I am beginning to adore you.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-3286209808935674762011-01-07T18:31:43.969-05:002011-01-07T18:31:43.969-05:00Why do the ones that make us crazy somehow draw us...Why do the ones that make us crazy somehow draw us in? This is so beautifully written. I am angered by your stepfather though. Any man or woman who hurts a child in any way deserves a world of pain. It is hard enough to grow up as it is! You and Mr. Moon Enjoy one another and your date!~Amber Elise~https://www.blogger.com/profile/12630545462732655228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-83387840044840942952011-01-07T16:57:22.012-05:002011-01-07T16:57:22.012-05:00Yes, I've been thinking about your step father...Yes, I've been thinking about your step father his part in this story and I don't know about him but I think he's on my list now and I'm sorry for what he did to you and how he made you feel and I'd like to visit him with my crossbow on my way to Elizabeth's pharmacy.<br /><br />wv: lingeous : means you talk prettyRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-58690472873624898502011-01-07T16:21:00.529-05:002011-01-07T16:21:00.529-05:00' seventeen and cruel ' is the name of my ...' seventeen and cruel ' is the name of my new novel :)))!!!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-41937503803069346492011-01-07T16:19:18.483-05:002011-01-07T16:19:18.483-05:00You and Mr. Moon inspire me. This post ends as cut...You and Mr. Moon inspire me. This post ends as cute as a bug in a rug.<br /><br />Can I just reiterate that the parts about your stepfather make me nauseated to the core of my being? May he rot in hell. You're too damn nice to say it, but I'm not. I hate that fucker. If you can love somebody and not know them (and I swear I love Kurt Vonnegut), you can hate someone and not know them, too. I hate his nasty old guts.<br /><br />So there.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-23397741135794257892011-01-07T16:18:26.270-05:002011-01-07T16:18:26.270-05:00That is so nice. I had a vintage Mustang that I dr...That is so nice. I had a vintage Mustang that I drove when I was a senior in high school and then into college. I liked to do off beat things like go to the river, a drive in movie, and listen to music. I hope that you get kissed too Ms. Moon.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-86394496979185783782011-01-07T15:17:50.507-05:002011-01-07T15:17:50.507-05:00Dating seems like a very American thing to do. I d...Dating seems like a very American thing to do. I don't know anyone European who really does it. You have friends, and then one day you kiss one of them at a party, and that's when you start doing things just the two of you. Dating is not really part of it. The whole thing of dating many people at the same time is also very alien to me. <br /><br />I liked this whole dating/car post. The Morris Minor picture has Dutch words, which is my language.<br /><br />Enjoy your date!Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70606855008277683932011-01-07T14:43:16.796-05:002011-01-07T14:43:16.796-05:00DTG- You should! Call up a girl, ask her out, brin...DTG- You should! Call up a girl, ask her out, bring her a flower, take her for a nice meal. It would be awesome! <br /><br />deb- I never told anyone any thing in those days so you would never have known. Ever. But thank you for saying you might have taken him on. I wish _I_ had. <br /><br />Michele R- Are we twins?<br /><br />Kori- Well, I flirted a LOT.<br /><br />handsandspirit- I almost bought some wonderful psychedellicy stockings a few weeks ago and did not. Damn. <br />But I do have red cowgirl boots. They might have to come out of the closet. <br /><br />Elizabeth- See. I already forgot about that. Dang. Really? You like it?<br /><br />Lulumarie- You were too busy painting your room to go on a date. (I love you and can hardly see you having a conniption fit but if you say so...)<br /><br />Radish King- Well, I will never go to Chicago and do whatever it is you are going to do either, I feel sure, but I sure do like reading about it. We can be windows, if not mirrors.<br /><br />Jo- Yep. It sure was. Cars, sex...uh, what else? Oh yeah, sometimes hamburgers were involved.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-69025852131013832702011-01-07T13:27:42.448-05:002011-01-07T13:27:42.448-05:00Dating didn't really exist in Ireland. I don&#...Dating didn't really exist in Ireland. I don't know if it does now. I never went on one, ever. <br /><br />Love your riding in cars with boys story. The genuiune American Experience :) <br /><br />wv: trocks!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-40973651790976795462011-01-07T13:15:31.204-05:002011-01-07T13:15:31.204-05:00I never had a date. No wait a minute. I had one wh...I never had a date. No wait a minute. I had one when I was 35. It was mostly sex. I was a street kid at a very young age so that whole rite of passage was invisible to me. It's interesting to read about it but nothing thumps in me or awakens. It's like reading about life on an alien planet.<br /><br />The view from here.<br />rRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-5488864435166409812011-01-07T12:39:50.148-05:002011-01-07T12:39:50.148-05:00Well, I don't know about dating in high school...Well, I don't know about dating in high school. I was shy beyond words and if a boy would even call my house I would just about have a conniption fit (now there's a good ole Southern phrase for ya)!<br /><br />I love how in love you and Mr. Moon are. It is a joy to behold.<br /><br />wv: cartaint!!!lulumariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951594259193037282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-37602383840557166222011-01-07T12:01:35.049-05:002011-01-07T12:01:35.049-05:00Why don't you send this piece of art in to tha...Why don't you send this piece of art in to that Florida Review? To that contest I told you about?<br /><br />It's MARVELOUS!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-58561215613522438212011-01-07T11:37:10.700-05:002011-01-07T11:37:10.700-05:00well.....
a short skirt and snazzy stockings are i...well.....<br />a short skirt and snazzy stockings are in order. maybe a pair of cowboy boots....<br />get wild!plantingalongtheverge.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899341805908954700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-66439998127654517462011-01-07T11:18:00.957-05:002011-01-07T11:18:00.957-05:00While you write so beautifully about it and it'...While you write so beautifully about it and it's almost like I know what you are talking about, I don't really have any idea. I was never asked out in high school so there you go.Korihttp://seekorirant.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-72601045098429716442011-01-07T11:11:29.066-05:002011-01-07T11:11:29.066-05:00Ok, this little ditty you wrote about today needs ...Ok, this little ditty you wrote about today needs to be published! LOVED it.<br />I can relate 100%.<br />Going on Dates with boys in cars? Check.<br />Evil Step Father? Check.<br />Able to be my authentic self the minute I walked out the door? Check.<br />Learning very early on that a car does not make the boy/man? Check.<br />Loving dates now even if they are errands with a man who has grey in his beard? Check.<br />Thank you so much for the memories.Michele Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030846420862437581noreply@blogger.com