tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post6661422932621538915..comments2024-03-28T12:23:59.235-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Ain't That Some Shit?Ms. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-71920655006564197512022-07-02T12:47:46.930-04:002022-07-02T12:47:46.930-04:00Thank you for helping me recognize the feeling bey...Thank you for helping me recognize the feeling beyond numbness. Heartache. I feel so disappointed in humanity.Sandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44742404839082198142022-07-02T05:40:38.141-04:002022-07-02T05:40:38.141-04:00I read your later post and wonder if you sensed th...I read your later post and wonder if you sensed that the boys are growing up a bit and won't be the babies anymore, so that's why you cried unexpectedly.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-47617649099246953802022-07-01T22:31:10.695-04:002022-07-01T22:31:10.695-04:00I love you and I do all those things … orchids, gr...I love you and I do all those things … orchids, grocery store sushi, leftover guilt, political despair. I feel so much community with like minded women. My DIL was so sad about Roe she just went to bed for the day. She has sickle cell and she doesn’t need to be pregnant. And now an accident could be really bad. Glad I’m 49 and also have enough $ and health to welcome a baby if one slips in at the last second. Hah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-13052265275350470532022-07-01T17:44:29.189-04:002022-07-01T17:44:29.189-04:00And what if DeSatan gets elected president? What t...And what if DeSatan gets elected president? What then? I hear you, Barbara. I've lived in Florida since I was five, so almost 63 years and both you and I have seen some shit go down here but this is intolerable. <br />Thanks for the good wishes on the orchids. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-17651412447477025602022-07-01T17:42:19.758-04:002022-07-01T17:42:19.758-04:00Your neighbors must be insane. Can the rest of the...Your neighbors must be insane. Can the rest of the neighbors fight this illegitimate claim? <br />As to that line- I stole it, really, from the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter." It's a good one. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-82147602884154804192022-07-01T17:40:28.258-04:002022-07-01T17:40:28.258-04:00The whole idea of the supreme court as a court of ...The whole idea of the supreme court as a court of individual voices has been destroyed, hasn't it? So now what do we do? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-6388684564991530092022-07-01T17:39:18.603-04:002022-07-01T17:39:18.603-04:00I had one (it had been my mother's) for severa...I had one (it had been my mother's) for several years and I think it bloomed one bloom exactly once. And I did not over water. I think. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-57248265088760173722022-07-01T17:38:11.540-04:002022-07-01T17:38:11.540-04:00I saw that about the EPA and it just keeps getting...I saw that about the EPA and it just keeps getting worse and worse, doesn't it? WTFF? <br />You're probably right about the orchids but when I saw them BOGO I just couldn't resist trying again. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-37051602196917369022022-07-01T17:37:04.681-04:002022-07-01T17:37:04.681-04:00Ellen- I am sorry. Hang in there, honey. You'r...Ellen- I am sorry. Hang in there, honey. You're in good company. And you do not have to be a shiny rainbow Pollyanna for your family. I promise. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-76821592567506058722022-07-01T17:36:20.847-04:002022-07-01T17:36:20.847-04:00She told us she didn't care. We should have fi...She told us she didn't care. We should have figured it out. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-25910293433796881172022-07-01T17:35:54.633-04:002022-07-01T17:35:54.633-04:00Well, I too believe that benevolent neglect is wha...Well, I too believe that benevolent neglect is what pleases most plants but that wasn't what killed my orchids! I really think it was the wrong light. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-68379487788527615882022-07-01T17:35:05.888-04:002022-07-01T17:35:05.888-04:00My stepfather used to grow them so I should hate t...My stepfather used to grow them so I should hate them but he grew a completely different type of orchid so I don't have much of an association with him when I see these grocery store varieties. Isn't it odd that such an evil man grew orchids? <br />I asked Levon on the phone today if he would give me a hug when he saw me and he said he would but he didn't sound too excited about it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-67827875138577132152022-07-01T17:32:30.655-04:002022-07-01T17:32:30.655-04:00Love you. Love you. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-63229183706496454452022-07-01T17:32:20.211-04:002022-07-01T17:32:20.211-04:00Crying comes easy to me. I know that. And lately, ...Crying comes easy to me. I know that. And lately, it seems like I'm always on the verge of tears. All I have to do is to think of anything emotional and there they are...Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12355558683328203252022-07-01T17:31:29.331-04:002022-07-01T17:31:29.331-04:00I think the proper light is 90% of what a plant ne...I think the proper light is 90% of what a plant needs to thrive. I've never been able to grow African violets- I just don't have the right light. And that may be the problem with the orchids, too. <br />Yes m'am. This sure is some shit. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-32764958515318955432022-07-01T17:29:21.358-04:002022-07-01T17:29:21.358-04:00Yes, I think that at times like this we need to kn...Yes, I think that at times like this we need to know for real and certain that our babies are okay. And it is such a relief to see young parents who are raising their children, both boys and girls, to be respectful of all and appreciative of differences. Not just respectful but appreciative. I am proud of my daughters for doing that. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-51286532059070736722022-07-01T17:25:02.249-04:002022-07-01T17:25:02.249-04:00But is it up to us? I feel so conflicted about tha...But is it up to us? I feel so conflicted about that. There are younger women behind us, many of them who can still get pregnant, who have the energy, perhaps, to fight the fight we thought we'd already fought. That was a tortured sentence but you know what I mean. And besides- we all do feel tortured, I think. <br />Shit, Linda Sue. This is all just too much. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-31356670097544536332022-07-01T17:22:54.188-04:002022-07-01T17:22:54.188-04:00Well, Florence is quite a ways from Asheville and ...Well, Florence is quite a ways from Asheville and I doubt we'll make it this trip but maybe sometime we would. I already know I love Jennifer so there's that....Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-30999878449176571262022-07-01T15:20:59.428-04:002022-07-01T15:20:59.428-04:00Yes it’s all too much. I cannot remember a time wh...Yes it’s all too much. I cannot remember a time when what was happening politically invaded invaded my emotions and filled me with such dread. Don’t we all have enough personal shit going on without that constant burden of worry added to it? I’m also 67 and it feels like the battles are never ending. It’s been 50 years since my first pro choice rally. I’ve been in Florida that long and am seriously thinking about moving back to New York, especially if that cruel bastard DeSantis gets re-elected.<br /><br />I’ve grown orchids for many years, the few I keep indoors such as the phalaenopsis that Publix sells only get watered thorough once a week, more get killed by overwatering than anything else. Best of luck with yours. <br />Xoxo <br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-41518264272068229032022-07-01T14:33:23.380-04:002022-07-01T14:33:23.380-04:00I've been away a while - again! - and been pre...I've been away a while - again! - and been pretty stressed so literally stopped watching the news a while. It's a sort of guilty relief. We don't get the same coverage of the congressional hearings but it sounds shocking - as was the Roe/ Wade decision. What are we coming to... But then my neighbours decided last week to fence n our village green and claim it (illegally and they know it) as their own. It's just greed. What is the world coming to I often wonder. <br />A kiss away from 68... lovely phrase.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-8486339902081746062022-07-01T13:30:37.461-04:002022-07-01T13:30:37.461-04:00I'd say tearfulness is APPROPRIATE, Mary.
Man...I'd say tearfulness is APPROPRIATE, Mary.<br /><br />Many of us feel as though we're standing at the crumbling edge of a precipice. <br /><br />Just now in an article in Reuters:<br /><br />"The court in a flurry of recent rulings has overturned or undermined its own decades-old precedents.<br /><br />"I think the most conservative justices dislike much of modern American law and are actively changing it. They aren't going to let precedent get in their way," University of Virginia Law School professor Douglas Laycock said.<br /><br />The conservative justices have become increasingly assertive since the addition of former President Donald Trump's third conservative appointee Amy Coney Barrett in 2020." <br /><br />Take heart. There's a sorrowing, irate army standing with you.<br /><br />KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-28093918153662851902022-07-01T13:12:23.903-04:002022-07-01T13:12:23.903-04:00I'm sure it's all of that -- missing the W...I'm sure it's all of that -- missing the Weatherfords and all the political BS too. So much is going on! I truly believe we're going to come back from all this but it's going to take time.<br /><br />Here's what I've learned about orchids: They bloom, and then they go into a bit of a slump and they look terrible for a while, and then they slowly build up strength and bloom again. Mine usually look sorry in the summer but I suppose it varies from place to place. I am no expert but I think the most critical thing is to never let them stand in water. I water mine once a week, let the water run through and then put the plant back in a dry saucer, and I haven't lost one in a while. (Knock wood!)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-61480265066326515522022-07-01T10:38:54.469-04:002022-07-01T10:38:54.469-04:00I look at those grocery store orchids and I want t...I look at those grocery store orchids and I want to buy them but they are forced to bloom and are in such tiny pots and really are not healthy to my way of thinking and in fact when I received one for my birthday last year even though I did what it said to do, it died. <br /><br />I am currently overwhelmed. And now the Supreme Court far right assholes just gutted the EPA like they did the voting rights act.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-91604087785315612652022-07-01T09:45:53.668-04:002022-07-01T09:45:53.668-04:00All the shit just keeps piling on, doesn't it?...All the shit just keeps piling on, doesn't it? I feel tired and sick of it all...I'm feeling so low right now, Mary. Family coming on Sunday so I have to perk up...Ellen D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-50763303606199584342022-07-01T08:01:53.781-04:002022-07-01T08:01:53.781-04:00I read the Grisham book and the coldness of Melani...I read the Grisham book and the coldness of Melania came through on every page. Maybe that's why she doesn't seem to have any problem dealing with DT - she just doesn't care!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.com