tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post8314744300009885155..comments2023-12-13T04:08:28.957-06:00Comments on Halcyon Days: Poppy - Part IIsandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-52066970516022751252014-03-30T20:05:50.461-05:002014-03-30T20:05:50.461-05:00Thanks, Mette. I know we've both visited blogs...Thanks, Mette. I know we've both visited blogs where they seem inauthentic -- as if they are trying to give readers what they're looking for: the latest fashions, etc. That is perfectly fine if it's what readers are looking for, but it doesn't work for me. I may tell a few more stories now and then!!<br />sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-89847958027808513772014-03-30T20:03:40.307-05:002014-03-30T20:03:40.307-05:00Thanks, Darla. A patchwork quilt is an apt descrip...Thanks, Darla. A patchwork quilt is an apt description. I appreciate your encouragement.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-30034816937077531222014-03-30T20:02:57.125-05:002014-03-30T20:02:57.125-05:00A most insightful comment, Shelley. I'm sure i...A most insightful comment, Shelley. I'm sure independent women are more prone to adjust to widowhood than are less secure women. My grandmother if anything was fiercely independent. All the women in her family were/are. sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-89455525779932932242014-03-30T20:00:15.445-05:002014-03-30T20:00:15.445-05:00I am glad you enjoyed these stories. Some of the l...I am glad you enjoyed these stories. Some of the life situations and struggles, as well as the good times, are universal and people can identify with stories even if they aren't their own family stories.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-21490771181402375762014-03-30T19:58:44.275-05:002014-03-30T19:58:44.275-05:00Buried, and trying to retrieve it all! I'm gla...Buried, and trying to retrieve it all! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I don't want to bore anyone with these stories, but they are so interesting to me I can't keep myself from telling them.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-55493322636239488372014-03-30T14:30:13.051-05:002014-03-30T14:30:13.051-05:00I appreciate your message for us readers. I feel v...I appreciate your message for us readers. I feel very much the same.<br />Writing is therapeutic and if it is ok for others, I´m more than pleased.<br /><br />I liked your two articles about Poppy. You described him and the period very well. More of these please, thank you! mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732534795009852825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-67060482410025700092014-03-30T11:26:31.847-05:002014-03-30T11:26:31.847-05:00Sanda, I enjoy your writing and your family storie...Sanda, I enjoy your writing and your family stories. You may be writing your blog as a daily diary but it feels to me like I'm having a good chat with a neighbor over the back yard fence. We might both talk about one thing one day and something else another. Like a patchwork quilt. Keep up the stories.<br /><br />DarlaDarlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729017606957829830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-5469461354642385082014-03-30T05:25:14.280-05:002014-03-30T05:25:14.280-05:00I, too, write my blog for my own pleasure first. ...I, too, write my blog for my own pleasure first. I can't imagine how tedious it would be to write on a single subject or for income. I'm interested in this post for several reasons: you're taking about a period in history that is dear to my heart and about Southern traditions, those of my mother and grandmother. <br /><br />In my experience, genealogical research always has a bittersweet aspect. One revels in the information, imagining the lives of our ancestors, excited about detecting new facts. Then there is always the frustration of what cannot be uncovered, the regret for lost opportunities, the sadness of some of the horrible realities of those lives lived in difficult times. <br /><br />As to widowhood, I think there was a dignity that it conferred to women; also - particularly here in Europe - there was a lot of it about (following WWI) and so there were role models. I'm also aware that not all women really enjoyed being married, even though they may have loved their spouse. They were very much under the authority of their husbands and widowhood gave them their own authority. I would imagine being the matriarch of a family would be quite satisfying. My mother was the glue in our extended family and my Aunt Rita took that up when Mom died. I probably know more members of my extended family than anyone else because of my interest in family history. However there are only a very few of us who are particularly close and then only because we have lost everyone else. Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-68592551900243743462014-03-29T17:54:45.033-05:002014-03-29T17:54:45.033-05:00"But I've always approached my blog as so..."But I've always approached my blog as somewhat of a daily diary" exactly! but i am enjoying your family stories :)Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-10606714259708256752014-03-29T17:21:56.968-05:002014-03-29T17:21:56.968-05:00Very interesting post. I'm so glad you have a...Very interesting post. I'm so glad you have all this information buried in your head and have recorded it as well. Our family has a very interesting story so I think it would be a good read for anyone who isn't a family member.Edith Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064143456339054752noreply@blogger.com