tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2811995141914552784..comments2024-03-29T02:43:11.575-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Hallie: Time traveling to the people if not the places...Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14419899774142298302015-04-28T08:56:37.487-04:002015-04-28T08:56:37.487-04:00The entire area is one of those hidden gems that i...The entire area is one of those hidden gems that if you aren't from Western New York or a huge ski fan, you just don't know it exists.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55924123014418970352015-04-28T03:54:03.138-04:002015-04-28T03:54:03.138-04:00Ramona, I look forward to your tales from the porc...Ramona, I look forward to your tales from the porch in south Louisiana. And DeFelice Diva Day, of course.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27796946689124881592015-04-27T22:22:35.246-04:002015-04-27T22:22:35.246-04:00Goodness but it's a small world.
And YES Susa...Goodness but it's a small world.<br /><br />And YES Susan! Absolutely write post about it!<br /><br />And now it feels like when we read Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante we'll have the inside scoop!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48758572006112327772015-04-27T22:00:45.389-04:002015-04-27T22:00:45.389-04:00Mary, how cool that you did your student teaching ...Mary, how cool that you did your student teaching in Ellicottville. I thought it was so charming. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10335709726553385372015-04-27T19:39:50.142-04:002015-04-27T19:39:50.142-04:00I did my student teaching in college in Ellicottvi...I did my student teaching in college in Ellicottville. Cute town.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53144297998139260702015-04-27T18:02:43.886-04:002015-04-27T18:02:43.886-04:00Hallie and Kathy, Buffalo is a wonderful, wonderfu...Hallie and Kathy, Buffalo is a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful place (despite the snow) — one of my new characters for MRS. ROOSEVELT'S CONFIDANTE is a Washington, D.C. journalist from Buffalo -- maybe I should take a page from Hallie and do a post!Susan Elia MacNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349842866995778987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59555278090558700932015-04-27T17:10:45.100-04:002015-04-27T17:10:45.100-04:00SO fascinating! ANd Ramona, whoa. We want a full ...SO fascinating! ANd Ramona, whoa. We want a full report..<br /><br />I haven't been back to see my childhood home. I've been back to Indianapolis. but just couldn't go. It was --beautiful, and probably still is, but I just want to leave it that way.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62907929392044586292015-04-27T16:23:14.502-04:002015-04-27T16:23:14.502-04:00Ramona, your upcoming visit home sounds like it...Ramona, your upcoming visit home sounds like it's going to be a memory of the best kind. Hallie, your home was and is beautiful. Edith, FB has kept my hometown in touch with one another, and for that I am most grateful for FB. Karen, I grew up east on the Ohio River from you. We always called the large area, including all the burbs around Cincinnati, Cincinnati. Of course, even northern Kentucky borrows from Cincinnati with the naming of the airport, which is actually in Kentucky. I have great memories of Cincinnati as a child. My pediatrician, Dr. Wagner, was in Cinci. <br /><br />Susan, I'd love to hear more about Buffalo, too. When my friend and I went to Bouchercon in Albany in 2013, we took an extended trip and drove up to the wonderful Adirondacks that Julia's books have made me fall in love with, and on the return trip came down through Buffalo and other surrounding areas. One of my favorite places on the trip was 60 miles south of Buffalo on US-219, the town of Ellicottville.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18231766603908928102015-04-27T15:42:08.577-04:002015-04-27T15:42:08.577-04:00I am very lucky to be able to go home and find lit...I am very lucky to be able to go home and find little changed in the areas of Salem and Marblehead where I was born and grew up. Some things, of course, have changed. But the candy store around the corner, the one across from the House of Seven Gables, is still there. Houses where two sets of great-grandparents are nearby. The Common where I played, the wharf and Hawthorne's Custom House are there. My great-grandparent's houses. The views are much the same. Even where there are changes, I know what is different or missing, and it makes sense. It's home.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73572873687889217872015-04-27T15:31:03.985-04:002015-04-27T15:31:03.985-04:00I'm a big fan of going back home to revisit pl...I'm a big fan of going back home to revisit places of my youth, and although much has changed, there are some places that remain wonderfully familiar. So, you really can go home again, Thomas, but there will be some transformations to deal with. Since I come from a small town, there is much that remains as I remember it, with the churches still the same, the row of New Orleans style ironwork houses downtown, the downtown buildings pretty much intact, and the neighborhood in which I grew up looking much the same. However, downtown Maysville, KY, while still maintaing its charm, has suffered in part the same fate as many downtowns, with empty stores and most of the old merchants gone. My childhood neighborhood has not changed drastically, but the houses look smaller than when I was young (so often the case). There is a new library, which replaced the old one with pillars on an old brick street, and I do lament that change, although it really was necessary. <br /><br />My hometown of Maysville, KY was recently chosen by "Country Living" as one of the 18 most charming towns across America. Here's the link. http://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/g2294/must-visit-small-towns-across-america/?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1453_162853279 Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83010564408321997222015-04-27T15:24:12.270-04:002015-04-27T15:24:12.270-04:00Storytellermary: Go! Before it's too late.
Su...Storytellermary: Go! Before it's too late.<br /><br />Susan: Buffalo?! Really you've got to tell us more about that at some point.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60013894144457721032015-04-27T15:23:20.405-04:002015-04-27T15:23:20.405-04:00Karen, Love Miami University and love that it'...Karen, Love Miami University and love that it's in Ohio.<br /><br />Debs: so you really can 'go home' sort of<br /><br />kk: mine are too old to be tie-dyed. And it sounds like the opening of a mystery novel: woman arrives and says she used to live there 30 years ago and talks her way in...Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1101735061102245122015-04-27T14:11:54.305-04:002015-04-27T14:11:54.305-04:00I think it's great you can go back to Beverly ...I think it's great you can go back to Beverly Hills and still have it feel like home, Hallie. While it's not as glam as 90210, I do love going back to Buffalo, NY.Susan Elia MacNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150123584905352416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-25104476914853788752015-04-27T13:56:22.144-04:002015-04-27T13:56:22.144-04:00Nice trip back in time. I will often detour throu...Nice trip back in time. I will often detour through the neighborhood in Overland where I grew up, just because I can. <br />Lately I've been thinking about the years I lived in Minneapolis and wanting to revisit some of the places there. Teleporting time machines could be fun . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82724059736264624392015-04-27T12:25:21.361-04:002015-04-27T12:25:21.361-04:00Night Night, Sleep Tight was a superb read, Hallie...Night Night, Sleep Tight was a superb read, Hallie. I loved the exact feeling of being back decades, back to clothes brands and styles I wore, back to places I'd read about like Bullock's.<br /><br />It is bittersweet to return to one's childhood places in real life. My maternal grandparents' stone home in small town Kansas where I grew up hasn't changed a bit. That's comforting somehow. <br /><br />My paternal grandparents' home in a great part of Dallas, however, has been updated and added to. By a miracle I got invited inside it ten years ago. My husband and I were standing on the curb, staring at the house my grandfather Pop designed and built in 1943, when the owner drove up. She was suspicious and asked what was going on. When she heard my story, she invited us in and showed us around. I was able to explain some archeology of her home that they could not understand. I was so thrilled that I sent her flowers later.<br /><br />As for me, I've spent four years conjuring mysteries set in the late sixties and so my dreams are tie-dyed!kkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296326994943617709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8358352214409966502015-04-27T12:24:37.658-04:002015-04-27T12:24:37.658-04:00Night Night, Sleep Tight was a superb read, Hallie...Night Night, Sleep Tight was a superb read, Hallie. I loved the exact feeling of being back decades, back to clothes brands and styles I wore, back to places I'd read about like Bullock's.<br /><br />It is bittersweet to return to one's childhood places in real life. My maternal grandparents' stone home in small town Kansas where I grew up hasn't changed a bit. That's comforting somehow. <br /><br />My paternal grandparents' home in a great part of Dallas, however, has been updated and added to. By a miracle I got invited inside it ten years ago. My husband and I were standing on the curb, staring at the house my grandfather Pop designed and built in 1943, when the owner drove up. She was suspicious and asked what was going on. When she heard my story, she invited us in and showed us around. I was able to explain some archeology of her home that they could not understand. I was so thrilled that I sent her flowers later.<br /><br />As for me, I've spent four years conjuring mysteries set in the late sixties and so my dreams are tie-dyed!kkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296326994943617709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72644259223373536612015-04-27T11:42:58.009-04:002015-04-27T11:42:58.009-04:00Hallie, lovely essay. Would you believe that my mo...Hallie, lovely essay. Would you believe that my mother-in-law and sister-in-law still live next door to the house I grew up in? (Which my parents built in 1947. My dad sold the surrounding acreage in the 60s; our front pasture became a street. My mother-in-law was the second owner of the house next door.<br /><br />My parents sold the house when I was in my late twenties to go and live on a golf course--I never forgave them:-) But I do get to see it every time we visit my in-laws.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50417314642911109492015-04-27T11:39:42.871-04:002015-04-27T11:39:42.871-04:00Hallie, you probably don't remember, but we me...Hallie, you probably don't remember, but we met at the Write Like Mad day at Miami University, the last time you were there. <br /><br />Some things about Hamilton are massively better than they were when I was a child: the amazing Fitton Center for the arts, and some of the other art-related events. There's an ice sculpture competition in the winter, in conjunction with a book festival, and it's gotten wildly popular. And now there are loft apartments for artists, right uptown, a new program that is getting a lot of attention. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5691231376794241732015-04-27T11:06:19.460-04:002015-04-27T11:06:19.460-04:00Rhys, how nice when you find a place, even if it&#...Rhys, how nice when you find a place, even if it's small, that is preserved. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70467431936858416652015-04-27T11:05:03.590-04:002015-04-27T11:05:03.590-04:00Karen, I've BEEN to Hamilton Ohio - love the M...Karen, I've BEEN to Hamilton Ohio - love the Mad Anthony statue in the middle of town. I could see it's been through some tough times. <br /><br />We picked our neighborhood because we can "run to the corner" - still can, though the movie theater, bowling alley, and library you used to be able to run to have closed.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22793593905320131372015-04-27T11:03:40.178-04:002015-04-27T11:03:40.178-04:00Deb, my husband's Brooklyn neighborhood used t...Deb, my husband's Brooklyn neighborhood used to be like that... run down and dangerous. And now it's made a U-turn and is coming back. Fortunately Robert Moses didn't bulldoze all the brownstones... or "tenements" as he liked to call them.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86768444897206832972015-04-27T11:03:30.613-04:002015-04-27T11:03:30.613-04:00I loved this piece, Hallie. I think going home is...I loved this piece, Hallie. I think going home is bitter sweet for most people. My childhood village is unrecognisable these days. My big old house and it's orchard pulled down for the M 25 motorway. Houses where there were only fields. A huge new shopping center where the old Regal cinema gave me many happy hours. But my school is still as it was and still amid lovely country.Rhysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58907736891576375762015-04-27T11:02:25.406-04:002015-04-27T11:02:25.406-04:00Ellen: that's so lovely! Amazing indeed what p...Ellen: that's so lovely! Amazing indeed what people can do when they put their resources and energy together.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26722122939054287742015-04-27T10:50:43.190-04:002015-04-27T10:50:43.190-04:00Hallie, what a great house you lived in. Too bad a...Hallie, what a great house you lived in. Too bad about the trees, though. It would have been a lot nicer if they'd replaced them, no? <br /><br />My mom still lives in Hamilton, Ohio, where I grew up, so I've driven past our various homes there over the years. Nothing is the same. Neighborhoods that had nice old homes back in the 50's and 60's are now rundown and decrepit. It just depresses me. <br /><br />One big change, and I would not have noticed if it hadn't been for old photos superimposed onto new ones, is that there used to be little mom & pop grocery stores every few blocks. It's too bad that we need to rely on cars today, compared to back when we could "run to the corner" for something. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3636106942475124042015-04-27T10:26:11.685-04:002015-04-27T10:26:11.685-04:00It's been years since my siblings and I each l...It's been years since my siblings and I each left the city where we were born. A few years ago two of my sisters and I were there for the funeral of a favorite aunt. One of my sisters had to take the train home later in the day, and the three of us decided to drive through our old neighborhood to kill time before dropping her off at the train station. <br /><br />We wanted to drive to the back of the parking lot for the apartment building where we lived, so we could see the back of the building. However, the entrance was blocked by three police cars. Hmm. When we lived there, the neighborhood was not unknown to the police but we didn't remember seeing more than one police car at a time. The week before last, one of those sisters sent me the link to a newspaper article about ongoing problems on that street with shootings. I do remember crimes happening when we lived there, but most of them did not involve violence.<br /><br />Oh, and the parochial school we went to was torn down decades ago to make room for apartment buildings - which are now apparently slated to be torn down themselves! My high school no longer exists, the hospital where I was born and where I worked after school when I was in high school was closed and torn down, the hometown bank where I worked when I graduated from college was taken over by a very large bank which was taken over by another very large bank which was taken over by another very large bank...It's almost as though my past has been erased!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.com