tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4163681316936331255..comments2024-03-29T09:47:11.620-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Some of All My FearsJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41041664678947667792018-06-14T14:05:45.388-04:002018-06-14T14:05:45.388-04:00Always wise, calm and kind. That’s Ramona! Your le...Always wise, calm and kind. That’s Ramona! Your leadership, even when not in a formal leader role is a gift to us all. kathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174630750897810529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21871622213614887862018-06-13T21:53:03.627-04:002018-06-13T21:53:03.627-04:00Hank here: Hope you had a great day, dear Kathy!Hank here: Hope you had a great day, dear Kathy!Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87008284324088285412018-06-13T21:52:33.440-04:002018-06-13T21:52:33.440-04:00Hank here: we'll do it together!Hank here: we'll do it together!<br />Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44421272156784785132018-06-13T21:32:29.197-04:002018-06-13T21:32:29.197-04:00I might go out on that Grand Canyon thing, but the...I might go out on that Grand Canyon thing, but the potential for crawling back while weeping is too high!Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80649303952565102372018-06-13T21:31:50.948-04:002018-06-13T21:31:50.948-04:00Kathy, the thread is open all day. Pop in with the...Kathy, the thread is open all day. Pop in with the Late Shift anytime. You can be the Very Late Shift!Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47978426002435355032018-06-13T21:09:56.618-04:002018-06-13T21:09:56.618-04:00I've had a busy day, but I still wanted to sto...I've had a busy day, but I still wanted to stop in tonight and read my favorite blog. Ramona, I enjoy your posts on FB so much, and your sprint would be great for me writing my reviews, but I'm late to bed and late to rise, so I miss it. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67333557107789206782018-06-13T21:00:36.023-04:002018-06-13T21:00:36.023-04:00Ramona, I saw a news segment on a driving service ...Ramona, I saw a news segment on a driving service that takes people across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge for a fee, both ways. People interviewed who use the service said they are happy to pay someone to drive them over it, especially those needing to get to work, because they are truly too scared to drive it themselves.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84565604568284662482018-06-13T20:47:56.285-04:002018-06-13T20:47:56.285-04:00Hank here: Roaches, yeah. Because they skitter.Hank here: Roaches, yeah. Because they skitter.Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31449028818735995362018-06-13T20:47:09.915-04:002018-06-13T20:47:09.915-04:00Hank here: SO agree! It's such a watershed ref...Hank here: SO agree! It's such a watershed reference to me.Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34499842274151510992018-06-13T20:46:26.577-04:002018-06-13T20:46:26.577-04:00Hank here: YES. I have truly thought about that Gr...Hank here: YES. I have truly thought about that Grand Canyon thing. It has GOT to be gorgeous. But could I do it?Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83094717736550976822018-06-13T20:45:20.766-04:002018-06-13T20:45:20.766-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48647265430198076652018-06-13T20:35:39.659-04:002018-06-13T20:35:39.659-04:00Pat, once you read about the Undertoad, you never ...Pat, once you read about the Undertoad, you never forget! Edges and ledges--yes. That glass bottom one that overlooks the Grand Canyon? I can hardly look at a photo of it.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70162010651310067202018-06-13T18:56:55.615-04:002018-06-13T18:56:55.615-04:00Laughing over the Undertoad. When I was a kid we w...Laughing over the Undertoad. When I was a kid we were told to watch out for the undertow. Got that right but thought it was some kind of eel-like fish that would wind itself around your ankles and pull you under. Oh well. One of my friends in high school thought the oyster dredger was some kind of sea creature to be avoided at all costs! What scares me? Heights. Or maybe not being high but being on the edge of a precipice. So, edges? Also snakes. If I see one and I am within a certain radius of it I do my famous snake dance backwards.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22499871493088081762018-06-13T17:23:47.128-04:002018-06-13T17:23:47.128-04:00Nora, isn't Garp wonderful? That book was a re...Nora, isn't Garp wonderful? That book was a revelation. Every once in a while I see a reference to the Undertoad--rarely with any background about it--and I know this is a kindred spirit. The Undertoad is the fear of all the things you think might get you if you don't watch out. Terrifying! Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16744414642138522802018-06-13T16:44:22.258-04:002018-06-13T16:44:22.258-04:00I would not want to drive over the CBB! The one t...I would not want to drive over the CBB! The one time I went on it I was young and not driving. But later a cool thing was that we went on a family cruise day with the Navy and so went out to sea over those tunnels!Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777683026890358953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82836486097477437342018-06-13T16:06:37.071-04:002018-06-13T16:06:37.071-04:00Ramona, thank you! I’ve just been reading about th...Ramona, thank you! I’ve just been reading about the Undertoad and will admit to the Garp gap in my book background because he’s such a revelation. Now I can picture him as the source of my maternal line’s general looming dread. My mother even writes books about toads, seemingly cheerful children’s tales that always threaten to go darker. Maybe the Undertoad will appear in her next story… Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15094329912232168588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54940153488142488212018-06-13T14:51:07.278-04:002018-06-13T14:51:07.278-04:00Oh, I love bridges. Oh, I love bridges. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10013185842574311502018-06-13T14:50:42.746-04:002018-06-13T14:50:42.746-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33097489925526045722018-06-13T14:49:40.161-04:002018-06-13T14:49:40.161-04:00And so Garp always watched for it, the dark unknow...And so Garp always watched for it, the dark unknown terror that would suck you under.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14259375644602079202018-06-13T14:45:39.005-04:002018-06-13T14:45:39.005-04:00Deborah, how interesting that you fear being false...Deborah, how interesting that you fear being falsely accused of a crime. Only an innocent person would feel that, I think. The driving alone at night in a strange place is a common fear, I think.<br /><br />I hope you get to go on another spiritual retreat--make that happen for yourself. Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88201595776538630342018-06-13T14:44:12.648-04:002018-06-13T14:44:12.648-04:00Ack, I'd like to add freeways to my fears! Tha...Ack, I'd like to add freeways to my fears! That sounds dreadful.<br /><br />Any time you'd like to join the sprint, Deborah, we'd be thrilled to have you. Show up, sign in, sprint. All there is to it. And roaches are yuck, but I thought Texas weren't afraid of 'nuthin! Or is that just my big brother in Houston showing off?Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35788849427411846352018-06-13T13:34:40.085-04:002018-06-13T13:34:40.085-04:00Spiders
Being falsely accused of a crime
That hor...Spiders<br />Being falsely accused of a crime <br />That horrible phone call<br />Going to the dumpster after dark(because of the critters)<br />Driving alone on a dark unlit road in a strange town<br /><br />I have been on a few spiritual retreats, and I love them, because they quiet down my mind. It's been too long since the last one,<br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47218486151995349672018-06-13T13:23:35.259-04:002018-06-13T13:23:35.259-04:00Judi, I am not a fan of bridges or heights, either...Judi, I am not a fan of bridges or heights, either. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland is a thing of nightmares, plain and simple.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76900310467617612362018-06-13T13:19:49.953-04:002018-06-13T13:19:49.953-04:00Sorry to be so late checking in! I had a doctor...Sorry to be so late checking in! I had a doctor's appointment this morning that should have taken me 40 minutes to get to. I sat stuck on the freeway for TWO hours! Talk about a meditation. I just thought how glad I was that it want me in that wreck. <br /><br />Ramona, I'm going to join your sprint thread. And I've always dreamed of doing a retreat, although my stays in London can give me the same sort of boost.<br /><br />Fears, yes, loss, the midnight phone call, etc. I'm okay with most critters, except for our huge Texas roaches. They always make me scream like a ninny.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85535089690822605072018-06-13T13:19:40.460-04:002018-06-13T13:19:40.460-04:00Mary, public speaking is a fear you practice your ...Mary, public speaking is a fear you practice your way out of--that's my belief, anyway.<br /><br />In The World According to Garp, one of Garp's children wouldn't swim in the ocean because adults kept warning him to "watch out for the Undertoad." Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.com