tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4254040288178101953..comments2024-03-28T04:55:50.771-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Revealing ArtifactsJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23591879118799952692013-01-24T15:52:30.397-05:002013-01-24T15:52:30.397-05:00Couldn't agree more with you Linda, to write s...Couldn't agree more with you Linda, to write something out of nothing is to be comfortable with the environment where you are and get inspiration, the very reason why I decided to buy some <a href="http://www.danielshomecenter.com/" rel="nofollow">modern furniture los angeles</a> which provide me just the right space while I do the writing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959866942405498757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36964530848475996562012-08-19T19:45:17.060-04:002012-08-19T19:45:17.060-04:00Debs, don't be too envious. I'm much more ...Debs, don't be too envious. I'm much more sporadic now. I write a journal of each book as I write it--stole that idea from Sue Grafton--and only write in my regular journals in between or when something big and personal comes along.<br /><br />DebRo, it is never too late to start writing poetry. You can start by just scribbling down a sentence or line that you read or hear that you like. Use one of them as your first line to start you off and trigger your own thoughts. You'll be surprised what you come up with. This tunes up your mind to start thinking of and creating lines of images or musical language. Good luck!<br /><br />PS I suggest writing poetry to anyone who wants to learn to write better. Even if no one else will ever read your poetry. It's like a tune-up for your creative spirit.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9655057258051951462012-08-19T18:27:32.552-04:002012-08-19T18:27:32.552-04:00I have a book report from seventh grade that I rec...I have a book report from seventh grade that I received an A for but was marked down to a C by my English teacher, Anthony Grassia. In his comments he wrote, "Meet your deadlines!" It was two days late and marked down one full grade for each day late. I followed his advice through grad school.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24178813931444433642012-08-19T16:29:04.847-04:002012-08-19T16:29:04.847-04:00Linda, I'm envious of your journals. I've ...Linda, I'm envious of your journals. I've been a sporadic journal keeper all my life, and always try to be better at it.<br /><br />And storytellermary, what a wonderful story!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81455310272925200312012-08-19T16:08:39.803-04:002012-08-19T16:08:39.803-04:00Kaye,
I love music boxes, even ugly ones. My mothe...Kaye,<br />I love music boxes, even ugly ones. My mother left me some really ugly costume jewelry that I won' wear, but I still love to go threw it and remember how she wore those big geometric bracelets in the sixties and seventies.<br /><br />Storytellermary,<br />Scorched fragment form a heat shield from Mercury. I'd like to know about your dad's work. It sounds pretty cool.<br /><br />~jan<br /><br />~janJan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51448610443940536242012-08-19T13:51:49.326-04:002012-08-19T13:51:49.326-04:00I have models of the Mercury and Gemini space caps...<br />I have models of the Mercury and Gemini space capsules, given to me as awards in the McDonnell Aircraft sponsored Junior Achievement groups. They are also mementos of my dad's work on both, along with a scorched fragment of heat shield from Mercury. Special memories. Dad told me that I'd need to work hard for scholarships if I wanted to be a teacher . . . this was in kindergarten when I came home saying "That's what I want to do when I grow up!" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13461038006504275012012-08-19T13:41:42.197-04:002012-08-19T13:41:42.197-04:00Deb, never too late to start writing poetry!Deb, never too late to start writing poetry!Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-92223735557302290242012-08-19T13:09:56.090-04:002012-08-19T13:09:56.090-04:00Younger siblings USED it as a coloring book...woul...Younger siblings USED it as a coloring book...wouldn't want anyone to think the 56 year old baby of the family still does that sort of thing!! Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20142298924245209072012-08-19T13:04:14.996-04:002012-08-19T13:04:14.996-04:00When I was 12 years old, I entered a science-ficti...When I was 12 years old, I entered a science-fiction writing contest. I was one of the winners and I still have my prize, a crystal beaded bracelet. I wish I knew what happened to the story!<br /><br />I also have the first book of poetry I ever owned, which I received as a gift when I was in second grade. It is falling apart, younger siblings use it as a coloring book, but I will never give it up. In the index, I underlined the titles of all my favorite poems. A month or so before I received the book from my parents, my second grade teacher gave us an assignment to write a poem, and I threw myself into it. I think my parents gave me that book as encouragement to continue writing poetry,which I did only occasionally over the years. I am sorry I haven't kept up with it.Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6742217273846241842012-08-19T12:48:11.495-04:002012-08-19T12:48:11.495-04:00I don't think I have anything like that - prob...I don't think I have anything like that - probably due to the big huck out before we changed continents but I'm careful to gather together my children's efforts every year [and try to put dates on the back] so now the attic is officially full - bit of a fire hazard really.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30433282363107289472012-08-19T12:38:43.961-04:002012-08-19T12:38:43.961-04:00BTW Hank, I have recently found 2 letters like you...BTW Hank, I have recently found 2 letters like your postcard--cheerful, chatty, and when can you send more money...horrifying...Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52969905310649722002012-08-19T12:37:14.505-04:002012-08-19T12:37:14.505-04:00Linda--that journal sounds perfect! thanks to Aunt...Linda--that journal sounds perfect! thanks to Aunt Joan...<br /><br />Paula and Darlene--humiliation is one of our historical themes!!<br /><br />Kaye, don't know that song, but I can totally see why you had to keep the dragon! your dad sounds soooo sweet.<br /><br />And Tricia--love the profile picture! Hmmm, could I have repressed the memory of my detention?????Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77539514616483699622012-08-19T12:26:42.611-04:002012-08-19T12:26:42.611-04:00P.S. fromTricia:
I'm a 12-year, Catholic-scho...P.S. fromTricia:<br /><br />I'm a 12-year, Catholic-school survivor and I have to agree with the others that Roberta's writing exercise sure sounds like a detention exercise.TFJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145220939173150233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32187133535677614562012-08-19T12:24:21.705-04:002012-08-19T12:24:21.705-04:00Dear Reds,
I still have my "Read to the Moon...Dear Reds,<br /><br />I still have my "Read to the Moon" certificate from first grade: I read 210 books that year and was the first of my classmates to reach the moon. The certificate says so much about me I used it as my profile photo on my short-lived blog.<br /><br />Thanks for the memories! ~TriciaTFJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145220939173150233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3380517701869214402012-08-19T11:42:12.587-04:002012-08-19T11:42:12.587-04:00OH, I LOVE THIS.
Jan - I'm with you (again!)....OH, I LOVE THIS.<br /><br />Jan - I'm with you (again!). I enjoy hanging out in the past. <br /><br />When my parents retired and made their move from Maryland they loaded a couple boxes of my stuff my mom had saved into the backseat of the car. She couldn't bring herself to throw away some of these "treasures," and now I can't either. sigh. I am my Mother.<br /><br />One thing I have sitting on a shelf is something Donald would very much like to see just disappear. It's the ugliest green dragon with the goofiest face on God's green earth. It's a music box. Does it play "Puff the Magic Dragon?" noooooo - it plays "Playmate, Come Out and Play With Me." Remember that little song?! It was one the three of us would sing during car trips. My dad happened onto this sad little dragon when I was in my 30s and couldn't resist buying it for me. My mom said he was so over the moon about finding a music box that played "Playmate," she couldn't bring herself to tell him how ugly it was. It's one of my most loved possessions.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79921830046964106372012-08-19T11:23:36.453-04:002012-08-19T11:23:36.453-04:00Paulabuck--DUCK FEET!! Oh, just like Scout in her ...Paulabuck--DUCK FEET!! Oh, just like Scout in her ham suit.<br /><br />Darlene--again. You and me, sister. xoHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12043495208023175282012-08-19T10:32:56.353-04:002012-08-19T10:32:56.353-04:00My artifacts are all hair photos--the 45 degree an...My artifacts are all hair photos--the 45 degree angle bangs, the afro, the bad perm # 1, the bad perm # 2, etc. Explains my hair angst today.<br /><br />Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86722326340590361602012-08-19T10:17:17.638-04:002012-08-19T10:17:17.638-04:00I didn't go to Catholic school, but in junior ...I didn't go to Catholic school, but in junior high we had to copy "paragraphs" if we misbehaved. (Infractions like putting the lead sinkers we were supposed to be using for experiments into the teacher's coffee mug...ahem...or so I'm told...) It took two and a half pages to write out by hand and started with, "This is a totally wasteful experience" and went on to talk about how much paper, trees, and time you were wasting because you were such a rotten kid (ahem...or so I'm told...). <br /><br />My artifact is a photo of me in a duck suit. I was the mascot for our town's "Duck Race" fundraiser and I tripped over a roll of carpet while doing an appearance. (There were teeny holes for the eyes! And duck feet, for crying out loud!) So I'm all sprawled out, but still trying to make it look like I planned it...it seems to have been metaphorical for the rest of my life! Ha!paulabucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10795996752866140382012-08-19T10:00:00.444-04:002012-08-19T10:00:00.444-04:00Lucy, I wonder what my excuse is since I don't...Lucy, I wonder what my excuse is since I don't have any recollection of writing "We love to work. Work is fun." over and over again.<br /><br />I have years of journals, a whole bookcase of them going back to the beginning of my first marriage. I kept them since I started high school, but had none of the high school ones since I'd moved so much and been kicked out, etc. Nothing much from my elementary or high-school days survived in my life. Until I found my Aunt Joan again (when a middle-aged adult) a few years before she died.<br /><br />She had saved my lock-and-key diary from when I was thirteen. Lots of boy talk, of course. I was a freshman in high school, and boys became vital then. But even more pages about books I read, story ideas, poems, and how much I wanted to write books like the ones I loved.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63262720249145781442012-08-19T09:50:00.360-04:002012-08-19T09:50:00.360-04:00PS I see not much has changed; DECA students are s...PS I see not much has changed; DECA students are still, well, see for yourself: http://www.deca.org/Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1559760774399679022012-08-19T09:48:22.132-04:002012-08-19T09:48:22.132-04:00Lucy, I was a senior in high school. DECA is Distr...Lucy, I was a senior in high school. DECA is Distributive Education something or other, a co-op course of study for high school students that prepares them for jobs in marketing and retail and other business pursuits. It was in its infancy back then, but now it has expanded internationally. <br /><br />Business vocabulary is what it sounds like: special words that pertain to business, like markup, margins, inventory, etc. <br /><br />You should see the picture of me and the other first- and third-place winners. It's hilarious. The clothes! The hairdos! And I thought I was so cool, getting to wear something other than my Catholic school uniform for a change. Yikes. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38947321452894550092012-08-19T08:39:06.473-04:002012-08-19T08:39:06.473-04:00Ramona, I didn't go to Catholic school LOL! St...Ramona, I didn't go to Catholic school LOL! Still, I was way too well behaved to stay after school. Now, had it been Jan or Ro, we could wonder...<br /><br />Love the stories about Will's report card and Business Vocabulary competition!! Karen, what grade were you in and what is business vocabulary??Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85790867743610926872012-08-19T07:53:03.813-04:002012-08-19T07:53:03.813-04:00LOL, Ramona. I thought the same thing!
My "...LOL, Ramona. I thought the same thing! <br /><br />My "artifact" is the big honkin' trophy I received for coming in 2nd in the state DECA Business Vocabulary competition in 1969. I can't imagine how enormous the first place trophy must have been. <br /><br />I had a party once, serving Mexican food, and afterward couldn't find the cap to the bottle of hot sauce. Days later I found it overturned atop the head of my trophy. Some drunk guest clearly had a bizarre sense of humor. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74388334737816110522012-08-19T07:52:00.677-04:002012-08-19T07:52:00.677-04:00Third grade report card: "William can and do...Third grade report card: "William can and does interact well with the other children when he chooses to. However, other teachers and myself have noticed he is happiest when left on his own with a book to read."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538690057861333760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60000896492955589982012-08-19T07:48:34.223-04:002012-08-19T07:48:34.223-04:00Dear Lucy,
"We like to work. Work is fun.&q...Dear Lucy, <br /><br />"We like to work. Work is fun." reminds me of lines on the blackboard after school. Are you sure you didn't have to write it 500 times? [wink]<br /><br />Signed,<br />Catholic School GraduateRamonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.com