tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post2627865771033139905..comments2024-02-16T18:19:13.539-08:00Comments on Ramblings From Yet Another Stranger on the Bus: HeRR BiRRthday ~ May It Be EasyLeslie Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-3217434486137353282011-08-05T08:19:29.416-07:002011-08-05T08:19:29.416-07:00@ Magpie ~ I surely thank you for popping in to sa...@ Magpie ~ I surely thank you for popping in to say so. Actually, I did know that. Not that I fluently read the characters, but they had been pointed out to me and I triple verified to make certain they said what I intended. I'm sure Rraine will enjoy reading your words. You were thoughtful to comment.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-21310909427810625032011-08-05T04:46:20.977-07:002011-08-05T04:46:20.977-07:00As to your picture there “Look east”… there are fo...As to your picture there “Look east”… there are four characters in black on white.<br />From left and then top to bottom they read ‘truth’ ‘friendship’ ‘ strength’ and ‘love’, respectively.<br /><br />I thought you might like to know.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489091434613178568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-19998780902603621482011-08-01T20:18:20.194-07:002011-08-01T20:18:20.194-07:00well, my entire comment was lost in the ozone, so ...well, my entire comment was lost in the ozone, so here's an abbreviated version:<br />everyone, thank you, thank you. i'm going places i've never been to before, and don't know how to get there. sound familiar?<br /><br />rachel, angryparsnip, jenn, les, kirk, beach bum, again, thanks.rrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457746929116908077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-51868065776608736712011-08-01T18:42:00.037-07:002011-08-01T18:42:00.037-07:00@ Jenn ~ It is so fun to me that you appreciate he...@ Jenn ~ It is so fun to me that you appreciate her, too! Who knows where we shall go?Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-30601859278421810662011-08-01T18:36:36.658-07:002011-08-01T18:36:36.658-07:00@ The Badger ~ What I believe: if you care for som...@ The Badger ~ What I believe: if you care for someone, you take steps to let them know. Then they never have to wonder whether you did or did not.<br /><br />Thank you for your kind comments. The collages are fun and, actually, no credit to me. I mean, I don't draw, paint or take pictures. Just using whatever media I can find to express what I feel.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-51527423780792571512011-08-01T18:34:57.703-07:002011-08-01T18:34:57.703-07:00@ Kirk ~ I know how your sensibilities transcend y...@ Kirk ~ I know how your sensibilities transcend your actual age or "place" in the boomer boom, before and after. You are not nailed to your age in days or years. One of the many things I appreciate about you.<br /><br />I was born in 1952 - a "mid"-boomer, I suppose. Likely a little more intellect and maturity, so that I fit better with those a little older than I. My mother and Elvis were born on 1-8-35.<br /><br />I enjoy your company and friendship, Kirk.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-10615822326046351092011-08-01T15:05:56.855-07:002011-08-01T15:05:56.855-07:00Hey, just wanted to say I hope you had a wonderful...Hey, just wanted to say I hope you had a wonderful Birthday!! Best wishes throughout your next year. Hope to have a chance to get to know you better. JennJennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649985748436261979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-49863107911579732352011-08-01T12:36:14.688-07:002011-08-01T12:36:14.688-07:00This was a really nice thing to do, and it was don...This was a really nice thing to do, and it was done exceptionally well. The collages are wonderful.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938379025774754317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-87783219504815949832011-08-01T12:21:21.820-07:002011-08-01T12:21:21.820-07:00I think the reports out of Washington were kind of...I think the reports out of Washington were kind of getting to me before I read your post. For the record, I was born in 1961, making me a late baby-boomer (as is President Obama). I actually admire a lot of figures from the 1960s. I think I just see whatever progress that has occured as being somewhat more incremental than you do. It's a neverending battle, as Superman liked to say (born in 1938, I believe he was from your mother's generation)<br /><br />Again, happy birthday, rraine.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-52548887895897623222011-07-31T19:03:47.108-07:002011-07-31T19:03:47.108-07:00@ angryparsnip ~ I know Rraine will be pleased to ...@ angryparsnip ~ I know Rraine will be pleased to see you dropped by to wish her well! <br /><br />Funny, your comments about liberal or conservative: I lean so far to the left, I frighten many people. My major career in life was as a union representative advocating for public school employees, so I have that leaning and the great deal of political action it called for. I guess I'm just used to fighting the liberal fight since I was very, very young. I shook Robert Kennedy's hand in Olvera Street, Los Angeles, at a huge rally some hours before he was shot. I already knew then which way was right and which way was wrong. For me. I was 15. I've always been willing to fight for what I believe in and try not to jam it down anyone's throat to the point of injury.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-91185140332598610532011-07-31T18:59:02.158-07:002011-07-31T18:59:02.158-07:00Well, a very Happy Birthday to your friend.
As for...Well, a very Happy Birthday to your friend.<br />As for the liberal or conservative @kirk .... when you live in the west one seems to lean on the conservative side it is a harsh reality out here that the east coast intelligentsia can't even understand.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-33175053025461733402011-07-31T18:49:09.017-07:002011-07-31T18:49:09.017-07:00@ Rachel ~ Bring from the U.S., I didn't know ...@ Rachel ~ Bring from the U.S., I didn't know that birthday jingle, so you COULD have claimed the credit! We had some goofy ones, too, that I don't recall. I was much too earnest and sincere to poke fun at the birthday song.<br /><br />I hope Rraine submits something, too. As I read your words and the words from the 'zine blog, I thought of her immediately. I know this, for sure: she'll read our words about it here.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-4959194150936319972011-07-31T18:44:46.958-07:002011-07-31T18:44:46.958-07:00Hey, Les - I can't take credit for the jingle ...Hey, Les - I can't take credit for the jingle - it's just what we sang as kids!<br /><br />I'm sure Rraine will love the fashion zine - I hope she submits something xRachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-8341091681816108702011-07-31T16:18:52.759-07:002011-07-31T16:18:52.759-07:00@ Rachel ~ When I grow up I hope to be half the wo...@ Rachel ~ When I grow up I hope to be half the word-woman is Rachel Fenton. I am sure Rraine will love your cheery little tune.<br /><br />Remember recently, Rae, when you posted about Story Bought Dress and I said I'd immediately referred a friend? That friend was Rraine!<br /><br />As always, I thank you for playing when I have an idea. ;~}Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-76692614429027915602011-07-31T16:09:38.406-07:002011-07-31T16:09:38.406-07:00Huge Happy Birthday wishes, Rraine - "Happy b...Huge Happy Birthday wishes, Rraine - "Happy birthday to you, squashed tomatoes and stew, bread and butter in the gutter, happy birthday to you!"Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-80561062363797439952011-07-31T15:02:14.822-07:002011-07-31T15:02:14.822-07:00@ Rraine ~ not even a fraction of the recognition ...@ Rraine ~ not even a fraction of the recognition you deserve. I'm enjoying watching you grin and muse through here and on your own blog about it.<br /><br />Interesting about the music floating throughout: Across the Universe, High Sierra, Across the Great Divide, Cradle of the Interstate . . . over the top,out and gone, eh? Happy birthday!Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-85359726506460905852011-07-31T13:56:54.010-07:002011-07-31T13:56:54.010-07:00holy guacamole! this rocked my socks. thank you, l...holy guacamole! this rocked my socks. thank you, leslie, for such a thoughtful, and beautiful birthday, and generational, recognition.<br />and thank you, everyone, for chiming in. <br />boom sha-ka-la-ka, boom sha-ka-la-ka!rrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457746929116908077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-7576310826108272422011-07-31T13:34:12.572-07:002011-07-31T13:34:12.572-07:00@ Kirk ~ Yay! Another well-wisher heard from. And,...@ Kirk ~ Yay! Another well-wisher heard from. And, yep, she eschews capital letters which has not one thing to do with e. e. cummings.<br /><br />You're dead on again, Kirk, about identifying oneself in a too narrow way. We're too complex for that. However, if I'm to be slammed into a particular generation, I like the one I'm assigned to. As you can imagine, when I did just the tiniest bit of research for this post, it immediately became apparent I couldn't shine a light on the boomers with fewer than maybe 5 posts and that wasn't the purpose of this particular one, anyway. I will say this: I've long thought we break into more natural and closely aligned subsets of early-boomer, mid-boomer and late-boomer. Just my thought.<br /><br />With your talent for researching and writing large bodies of work (history, war and art come to mind) I'd love to see what you'd do with a look at boom times.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-54870010247212864342011-07-31T13:26:08.348-07:002011-07-31T13:26:08.348-07:00Happy birthday, rraine (I know she eschews capital...Happy birthday, rraine (I know she eschews capitals)<br /><br />It's probably not such a good idea to identify oneself too much with an entire generation. I have some things in common with people my own age, and a lot of other things I don't. That suits me fine. Be an individual first.<br /><br />If you need further proof one shouldn't identify too much with a "generation', keep in mind that this country has been pretty much dominated politically by the right-wing the past 30 years (and if you believe the talk about the debt compromise coming out of Washington, will continue to be so) and I'm betting at least SOME of those right-wingers were born between 1946 and 1964 (the Baby Boom years). This is not to say the hippies weren't real, but just that there were a lot of folks at the time who must have kept there conservatism to themselves.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-50718577498606327912011-07-31T12:53:12.493-07:002011-07-31T12:53:12.493-07:00@ Mike ~ Well, the collages could get tiresome to ...@ Mike ~ Well, the collages could get tiresome to everyone else, but they've helped me across my recent difficult times. Use of one's senses and feelings, but not necessarily the intellect.<br /><br />You're right and I thank you for pointing out that our kids also have some positive things ahead. "Balance is the answer" says everyone who seems to have found that.<br /><br />I'm not at all surprised you hollered Happy Birthday on Facebook, but I'm glad you did it here, as well.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-43447975472542152622011-07-31T11:32:02.271-07:002011-07-31T11:32:02.271-07:00Nice work on the collages. Very appropriate. happy...Nice work on the collages. Very appropriate. happy Birthday rraine!. though I've already done this on facebook. yesterday I saw a time lapse video of stem Cells sprayed on a human heart and in a matter of days completely recreate that heart. Pretty damn marvelous stuff our kids have in store for them. they may be the first generation to have universal peace. No I envy them the wonders they shall see.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533184345345882921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-223499344156259892011-07-31T07:59:36.477-07:002011-07-31T07:59:36.477-07:00@ Beach Bum ~ Hey, it sounds like your wife must b...@ Beach Bum ~ Hey, it sounds like your wife must be one of the sisterhood! Yay for those of us who are walking proof that the necessary anatomical events keep going after the age of 25. For me, it was not by choice. But it was my very good fortune.<br /><br />My daughter has had every good material and spiritual and emotional thing a good life has to offer. She's not avoided some painful things, too, but I'm talking about good things right now. I'm glad she's had many doors opened for her, but I'm with you - I don't think she's going to see a wonderful world unfold right before her eyes. Not like "we" did. And even my mother is now aware and acknowledges, "My generation mucked up everything. We wrecked the world." Well, maybe. Partly.<br /><br />At age 21, my kid knows everything, and she thinks "we" (boomers, in general) are "arrogant" about our era and ourselves. I keep saying, "No - just the lucky ones, not arrogant."Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-35461133898652862822011-07-31T07:49:07.487-07:002011-07-31T07:49:07.487-07:00...until my friend pointed out that only "you...<i>...until my friend pointed out that only "young" women have toddlers.</i><br /><br />My wife would beg to differ on that one.<br /><br /><i>...Granny was born in the last three weeks of 1899.</i><br /><br />I often wonder what my son and daughter will see during their lifetime, I hope its good although I have my doubts.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.com