tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post5714684167114730214..comments2024-02-16T18:19:13.539-08:00Comments on Ramblings From Yet Another Stranger on the Bus: Hey, I've Got An Idea!Leslie Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-84085177753266001492011-07-31T02:52:45.310-07:002011-07-31T02:52:45.310-07:00@ Rachel ~ Of course I support you, Rae! Just like...@ Rachel ~ Of course I support you, Rae! Just like you've supported me. I know you've had the computer issues that make us all nuts. Just get it worked out and we're going to be glad each and every time you pop up. Really! Reedle, indeedle!Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-50948130442673963602011-07-31T02:51:29.374-07:002011-07-31T02:51:29.374-07:00@ Mike ~ Aw, you're GOOD with lyrics, poetry a...@ Mike ~ Aw, you're GOOD with lyrics, poetry and theme-challenges. I knew I could count on you!<br /><br />I'd put Las Vegas up for consideration as the Allergy Capital of the world, actually. And I remember those places that were forever summer. Kind of wistfully. Thank you for reminding me.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-9286333413123421352011-07-30T20:40:23.166-07:002011-07-30T20:40:23.166-07:00I like your ideas - and I like Kirk's "li...I like your ideas - and I like Kirk's "lightening bugs in a jar". Light bulb moment? Quick, before the idea burns itself out....<br /><br />Thanks for your continued support, Les - it means a very big box of lot to me - hope to be back to bloggy speed soon.<br /><br /><br />WV: reedle = sedge used to sew words frequently into a pattern.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-59075318372314235352011-07-30T11:29:41.702-07:002011-07-30T11:29:41.702-07:00Or it's time to find another meeting for a whi...Or it's time to find another meeting for a while. But probably it will be fine. I'm thinking a reggae beat. Hoppy taw, what is love, Hoppy Taw what is love, what is love, what is love, what is hoppy taw.... needs work I think.<br />Summer memories for me in Ohio mostly consist of waking with my eyes glued together and massive congestion because of the hay fever. Pickin' sweet and big Concord Grapes and blackberries. In Torrance it's almost always summer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533184345345882921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-44416910569228758392011-07-28T19:07:29.083-07:002011-07-28T19:07:29.083-07:00@ BeachBum ~ My friend, you HIT it. Things that we...@ BeachBum ~ My friend, you HIT it. Things that were horrible then - the end of the world - are not offensive to us now. In fact, we remember many such things with affection. I'm wondering where you were picking butterbeans and how many grandchildren there were. BTW, I have never met a bean I don't love and use them as the protein in my diet. Hooray and thank you for your personal contributions to the importance of beans.<br /><br />Referring back to the latest string on your blog - I've had a couple of really downer AA meetings. It seems a shitty pall has been cast upon us all. Which means things can only get better, right? Please.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-10222097875384916172011-07-27T23:15:43.089-07:002011-07-27T23:15:43.089-07:00This might sound weird but one of my favorite summ...This might sound weird but one of my favorite summer memories now were times I hated as a kid. Once a year, usually during the last couple of weeks before school restarted, my grandparents would load up every grandchild they had, including me, and take us off to a butterbean field and have us pick butterbeans.<br /><br />All I remember was the heat and humidity and how I wanted to be anyplace but there. Since I was the oldest I had to pick the most, two bushels, which I remember seemed like it took forever.<br /><br />Would give just about anything now to be out there again with my grandparents.Beach Bumhttp://carolinaparrothead.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-23366822636632007512011-07-26T19:07:47.181-07:002011-07-26T19:07:47.181-07:00@ Rraine ~ Oh, believe me, I "get" it. I...@ Rraine ~ Oh, believe me, I "get" it. I understand 100% how some special small thing can create a whole vast field of pleasant memories on its own. I simply meant I don't want to eat crabs. Uh-uh. I've had a few food reminders of very special traditions, myself. And I've even been exposed to the crab one, having spent a lot of time in Florida. But I'm still not eating a crab. Could I play if I just ate corn on the cob, no brewskies, talking and laughing?Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-73646121247841727452011-07-26T18:25:02.411-07:002011-07-26T18:25:02.411-07:00i don't know how to begin to explain the allur...i don't know how to begin to explain the allure of steamed crabs. it's a baltimore tradition, a summer ritual. old bay (spice mix), brewskies, a picnic table, everyone sitting around, picking crabs, talking, laughing, debating the best ways to clean a crab, as much a social event as it is a meal. i guess you had to be there. and right this minute, i wish i was there.rrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457746929116908077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-46214059250613894492011-07-26T10:18:55.830-07:002011-07-26T10:18:55.830-07:00@ Artymess ~ Oh, Lorna, very good! Funny, we calle...@ Artymess ~ Oh, Lorna, very good! Funny, we called that Chinese jump rope, if I'm not mistaken. If there weren't enough girls to play, we'd secure one side of the rubberized bands to a bench or a tree. Not to be confused with Double Dutch, at which I did not excel. <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3jbQ5Edvo<br />Funny how these games had names from different countries that likely had nothing at all to do with where they originated. I'm glad you reminded me of it. I was pretty good at skipping rope in most of its forms. Lots of knee scrapes and scabs as I recall, which took nothing away from the fun the next hour or the next day.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-81426171979566055762011-07-26T00:10:11.518-07:002011-07-26T00:10:11.518-07:00sorry pressed wrong button hope i havent posted t...sorry pressed wrong button hope i havent posted twice<br />dont know about hoppy taw..........what was big in welsh playgrounds in the 60's was what we called american skipping .....very glamorous to us .....we strung loads of elastic bands together to make the rope ...its a wonder we didnt break our necks ,,,,,,<br />http://youtu.be/U-nyeSgowBo<br />thanks for bringing back that memory ......xxartymesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798834736698500712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-11972595691746331852011-07-25T14:30:41.052-07:002011-07-25T14:30:41.052-07:00@ Kirk ~ Well I think that is THE start to my jing...@ Kirk ~ Well I think that is THE start to my jingle that I hope to grow into a song. Thank you so much! You have always been good at that. I don't think you should diss yourself. I recall that you rang in beautifully on some past collaborative poems, as well.<br /><br />You know, the bug catching thing never did work out so well from my perspective. I don't think they enjoy being captured and expected to thrive. In MUCH later life I nursed a much-loved fantasy about building myself a horned toad colony. First, it is unlawful to take them out of the desert, thought they are plentiful. I once held 52 of them in one day in the Mojave. They eat only live ants, and I researched how to raise those. I researched how to make the toads a home. It never came to fruition for all kinds of reasons that make me very sad. I also had a vision of turning the back yard into a habitat for abandoned desert tortoises which can be adopted if one will do the extensive landscaping required. That did not come to pass, either. I guess I'll stick with my small black cat and be grateful.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-74653515496070106542011-07-25T14:25:41.428-07:002011-07-25T14:25:41.428-07:00@ Rraine ~ Those are grand word snippets of summer...@ Rraine ~ Those are grand word snippets of summer, except I'll pass on the crabs. Thank you for reminding me of swim memories, too.<br /><br />I'm glad to share a talent for making grown men weep with "I've got an idea". "I've been thinking" seems a great similarity. I always like it when their eyes get big and they start looking for the nearest exit just as I'm warming up.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-29755661315401409782011-07-25T14:22:29.936-07:002011-07-25T14:22:29.936-07:00@ AngryParsnip ~ Oh, can I relate to "after t...@ AngryParsnip ~ Oh, can I relate to "after the divorce I had to move"! Boy, howdy. The first time I lived in Las Vegas began in 1976. My mother and stepfather were building a nice little homebuilding empire. Ex and I lived here 7 years. I came back after the divorce 8+ years ago, to my own surprise. I don't care for the place much, but here I am. I can't come up with any compelling reasons to go elsewhere, at least not right now.<br /><br />We've had a handful of pounding monsoonal rains, earlier in the month. The last few days, though, have been overcast and heavily humid. You're right - a good opportunity to reflect on summers past. Thanks for dropping in!Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-27269455316053357692011-07-25T14:13:27.369-07:002011-07-25T14:13:27.369-07:00When I was a kid I liked catching lightening bugs ...When I was a kid I liked catching lightening bugs in the summer. Only problem was the next morning I'd have a dead fly. Huh? There WERE holes in the lid so they could breathe!<br /><br />Go tell Ma!<br />Go tell Pa!<br />We all want <br />a Happy Taw!<br /><br />Now you know why I never made it to Madison Avenue.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-53496626101095889582011-07-25T13:29:29.922-07:002011-07-25T13:29:29.922-07:00my correlate to your "hey, i've got an id...my correlate to your "hey, i've got an idea" is <br />"i've been thinking..." that phrase has been known to drive men to strong drink, scatter crowds, send dogs howling into the night-well, you get the idea :)<br /><br />summer: the sound made when walking in flip-flops, the smell of chlorine on a bathing suit, running through the sprinkler, and oh god, steamed crabs.rrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457746929116908077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-37238893285233074912011-07-25T11:26:42.680-07:002011-07-25T11:26:42.680-07:00Summer ... Perfect time to sit and reflect when it...Summer ... Perfect time to sit and reflect when it is probably over 100 right now in Las Vegas.... Have you gotten much rain yet ?<br />How did you pick Las Vegas after living on the coast ? <br />If I could I would still be living next to the Pacific Ocean, I really miss it so much. <br />But after the divorce I had to move. <br />Grew up in Tucson so it was a good move for me money wise plus I still had three children who where still at University and am still helping out in this economy. <br />I still can drive over to Laguna Beach and see my friends so it is workable.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-47098671567315916462011-07-25T10:02:50.733-07:002011-07-25T10:02:50.733-07:00@ CramCake ~ that sounds like Long Beach to me!@ CramCake ~ that sounds like Long Beach to me!Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-56441241774827181092011-07-25T08:25:57.883-07:002011-07-25T08:25:57.883-07:00Oooh, summer memories.
My childhood ones involve o...Oooh, summer memories.<br />My childhood ones involve our backyard pool, the light shining on the jacaranda trees, the noise of the cicadas, and summer camp.MoreCakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997966214729747678noreply@blogger.com