tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post6829517511155281291..comments2023-06-02T15:46:37.487+02:00Comments on JOURNEY INTO ELDERHOOD: Times They Were A ChangingGrandmother Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-38765071945711891242014-03-14T19:56:17.752+01:002014-03-14T19:56:17.752+01:00There's so much said and so much not said and ...There's so much said and so much not said and I like that...this is balanced well...the flashback and the present. Well done! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-91541409279431503882014-03-14T16:46:56.544+01:002014-03-14T16:46:56.544+01:00Nice, Mary. Not hunky dory events, but nicely tol...Nice, Mary. Not hunky dory events, but nicely told. <br />I remember those days, I have a Senryƫ set poem about learning sessions. The second part was in the first grade, down on the storm cellar steps at school.<br /><i>Fading Memories<br /><br />some memories fade<br />barely recall Sat night baths<br />with my little sis<br /><br />some thoughts can recall<br />show me yours I'll show you mine<br />saith first grade girl friend</i><br /><b>http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2009/01/one-single-impression-fading-memories.html</b><br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-17868959553325483522014-03-14T09:03:25.450+01:002014-03-14T09:03:25.450+01:00I watched my brother realizing something was chang...I watched my brother realizing something was changing and it began mine.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-25179181804020916932014-03-14T09:02:07.371+01:002014-03-14T09:02:07.371+01:00I came of age in the sixties, so yes to your quest...I came of age in the sixties, so yes to your question.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-33280565964943698922014-03-14T09:01:13.815+01:002014-03-14T09:01:13.815+01:00Imagine Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis in one year! No ...Imagine Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis in one year! No wonder we sat up and took notice. Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-55865499507818749812014-03-14T08:58:24.411+01:002014-03-14T08:58:24.411+01:00It was so different from what we had listened to u...It was so different from what we had listened to up to then. Music led and documented that sea change.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-44207050495335661512014-03-14T05:14:32.573+01:002014-03-14T05:14:32.573+01:00How closely we watch our elder siblings when growi...How closely we watch our elder siblings when growing up...they teach us without even realizing it...love your ending lineSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-67571751512468253752014-03-14T01:45:25.997+01:002014-03-14T01:45:25.997+01:00You have really brought those times to life. Musi...You have really brought those times to life. Music tells SO much about a generation, doesn't it??Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-11061785810754444572014-03-14T00:54:29.362+01:002014-03-14T00:54:29.362+01:00What a great post this is. I resonated with it com...What a great post this is. I resonated with it completely, although it was a little different for me. Fats Domino the cutting edge, Elvis being almost too much to believe in... you captured it perfectly for me. Thank you! :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-26356696969037422382014-03-14T00:15:39.037+01:002014-03-14T00:15:39.037+01:00just this side of dangerous...music catches the fe...just this side of dangerous...music catches the feel of the moment and also acts like gas on already simmering fires of change....i like the studying him like an instruction manual as well...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-26699647505648790542014-03-13T19:17:49.759+01:002014-03-13T19:17:49.759+01:00I can see it so clearly in my mind's eye.I can see it so clearly in my mind's eye.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-9601857673216903532014-03-13T19:16:55.917+01:002014-03-13T19:16:55.917+01:00Thanks, Kerry. He was two years ahead of me but I ...Thanks, Kerry. He was two years ahead of me but I was a quick study. This was a great prompt.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-46126014812469333152014-03-13T19:15:28.785+01:002014-03-13T19:15:28.785+01:00Just that moment of realization that starts to cha...Just that moment of realization that starts to change it all.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-276166059379108692014-03-13T19:14:11.170+01:002014-03-13T19:14:11.170+01:00It was a whole new world!It was a whole new world!Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-31912373709335924172014-03-13T19:14:03.752+01:002014-03-13T19:14:03.752+01:00What stunning imagery to catch the moment!What stunning imagery to catch the moment!Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-13004056919606479612014-03-13T18:49:00.104+01:002014-03-13T18:49:00.104+01:00This is so well-expressed, Mary. Your lines are ti...This is so well-expressed, Mary. Your lines are tight, not a wasted word, and what a turn of phrase!<br /><br /> I studied him like an instruction manual.<br /><br />Such flashbacks remind us who we are and why.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-44144620171352094952014-03-13T18:10:44.187+01:002014-03-13T18:10:44.187+01:00That is a great flashback to a moment of calm befo...That is a great flashback to a moment of calm before the storm.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-23571739093257690822014-03-13T17:42:43.412+01:002014-03-13T17:42:43.412+01:00You created a flashback for me! I saw Jerry Lee L...You created a flashback for me! I saw Jerry Lee Lewis live (pounding away on his white piano) in 1959! Almost eighteen, thought I was SO sophisticated! Great job, Mary.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.com