tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5988852499236028013..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Those Stars Are Out to Get YouAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-14798107357184481752012-07-07T15:02:11.026-04:002012-07-07T15:02:11.026-04:00A powerful post, Kathleen.A powerful post, Kathleen.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55849037196046384692012-07-03T09:17:59.731-04:002012-07-03T09:17:59.731-04:00Garce - thank you.
My mother is from Stephens Co...Garce - thank you. <br /><br />My mother is from Stephens County, so I spent a bit of time in northern Georgia when I was younger. I haven't been back since I was in high school though.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-24663724804225227112012-07-02T21:13:49.382-04:002012-07-02T21:13:49.382-04:00I like this post very much. I think its because I...I like this post very much. I think its because I live in Georgia - though things have improved a great deal - during my road years I saw places exactly like you describe. What I mean is, your descriptions here are wonderfully vivid.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-23163904054220765262012-07-02T17:06:29.581-04:002012-07-02T17:06:29.581-04:00Fiona - as long as I have clean water to drink, fo...Fiona - as long as I have clean water to drink, food to eat, and a roof over my head, I'll still be far better off than many people on this planet, so even though I'm not the rich relation (still) I have no reason to complain.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-75641032272623961222012-07-02T16:21:15.543-04:002012-07-02T16:21:15.543-04:00I've often found that random thoughts can have...I've often found that random thoughts can have real power, as improbable as that seems.<br /><br />When I was a child I once saw a couple shopping in the grocery store, and the guy had really bad acne. I wondered as a random thought, how the woman with him could find him attractive with skin that bad. Fast-forward a few years and I got my menarche at 9 and the acne started...it lasted for the next 40 years! I went to many skin doctors, took antibiotics for years, but even birth control pills didn't clear it up. So did I jinx myself? Maybe. <br /><br />Let's just say I try to be more careful about random thoughts these days...<br /><br />And your thinking of yourselves as poor relations was kind of spooky when you wrote about the actual poor you saw. I hope life has not chosen to make you actually live the dire poverty you saw. Kharma can be a bitch!Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-36723259252515025672012-07-02T09:23:58.783-04:002012-07-02T09:23:58.783-04:00Lisabet - that remains one of the most enduring me...Lisabet - that remains one of the most enduring memories of my childhood. A real jolt of reality. I was amazed that people in the United States still lived like that in 1976. My cousins thought it was completely normal.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-59888308878461438552012-07-02T08:38:05.997-04:002012-07-02T08:38:05.997-04:00Yeah.
Exactly.
(You really brought the summer sc...Yeah.<br /><br />Exactly.<br /><br />(You really brought the summer scene to life, by the way.)Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com