tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post116366842248455351..comments2023-08-24T17:19:21.183+03:00Comments on Cousin Lucy's Spoon: Extremely Good and Incredibly HonestSavtaDottyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163757182227032112006-11-17T11:53:00.000+02:002006-11-17T11:53:00.000+02:00Tamar - I look forward to meeting my "Atlanta lurk...Tamar - I look forward to meeting my "Atlanta lurker!"<BR/>Yael - Come to soup this afternoon! You can meet Tamar and I'll lend you the book.SavtaDottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163755060204086782006-11-17T11:17:00.000+02:002006-11-17T11:17:00.000+02:00Wow I have GOT to read this book. That excerpt is ...Wow I have GOT to read this book. That excerpt is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163743849853820362006-11-17T08:10:00.000+02:002006-11-17T08:10:00.000+02:00I lost two best friends this year and mourning the...I lost two best friends this year and mourning them is long, slow, and painful. I try to accept the sadness of these losses by dwelling on the happiness (really joy) that my friends, brought. I have blogged about this recently in my post "Jean Rice, beloved friend."<BR/><BR/>Another happy note: Our mutual blogging friend Stephanie invited me to join your salon this evening. And I look forward toTamar Orvellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14549414768121825308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163727592533092142006-11-17T03:39:00.000+02:002006-11-17T03:39:00.000+02:00"I spent my life learning to feel less.Every day I..."I spent my life learning to feel less.<BR/>Every day I felt less.<BR/>Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?<BR/>You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness."<BR/><BR/><BR/>I had already copied this quote before I read Claude's comment.<BR/><BR/>I think it is growing old and also growing wise.Chancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888087428059834691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163708086546473752006-11-16T22:14:00.000+02:002006-11-16T22:14:00.000+02:00Agreed! A wonderful, wonderful book. Highly recomm...Agreed! A wonderful, wonderful book. Highly recommended. So funny, so deeply sad.Udgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949287559886228889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163695062857055682006-11-16T18:37:00.000+02:002006-11-16T18:37:00.000+02:00Yes! Read it! It's better than good!Yes! Read it! It's better than good!SavtaDottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163692608416435932006-11-16T17:56:00.000+02:002006-11-16T17:56:00.000+02:00I have to look up that book. I loved the excerpt.I have to look up that book. I loved the excerpt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1163669881594259962006-11-16T11:38:00.000+02:002006-11-16T11:38:00.000+02:00This last sentence is sooooo trueYou cannot protec...This last sentence is sooooo true<BR/><EM>You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.</EM><BR/>I have to remember it, as it's one of the things I have trouble withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com