tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post4819568641855727256..comments2023-10-04T05:58:46.892-07:00Comments on Left-Handed Housewife: Left-Handed Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15014518128739580267noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-13969542763523935152012-10-30T08:57:50.273-07:002012-10-30T08:57:50.273-07:00Amen to that, sister! My feelings exactly!Amen to that, sister! My feelings exactly!debbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-34618681036513740872012-10-27T15:03:41.338-07:002012-10-27T15:03:41.338-07:00Yes, I'm with you on that one. Like other peop...Yes, I'm with you on that one. Like other people (well, some of them), but not when I am in a meeting with them, being 'intentional'..<br /><br />On another subject entirely, i sat down this week with a cup of tea, and one of your books, which shall remain nameless (!) but features a war and a moon... loved it, loved it, loved it. Will introduce my daughter to your books, and try to lay my hands on all of them.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-70889102894370603582012-10-27T13:42:38.851-07:002012-10-27T13:42:38.851-07:00I'm with you....I need the "get to go hom...I'm with you....I need the "get to go home part" and be by myself too. No thanks on communal living. Raising my own garden -- yes, but not living with people....not even nice people.<br /><br />Nice parade! I'd play the kazoo in a parade. I did that once as an adult.<br /> Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-42174407801293113402012-10-26T10:56:48.957-07:002012-10-26T10:56:48.957-07:00I'm like you. I enjoy being with the people I...I'm like you. I enjoy being with the people I choose to get together with, but I need my alone time. I also need to run my life and home the way I want to. I feel that as a member of an intentional community, there might be too many rules.<br /><br />I love the parade pictures. Now, that is something I wish our community did do. So artistic and creative.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016303700981928418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-60382869490277256872012-10-26T06:53:37.874-07:002012-10-26T06:53:37.874-07:00There's something about costumes that reminds ...There's something about costumes that reminds me of Halloween costume judging in elementary school. I always felt like a fake standing there as an Indian or Pippi Longstocking. Then it was painful waiting to see if I had pulled off the fake me in an an award winning way. Even grown ups in costumes seem to be stuck in a race for the most clever or elaborate costume. Maybe that's also a part of why I don't wear costumes.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196717975204396575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-10741968773567886762012-10-26T06:48:01.518-07:002012-10-26T06:48:01.518-07:00We have friends who are big costume people. Every...We have friends who are big costume people. Every birthday is celebrated with an enormous party and there are expectations for elaborate costumes for everyone who attends. I find it exhausting. I just want to stand in the corner quietly talking to one or two of the party goers. I prefer meaningful quiet conversations over the blustery party revelry that these events bring. Is this a result of being an introvert? Maybe. I like to think, however, that it's just that I feel comfortable in my own skin and would rather go to gatherings in my own clothes and as myself. Like me as I am or lump it. I don't want to put on a false persona and wear a costume. Ever.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196717975204396575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-56508119026722851252012-10-26T06:24:09.576-07:002012-10-26T06:24:09.576-07:00Agreed. Intentional communities always sound good ...Agreed. Intentional communities always sound good to me in theory, but I have to remind myself that I'm the one that wanted to move so our neighbors wouldn't be quite so close. Breathing room, I call it. Anti-social-ism, my husband calls it. (Can you tell he's the extravert in the equation?) I'd love to go to that parade, though--looks wonderful! I might wear a bright pair of socks. Closet costume, as it were.Sandy Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533809618114581751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-40546405378076043522012-10-26T05:03:19.997-07:002012-10-26T05:03:19.997-07:00You say it so well, good writer. I went through a...You say it so well, good writer. I went through a phase when I read a lot of books about living in community and talked to friends about it, but I am so glad it didn't happen (not even close) because my tendency toward privacy would have come out and Bill and I both would have ended up being the poops of the group.<br />I don't lean toward costuming but I do dream of wearing my own version of clown clothes on an every day basis.<br />I love the way you ended this post. I need to write my personal narrative for my first period class RIGHT now. Yikes! (BIG HUG!)Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-73277630563110557582012-10-26T04:04:42.966-07:002012-10-26T04:04:42.966-07:00I quite like to dress up and have bought stripey o...I quite like to dress up and have bought stripey orange and black tights for next week. Mind you, they are for girls aged 14 so who on the pumpkin am I trying to kid? I would like to drum. But I think I am still a bit too repressed. Maybe in ten years time I'll not care a hoot, and go off to drumming lessons with tights barely hitched around my spreading girth. Now, that thought I like! Why "intentional"? Does it not imply that maybe the community will never be built because everyone id only actually intending to get there? I have just signed up as a member of a community. But we too are difficult charcters in any of the communities to which we find ourselves linked. Now I am feeling most unsure! magsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-21581644199170999762012-10-25T18:30:50.981-07:002012-10-25T18:30:50.981-07:00Amen! I couldn't agree more.
Love the picture...Amen! I couldn't agree more.<br /><br />Love the pictures!Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-36176795681250456142012-10-25T18:28:05.579-07:002012-10-25T18:28:05.579-07:00We had a short experience of living on a property ...We had a short experience of living on a property with some really good friends. I would not repeat the experience with anyone, especially people I love to spend time with. We have had a couple of friends suggest it since the aforementioned experience. We just reply "no, we love you too much" and that is the end of it.<br /><br />Apparently common goals are not enough when you need your well-defined space. And like you, I do.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511855282323456046noreply@blogger.com