tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post7780192484543811274..comments2024-03-26T09:20:29.620-06:00Comments on TeacherDance: Dear Little BookLinda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-51940953138059297342013-04-28T22:24:32.556-06:002013-04-28T22:24:32.556-06:00Thanks Robyn-such fun to hear others still are kee...Thanks Robyn-such fun to hear others still are keeping their address book-hard to part with it!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-40532673989981605422013-04-28T22:10:22.072-06:002013-04-28T22:10:22.072-06:00I still keep an address book by hand. I think you...I still keep an address book by hand. I think you nailed it - it's those scratched out bits and stories I don't want to let go of! Another vote from here for "my folksong" - wonderful. Thanks for sharing!Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-61719680815465498542013-04-28T19:43:07.082-06:002013-04-28T19:43:07.082-06:00Thanks Ruth. Thanks Ruth. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-47461397337824889172013-04-28T19:42:43.638-06:002013-04-28T19:42:43.638-06:00Thanks Laura. I hope you do check out Mary Lee...Thanks Laura. I hope you do check out Mary Lee's posts-quite wonderful!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-73373539396922586242013-04-28T18:22:02.529-06:002013-04-28T18:22:02.529-06:00Wonderful subject and wonderful poem!Wonderful subject and wonderful poem!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-15186213229621348332013-04-28T17:50:22.946-06:002013-04-28T17:50:22.946-06:00Linda, this is so lovely! And I'm embarrassed ...Linda, this is so lovely! And I'm embarrassed to say I haven't seen ANY of Mary Lee's prompts. I will be checking out her Poetry Month posts soon. I love how personal your poem is...laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-45598079444740070652013-04-27T17:19:34.587-06:002013-04-27T17:19:34.587-06:00Thank you Mary Lee. It's been a pleasure!Thank you Mary Lee. It's been a pleasure!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-74826263979181406512013-04-27T16:40:57.125-06:002013-04-27T16:40:57.125-06:00I have loved writing with you this month, Linda! W...I have loved writing with you this month, Linda! We'll have to find a way to trade prompts in the future!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-500085143827166122013-04-27T07:22:01.116-06:002013-04-27T07:22:01.116-06:00I'm glad I wrote and shared so I could hear ab...I'm glad I wrote and shared so I could hear about everyone's books, too, Tara. It is really a history, isn't it?Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-84445982571508024022013-04-26T21:04:55.438-06:002013-04-26T21:04:55.438-06:00Thanks Myra. I still wonder if anyone is purchasi...Thanks Myra. I still wonder if anyone is purchasing all those address books I see in the stores? Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-61881518692438364052013-04-26T19:53:36.744-06:002013-04-26T19:53:36.744-06:00Hi dear Linda, the last four lines resonated with ...Hi dear Linda, the last four lines resonated with me:<br />"this small book<br />stories strong<br />human lives<br />my folksong"<br />I remember having an address book once before - and getting new and old friends to write their particulars on it. yes, they do evoke that lost air of nostalgia. :)GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-44708788201299223122013-04-26T19:07:44.242-06:002013-04-26T19:07:44.242-06:00Thanks Catherine-it was fun to write!Thanks Catherine-it was fun to write!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-61962722829961084172013-04-26T18:37:02.261-06:002013-04-26T18:37:02.261-06:00This is really lovely, Linda. Thank you for sharin...This is really lovely, Linda. Thank you for sharing!<br />CatherineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-11208186029886557972013-04-26T17:02:28.740-06:002013-04-26T17:02:28.740-06:00Thanks Margaret. I may have found new sources of ...Thanks Margaret. I may have found new sources of inspiration!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-48611642763440815112013-04-26T15:46:36.815-06:002013-04-26T15:46:36.815-06:00Oh, the stories our address books could tell. I a...Oh, the stories our address books could tell. I also love the last line, my folksong. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-49356426138192043202013-04-26T15:31:37.461-06:002013-04-26T15:31:37.461-06:00Thank you Violet!Thank you Violet!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-56191716500238356122013-04-26T15:31:18.637-06:002013-04-26T15:31:18.637-06:00You're welcome, Bridget. Glad to hear of some...You're welcome, Bridget. Glad to hear of someone else who still has one!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-37013704241756003932013-04-26T14:53:00.903-06:002013-04-26T14:53:00.903-06:00Beautiful, Linda. Love that last line: "My fo...Beautiful, Linda. Love that last line: "My folksong." <br /><br /><a href="http://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Violet N.</a>Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-78511103878381025362013-04-26T12:01:09.777-06:002013-04-26T12:01:09.777-06:00human lives
my folksong
So, so true, Linda. I to...human lives<br />my folksong<br /><br />So, so true, Linda. I too have a book like this, frayed and tattere but so precious. Just leafing through it makes me realize how much has changed in my life - and how many lives within this little book have also changed. Gives one pause, right?!Tara @ A Teaching Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195982194362559883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-9008060540247512982013-04-26T11:32:28.925-06:002013-04-26T11:32:28.925-06:00I, too, still have a leather/paper address book ev...I, too, still have a leather/paper address book even though most of my contacts are in my phone or on my computer. I love that you wrote such a concise, heartfelt ode to that almost extinct but important book. Thank you, Linda! =) Bridget Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185985167366724404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-59707394674145812062013-04-26T11:19:31.849-06:002013-04-26T11:19:31.849-06:00Thank you Laura. I like that you 'like' th...Thank you Laura. I like that you 'like' that. I also fussed with the punctuation, wanting to show 'how' to read it. Fun to play with it!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-90841722028521013592013-04-26T11:18:12.594-06:002013-04-26T11:18:12.594-06:00Thank you, Catherine. Thank you, Catherine. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-33717740116452023892013-04-26T10:00:33.521-06:002013-04-26T10:00:33.521-06:00I'm so attracted to the enjambment in your lin...I'm so attracted to the enjambment in your lines "Addresses--look/ at the names/still known." It's a perfect space to pause in your poem!Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-45738401915019461812013-04-26T09:45:05.204-06:002013-04-26T09:45:05.204-06:00Awh that 's lovely, Linda. My folksong indeed....Awh that 's lovely, Linda. My folksong indeed.catherinemjohnson.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682281308178996823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-63862637388640371182013-04-26T08:21:14.751-06:002013-04-26T08:21:14.751-06:00I know about the up to date. They aren't all ...I know about the up to date. They aren't all in there anymore-mostly I update the online labels. Thanks Tabatha.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.com