tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post6247702875317303308..comments2024-03-29T14:16:26.906+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: StoutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-36446860633436218122012-10-21T08:08:37.055+01:002012-10-21T08:08:37.055+01:00:0) Hi Sarah - guide dogs and all therapy dogs ar...:0) Hi Sarah - guide dogs and all therapy dogs are a blessing of gentleness in our society. How could heaven be heaven without them?<br /><br />As for being overweight - any doctor would take one glance at my upper arms, thighs and tummy and tell me i am living dangerously - but hey. I will try not to put on any more, and for now that'll have to do.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-70019010913042489142012-10-21T04:33:30.743+01:002012-10-21T04:33:30.743+01:00Ember,
Oh me, Mary's story had me tearing up;...Ember,<br /><br />Oh me, Mary's story had me tearing up; as the human half of a guide dog team (on my fourth dog), I know how amazing our animal companions are. To read of the old girl's delight as she knew her end was nearing was beautiful. Though I have never been with any of my retired GD companions at their end, I know the pain of parting - if one does not have enough space to keep one's ageing guide dog when retirmement age hits, the association takes them back and re-homes them (either as therapy dogs or as pets to a long waiting list only too happy to give these loyal friends a good life in their autumn years). I last went through this process in March 2010 and dreamt of my old girl for months afterwards (usually dreams that she was in distress) once we sign custody back over the association, we lose all rights to them (visiting, contact etc). I simply know i won't be able to retire my guide dog Aaron when his time comes - if I cannot keep him, I shall give him as a pet to our local Monastery as a companion dog to the priests, brothers and permanent deacons, or to the convent two suburbs away). <br /><br />God has blessed us with these dear creatures; I believe we shall be re-united with them in the Kingdom - re Gen 9: 5. My reading of this is that, as we shall be called to account, so shall god's other creatures, acording to their kind. <br /><br />As for stoutness; I think, given Buz's formula, I still need to shed around 17kg for my age...<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />Sarah,<br />Australia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-75706966262238300312012-10-17T05:29:50.460+01:002012-10-17T05:29:50.460+01:00:0) Well, we do; but the problem space is signific...:0) Well, we do; but the problem space is significant. Thank you so much for this recommendation, I do not know this man's work. I have got re-started on my book and am going quite well now.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-23991726667620907362012-10-17T02:35:33.259+01:002012-10-17T02:35:33.259+01:00Maybe reading some poetry would inspire you to wri...Maybe reading some poetry would inspire you to write. I just read Ferguson's bio of George Mackay Brown, the poet from the Orkney Islands, and found it fascinating. Have you read any of his writing? Don't you all live pretty close to each other over there? :-)Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-54066068536799571892012-10-14T15:20:27.952+01:002012-10-14T15:20:27.952+01:00:0) Waving! x:0) Waving! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-42638463879315888762012-10-14T10:48:55.130+01:002012-10-14T10:48:55.130+01:00Thank you Ember and Buzz - you don't know how ...Thank you Ember and Buzz - you don't know how much your words mean to me today x xHawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538563836252189874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-31864125120062644632012-10-13T16:33:24.619+01:002012-10-13T16:33:24.619+01:00:0):0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-61676044626268014372012-10-13T15:04:59.910+01:002012-10-13T15:04:59.910+01:00Don't forget these four things, Hawthorne:
1)...Don't forget these four things, Hawthorne:<br /><br />1) The figure I gave above is an average;<br />2) You may have been underweight when you were young;<br />3) Muscle is heavier than fat;<br />4) I'm pretty sure God doesn't actually care whether we're thin or fat, just like when you look at your own children and see their radiant beauty and total amazingness.Buzzfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907833292561328868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-19097362243748843962012-10-13T01:29:23.679+01:002012-10-13T01:29:23.679+01:00Hmm. I have scrutinised the photos on your blog o...Hmm. I have scrutinised the photos on your blog of you in your nightie and in your 1940s pinny, and you look like a normal woman to me. Just comfortable :0) xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-28704672280228186372012-10-13T00:26:37.775+01:002012-10-13T00:26:37.775+01:00I'm thinking of getting a t-shirt with "I...I'm thinking of getting a t-shirt with "I'm a little teapot" written on it, since I am both short and stout! By Buzz's reckoning I'm still 2 stone overweight. Have been getting a bit down about this recently, but I suspect the S.A.D. is rearing its head again, now the equinox has passed....Hawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538563836252189874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-53053301503898950952012-10-12T11:09:20.321+01:002012-10-12T11:09:20.321+01:00I'll change the link in the post so it goes to...I'll change the link in the post so it goes to the one you found Buzz - I just love that version of the song :0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-13550091141118472172012-10-12T11:05:15.467+01:002012-10-12T11:05:15.467+01:00Hurrah - that's the one I was looking for!! xHurrah - that's the one I was looking for!! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-20927261180379838352012-10-12T09:30:51.085+01:002012-10-12T09:30:51.085+01:00LOL, ladies!
Ember, I see you managed to find ...LOL, ladies!<br /><br />Ember, I see you managed to find 'Old Blue' on Youtube. The version we used to have in our family was Cisco Houston's, which you can listen to here:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BH5AKOjtds&feature=colike<br /><br />Apparently it's a cover of a Jim Jackson original from 1928, which I'm about to go hunting for now.Buzzfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907833292561328868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-13874277670818516592012-10-11T20:10:09.457+01:002012-10-11T20:10:09.457+01:00My GOODNESS, Rapunzel! I find I am fully 12 pound...My GOODNESS, Rapunzel! I find I am fully 12 pounds underweight, after doing the math! I'd better get busy. This news DOES brighten a girl's outlook.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01948407727898418670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-87663037633317022342012-10-11T16:53:45.117+01:002012-10-11T16:53:45.117+01:00:0)
Rapunzel - I am full of admiration and wish I...:0)<br /><br />Rapunzel - I am full of admiration and wish I could say the same of myself!!!<br /><br />DMW - Yes, nice to find the word that feels comfortable :0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-56113452157309019522012-10-11T16:28:07.922+01:002012-10-11T16:28:07.922+01:00I prefer "stocky," which I currently am!...I prefer "stocky," which I currently am!<br />DMWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-79342573070809146282012-10-11T15:51:17.561+01:002012-10-11T15:51:17.561+01:00What delight Ember! I don't know why you wrote...What delight Ember! I don't know why you wrote about this, but I'm pleased that you did.<br /> Buzzfloyd has got me doing math before I've even had lunch. Transporting myself back and forth between Brit and Yankee weights I find that for my age (56 in either country) I turn out to be 1.5 stone underweight!!! <br /> This is the sort of revelation that truly, truly brightens a girl's outlook.<br /><br /> Rapunzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381797135241461102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-54177943026640166352012-10-11T03:17:05.226+01:002012-10-11T03:17:05.226+01:00Hi Julie G - lovely to see you here :0) Waving fro...Hi Julie G - lovely to see you here :0) Waving from England! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-8054644495316418402012-10-10T22:25:06.840+01:002012-10-10T22:25:06.840+01:00What Fun this has been Ember. I'm glad you br...What Fun this has been Ember. I'm glad you brought this up.And BuzzyFloyd, I appreciate your sensible approach. Until menopause, I was built like a stick boy--itty bitty buns and teeny tiny boobs. Now I have all of it going on and then some--quite like Solomon's lover whom he praised by saying "Your belly is like a HEAP of wheat!" Indeed, my belly looks like the biggest bagel in the world...ah, stout. I find myself in glamorous company today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01948407727898418670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-76858893666888911252012-10-10T19:33:48.563+01:002012-10-10T19:33:48.563+01:00Thank you, my friend - well, your prayers were ans...Thank you, my friend - well, your prayers were answered because I got back to work on that book this afternoon. xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-70001998959032242992012-10-10T17:56:41.994+01:002012-10-10T17:56:41.994+01:00"Shucks"(as we say in my house). I wish..."Shucks"(as we say in my house). I wish I had been with you on the day you rid yourself of that sweater with the faux collar (well, I assume it was faux...).<br /><br />At age 63, I can't bring myself to settle for stoutness just yet - even though it's been my condition off and on (my way of saying "yo-yo") most of my life.<br /><br />(I JUST did pray re. your writing project. It was a rather selfish prayer as I look forward to reading your books.)<br /><br /><br /><br />Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-90158959856446882192012-10-10T13:57:45.769+01:002012-10-10T13:57:45.769+01:00Hi Julie xx
Amen, San! xHi Julie xx<br /><br />Amen, San! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-82591680980511675282012-10-10T13:30:12.696+01:002012-10-10T13:30:12.696+01:00I love your take on life!
Praying for an upsurge ...I love your take on life!<br /><br />Praying for an upsurge in enthusiasm to meet the writing deadline.<br /><br />San Sandra Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260644073051470011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-74408593907778881062012-10-10T13:10:48.475+01:002012-10-10T13:10:48.475+01:00This post was a lovely way to start the morning. I...This post was a lovely way to start the morning. It made me yearn as I read about Mary and Bart. <br /><br />And I think Buzz is my new best friend. :) Such wisdom and common sense and comfort in your words, dear Buzz. <br /><br />Thank you for making me smile, and be a little easier on myself today, Ember. xxooJulie B.http://www.justjulieb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-33658323776646630002012-10-10T12:28:53.605+01:002012-10-10T12:28:53.605+01:00And then there's this though I think it's ...And then there's this though I think it's whisky . . . <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXELvufFxEU Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.com