2012-02-12T03:15:02Z http://agingboomerchick.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2012-01-30:15661232 Genevieve 2012-01-30T11:33:53Z 2012-01-30T11:33:53Z Hi Abby,<br />Love Luncheon of the Boating Party and Midnight in Paris - both begging us to step right in and celebrate life, both tributes to the art of living. Books and paintings, talking about books and paintings, picnics, wine, dancing, late night walks under street lamps and love.... Nice... tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2012-01-16:15534939 Wally 2012-01-16T22:34:24Z 2012-01-16T22:34:24Z Right you are, Abby. And very well said! Tolstoy could have done no better. In fact, it took him a voluminous tome that takes some people quite a long time to read, especially if they're reading Dickens at the same time, whereas it took you just two well-turned sentences! Nicely done, Abby!! tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-12-29:14761212 phil and robby 2011-12-30T03:57:32Z 2011-12-30T03:57:32Z Come one and all to Kiva (<a href="http://www.kiva.org)and">www.kiva.org)and</a> receive Maimonides' blessing for the next year. tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-12-11:13865823 Diane 2011-12-11T23:00:56Z 2011-12-11T23:00:56Z Abby--I drove by Freedom Plaza myself today for the first time. All looked peaceful,and traffic was moving nicely. Went to the JCC for the film festival--did you attend this year? I went to see Aviva Kempner's latest work in progress. See you Friday! tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-11-21:13096678 The Queen 2011-11-21T12:37:30Z 2011-11-21T12:37:30Z Several of us would pay FULL price to see Abby entertain us with her prowess on pole dancing. It amazes me that Abby can even think of that activity when she is oh so famous for her public (and often not so graceful) tumbles!! As for the coupons, relief is just a click away....<br /><br />Yours truly,<br /><br />The Queen tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-10-31:12521622 theunknownpoet 2011-11-01T01:24:02Z 2011-11-01T01:24:02Z What a beautiful post--so simple, so transporting, so powerful. What is real to each of us is a reflection of who we are and who we have been. tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-10-31:12519618 Wally 2011-10-31T17:02:09Z 2011-10-31T17:02:09Z Genevieve, you're right to mention to mosquitoes, which tend to come into the porch during the clops of the screen door. Fortunately, most of the old-fashioned ones had an eye-and-hook latch... But there's nothing like sitting out on the porch in my undershirt, quaffing a beer and having a three-word conversation every twenty mintues, such as "Fireflies out..." "Yup..." tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-10-31:12518011 Jan 2011-10-31T14:15:14Z 2011-10-31T14:15:14Z From Italy to a country store - you've got quite an imagination. I grew up with a door like that on our back porch - brings back lots of memories. <br />Jan tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-10-31:12517444 Genevieve 2011-10-31T13:46:17Z 2011-10-31T13:46:17Z Hi Abby - I think you might be right about this kind of screen door being in the country. I remember it well. The owner, Mr. B, lets me pick out the ice cream ( always a Nutty Buddy) from the icebox next to the door. Every time that screen door opens, a story walks in - some news, a problem, someone who needs something, someone who is bored or lonely, someone on the way to somewhere...he lets me sit there as long as I want and watch the stories walk in. When I leave, I take them with me. The other memory you triggered about screen doors is that my great grandmother's house had them on the inside of the house, attached to each bedroom and the dining room. I thought this was odd. This was in the "lowcountry", and my grandmother would tell me it was to help the breezes move through and keep mosquitos out at night. And then, there was the big screen door that led to the side porch on the river. That was the best screen door of all because on the other side of it was the grownup world. They sat on white rattan chairs with their evening bourbon and laughter and secrets, and I could hear it all from where I stood...thanks to the screen door. Screen doors are powerful things. Thanks for the memories...:) tag:www.agingboomerchick.com,2011-10-23:12352788 Kate 2011-10-23T12:53:07Z 2011-10-23T12:53:07Z Ha!! What I wouldn't give to see Abby Ceede working in a vineyard and getting her nails dirty!!! Abby's friend just got a real speeding ticket... No vineyard to work out my feelings! Ah, life is unfair!