tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post113068414053732513..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Like winejo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1131207704097905442005-11-05T11:21:00.000-05:002005-11-05T11:21:00.000-05:00Yes, my feet got bigger also and even losing the w...Yes, my feet got bigger also and even losing the weight from the pregnancies didn't change that. Weird how that works.<BR/><BR/>Oh and BTW, love the new design of the blog and With-A-Why's Bender costume, but the others kids were right. You probably didn't want him talking like Bender, especially at school!Storm Fronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748889104289414635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130809329086200422005-10-31T20:42:00.000-05:002005-10-31T20:42:00.000-05:00When Pure Luck was thru-hiking the AT in 2000, he ...When Pure Luck was thru-hiking the AT in 2000, he gave me a pair of gloves to take away when the lining ripped in one of them and he bought new ones. I brought it home and slept with it. It's still in my bottom dresser drawer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130800533485000282005-10-31T18:15:00.000-05:002005-10-31T18:15:00.000-05:00I'll read anything you write, any genre. I admit t...I'll read anything you write, any genre. <BR/><BR/>I admit to having an entire Rubbermaid tub of "sentimental clothing" that I can't bear to give away or throw away but that I don't even wear anymore. I just move it around. If I was a better person, I'd at least wear it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130792427006816852005-10-31T16:00:00.000-05:002005-10-31T16:00:00.000-05:00Rob: Your comments always make me laugh. I think ...Rob: Your comments always make me laugh. <BR/><BR/>I think I will write a novel some day. This last year I've been working on a non-fiction manuscript. The blog has been me experimenting with finding my nn-fiction voice. It's fun to use whole sentences and such.<BR/><BR/>Danigirl: Yeah, there is something really nice about wearing a man's shirt, especially if it still smells like him.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130790336695886222005-10-31T15:25:00.000-05:002005-10-31T15:25:00.000-05:00I love this post.I love this post.Yankee, Transferredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627693160131161133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130787762069366602005-10-31T14:42:00.000-05:002005-10-31T14:42:00.000-05:00Aren't clothes stolen (or more gently, "borrowed")...Aren't clothes stolen (or more gently, "borrowed") from a male crush the most wonderful clothes in the world? Plus, guys clothes are just inherently more comfy than women's clothes.<BR/><BR/>Great list, sounds like I would have fun shopping in your closet!DaniGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419923174468788289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130784718842343922005-10-31T13:51:00.000-05:002005-10-31T13:51:00.000-05:00Do you worry that you are surrounded by too many o...Do you worry that you are surrounded by too many objects with meaning and personal history? Every post, your're like, "here's an ordinary item, and here's its role in the intricate, rich narrative of my self and my family."<BR/><BR/>Can overexposure to rich personal meaning cause cancer in mice?<BR/><BR/>Also, have you ever thought that you should be a novelist, rather than a poet?Rob Helpy-Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814390262154687969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130773632761594072005-10-31T10:47:00.000-05:002005-10-31T10:47:00.000-05:00Totally hell yeah on the feet thing.Totally hell yeah on the feet thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178224086453067652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130771745599831262005-10-31T10:15:00.000-05:002005-10-31T10:15:00.000-05:00I have a sweater from 1986, but most of the rest o...I have a sweater from 1986, but most of the rest of my clothes are less than 10 years old, mostly because I'm hard on my clothes and they wear out, but also because I do, occasionally, jettison stuff from my closet.<BR/><BR/>My feet got bigger too.Coffee-Drinking Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029304444311098520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130712547795524572005-10-30T17:49:00.000-05:002005-10-30T17:49:00.000-05:00I remember being freezing, hence the socks. No, I...I remember being freezing, hence the socks. No, I've never written about giving birth to my kids, although I plan to. We think we'll never forget any of it, but as time passes, especially after 20+ years, the memories do fade.listiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531432035830658570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130709167612978802005-10-30T16:52:00.000-05:002005-10-30T16:52:00.000-05:00Phantom: Well, it would be more accurate to say t...Phantom: Well, it would be more accurate to say that I used to knit. I haven't knit anything in years -- no time -- but I still remember how. I figure I will start again when I'm older and have more time.<BR/><BR/>Sometime I'll blog the story about the car accident.<BR/><BR/>Listmaker: Have you told us the story about the pink socks? I've heard some women say that their feet get cold when giving birth. I didn't wear socks (or any kind of clothing) any of the times I've given birth but I was always in a very warm room.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I am particularly sentimental about clothes. It's just that I don't buy new ones very often so of course I am still wearing the old ones ....jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130708165934078072005-10-30T16:36:00.000-05:002005-10-30T16:36:00.000-05:00Much to my children's dismay, I'm still wearing my...Much to my children's dismay, I'm still wearing my clogs from the 70s. My wedding shoes (1975) are still in my closet. I just gave away my husband's winter coat from college (pre-1973). I still have the pair of pink socks I wore each time I gave birth (my oldest is 23). I'm sure there's much more in the dark recesses of my closet. Yeah; I'm a sentimental packrat.listiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531432035830658570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130706825623046602005-10-30T16:13:00.000-05:002005-10-30T16:13:00.000-05:00i still have a kilt from my HS uniform [1975], an ...i still have a kilt from my HS uniform [1975], an angora sweater i loved [1974], t-shirts from college [1975-9, although daughter has stolen some for sleepwear], snow gear [1982 or so], fancy undergarments from around the time of my wedding [1984], a coat i only wear in the yard anymore [1989], and other garments up to 20 years old that are too "good" or sentimental to unload. <BR/><BR/>my shoe size went up with pregnancy, too. [i also lost all patience for heels and any degree of discomfort in shoes.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130689337979365022005-10-30T11:22:00.000-05:002005-10-30T11:22:00.000-05:00I'm too much of a minimalist to have many old clot...I'm too much of a minimalist to have many old clothes, though , like you, I hate to shop, so I tend to hold onto things longer than the average person. Nothing like this list though!<BR/>(Oh, and I am not sentimental at all, so I often throw or give things away that years later I think--oh, I should have kept that.)Piece of Workhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330147978064465604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130688189835403912005-10-30T11:03:00.000-05:002005-10-30T11:03:00.000-05:00That's quite a history woven into the fabric of yo...That's quite a history woven into the fabric of your clothes.Michael LeVanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984885131387135660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1130687326148780092005-10-30T10:48:00.000-05:002005-10-30T10:48:00.000-05:00My feet got bigger, too. I used to be able to buy...My feet got bigger, too. I used to be able to buy cheaper kids' Tevas. Not anymore.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know that you knit! Lopi is my favorite yarn to work with. I made a fisherman's sweater out of Lopi for my sister, but she never wore it -- like you say, it's very, very warm.<BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry about the car accident!Phantom Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258384756183844406noreply@blogger.com