Comments on: Lori http://akacassidy.com/blog/2007/10/lori/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:53:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Over Fifty (Slightly) http://akacassidy.com/blog/2007/10/lori/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Over Fifty (Slightly) Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:40:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-47 While I don't have children, I can tell you that you definitely know you're not a kid anymore when you hit the age of 50. It's a real shocker...the number...at first. But then it's fine. <br/><br/>Being old enough to know who you are -- and being content with it -- is a good thing IMHO. Life doesn't have to constantly be a three ring circus of entertainment and running around -- like folks often crave when they're younger. Simplicity is good. Maybe "Lori" is realizing that. <br/><br/>Good vignette, Cassidy. While I don’t have children, I can tell you that you definitely know you’re not a kid anymore when you hit the age of 50. It’s a real shocker…the number…at first. But then it’s fine.

Being old enough to know who you are — and being content with it — is a good thing IMHO. Life doesn’t have to constantly be a three ring circus of entertainment and running around — like folks often crave when they’re younger. Simplicity is good. Maybe “Lori” is realizing that.

Good vignette, Cassidy.

]]> By: Adam http://akacassidy.com/blog/2007/10/lori/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Adam Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-46 When I read the title, I thought it was going to be another endorsement of Lori McKenna, a folk singer from my home town. I knew here as Lori Gerow when she was one of my older sister's friends in high school. Although her music is pretty different from AR, I find it complementary.<br/><br/>I couldn't help but think that I was at that stage of life, or getting there. I still think of myself as a kid, but at 36 I guess I've passed beyond that. But now I am a Dad. I don't think your really grow up until you have kids. When I read the title, I thought it was going to be another endorsement of Lori McKenna, a folk singer from my home town. I knew here as Lori Gerow when she was one of my older sister’s friends in high school. Although her music is pretty different from AR, I find it complementary.

I couldn’t help but think that I was at that stage of life, or getting there. I still think of myself as a kid, but at 36 I guess I’ve passed beyond that. But now I am a Dad. I don’t think your really grow up until you have kids.

]]> By: linda carol http://akacassidy.com/blog/2007/10/lori/comment-page-1/#comment-45 linda carol Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:23:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-45 metroland. december. troy. excellent. it's about time!<br/><br/>http://www.revolutionhall.com/<br/>index.php?page=calendar&month=10&ID=594 metroland. december. troy. excellent. it’s about time!

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]]> By: linda http://akacassidy.com/blog/2007/10/lori/comment-page-1/#comment-43 linda Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:54:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-43 You have quite an inate ability to tell a story, Miss C., whether it's in prose or poetry or lyrics. I enjoyed your blog...as usual. Thanks for sharing your writing with us. It's also a nice way of wishing a friend well...assuming Lori really exists.<br/><br/>Your blog makes me think of a writing competition in the Washington Post (or at least I think it was the WaPo) that recently ended. They had a small image/painting of this woman in bed rolled over with her back to the viewer as if she had just answered the phone in the middle of the night or something. Writers were invited to submit a strory based on that image. Some time in the near future the paper will publish the best stories. One of these days you should take a crack at a competition like that. I bet you could come up with a very interesting story based soley on an image.<br/><br/>Anyhoo, keep on rocking and writing, girl. Poetry is good too. Even though I don't know beans about bongs, I enjoyed the latest poem. A person's got to put a few miles on their odometer to be interesting IMHO...and have a soul. Let the kids wash out their own damn bongs.;) You have quite an inate ability to tell a story, Miss C., whether it’s in prose or poetry or lyrics. I enjoyed your blog…as usual. Thanks for sharing your writing with us. It’s also a nice way of wishing a friend well…assuming Lori really exists.

Your blog makes me think of a writing competition in the Washington Post (or at least I think it was the WaPo) that recently ended. They had a small image/painting of this woman in bed rolled over with her back to the viewer as if she had just answered the phone in the middle of the night or something. Writers were invited to submit a strory based on that image. Some time in the near future the paper will publish the best stories. One of these days you should take a crack at a competition like that. I bet you could come up with a very interesting story based soley on an image.

Anyhoo, keep on rocking and writing, girl. Poetry is good too. Even though I don’t know beans about bongs, I enjoyed the latest poem. A person’s got to put a few miles on their odometer to be interesting IMHO…and have a soul. Let the kids wash out their own damn bongs.;)

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