Comments on: A Poem For Your Day http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/06/a-poem-for-your-day/ Romancing The West Sun, 19 May 2013 00:22:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Elizabeth Lane http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/06/a-poem-for-your-day/#comment-64875 Elizabeth Lane Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:15:30 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2324#comment-64875 Sorry for not responding to your wonderful comments last night ladies (after getting her book in the mail, this grandmother was done in, to say nothing of chopping wood and chasing calves). :) Good point, Cheryl. The past tend to look rosier when we look back on it. And you said it all, Patricia. The point of this poem is that the grandmother went about her work choosing to smile and not complain. This comment is so good I want to frame it. Thanks for stopping by. Sorry for not responding to your wonderful comments last night ladies (after getting her book in the mail, this grandmother was done in, to say nothing of chopping wood and chasing calves).
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Good point, Cheryl. The past tend to look rosier when we look back on it.

And you said it all, Patricia. The point of this poem is that the grandmother went about her work choosing to smile and not complain. This comment is so good I want to frame it. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Patricia B. http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/06/a-poem-for-your-day/#comment-64867 Patricia B. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:54:51 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2324#comment-64867 She may consider it a nostalgic view, but the poor woman was working her fingers to the bone. If she chose to do it with a smile rather than a frown, good for her. It made the days work easier. I like the fiction I read to be pretty accurate. No reason to downplay how difficult life was. You don't have to stress the negative, that would sink your story, but finding love while struggling through this sort of life makes it all the more sweet. She may consider it a nostalgic view, but the poor woman was working her fingers to the bone. If she chose to do it with a smile rather than a frown, good for her. It made the days work easier.
I like the fiction I read to be pretty accurate. No reason to downplay how difficult life was. You don’t have to stress the negative, that would sink your story, but finding love while struggling through this sort of life makes it all the more sweet.

]]> By: Charlene Sands http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/06/a-poem-for-your-day/#comment-64865 Charlene Sands Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:14:28 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2324#comment-64865 Lovely poem, Elizabeth!! Being a grandmother now, I can appreciate the sentiments. Lovely poem, Elizabeth!! Being a grandmother now, I can appreciate the sentiments.

]]> By: Cheryl Pierson http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/06/a-poem-for-your-day/#comment-64864 Cheryl Pierson Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:51:17 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2324#comment-64864 Elizabeth, My mom lived this kind of life--she was born in 1922, lived through the Dustbowl days of the Great Depression here in Oklahoma, and graduated from a class of 12 seniors, total. Although she left her little town and she and my dad moved around the state of Oklahoma a lot (he worked in the oilfield)and progressed financially, etc. she still loved to remember "the good old days" (which really weren't so good at all). But to her, those days were painted with a rosy tint, and time and distance colored them into something that was pleasurable to remember rather than drudgery. They were romanticized in her mind. So...I guess there is a place for both views in romance writing, right? LOL This was a really interesting post. Made me think. Hugs, Cheryl P. Elizabeth,
My mom lived this kind of life–she was born in 1922, lived through the Dustbowl days of the Great Depression here in Oklahoma, and graduated from a class of 12 seniors, total. Although she left her little town and she and my dad moved around the state of Oklahoma a lot (he worked in the oilfield)and progressed financially, etc. she still loved to remember “the good old days” (which really weren’t so good at all). But to her, those days were painted with a rosy tint, and time and distance colored them into something that was pleasurable to remember rather than drudgery. They were romanticized in her mind. So…I guess there is a place for both views in romance writing, right? LOL This was a really interesting post. Made me think.
Hugs,
Cheryl P.

]]> By: Elizabeth Lane http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/08/06/a-poem-for-your-day/#comment-64861 Elizabeth Lane Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:51:48 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2324#comment-64861 You sound like a real pioneer, Mary J. I'm glad somebody recognized that song. It's such a beautiful old song, I'm tempted to blog about it. Also glad you're writing up your experiences. Go for it! You sound like a real pioneer, Mary J. I’m glad somebody recognized that song. It’s such a beautiful old song, I’m tempted to blog about it.
Also glad you’re writing up your experiences. Go for it!

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