tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post1679797827724983032..comments2024-03-27T22:13:53.704-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: Blame my Mom – Elephants, Rocking Chairs and Rolling LibrariesMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-69439663426755967602018-03-25T12:25:08.321-04:002018-03-25T12:25:08.321-04:00If my memory serves me right, it was a woman from ...If my memory serves me right, it was a woman from Seattle who was visiting the zoo who first discovered that she could feel something in her diaphragm around the elephants. That led her to the whole research and discovery that elephants are communicating with sounds we can't hear.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-85418858619019392782018-03-25T12:18:29.733-04:002018-03-25T12:18:29.733-04:00My mom lost her mother when she was nine and didn&...My mom lost her mother when she was nine and didn't get to go school much after that. I think she really wanted to learn what I was learning. She was a ferocious reader. Don once gave her the book, "Everything You wanted to Ask about Sex and are Afraid to Ask." I always thought that was funny, but she read every word. LOLMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-50109751752443743632018-03-25T12:08:47.195-04:002018-03-25T12:08:47.195-04:00That story about you and your mom sharing that sp...That story about you and your mom sharing that special after school time is wonderful. Judging by then photos, you have a lot of her in you.donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-59420730601197137712018-03-25T12:07:51.505-04:002018-03-25T12:07:51.505-04:00I've known that about elephants...think I lear...I've known that about elephants...think I learned it at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo where they try to replicate animal's natural habitats (some so well, you never see the animals!). It has always made me feel akin to these creatures and have deep empathy for them. That's why their slaughter for ivory just about makes undoes me.donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-91526464965509959202018-03-16T21:22:02.078-04:002018-03-16T21:22:02.078-04:00All my great-great nieces and nephews have stay at...All my great-great nieces and nephews have stay at home moms but one and he's got his grandma, a retired teacher to care for him until mom and dad comes home. Today a lot parents can work at home on line. Everything comes full circle if we wait long enough.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-46532186500313341622018-03-16T20:19:01.458-04:002018-03-16T20:19:01.458-04:00You look like your Mom. Too bad nowadays, we don&#...You look like your Mom. Too bad nowadays, we don't have more Mom's waiting for the kids to come home from school and wanting to hear all about their day. Poor kids are missing out on something that was so real in our lives--part of our day.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-91693604575552991122018-03-16T17:08:42.525-04:002018-03-16T17:08:42.525-04:00I have never subscribed to a blog. I should try it...I have never subscribed to a blog. I should try it something. I just list the ones I read in my side bar here and click away when they come to the top. I'm glad the feature works for you. If my social life doesn't pick up soon, I WILL be writing about drying dishes. LOL<br /><br />I love your blog too! Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-82660450364039897152018-03-16T16:35:37.310-04:002018-03-16T16:35:37.310-04:00My oh my but I love getting the email with your la...My oh my but I love getting the email with your latest post. It's the same delicious feeling I used to get when I'd find a letter in the mailbox.<br /><br />Then I get sad that I can't meet you because Oregon and Michigan are waaaay far apart, and I'm positively absolutely certain we would be chums (as are probably most of your readers). <br /><br />I love elephants too but I LS Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888269999839452459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-12428432902605959512018-03-16T15:56:50.695-04:002018-03-16T15:56:50.695-04:00I'm glad you mentioned the AWF. I've been ...I'm glad you mentioned the AWF. I've been looking for a way to help and didn't really know where to start. <br /><br />I think reading helps more relationships than it hurts. Glad you and your husband found a good balance as well.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-2754335529947872152018-03-16T13:09:31.889-04:002018-03-16T13:09:31.889-04:00Elephants are wonderful, I agree. I am a member of...Elephants are wonderful, I agree. I am a member of African Wildlife Foundation, it is cheap to join and they do a lot to protect elephants. You and Don had a nice partnership on vacations, my late husband and I did too. I did more reading and he always took his mountain bike.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-47080980724430550462018-03-15T11:24:09.892-04:002018-03-15T11:24:09.892-04:00Thanks, Asha. I can always count of you to brighte...Thanks, Asha. I can always count of you to brighten my day. Moms---good moms---all have their own way of encouraging and guiding their kids without their kids even knowing it's happening. Your own story of how your stoke influenced your son is something you can be very proud of and your husband's wisdom has long reminded me of my dad. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-5252182630466611892018-03-15T10:59:57.223-04:002018-03-15T10:59:57.223-04:00Jean :
love your blogs, learn so many things, &am...Jean :<br /><br />love your blogs, learn so many things, & I am realizing we have similar parents, only difference between your mom & my mom was since I like to talk so much she will ask me to press her feet which we did by walking on it in the night, that used to give her relief from her leg pain while telling her stories about how my day went & what did I do in school today with my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-35852854366427582942018-03-14T21:53:17.642-04:002018-03-14T21:53:17.642-04:00Thanks, BL! I wish I had more memories but they ar...Thanks, BL! I wish I had more memories but they are slipping away too fast.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-74971515055771695472018-03-14T20:40:20.849-04:002018-03-14T20:40:20.849-04:00Nice blog entry Jean. Very touching about the ele...Nice blog entry Jean. Very touching about the elephants and Don. Those memories we have mean so much.BLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117081707533634194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-47930577072674256992018-03-14T20:27:11.671-04:002018-03-14T20:27:11.671-04:00I like her books! Thanks for the tip.I like her books! Thanks for the tip.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-57312466700472355992018-03-14T20:19:31.252-04:002018-03-14T20:19:31.252-04:00There’s a book from one of my favorite authors, Jo...There’s a book from one of my favorite authors, Jodi Picoult, called Leaving Time that is based around a woman who was a scientist who studied elephant. 🐘. Fiction but lots of facts about elephants!The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-30741475497598039432018-03-14T16:36:10.191-04:002018-03-14T16:36:10.191-04:00On morning, Jimmy, we left Utah to go home and by ...On morning, Jimmy, we left Utah to go home and by evening we'd figured out we'd only gone 20 miles. We ran into a bunch of garage sales. LOL We had to do some night driving to make up for it, and get home for work on time but I got a lot of mileage out of teasing Don about it afterward. Road trips are meant to enjoy that way. <br /><br />I can't stop reading about elephants! I truly Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-25521875825348816342018-03-14T16:13:03.495-04:002018-03-14T16:13:03.495-04:00The information that you shared on the elephants j...The information that you shared on the elephants just goes to prove a fact that a lot of people don't believe, animals have feelings just like we do! The description of their funeral processions and the way that they mourn their dead does show how close to us they really are, thank you for sharing this information I never realized.<br /><br />I enjoy meeting and talking with people when we Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079471254681821763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-10044496262408016762018-03-14T10:47:25.368-04:002018-03-14T10:47:25.368-04:00I consulted Alexa and 'paradox' works. LOL...I consulted Alexa and 'paradox' works. LOL <br /><br />I need to make that switch...less fiction, more non-fiction. I need to make that suggestion in book club.<br /><br />My mom loved her Siamese cats. We had three growing up. They are a one person cat for sure. I still long to have a cat but I'm allergic. I spend time with them at Chow Hound then I'm there, talking with them andMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-84062452902936527152018-03-14T10:29:38.695-04:002018-03-14T10:29:38.695-04:00How about the word "paradox"? Does that...How about the word "paradox"? Does that work?<br /><br />Being able to extend my knowledge is one reason I stopped reading fiction and switched to nonfiction many years ago. That way, the book is never really over; I can simply go beyond it and read about its subject forever and in all sorts of places. It explains lots of my obsessions.<br /><br />My mother was similar in that she Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-57332162278743781662018-03-14T10:27:16.153-04:002018-03-14T10:27:16.153-04:00I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have many shrub...I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have many shrubs left if they came to visit me in Michigan. I've actually watched elephants walk from the railroad yards here in town to an exhibit hall for a circus show. That was before the Ringley Brothers retired all their elephants to a sanctuary in Florida a couple of years ago, where they can just be elephants in the wild. There are 39 elephants thereMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-39458605996266099702018-03-14T09:51:07.244-04:002018-03-14T09:51:07.244-04:00Now that would be interesting if a wild herd of el...Now that would be interesting if a wild herd of elephants were to go into your yard. I'd want to see that Jean. You know my friend, you miss your husband Don, don't you? I love the way you talk about him. I've lost my parents and just the other day my Uncle Rocco and all I want to talk about them and what they did for me. Keep writing about your Don. When you talk about him, it's Cruisin Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137904435537645207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-15322169589845903192018-03-14T09:42:09.057-04:002018-03-14T09:42:09.057-04:00We had a bookmobile that came to our neighborhood ...We had a bookmobile that came to our neighborhood and would park by the drugstore every Saturday (1940s and 50s) but I wasn't a reader back in those days. My oldest niece---2000-2010---set up her own bookmobile using her own vehicle and books in the summers. She used Facebook to communicate where she'd be and when like the food trucks do.<br /><br />I loved RV traveling. You meet a lot ofMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-1136687128268475332018-03-14T09:33:07.418-04:002018-03-14T09:33:07.418-04:00Every kid should have a go-to person to really tal...Every kid should have a go-to person to really talk with. You lost yours way to young. <br /><br />I'm more of a believer now than ever before that animals can communicate with each other and with us if we just pay attention. I'm sure you saw that with Jill and Jack.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-89750855145999607122018-03-14T09:26:48.811-04:002018-03-14T09:26:48.811-04:00I was cleaning a showcase in my library yesterday ...I was cleaning a showcase in my library yesterday and discovered I have elephants in there! Old toys from the 1800s that I had forgotten we had. One of them is of Jumbo, who was the most famous circus animal. Ever inspired the Dumbo movies. I was surprised one, because I'd just watched a documentary about Jumbo and why he died so young...ice cream and tooth decay and whiskey!Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com