tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post6380146278380431594..comments2024-03-28T08:55:00.522-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: Baseball, War and a Month of MemoriesMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-86598087850427621842015-04-13T08:30:08.958-04:002015-04-13T08:30:08.958-04:00People say if you learn the rules of the games, yo...People say if you learn the rules of the games, you'll enjoy them but I did and I still don't. Glad to know I'm not the only one!Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-5590773577999155482015-04-13T08:18:15.516-04:002015-04-13T08:18:15.516-04:00oh sports bore me to tears too! i was never good ...oh sports bore me to tears too! i was never good at playing any and bored watching it. i have to go again in may for the fern house family outing and i will but ack!<br /><br />smiles, bee<br />xoxoEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-16466057442384618832015-04-10T20:08:22.653-04:002015-04-10T20:08:22.653-04:00Yet something else we have in common. My dad was a...Yet something else we have in common. My dad was a great baseball fan. After the lecture I came home and posted a photo on Facebook of a team he used to play on in the 1930s. Baseball and golf were live long loves for him.<br /><br />The Renaissance period was a pretty cool thing for a young guy to be interested in....probably a lot more women that than guys. I'm just guessing. I could be Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-21133931507424375052015-04-10T19:30:05.782-04:002015-04-10T19:30:05.782-04:00My son used to go to a local Renaissance Festival ...My son used to go to a local Renaissance Festival when he was in his teens. He was an avid reader and became interested in that period. I don't think he has the interest for it any longer, but he enjoyed it for awhile.<br /><br />Your baseball lecture sounds interesting. Dad was a big baseball fan. One of his nurses told me that he was teaching her about baseball. He loved her company. She Bella Rumhttps://bellarum.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-66411159948216154062015-04-10T18:10:17.396-04:002015-04-10T18:10:17.396-04:00No weirder than some of the other things past pres...No weirder than some of the other things past president have had at the White House including pigs, cows and horses.<br /><br />I think mothers of boys naturally learn to love the sports their sons take part in because they go to games, learn to understand it and cart the boys all over the place to play. I could see my life going that way if I had had kids.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-30711328067610636602015-04-10T17:55:16.585-04:002015-04-10T17:55:16.585-04:00I've always thought the whole Civil War re-ena...I've always thought the whole Civil War re-enactment thing was so weird. Don't get it. As for Medieval Fairs -- also a little weird, but often they are fun. Now, having watched Game of Thrones for a few seasons, I think I'd worry about a sudden beheading or something. (sorry).<br /><br />I grew up near Chicago in a houseful of Cub fans and married one as well. My husband also wasdonnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-3027493804544889012015-04-10T17:31:34.296-04:002015-04-10T17:31:34.296-04:00From the people I've talked with who do take p...From the people I've talked with who do take part in reenactments, I gather some of it is family pride---ancestors who were in the war. For others it's the yearly opportunity to have an excuse to grow a beard and/or go camping in primitive style. It all seems kind of crazy to me, but I'll bet it's also big business for for some selling gear and the tourist dollars it brings to Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-88045067529005480962015-04-10T16:36:32.052-04:002015-04-10T16:36:32.052-04:00Having spent 25 years living and working near a ma...Having spent 25 years living and working near a major civil war battlefield (Gettysburg), I never "got" the whole reenactment mania or got used to being passed by people in civil war era dress and gear as I walked around town doing errands. Once, I was talking with a colleague in her office on a Friday afternoon in April, when we were startled by the sudden boom of cannon fire. She Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-27577992873970617712015-04-10T14:04:56.077-04:002015-04-10T14:04:56.077-04:00If they took place in MI then somewhere in the gro...If they took place in MI then somewhere in the group you walked by my neighbors. I doubt they've missed on in the last eight years. In the wintertime, even, they do planning meetings.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-1972037223621845082015-04-10T11:46:47.434-04:002015-04-10T11:46:47.434-04:00I have been to two Medieval Fairs and they are fun...I have been to two Medieval Fairs and they are fun for sure. Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31173536093313774102015-04-10T11:18:01.280-04:002015-04-10T11:18:01.280-04:00Not sure if you mean the medieval or the Civil War...Not sure if you mean the medieval or the Civil War reenactments. My step-nephew used to take part in the latter and I was never tempted to go see one. The medieval reenactments, yes, I will go to one of those before I die. I'm just waiting for one to come to a location close enough for me to drive it. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-61861326694979555912015-04-10T11:03:36.149-04:002015-04-10T11:03:36.149-04:00I'd love to see one of these. I think it woul...I'd love to see one of these. I think it would be most entertaining.<br /><br />I'm not into sports either. Some folks are fanatical about sports. Over the top.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day and a happy April. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.com