tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post2458900053467466375..comments2023-10-30T08:37:39.563-04:00Comments on "My Tears Spoiled My Aim" . . . A Southerner in NYC: Reflections on My BirthdayBrianChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17474333393989390643noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-57614454322844163052008-09-27T11:06:00.000-04:002008-09-27T11:06:00.000-04:00I decided to take some time and wander through you...I decided to take some time and wander through your archive, see what I missed all these months, see some more of your photos. The birthday photo is very cute ... I also enjoy reading the candid memories.<BR/><BR/>For my birthday about five weeks ago I gave myself my blog, which has now grown to two and, perhaps, on to a third for photos. (Haven't decided just yet.)<BR/><BR/>I defy the statistic about 11 moves in a lifetime - we're headed for #14 - but it's the nature of his jobs, not a search for something to fill any emptiness. Some things I notice about all the moving are 1)I really pay attention to where I am, see it for its features, and 2)I tend to keep only what's necessary - mostly:)<BR/><BR/>One of Augusta's best features is a $2 movie theatre, and I think that's where we're headed today. It used to be $1, but still... The movies aren't first run, but not many of the first-run movies are worth $6+ ...Barbara Butler McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250129625281645201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-79557160134355123562008-02-01T20:57:00.000-05:002008-02-01T20:57:00.000-05:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY, young man. It's all relative, isn...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, young man. It's all relative, isn't it? I'm with your dad on this one.<BR/><BR/>FYI: My family had lived in 9 houses by the time I was 18. Counting temporary homes, the total was 12. What can I say? We moved from N.C. to GA to Japan to Hawaii to TX. Since I turned 18 and moved out? I have lived in 8 kerchillion (as Laurie Anderson would say) apartments, duplexes, and houses, in a variety of TX cities and even in a VW on an extended road trip. ;-) <BR/><BR/>I bought my first house at 40, and on my 3rd (at 43) I decided to stay put for a while--for my daughter. When I'd been there 4.5 years, it was longer than I'd lived anywhere in my life. I stayed there 7 years. It felt like a lifetime.<BR/><BR/>But my grandparents lived in the same drafty, huge, old, old house in a tiny town in N.C. my whole life (until my gmother moved to a nursing home when I was in my late 30's). Now that was home. <BR/><BR/>I hope you continue your curiousity. Some of us are loving hearing about it. And seeing it, too.jennifer blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162940461142708018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-30813562205119511472008-02-01T13:29:00.000-05:002008-02-01T13:29:00.000-05:00Brian,My birthday wish to you is that you are stil...Brian,<BR/><BR/>My birthday wish to you is that you are still as curious at 88 as you are now at 44 ;)Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681951546653165197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-37472501140758572152008-02-01T07:48:00.000-05:002008-02-01T07:48:00.000-05:00BrianC, the Oxford Don. Wow! That was an impressiv...BrianC, the Oxford Don. Wow! That was an impressive bit of information.<BR/>Happy Birthday to you and many happy returns. <BR/>Congratulations for realizing what good fortune you have had by being born into such a solid and well-rooted family. That is rare indeed in this mobile society. Our family is far-flung and the ones who were rooted to the spot have now died and with them that feeling of being connected. You are a truly blessed man.BooCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193638351756858614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357864507586156598.post-23090849807205163462008-01-31T17:29:00.000-05:002008-01-31T17:29:00.000-05:00Brian, it is with the warmest thoughts that I come...Brian, it is with the warmest thoughts that I come to wish you a very, very Happy Birthday. I hope it's a great day for a great guy.<BR/>Cheers!<BR/><BR/>My parents moved from the huge, rambling old farmhouse I grew up in a few years after I left the proverbial nest. They moved into a modern ranch-style house with little of the charm and character and none of the memories of the old house. I felt robbed of a wonderful part of my life. "Going home" has never felt the same. One could surmise that a Home is what you make it or whatever but still, it's never the same. You are so very fortunate to have been able to hold onto your childhood home. And I know you know that.One Wink at a Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00376243777796535015noreply@blogger.com