tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post1692688573673769706..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: Gifts for the fourth day of Christmas (minus the calling birds)Laurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-75138804890033938352009-12-29T11:52:45.042-05:002009-12-29T11:52:45.042-05:00I like your dad's advice. I shall remember it ...I like your dad's advice. I shall remember it and pass it on to my children. :)<br /><br />Plus, remind me never to bring mead to crit group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-29417007615813213352009-12-29T10:27:36.838-05:002009-12-29T10:27:36.838-05:00Rhonda: you're welcome for the award.
Sorry f...Rhonda: you're welcome for the award. <br />Sorry for raining on the honey parade. Not my intention--just trying to explain my strange aversion to it.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-63133182697583889892009-12-29T10:23:21.102-05:002009-12-29T10:23:21.102-05:00Carolina: I also don't like real maple syrup. ...Carolina: I also don't like real maple syrup. I think my taste has been overly shaped by processed corn-based sweeteners. Straight-up natural products seem slightly off. The whole bug aspect of honey is also off-puting.<br /><br />The ocean is both lovely and dangerous. I guess that's what makes it such a powerful archetype in literature.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-42953035552674186822009-12-29T10:09:15.207-05:002009-12-29T10:09:15.207-05:00Kristi: Thank you for the Honest Scrap!
I'm so...Kristi: Thank you for the Honest Scrap!<br />I'm sorry to hear you're a fellow shingles sufferer. The zoster virus, which is supposed to go dormant after one chicken pox outbreak, can reactivate multiple times for some of us. My grandmother had at least five bouts in her lifetime. It is excruciating!Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-46493282899018480512009-12-29T10:03:34.106-05:002009-12-29T10:03:34.106-05:00Shannon: my teen friends think I'm "a cha...Shannon: my teen friends think I'm "a character," which I guess I can live with. If you need balloon animals at your next kids' party, or your broken glasses fixed, give me a call. :-)<br /><br />Ooh, an award with NO RULES? Yee ha! Thanks, friend!Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-21963060165389999352009-12-29T09:56:29.144-05:002009-12-29T09:56:29.144-05:00Tricia: You're welcome, friend. Can you tell m...Tricia: You're welcome, friend. Can you tell my parents were kids during the Great Depression? (I was a late-in-life child for them.) I hope my process will encourage others to revive ideas and see value in how life experiences shape us as writers.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-79682803590776204892009-12-29T09:50:04.192-05:002009-12-29T09:50:04.192-05:00Natalie: my hubby tells me bees have a separate sy...Natalie: my hubby tells me bees have a separate system for honey processing, so it's not *exactly* vomit. Still, it's a product from a BUG. That puts it on the disgusting scale somewhere, right?Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-59368262305439954982009-12-29T09:48:05.284-05:002009-12-29T09:48:05.284-05:00Roni: As I said on your blog, thank YOU. A number ...Roni: As I said on your blog, thank YOU. A number of your recent posts have touched on exact issues I've been struggling with.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-42190920804983588832009-12-29T09:46:58.588-05:002009-12-29T09:46:58.588-05:00Sherrinda: You're welcome. Thanks again for ge...Sherrinda: You're welcome. Thanks again for getting the whole blogfest idea going--such fun!Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-15728272449553749682009-12-29T08:30:06.902-05:002009-12-29T08:30:06.902-05:00Congrats on your award and thank you so much for p...Congrats on your award and thank you so much for passing it along to me!!! :)<br /><br />Bee vomit? *shudder* Suddenly a whole new disgusting take on honey. I'm thinking that there are going to be a lot of blog followers here who are going to be a little squeamish about eating honey from now on! LOL.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228403951637387916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-29777167005180197722009-12-28T22:55:45.172-05:002009-12-28T22:55:45.172-05:00Guess what - I have another award for you at my bl...Guess what - I have another award for you at my blog! Don't worry. It comes with no rules. :)Shannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-67880726161445202852009-12-28T21:46:38.960-05:002009-12-28T21:46:38.960-05:00P.S. I love the ocean, but always from a distant. ...P.S. I love the ocean, but always from a distant. It always freaks me out, too.Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-74625221816895643592009-12-28T21:45:59.792-05:002009-12-28T21:45:59.792-05:00Congrats on your awards...but you really don't...Congrats on your awards...but you really don't like honey? Oh my gosh, one of my fave treats is honey toast. But bee vomit...hmm, whole new revolting spin on it. Well.Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-49645655144302117492009-12-28T19:13:42.426-05:002009-12-28T19:13:42.426-05:00Thank you for the award! :) I had Shingles when I ...Thank you for the award! :) I had Shingles when I was 25! It's awful isn't it?Kristi Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527544253341529009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-39663957270964221192009-12-28T17:17:19.158-05:002009-12-28T17:17:19.158-05:00Bee vomit! It is gross, now that I think about it...Bee vomit! It is gross, now that I think about it. <br /><br />Thank you so much Laurel! And congratulations to you.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861022355718378425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-86041742628517743262009-12-28T15:11:44.865-05:002009-12-28T15:11:44.865-05:00It sounds like you have led an interesting and var...It sounds like you have led an interesting and varied life so far, "Laura". Congrats on the award. :-)Shannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-11716624619741816812009-12-28T14:35:54.228-05:002009-12-28T14:35:54.228-05:00Thank you, Laurel, and congratulations, as well. I...Thank you, Laurel, and congratulations, as well. I love your parents' words of wisdom, and the protagonist story. Some stories do need to germinate or marinate or whatever they do. Neil Gaiman said he didn't write The Graveyard Book for many years after the initial idea, because he knew he wasn't ready.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-40961878147307968702009-12-28T14:21:01.761-05:002009-12-28T14:21:01.761-05:00Thanks for the award and congrats on receiving it ...Thanks for the award and congrats on receiving it yourself! :)Roni Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719679344024635326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-84104049492175733382009-12-28T14:19:02.961-05:002009-12-28T14:19:02.961-05:00Thank you!!! Aren't you sweet! One of the best...Thank you!!! Aren't you sweet! One of the best things that came out of the Kissing Day Blogfest was all the great writers I met! I never dreamed the day would go over so big and I would get to meet so many great people! Thanks again!Sherrinda Ketchersidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07581676437345249386noreply@blogger.com