tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post5780387893810336967..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: Follow Fest 2014Laurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-43981070089610128972014-10-10T20:33:36.271-04:002014-10-10T20:33:36.271-04:00Hey! L'Engle was a big inspiration to me too. ...Hey! L'Engle was a big inspiration to me too. Did you see the TV movie they made for 'A Wrinkle in Time' a few years back? I thought it was pretty decent actually, though they never do justice to the book in every way--or almost never!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-43322644692742909852014-10-08T08:15:48.757-04:002014-10-08T08:15:48.757-04:00Hi Laurel! It's been awhile since I've bee...Hi Laurel! It's been awhile since I've been here.H. R. Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06715450637785127208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-39016878493599371642014-10-01T22:13:10.081-04:002014-10-01T22:13:10.081-04:00Totally loved Junot Diaz's "This is how y...Totally loved Junot Diaz's "This is how you lose her". Not the hugest fan of literary fiction but his work is powerful! Nice to meet you during the fest!Even though i'm like super late to the party!GL Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927131507204092153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-59825858980124803042014-09-29T16:47:57.626-04:002014-09-29T16:47:57.626-04:00Thanks, Loni! Enjoy.Thanks, Loni! Enjoy.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-45573003848222903442014-09-29T16:47:30.591-04:002014-09-29T16:47:30.591-04:00Thanks for coming by, Ava. As a non-native, I'...Thanks for coming by, Ava. As a non-native, I've acclimated to "hoagies" over "subs" but can't quite hold off the giggles at the nonsensical name "water ice" for Italian ice. Philly's food culture has become loads more sophisticated and diverse since I moved here in the '90s. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-88407154447313065412014-09-29T16:41:32.743-04:002014-09-29T16:41:32.743-04:00Thanks for coming by, Gregory. I think only post-s...Thanks for coming by, Gregory. I think only post-secondary ed ever claims "the Ivory Tower" label, though universities that let academics mostly research, at least in the humanities, are dwindling. I'd heard that the Dr. Who experience was getting a makeover, so it's probably a somewhat different experience now.<br /><br />I know what slam and spoken word poetry are, though I'm a bit too old and rural-rooted to fit in that scene. The musicality and performance element are pretty cool though. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-2989878960075497742014-09-29T13:00:09.108-04:002014-09-29T13:00:09.108-04:00Great to meet you through Follow Fest! I'm goi...Great to meet you through Follow Fest! I'm going to have to check out your flash fiction. Loni Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126958230703180761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-52965728379778990032014-09-27T20:52:14.269-04:002014-09-27T20:52:14.269-04:00Great to meet you, Laurel. I connected with you on...Great to meet you, Laurel. I connected with you on Google+, which is why I know you're in Philly. I grew up just outside of there. (Near King of Prussia and Valley Forge. Love it there. Though I think I miss the food even more than the culture! Nice to see you here at Follow Fest!Ava Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404716744982870650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-63679160924623135272014-09-26T16:58:29.529-04:002014-09-26T16:58:29.529-04:00Professional editing - interesting! I sometimes wo...Professional editing - interesting! I sometimes wonder if I might have ended up there myself, or may yet if I decide teaching is too much for me. (The tower's Ivory, huh?) Also, Dr. Who Experience, woo, nice! I was in the UK this summer, but it was with high school students, so a different sort of trip.<br />Poetry... do you know of or write slam poetry? I've never quite been able to wrap my head around it.Gregory Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547180132612659893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-16706098690355343332014-09-26T15:54:10.773-04:002014-09-26T15:54:10.773-04:00Thanks, Lee. It's been my bread and butter sin...Thanks, Lee. It's been my bread and butter since 1991. :-)Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-36765266982720484512014-09-26T15:53:17.408-04:002014-09-26T15:53:17.408-04:00Thanks, ladies! The trip was great fun. I highly r...Thanks, ladies! The trip was great fun. I highly recommend a long explore in the UK. So much to do and see!Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-90830289489388574572014-09-26T15:52:00.055-04:002014-09-26T15:52:00.055-04:00Thanks for coming by! Isn't the HP studio tour...Thanks for coming by! Isn't the HP studio tour amazing? I think I spent about 25 minutes just hanging out with the scale model of Hogwarts alone! Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-34386304460732049192014-09-26T12:12:35.404-04:002014-09-26T12:12:35.404-04:00Always great to meet an editor!Always great to meet an editor!cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-7730621613376518782014-09-26T08:44:56.987-04:002014-09-26T08:44:56.987-04:00Glad we stopped by! It was nice to get to know bet...Glad we stopped by! It was nice to get to know better! Your trips sounds relaxing.Dani and Jaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16372278565146521904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-26422141769688562892014-09-26T04:52:12.974-04:002014-09-26T04:52:12.974-04:00Nice to meet you! Glad to hear you enjoyed your tr...Nice to meet you! Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip to the UK - I went on the Warner Bros studio tour a few weeks ago and loved it! :)ELAdamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390894357209056149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-75670211236419582162014-09-25T22:06:03.069-04:002014-09-25T22:06:03.069-04:00Thanks for visiting, Cathrina. I'm something i...Thanks for visiting, Cathrina. I'm something in the minority in this fest writing contemporary and faith based. Glad to meet you!Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-50075853794822237682014-09-25T22:00:19.480-04:002014-09-25T22:00:19.480-04:00Sooo much fun. I could go on forever about the Har...Sooo much fun. I could go on forever about the Harry Potter Experience in London! Truly sensational. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-31849861594424112982014-09-25T21:58:46.589-04:002014-09-25T21:58:46.589-04:00I highly recommend an extended stay in the UK. It ...I highly recommend an extended stay in the UK. It was delightful! <br /><br />I played mallet percussion, and my school owned marching sets, so I could do some serious injuries if I did a left instead of a right flank while wearing a 2.5-octave xylophone (weighed about 40 lbs with the harness). Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-21441525108731145352014-09-25T20:36:53.180-04:002014-09-25T20:36:53.180-04:00Hi, Laurel, nice to meet you. We have writing book...Hi, Laurel, nice to meet you. We have writing books in common, also with Christian beliefs. Cathrina Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960849263181625782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-21711513842785402072014-09-25T20:24:14.239-04:002014-09-25T20:24:14.239-04:00Nice meeting you, Laurel! It sounds like you had q...Nice meeting you, Laurel! It sounds like you had quite the adventure in the UK!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317095707905133969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-43636103099795200612014-09-25T18:58:33.744-04:002014-09-25T18:58:33.744-04:00Your time spent last summer sounds incredible!
(P...Your time spent last summer sounds incredible! <br />(P.S. Thanks for visiting my blog! I was in the marching band, too. I played alto saxophone. :D )Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526192448146446752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-58361619657347751102014-09-25T14:27:07.394-04:002014-09-25T14:27:07.394-04:00You too. Thanks for coming by!You too. Thanks for coming by!Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-3527314017713652442014-09-25T14:26:40.197-04:002014-09-25T14:26:40.197-04:00I'm lucky to live less than a block from the l...I'm lucky to live less than a block from the largest urban park in the world (9,200 acres). So there are miles of wooded hiking trails practically at my back door. And at the other end of the street is a train station, a bus transit hub, and a shopping district. Kind of the best of both worlds. Without the trees nearby, I doubt I'd be quite so content to live in Philly. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-61588094030145027712014-09-25T14:21:49.452-04:002014-09-25T14:21:49.452-04:00I have yet to read much of L'Engle's books...I have yet to read much of L'Engle's books for adults, but the Wrinkle in Time series and the Austins books were very formative for me. Danziger had such wonderfully voice-y narrators. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-13725061701514908482014-09-25T14:18:09.520-04:002014-09-25T14:18:09.520-04:00It's going on all week, you can hop in up unti...It's going on all week, you can hop in up until Friday.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.com