Comments on: Collective Histories http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/ Sat, 05 May 2012 00:27:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gypsymoth4 http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Gypsymoth4 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:02:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-508 This post has been removed by the author. This post has been removed by the author.

]]> By: Gypsymoth4 http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Gypsymoth4 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:02:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-509 Nice post, Wendy. I envy that connection! It reminds me of "Like Water for Chocolate" (crazy movie, but I loved it). I am first generation on my mother's side, but not too much in the way of tradition was handed down. Guess I'll have to start the tradition myself! :) Nice post, Wendy. I envy that connection! It reminds me of “Like Water for Chocolate” (crazy movie, but I loved it). I am first generation on my mother’s side, but not too much in the way of tradition was handed down. Guess I’ll have to start the tradition myself! :)

]]> By: Elisa http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Elisa Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:45:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-507 What a great post, Mrs. Wendy. I really envy you and your connection to your roots. While I feel conntected to (some of) my family, they were of the mind that once you moved to America you were American which meant abandoning all the old traditions. As a result, although I know my family is from Germany (all of them - you have seen my nose and hips) I don't identify with anything German at all. It's wierd, too, because I was raised in part by my G'ma, and she could knit, sew, cook, bake, etc., but she didn't pass down any of those crafts to me. Long rambling comment. ;) What a great post, Mrs. Wendy. I really envy you and your connection to your roots. While I feel conntected to (some of) my family, they were of the mind that once you moved to America you were American which meant abandoning all the old traditions. As a result, although I know my family is from Germany (all of them – you have seen my nose and hips) I don’t identify with anything German at all. It’s wierd, too, because I was raised in part by my G’ma, and she could knit, sew, cook, bake, etc., but she didn’t pass down any of those crafts to me.

Long rambling comment. ;)

]]> By: Sultry PainterWoman http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Sultry PainterWoman Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:07:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-506 This post has been removed by the author. This post has been removed by the author.

]]> By: Knitting Painter Woman http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-2306 Knitting Painter Woman Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:07:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-2306 This post has been removed by the author. This post has been removed by the author.

]]> By: Cara http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Cara Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:03:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-505 Great post! I think about this a lot as my maternal grandmother taught me to knit, but it was my paternal grandmother who really had the knitting talent. I like to think I'm channeling my Nana when I knit. It's in the blood. Thanks. Have a fantabulous day, chicky! Great post! I think about this a lot as my maternal grandmother taught me to knit, but it was my paternal grandmother who really had the knitting talent. I like to think I’m channeling my Nana when I knit. It’s in the blood.
Thanks. Have a fantabulous day, chicky!

]]> By: Sultry PainterWoman http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Sultry PainterWoman Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:55:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-504 So glad you are feeling better. I worked as a part time bookseller for a while (had been a librarian for a long time, Master's degree and everything. "They" insisted I be a barrista. So, while I can still foam skim milk with the best of them, my book selling days are over. Awesome socks. Speed isn't everything. Where in Boston to you live (more or less).. My darling daughter lives in Reading..... she's a knitter, too. I'm off to see if there are yogurt/granola bowls in my couch; then to Borders to buy Yarn Harlot's book. :-) So glad you are feeling better.
I worked as a part time bookseller for a while (had been a librarian for a long time, Master’s degree and everything. “They” insisted I be a barrista. So, while I can still foam skim milk with the best of them, my book selling days are over.

Awesome socks. Speed isn’t everything.

Where in Boston to you live (more or less).. My darling daughter lives in Reading….. she’s a knitter, too.

I’m off to see if there are yogurt/granola bowls in my couch; then to Borders to buy Yarn Harlot’s book. :-)

]]> By: Knitting Painter Woman http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 Knitting Painter Woman Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:55:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-2305 So glad you are feeling better. I worked as a part time bookseller for a while (had been a librarian for a long time, Master's degree and everything. "They" insisted I be a barrista. So, while I can still foam skim milk with the best of them, my book selling days are over. Awesome socks. Speed isn't everything. Where in Boston to you live (more or less).. My darling daughter lives in Reading..... she's a knitter, too. I'm off to see if there are yogurt/granola bowls in my couch; then to Borders to buy Yarn Harlot's book. :-) So glad you are feeling better.
I worked as a part time bookseller for a while (had been a librarian for a long time, Master’s degree and everything. “They” insisted I be a barrista. So, while I can still foam skim milk with the best of them, my book selling days are over.

Awesome socks. Speed isn’t everything.

Where in Boston to you live (more or less).. My darling daughter lives in Reading….. she’s a knitter, too.

I’m off to see if there are yogurt/granola bowls in my couch; then to Borders to buy Yarn Harlot’s book. :-)

]]> By: Jackie http://thebookishgirl.com/2005/03/31/collective-histories/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Jackie Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:59:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/?p=135#comment-503 It's the latter AND the former. ;) Thought-inducing post... I love the idea of it too - the echos of our mothers and grandmothers in our needles and kitchens... it's very true. It’s the latter AND the former. ;)

Thought-inducing post… I love the idea of it too – the echos of our mothers and grandmothers in our needles and kitchens… it’s very true.

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