Comments on: snow http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=314 By: Sophie http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-22200 Sophie Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:29:16 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-22200 Thanks Maggie! I am sure that's what they are. Parlay-voo dragon? Wooosh. Zooooeee! Oooo-Ha. Thanks Maggie! I am sure that’s what they are. Parlay-voo dragon? Wooosh. Zooooeee! Oooo-Ha.

]]> By: Maggie Jochild http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-22059 Maggie Jochild Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:53:48 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-22059 Sophie -- what a beautiful post, evocative. I liked the website, too, despite my limits because I don't, as we say in Texas, parlay-voo it. I wonder if the hummingbirds are not dragons who become miniaturized when they pass the mystical Eastern border? Sophie — what a beautiful post, evocative. I liked the website, too, despite my limits because I don’t, as we say in Texas, parlay-voo it. I wonder if the hummingbirds are not dragons who become miniaturized when they pass the mystical Eastern border?

]]> By: Sophie http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21726 Sophie Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:00:19 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21726 slapdash (adj.) Hasty and careless, as in execution: slapdash work. adv. In a reckless haphazard manner. http://www.answers.com/topic/slapdash Thanks for the new word, Alison. Lovely bird video. Very "Rural American Beauty". I live on the Eastern fronteer (beyond which there be dragons) of a grungy/posh Montreal neighborhood called Plateau Mont-Royal. Around the block there is a big housing co-op (which here means subsidized housing, run by the people who benefit from it) where I used to live during my single mom-student days. The ladies in the gardening committee were real magicians with plants, herbs, flowers, birds. They even managed to coax hummingbirds into the little garden we had between the two buildings. My guess is they came all the way from the Botanical Garden about a mile further east (where there be dragons). Here's a link to the website I made for the Co-op at the time. It's only in French though. http://coopamaryllis.tripod.com/presentation.html Then I moved to the other side of town, lived there for several years, and now I'm back practically on the same corner, in what feels like another dimension. Life is a spiral. It's all white and frozen here, sunny and quiet. Very inspiring. And the nearby church's noon bells are ringing. slapdash (adj.) Hasty and careless, as in execution: slapdash work. adv. In a reckless haphazard manner. http://www.answers.com/topic/slapdash

Thanks for the new word, Alison. Lovely bird video. Very “Rural American Beauty”. I live on the Eastern fronteer (beyond which there be dragons) of a grungy/posh Montreal neighborhood called Plateau Mont-Royal. Around the block there is a big housing co-op (which here means subsidized housing, run by the people who benefit from it) where I used to live during my single mom-student days. The ladies in the gardening committee were real magicians with plants, herbs, flowers, birds. They even managed to coax hummingbirds into the little garden we had between the two buildings. My guess is they came all the way from the Botanical Garden about a mile further east (where there be dragons).

Here’s a link to the website I made for the Co-op at the time. It’s only in French though.
http://coopamaryllis.tripod.com/presentation.html

Then I moved to the other side of town, lived there for several years, and now I’m back practically on the same corner, in what feels like another dimension. Life is a spiral. It’s all white and frozen here, sunny and quiet. Very inspiring. And the nearby church’s noon bells are ringing.

]]> By: judybusy http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21379 judybusy Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:19:27 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21379 What a lovely video! I am MN born and bred and even though there are those years when I tire of shoveling, I miss the snow. I think there are part of Texas that have received mroe than we have this year. One of my best childhood memories is the blizzard of '76; I was nine and we were without electricity for a couple days, which also meant no heat. I remember my folks and three sibs all shared a bed to keep warm. (Have no idea how we all fit--maybe by putting two beds together.) When the skies cleared, we spent days and days making tunnels and caves. It was amazing! What a lovely video! I am MN born and bred and even though there are those years when I tire of shoveling, I miss the snow. I think there are part of Texas that have received mroe than we have this year. One of my best childhood memories is the blizzard of ’76; I was nine and we were without electricity for a couple days, which also meant no heat. I remember my folks and three sibs all shared a bed to keep warm. (Have no idea how we all fit–maybe by putting two beds together.) When the skies cleared, we spent days and days making tunnels and caves. It was amazing!

]]> By: Feminista http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21129 Feminista Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:04:47 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21129 Deena,Deb,Jain,AnotherOregonian,and any others in PDX or the Willamette Valley--email me at nbeckpdx@yahoo.com so we can work this out. I won't be able to do anything before Feb.11 due to previously mentioned commitments. Deena,Deb,Jain,AnotherOregonian,and any others in PDX or the Willamette Valley–email me at nbeckpdx@yahoo.com so we can work this out. I won’t be able to do anything before Feb.11 due to previously mentioned commitments.

]]> By: Deena in OR http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21120 Deena in OR Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:52:36 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21120 Due to custody issues, Sunday afternoons work best. I might be down in Eugene Feb 3rd...depends on my son's audition schedule to the School of Music. I can make Friday or Saturday evenings work, too, with a little preplanning and notice. Anybody else? Due to custody issues, Sunday afternoons work best. I might be down in Eugene Feb 3rd…depends on my son’s audition schedule to the School of Music. I can make Friday or Saturday evenings work, too, with a little preplanning and notice. Anybody else?

]]> By: Jain http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21110 Jain Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:20:07 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21110 I'm in Eugene--would love to meet here, too, or (sometimes) Portland. I’m in Eugene–would love to meet here, too, or (sometimes) Portland.

]]> By: Feminista http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21090 Feminista Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:02:19 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21090 Hey Deena--I'm going to BB as a must-needed respite after an upcoming trip to MI for my mom's memorial service,which my sister in CA and I are planning by email and phone calls. She died Dec.27 after several years in assisted living; it's been a quite emotionally draining. I understand the financial issues; I'm a widowed parent of a daughter,18,who's now 3 months pregnant. And I just happen to live 2 1/2 blocks from Hawthorne Blvd.in Portland! So sister Oregonians--how about meeting on a weekend in mid-Feb. Deb,are you open to driving north next month? Hey Deena–I’m going to BB as a must-needed respite after an upcoming trip to MI for my mom’s memorial service,which my sister in CA and I are planning by email and phone calls. She died Dec.27 after several years in assisted living; it’s been a quite emotionally draining.

I understand the financial issues; I’m a widowed parent of a daughter,18,who’s now 3 months pregnant. And I just happen to live 2 1/2 blocks from Hawthorne Blvd.in Portland!

So sister Oregonians–how about meeting on a weekend in mid-Feb. Deb,are you open to driving north next month?

]]> By: Deena in OR http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21087 Deena in OR Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:26:45 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21087 I'm in...name the date, time and location! Breitenbush is a bit out of my budget at the moment...what with an upcoming college freshman in the family, a mortgage, and having a service economy job and paycheck. But a trip to Hawthorne Avenue...or Eugene, for that matter, since I'm sure I'll be paying the campus some visits in the next four years or so I’m in…name the date, time and location! Breitenbush is a bit out of my budget at the moment…what with an upcoming college freshman in the family, a mortgage, and having a service economy job and paycheck. But a trip to Hawthorne
Avenue…or Eugene, for that matter, since I’m sure I’ll be paying the campus some visits in the next four years or so

]]> By: Feminista http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21066 Feminista Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:20:05 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/snow#comment-21066 AnotherOregonian--Yes,it's the same trip. Two years ago the same trip was canceled due to low enrollment,last year it was full very early,but the third time's a charm,eh? I hope you get to come! If not,maybe we can put together an Oregonian DTWOF fan club potluck or other meet-up along with Deena and Deb. AnotherOregonian–Yes,it’s the same trip. Two years ago the same trip was canceled due to low enrollment,last year it was full very early,but the third time’s a charm,eh? I hope you get to come! If not,maybe we can put together an Oregonian DTWOF fan club potluck or other meet-up along with Deena and Deb.

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