tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post1750752238038916777..comments2024-03-27T08:17:43.278-05:00Comments on Word Splash - Joanne Faries: Book Launch: Old Broads Waxing PoeticJoannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-40860516712934059222014-09-07T12:59:29.732-05:002014-09-07T12:59:29.732-05:00thanks. I'm going to feature everybody this we...thanks. I'm going to feature everybody this week. You just got posted for Sunday. Thanks for your work and for being an honorary old broad. Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-64255502136950110692014-09-07T12:58:25.833-05:002014-09-07T12:58:25.833-05:00thanks Robyn. It was great working with everybody....thanks Robyn. It was great working with everybody. I can be a computer idiot, but this flowed fairly well. Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-48731950875544532432014-09-06T16:31:47.989-05:002014-09-06T16:31:47.989-05:00Joanne, I wanted to add gratitude for the tedious,...Joanne, I wanted to add gratitude for the tedious, detailed work you did to format our broad baby. Formatting is the thorn in many authors' sides. Not many are skilled with it, as you are. We're lucky you so generously volunteered for it. I'm anxiously awaiting my copies in the mail. Cheers and broad smiles!Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-34191311218987014152014-09-06T11:03:00.679-05:002014-09-06T11:03:00.679-05:00Hi, Joanne,
Congrats! You ladies did a great job!...Hi, Joanne,<br /><br />Congrats! You ladies did a great job! I wrote about a Nana too, although she wasn't my real grandmother, she was quite the old broad! <br /><br />ALL the best ladies!Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-74030898053745572882014-09-06T08:10:20.842-05:002014-09-06T08:10:20.842-05:00Hi Joanne - this is a great project .. congratulat...Hi Joanne - this is a great project .. congratulations to you all.<br /><br />My mother's character came out fully in her last years .. but my great uncle (her uncle) was an amazing chap - might difficult I gather to his two girls .. but to us visiting he was a live wire ... full of the joys of spring ... <br /><br />Loved Sue's pioneer story above .. and your book will be amazing .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-13146749633896841842014-09-05T16:06:43.515-05:002014-09-05T16:06:43.515-05:00Thanks as always for your support.Thanks as always for your support.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-17619736450770414892014-09-05T16:06:05.318-05:002014-09-05T16:06:05.318-05:00and thanks for your support. Quite a pioneer tale ...and thanks for your support. Quite a pioneer tale - glad you can keep her spirit aliveJoannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-85105233962267228512014-09-05T15:57:44.783-05:002014-09-05T15:57:44.783-05:00Congratulations to all of the writers on the publi...Congratulations to all of the writers on the publication of Old Broads. What a wonderful collection of stories and poems it must be. I can't wait to read it. A hearty 'WayToGo' to you Joanne...thanks for so many special reads and now this heartfelt memory you have shared about your grandmother.<br /><br />Even though I only met her as a young child and have no real memory of knowing her, my great grandmother Martha Jane Marley Carroll is my favorite Old Broad. I know her better than any of my female ancestors through intensive genealogy research and her photo album from the late 1890's through 1915 which I inherited. She was a Texas Pioneer, traveling through a blinding snowstorm in a covered wagon with her four children to settle in West Texas where now the seventh generation of her descendants live. Widowed with no money, she homesteaded, farmed and raised her children alone. I became a photo and genealogy records detective to uncover and reveal her story, the ending which took over 5 years to discover. She died alone, institutionalized, and buried in an unmarked grave. It broke my heart, and gave me the courage and determination to tell her story on Tracks of Texas Ancestors....my Family History blog. Thank-you for the opportunity to talk about her here. <br />Sue at <a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">CollectInTexas Gal</a><br />Sue McPeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-233568688082087892014-09-05T14:59:22.173-05:002014-09-05T14:59:22.173-05:00Your Nana sounds wonderful! She really knew how to...Your Nana sounds wonderful! She really knew how to live, and enjoyed spending time with you. Thanks again for being such an integral force in Old Broads! You were a tremendous help with all of the formatting, and all of your poems are fantastic! <br /><br />JulieEmpty Nest Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10074223969046687064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-55949451054363367012014-09-05T12:51:38.978-05:002014-09-05T12:51:38.978-05:00I loved reading about your Nana. I remember gettin...I loved reading about your Nana. I remember getting letters in college. They really helped get through some lonely times. Thank you for all that you did to make Old Broads happen. I'm so excited to be a part of it!Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-33407820357951187332014-09-05T12:32:05.222-05:002014-09-05T12:32:05.222-05:00This was a cute idea. I've enjoyed reading ab...This was a cute idea. I've enjoyed reading about everyone's favorite old broads!Sherry Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844837212122243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-55246283194068797152014-09-05T12:09:13.499-05:002014-09-05T12:09:13.499-05:00Your Nana sounds so loving! We are lucky to have ...Your Nana sounds so loving! We are lucky to have had these women to mentor us over the years. I'm delighted to be a part of this project and to "meet" you through it. Hooray for all of us!Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-86063958517669657772014-09-05T11:55:11.687-05:002014-09-05T11:55:11.687-05:00It was so special to have my Grandma as a penpal. ...It was so special to have my Grandma as a penpal. I'm sure those letters were precious to you too.<br /><br />Here's to us old broads! Enjoy the weekend, Joanne.Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-15936778270842153362014-09-05T11:53:30.292-05:002014-09-05T11:53:30.292-05:00Yay! You had a Nana, too! Mine was an Orioles fan....Yay! You had a Nana, too! Mine was an Orioles fan... and a soap opera fan. But in both cases, she'd get so mad while watching them, she'd get out of her rocking chair and stomp into the other room to cool off. (But no one DARED to change the channel!)<br /><br />Great tribute. It's been a fun adventure. Thank you so much for being such an important part of it.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-11037545839098731612014-09-05T10:20:23.108-05:002014-09-05T10:20:23.108-05:00wow - now, that's a story. We can't make u...wow - now, that's a story. We can't make up stuff like that...thanks. Have a great weekendJoannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379826084010321238.post-91894817996488902212014-09-05T09:10:54.417-05:002014-09-05T09:10:54.417-05:00Congratulations on the release!
My favourite old...Congratulations on the release! <br /><br />My favourite old broad was my grandmother, Zofia, who left her Ukrainian home at the age of 21, during WWII, hid in Germany (pretending to be German!), swore at a Gestapo officer and travelled to England to settle down and have kids.Annalisa Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943610814274794998noreply@blogger.com