tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post6593744702418464086..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Letter to My Sister About a BookP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-19812522267596647182010-05-31T16:59:56.777-07:002010-05-31T16:59:56.777-07:00Lucky indeed... We shall meet some day!Lucky indeed... We shall meet some day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-16549781804113281232010-05-31T16:50:56.526-07:002010-05-31T16:50:56.526-07:00The "exchange blogger" concept seemed br...The "exchange blogger" concept seemed brilliant when it first flashed through my mind, but putting the concept into practice would be way more complicated. Would you have to run my bookstore? Would I have to do your township job? And what about our husbands? Ah, yes, you belong there and I belong here, and somewhere, somehow our paths will cross but not in the very near future. Lucky we can meet this way for now, eh?P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-19586652739261725892010-05-31T10:18:13.170-07:002010-05-31T10:18:13.170-07:00Pamela, I laughed when reading your comment yester...Pamela, I laughed when reading your comment yesterday evening. (Thanks also for sending an email...) <br /><br />The reason for the laughter is that--just about the time you must have commented--Barry and I took out an atlas and looked up your exact location. Then I spent the next twenty minutes trying to decide about actually going downstate for Dad's birthday and driving over to see you & some other fine bloggers.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's going to work now. Too many work obligations and other obstacles. Plus I've been on too many trips recently!<br /><br />But I truly like your exchange program idea. At least sharing a visit...<br /><br />Just have to put it on hold for a while longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-74817499222879525402010-05-30T17:26:25.190-07:002010-05-30T17:26:25.190-07:00Thanks for visiting, Kathy. I just had an idea! Yo...Thanks for visiting, Kathy. I just had an idea! You know the practice of "exchange students" in high schools? How about "exchange bloggers"? You could come to Leelanau, and I could go to the Keewanaw! They even RHYME!!! What do you think?P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-76913138370338746332010-05-30T16:01:45.129-07:002010-05-30T16:01:45.129-07:00This is very inspiring, Pamela. I like the format ...This is very inspiring, Pamela. I like the format of writing a letter to your sister. <br /><br />This line stands out strikingly: Now I’m thinking that people in a small town are a lot like the town itself: we have plenty of room for improvement, but the point of love, it seems, is not to lose sight of the good all around you. <br /><br />Thank you for this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-37225872846717391842010-05-30T04:37:59.700-07:002010-05-30T04:37:59.700-07:00Gerry, I'm proud to have inspired you to write...Gerry, I'm proud to have inspired you to write to your sister. Yesterday's mail brought me a real letter from a friend with whom I have never exchanged e-mail at all. It's something we agreed on years ago. With my mother and sisters and stepdaughters and other friends, there are letters and e-mails both, plus surprise books in the mail from time to time. It's all good. People in our lives...holding onto the connections...staying in the conversation. Yes.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-12610505626131085212010-05-29T18:52:57.925-07:002010-05-29T18:52:57.925-07:00That really is a lovely post, and it had two good ...That really is a lovely post, and it had two good results. I'm going to write a real letter to my sister who loves real letters and hates email, and I'm going to email the Mighty Queens of Grandmont who made so much difference in my life!<br /><br />It's very good to have sisters--and brothers--of all kinds as we stumble through the more confusing parts of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-67679918412769853352010-05-29T10:26:29.693-07:002010-05-29T10:26:29.693-07:00Karen, Deborah and Bettie and I all have the same ...Karen, Deborah and Bettie and I all have the same mother and same father. I am the oldest. My parents brought Deborah home from the hospital when I was a couple months shy of three years. They had me sit in the big upholstered “Daddy” chair, put a pillow in my lap, and placed my baby sister on the pillow. Years later, when I held Deborah’s first child on my lap and looked down into his face, I was instantly carried back to that long-ago moment. He looked just like my sister! But when I looked at a picture of Matt’s father’s family when his dad and siblings were young, I saw that Matt looked just like his father, too! It was a revelation. Up until then, I had never understood when people said a baby “looked like” someone else. Even when people told me that my own son, the cutest baby ever born, looked like me, I was skeptical. So yes, Deborah and I are sisters in the biological sense as well as in all other ways.<br /><br />Thank you for being a regular reader, Karen. You know I’m looking forward to your book and your blog, both of them promised for the future!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-27396355142866451002010-05-29T09:34:46.941-07:002010-05-29T09:34:46.941-07:00Pamela...Although I'm one of those who reads y...Pamela...Although I'm one of those who reads your blog every day, but seldom comments, this was a great post. I'm not sure if Deborah is your real sister or not, which can be defined lots of ways among women, I loved your book review within your letter. Thanks for the work you put into your blog. I always enjoy your thoughtful posts. While I haven't visited your picture blog yet today, I'm looking forward to another picture. kcKaren Casebeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002150769292672779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-90633763416658836992010-05-29T08:45:05.939-07:002010-05-29T08:45:05.939-07:00Hi again, Deborah. I'm glad you didn't min...Hi again, Deborah. I'm glad you didn't mind my "letter" to you being public! It seemed appropriate for this book and author, family and small towns so important to her and to her story. I want you to know, also, that every time I drive by Krikat Farm I think of you there! xxxooo,<br />pjP. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-8993795023274872352010-05-29T07:44:34.867-07:002010-05-29T07:44:34.867-07:00Thank you Pamela! I think Amy would love Northport...Thank you Pamela! I think Amy would love Northport just the way you do, understanding the community and life there and loving it. One of the things I love about your blog is getting to know the people who live and visit Northport. I can't live there - now, anyway - but I visit daily through your blogs.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599581429559006199noreply@blogger.com