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18 Sep 99 - 12:03 AM (#115198) Subject: Thought for the day - September 18 From: katlaughing Teach us Delight in simple things, And Mirth that has no bitter springs. - Rudyard Kipling - |
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18 Sep 99 - 01:38 AM (#115222) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: Dave Swan A nice choice Kat, in each line there lies a good thought. E.S. |
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18 Sep 99 - 01:45 AM (#115224) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: catspaw49 Wonderful Katmyluv................... And Dave, that's right, plus there isn't one mention or allusion to that stupid heron!!! Spaw |
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18 Sep 99 - 03:31 PM (#115327) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: wildlone Nice one Kat,if you know Kipling you will know where i got my name from. The Just So stories were my favourite. I have to ask do you like Kipling?.WL. |
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18 Sep 99 - 04:09 PM (#115336) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: catspaw49 Actually there wildchild, Kat prefers Bocci Ball and Lawn Darts. The last time she Kippled she pulled a groin muscle......very tragic, especially for Rog. Spaw |
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18 Sep 99 - 08:48 PM (#115404) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: katlaughing LMAO at you, 'Spaw! YES! wildlone, my father and mother raised us on Kipling. As I did my children; they even named a cat of ours Bagheera. Even as an adult, when I would call my dad about a "life" problem, he would always tell me, still does for that matter, to go read some Kipling, there are always answers in Kipling. Either that or he will just reel off a long quote of Kipling for me. He and his dad used to converse only in quotes while working mornings on their ranch in Colorado. I always knew my granddad had a fantastic memory and was well-read, but only recently has dad told me about those mornings when strains of Kipling, Scott, Wordsworth, Badger Clark, R.W. Service, Virgil, Homer, Longfellow, and others filled the air. I think as he gets older and closer to passing over (he's 82), he's thinking more and more about his parents, esp. his dad and what an extraordinary upbringing he had and what an incredible man his father was. My mother had much the same, although more strict and formal upbringing. Her mother was a school "marm", while her father owned the general store and had the first lending library (his own private collection) in New Castle, Colorado. I still have his mid-1800's four volume dictionary set with marblised paper on the frontispieces and edges. My life would be so empty without good literature. Thanks Mom and Dad. Thanks for asking wildlone. katlaughing |
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18 Sep 99 - 11:06 PM (#115435) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: wildlone well Spaw somone had to ask that question My Mother was out in India as a small girl as my Grandfather was in the British army, she tells me stories of things that happened to her out there. She even remembers songs which she sings in Hindi, not bad at 76. If you've 'eard the east a-callin' you won't never 'eed naught else.WL. |
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18 Sep 99 - 11:35 PM (#115438) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: katlaughing WL, I hope you have your mother on tape! It is SO important to get the stories and songs recorded! My mother passed on this January and I wish she'd been more forthcoming with what she remembered. My dad, on the other hand, has been turning out tapes for years with his songmaking and stories. The are treasures for me and my children. How interesting it must have been for her nad for you hearing the stories. Thanks, kat |
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19 Sep 99 - 02:24 AM (#115463) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: wildlone we are trying Kat but its the old story "nobody wants to hear what an old woman has to say".WL. |
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19 Sep 99 - 07:33 AM (#115482) Subject: RE: Thought for the day - September 18 From: katlaughing WL, if it helps any....tell her there are several in Wyoming who would love to hear her tales, including my father in Utah, too! |