tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post116640091538064230..comments2024-01-21T03:26:23.301-05:00Comments on Musings: The Older Brother Blues: More tales from 1966sagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1166498584310374872006-12-18T22:23:00.000-05:002006-12-18T22:23:00.000-05:00Kevin, my mother put the concerns of guest over co...Kevin, my mother put the concerns of guest over concerns for everyone at home, which I didn't understand at the time, but know I do the same now. Part of it is being Southern, I think.<BR/><BR/>Murf, cause we were going to be in the car for four days of driving and he was young and they thought he'd get along better with grandparents<BR/><BR/>Keda, if he didn't think we were monesters then, he probably did after a few years<BR/><BR/>Gautami, that's the way it was with my family--two older boys and then my sister (but only a couple years between us), then my kid brother<BR/><BR/>Editthis, who said I was living?<BR/><BR/>Kenju, if it was dirty, it was the only time my mother's home was dirt, normally things are santized.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1166483169197448532006-12-18T18:06:00.000-05:002006-12-18T18:06:00.000-05:00Wow, he was really precocious! I guess what I need...Wow, he was really precocious! <BR/><BR/>I guess what I need is another baby I can hand off to visitors so they won't see the dirt here at home, huh?kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1166467098858987462006-12-18T13:38:00.000-05:002006-12-18T13:38:00.000-05:00Sage - you tell some really great stories. I hope...Sage - you tell some really great stories. I hope you're collecting them all to put in a book someday. I don't know what you do for a living, but you have an art for telling stories especially memoirs.EditThishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006997151039330328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1166464177083855872006-12-18T12:49:00.000-05:002006-12-18T12:49:00.000-05:00I am glad to have two older and one younger brothe...I am glad to have two older and one younger brother. Come to think of do they think the same wa about me?<BR/><BR/>*pondering over it*<BR/><BR/>PS: My main blog is <A HREF="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">rooted</A>.gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1166456017430251482006-12-18T10:33:00.000-05:002006-12-18T10:33:00.000-05:00blimey! masks??!! poor child must have thought you...blimey! masks??!! poor child must have thought you were monsters!<BR/><BR/>great stories babe.kedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996009634057410650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1166450713056188562006-12-18T09:05:00.000-05:002006-12-18T09:05:00.000-05:00Why wasn't the poor kid invited on the vacation wi...Why wasn't the poor kid invited on the vacation with you guys?Murfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859630977737647681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1166426370113045592006-12-18T02:19:00.000-05:002006-12-18T02:19:00.000-05:00Another great story. I was intrigued by your phra...Another great story. I was intrigued by your phrase "hospitality over-rules sanitation" in which you describe an important lesson that your Mom taught you. In my line of work I have been in about 10 bjillion homes. I have often been befuddled by the manner in which some people will enforce their unique house rules at the expense of hospitality. I think hospitality is a lost "art" in today's world, and I am probably more guilty than most.Kevin Stilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613332673067693686noreply@blogger.com