tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post6773059952673783526..comments2024-01-21T03:26:23.301-05:00Comments on Musings: The Exile Begins: Moving to Virginia, 1963sagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-11912458825303584902012-06-25T03:54:42.859-04:002012-06-25T03:54:42.859-04:00Moving to another place is kind of lonesome feelin...Moving to another place is kind of lonesome feeling but its good too because you meet new people.Straight Talk Android Phonehttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120520133949AAwkE1Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-91185147183382630032010-02-11T23:50:19.454-05:002010-02-11T23:50:19.454-05:00This is an interesting story about you neighborhoo...This is an interesting story about you neighborhood and on those times of Kennedy. I love listening to stories that's been a remarkable part of the past.Virginia Residenthttp://www.toplinemoving.com/moving/local/virginia/fairfax/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-65124937453649021932009-11-22T19:43:31.034-05:002009-11-22T19:43:31.034-05:00I wasn't around when JFK was shot but will for...I wasn't around when JFK was shot but will forever remember where I was when the space shuttles exploded and when the twin towers collapsed.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573262524755768643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-42608574454620367542009-11-21T19:59:12.311-05:002009-11-21T19:59:12.311-05:00Lil Red, those major events do seemed seered into ...Lil Red, those major events do seemed seered into our psyche<br /><br />Kenju, it's a day we'll all remember...<br /><br />Walking Guy, you're 5 years older than me! I remember seeing Oswald's shooting, but I think it was a replay<br /><br />Randall, yes, they do bring us together<br /><br />Michael, Thanks for the kind review<br /><br />Stephanie, Thanks, glad to give you a glimpse back into your life and hope you'll write about it as I've enjoyed your memories.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-4414300526519463712009-11-21T09:47:58.088-05:002009-11-21T09:47:58.088-05:00My gosh, in reading this, happy childhood memories...My gosh, in reading this, happy childhood memories of my own came flooding back. I'll bet it felt like an great big adventure to you. Its so interesting when you can remember so vividly your childhood perspective on things, from the standpoint of an adult. This was a lovely snapshot of your life, Sage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-49929529059180481492009-11-21T00:31:22.351-05:002009-11-21T00:31:22.351-05:00Sage: Reading this, it is evident that you are ble...Sage: Reading this, it is evident that you are blessed with a wonderful memory for detail! This has become a fantastic asset for your literary pursuits and travel as you have such a wealth of information to share with us and we, in turn. feel as if we are going back with you in time! Yes, isn't it something how tragic events as President Kennedy's death still haunt us? Excellent writing and you always gibe me much to ponder!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539850495318868267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-80103935729744741722009-11-20T10:21:17.691-05:002009-11-20T10:21:17.691-05:00JFK's assassination was of course the coming o...JFK's assassination was of course the coming of age moment for so many. Such moments, (mostly tragic, sad to say) at least bring us all a little closer together.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-30094808189925079912009-11-20T06:05:48.896-05:002009-11-20T06:05:48.896-05:00You're memory of those years are way better th...You're memory of those years are way better than mine. I do remember JFK's assassination but I was in 5th grade and the announcement came with an early dismissal from school. I remember watching Oswald's shooting on television so i am thinking they must have closed the school for a couple of days.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-27628356846876262262009-11-19T23:17:07.929-05:002009-11-19T23:17:07.929-05:00On that day, I was walking down the hallway at De ...On that day, I was walking down the hallway at De Paul Hospital in Norfolk, on my way to lunch, when someone announced over the loudspeaker that the President had been shot.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-78528156035407971992009-11-19T21:42:45.551-05:002009-11-19T21:42:45.551-05:00I'm amazed at how vividly you remember everyth...I'm amazed at how vividly you remember everything...with the exception of the Kennedy assassination. Who'd ever forget where they were when they heard THAT news?<br /><br />I love that you knew how to write the name of al the gas stations when you were 5! Your dad must've gotten a kick out of your "letter." :)Ileanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200869126695231050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-12975223608331210152009-11-19T21:32:13.944-05:002009-11-19T21:32:13.944-05:00Charles, those big events seem to seal the memory ...Charles, those big events seem to seal the memory of the small things in our lives...<br /><br />Ed, yes, and in 2004, I was at a conference in Richmond and one afternoon, nothing interesting was happening, so I drove down and walked around the neighborhood--I'll have to write about that and how the hills had all eroded away!<br /><br />Mother Hen, town churches often used the name 1st, 2nd, etc. In some places like Pittsburgh, there's a 6th, 9th and 13th... the largest Presbyterian Church in Chicago is 4th... but one doesn't have any power over the other<br /><br />Pia, Walnut Hills wasn't like that at all, at least not by the time we got there. The city had grown around it.<br /><br />Leni, I was in the 5th grade when Robert Kennedy was shot--I wrote about this in four posts on the troubled year 1968--that was several years ago<br /><br />Bone, I don't remember those stations from that era... It was odd thinking about how I-95 ended and we'd have to drive on US 1 and 301...sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-20833083078863863562009-11-19T19:50:15.289-05:002009-11-19T19:50:15.289-05:00the only words I knew how to write where the names...<i>the only words I knew how to write where the names of filling stations, so on a piece of paper I wrote Esso, Shell, Sinclair, Gulf and Texaco</i><br /><br />What, no Fina? Wavaho? 76? That one would've been easy.<br /><br />I look forward to more tales from the days before we had interstates :)Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096591352278195759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-40833863352919754362009-11-19T15:25:28.862-05:002009-11-19T15:25:28.862-05:00I like these childhood memories of yours, Sage. I ...I like these childhood memories of yours, Sage. I wasn't born when Robert Kennedy was shot, but i know from my parents that it had a great impact in Spain, together with Martin Luther King's. These must have been terrible days in the US, filled with commotion.Leni Qinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787813168299836381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-2206874114032735832009-11-19T11:33:47.348-05:002009-11-19T11:33:47.348-05:00Walnut Hill sounds so bucolic.
I was getting ou...Walnut Hill sounds so bucolic. <br /><br />I was getting out of gym when the rumors began. Then I went to extra help in math. An English teacher ran into the room crying. They ended school and began playing some strange, to me at least, classical music over the loudspeakerpiahttp://courtingdestiny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-58355269301881881312009-11-19T10:24:36.225-05:002009-11-19T10:24:36.225-05:00It was cute to see a 5-y/o writing the names of ga...It was cute to see a 5-y/o writing the names of gas stations! :)<br /><br />Does First Presbyterian have any priority or authority power over Second Presbyterian? Is there Third Presbyterian and Last Presbyterian out there? - it's a trick question dude!The Real Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13226727195920798035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-4381766085869485642009-11-19T09:17:18.685-05:002009-11-19T09:17:18.685-05:00Does the house still stand? All the previous hous...Does the house still stand? All the previous houses I have lived in have returned to the earth. Only the last one and the same one my parents still live in is standing. I like it better that way though because then it can always just be MY house.<br /><br />Good story though it seems like you have a thing against Yankees.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-72971546800354402322009-11-19T08:45:33.131-05:002009-11-19T08:45:33.131-05:00So interesting how the moments of the greater wor...So interesting how the moments of the greater world intrude on our smaller worlds. I was picking berries with my brother when Robert Kennedy was shot. I walked back to the truck with a load of berries and saw my father crying. It was so shocking.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com