tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983894689198056584.post2600088061690359875..comments2024-01-14T09:38:11.555-06:00Comments on peacock blue: nonizambonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381779175217605700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983894689198056584.post-55660841377450813192007-05-18T12:03:00.000-05:002007-05-18T12:03:00.000-05:00Wonderful advice! I had forgotten the Doris Lessi...Wonderful advice! I had forgotten the Doris Lessing quote, too, but will remember it now!Leslie Shelorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628795421403196341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983894689198056584.post-85196043054381773402007-05-17T21:55:00.000-05:002007-05-17T21:55:00.000-05:00Oh yes, I have received this advice before and mus...Oh yes, I have received this advice before and must have forgotten it....'Be your own best friend'. Thank you friend for the timely reminder. I'm off to be the mom and mother -in-law for twon weeks. It is a different kind of identity - makes me feel older, drabber. I think I'll look for moments of exuberance! Love you.Christine Nealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386128341977911000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983894689198056584.post-83372431632069298642007-05-16T19:44:00.000-05:002007-05-16T19:44:00.000-05:00Food for thought. And now I know you by a name oth...Food for thought. And now I know you by a name other than Nonizamboni!Granny Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214748856516412924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983894689198056584.post-77740298237359816202007-05-16T14:54:00.000-05:002007-05-16T14:54:00.000-05:00Aah, the Doris Lessing line, I remember when I bec...Aah, the Doris Lessing line, I remember when I became 'invisible' and have to admit it felt odd for awhile but it didn't take long to fully embrace it.<BR/>I also remember being at a friend's house (old friend of husbands) and his mother being there and not really having been introduced, she approached me with "So, you're Bobby's wife" I smiled and extended my hand and said "Hi, I'm Marianne", which I thought perfectly normal....everyone else thought it funny...go figure.<BR/>I don't really *know* you but you *are* Mary Ann to me.<BR/>Beautiful photos.Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500636360349398921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983894689198056584.post-75303229667595430892007-05-16T09:54:00.000-05:002007-05-16T09:54:00.000-05:00you've always been Mary Ann to me! yes, I now know...you've always been Mary Ann to me! yes, I now know you also as Audrey's mother, but first and foremost, you are Mary Ann, a wonderful and awesome caring person. You made me smile all the time and showed me the ravens nest and talked about knitting and I miss you!hollychromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105186321380838261noreply@blogger.com