Comments on: Memories that don’t go up in smoke http://entirelyadequate.com/2009/10/13/memories-that-dont-go-up-in-smoke/ A deeper shade of awkward Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: A saga unfolds (slowly) « Entirely Adequate http://entirelyadequate.com/2009/10/13/memories-that-dont-go-up-in-smoke/#comment-513 A saga unfolds (slowly) « Entirely Adequate Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:33:29 +0000 http://entirelyadequate.com/?p=993#comment-513 [...] probably do with a lot less coffee and a little more cardio. I don’t smoke, despite having the most awesome collection of ashtrays in the South. I’ve been organizing for several years, operating under the mantra “If I don’t [...] [...] probably do with a lot less coffee and a little more cardio. I don’t smoke, despite having the most awesome collection of ashtrays in the South. I’ve been organizing for several years, operating under the mantra “If I don’t [...]

]]> By: shaggerty http://entirelyadequate.com/2009/10/13/memories-that-dont-go-up-in-smoke/#comment-392 shaggerty Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:55:48 +0000 http://entirelyadequate.com/?p=993#comment-392 Mine raised my father on her own after my grandfather never came back after World War II (didn't get killed, just decided to ditch). Got married a couple more times, just for kicks. Used to keep a stash of National Enquirers under a couch cushion, I guess to keep them out of sight of the good Baptist folk who might wander in. My new goal is to have the secret service knock on my door when I'm in my 80s. Your grandma sounds awesome. Mine raised my father on her own after my grandfather never came back after World War II (didn’t get killed, just decided to ditch). Got married a couple more times, just for kicks. Used to keep a stash of National Enquirers under a couch cushion, I guess to keep them out of sight of the good Baptist folk who might wander in.

My new goal is to have the secret service knock on my door when I’m in my 80s. Your grandma sounds awesome.

]]> By: Joani Edens http://entirelyadequate.com/2009/10/13/memories-that-dont-go-up-in-smoke/#comment-390 Joani Edens Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:24:27 +0000 http://entirelyadequate.com/?p=993#comment-390 I'm thinking my grama and yours might have gotten on. Not only on the smoking front, she'd pull out her oxygen tube in those last days to get a puff, but also because she was the liveliest lady I've ever known. She raised six children, survived the great depression, sent in every publishers clearinghouse contest she received, and managed to get the secret service knocking on her door for chastising a certain President for being the child he sometimes was. She passed October, 2001. I miss my grama, too. I’m thinking my grama and yours might have gotten on. Not only on the smoking front, she’d pull out her oxygen tube in those last days to get a puff, but also because she was the liveliest lady I’ve ever known. She raised six children, survived the great depression, sent in every publishers clearinghouse contest she received, and managed to get the secret service knocking on her door for chastising a certain President for being the child he sometimes was. She passed October, 2001. I miss my grama, too.

]]> By: WPoFD http://entirelyadequate.com/2009/10/13/memories-that-dont-go-up-in-smoke/#comment-388 WPoFD Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:39:49 +0000 http://entirelyadequate.com/?p=993#comment-388 Visions of Maxine, the crotchety, old, cigarette-smoking woman from the greeting cards. Visions of Maxine, the crotchety, old, cigarette-smoking woman from the greeting cards.

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