tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post1211255072110181587..comments2024-03-19T08:19:13.494-07:00Comments on Pom Pom's Ponderings: Writing Record KeepersPom Pomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-39969640732514847642013-08-16T21:28:04.817-07:002013-08-16T21:28:04.817-07:00I love that you wanted to sew boxers - did you eve...I love that you wanted to sew boxers - did you ever get to that? And you wrote that you "continue to get nothing done," or something like that - it's amazing that we women so often feel that way. Did our grandmothers think that, too? <br /><br />Some days we are only doing internal work, or intangible and maybe even invisible work...but you know that now, if you didn't years ago.<br /><br /> There's some awareness in diary-keepers that the minutes and days that go by are meaningful, even when we aren't getting all our sewing or whatever done.<br /><br /> I wish my grandma had kept a diary. At least I do have a little diary that my great-grandmother kept for a short time and though I never met her I feel very connected to her partly because I can read her words. I'm assuming that somewhere down the line someone of my descendants will read some of my words, if the Lord does not come back before they get the chance. :-)GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-30504864032398840392013-08-04T18:48:43.356-07:002013-08-04T18:48:43.356-07:00What a treasure you have in your grandmother's...What a treasure you have in your grandmother's journals. I have a stack of letters my grandma wrote to me over a twenty year period, and they're my most precious possession. <br /><br />I need to journal more. Blogging has taken its place for me, but it's not really the same thing. I do intend to have my blog made into book form, but I still want to get into the habit of writing down small things about our lives. Mostly I only write when something traumatic has happened, so my journals are filled with me angsting and whining! Not good.debbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-48564125314079316672013-08-04T14:24:52.941-07:002013-08-04T14:24:52.941-07:00What a wonderful encouragement to write! I have my...What a wonderful encouragement to write! I have my grandmothers Bible that she wrote in and recipes that she wrote down on the backs of envelopes with funny comments! Wish she would have left a journal. But you've encouraged ME to leave some writing behind along with little drawings! Fun!sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955726953146797249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-91923146440392162922013-08-03T18:23:21.277-07:002013-08-03T18:23:21.277-07:00This post made me smile. I have kept a journal sin...This post made me smile. I have kept a journal since I was 16 (I am now 58) and I hope generations to come enjoy reading them, like you do your Granny's. :) KitKithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821207596562393224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-59745090462394954232013-08-03T10:47:47.310-07:002013-08-03T10:47:47.310-07:00Love that snail,don't hurry be happy,my new mo...Love that snail,don't hurry be happy,my new motto I think:) How wonderful to have Your grandmothers journals so precious.I love BP too and am going to treat myself to her books one of these days.xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-31424697195356176502013-08-03T10:26:46.131-07:002013-08-03T10:26:46.131-07:00Thanks for your comment on my blog! It was so kind...Thanks for your comment on my blog! It was so kind of Susan to find me and comment and share that with everyone else. It's been very encouraging to me. My husband has been gone all summer and so my energies have been poured extra hard into my kids and I was surprised at how much it meant for someone to say "well done". I see that we enjoy some of the same things -- family diaries and journals are a treasure to me. They are so fun to look through and I am addicted to keeping all sorts of diaries myself. :) I also just LOVE the Ultimate Peter Rabbit book.Heather L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09892693393383714339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-86459649937199064792013-08-03T06:11:23.498-07:002013-08-03T06:11:23.498-07:00Hi Pom Pom -- I think your name is really Karen! L...Hi Pom Pom -- I think your name is really Karen! Love your diary entries, and thank you for including Days.♥ I found a website this morning that I know you will love. A woman named Heather did a Beatrix Potter Summer School and it's the most darling thing! http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8695172414901267072&postID=7502245563685001646&page=1&token=1375533435171<br /><br />I know you and your readers will love it. Not often you get to see a true hero in action and this darling thing she did for her children, I'm sure they will never forget! xoxo Happy Saturday! Susan Susan Branchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912322645581549978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-4629475206168456172013-08-02T16:59:41.395-07:002013-08-02T16:59:41.395-07:00What wonderful journals -- Granny's and yours....What wonderful journals -- Granny's and yours. Hubby writes a few things down each day in his pocket journal which also has calving records and such in it. I keep a journal, but it seems very hit-and-miss. Sometimes I write lots and other times a month might go by (like July) when I wrote just two days out of the 31. Oh well. <br /><br />Love BP. I have the biography of BP and liked it, but didn't get through it all. I also have a book of nature sketches on mushroom studies she did. I'm not sure where it came from. I like that one. I love Peter Rabbit and all those stories. I see you pinned A Tale of Hilltop Farm. I liked that book. I would like to visit the Lake District one day.<br /><br />JodyGumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-61355466905937850442013-08-02T14:17:23.120-07:002013-08-02T14:17:23.120-07:00How like your Grandmother YOU ARE!
Sue CollectInT...How like your Grandmother YOU ARE!<br /><br />Sue <a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">CollectInTexasGal</a>~Today's Post~<br />Cousin Lucy and Husband SockSue McPeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-57346099070050825852013-08-02T03:47:01.351-07:002013-08-02T03:47:01.351-07:00Is that background your Grandma's skirt? Such ...Is that background your Grandma's skirt? Such a sweet wee pattern. That was a very good heart balm for you wasn't it, clambering around in the plumbing shop attic & bringing home the written threads of your Grandma's ways. Good! <br />I have done huge amounts of journalling but that was mainly my own processing. I like my blog & it's combined pictorial & written record. I "write" for prosterity..so that my niece or a grandchild can come & find me one day & maybe find their own way a little better in the world because of my record. I hope that they might find "me" amidst the "pages" & know what I was about. <br />It's the little things that make the most sense of our lives don't you think.<br />Much love Katie x0x0x Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377061243543771813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-84785080367174083822013-08-01T23:55:40.436-07:002013-08-01T23:55:40.436-07:00So much for my blogging break and we are only two ...So much for my blogging break and we are only two days into August! I think I cannot do without the written word and the links it brings to other folks, their lives and daily doings - you are one of those I so look forward to catching up on. I love the idea of journals and diaries - am so mean with myself I won't go and buy things to write in! must be a little more generous with things that are good for the soul. I adore Beatrix Potter, I saw loads of her books recently in a charity shop and wish I had bought them now - at the time I told myself not to be so childish - or childlike? remember that childlike Christmas we did? Let's 'do' Beatrix Potter, rabbits in clothes, find our inner child - count me in! BettyElderberry-Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197689596360708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-23141876331232265292013-08-01T22:15:16.067-07:002013-08-01T22:15:16.067-07:00thank YOU for the encouragement to write. i have g...thank YOU for the encouragement to write. i have good intentions but often it gets overlooked or i feel that there isn't anything of importance to write about. you have shown me that even the small things within our daily lives can be a comfort and of interest.<br /><br />i do think my blog (both photos and words) has been a nice sort of personal record keeping even if somewhat inconsistent at times.<br /><br />the books mentioned sound very interesting. i should consider ordering copies for myself.<br /><br />:-)<br />libbyQlibbyquilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03360109482795842401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-47257077838216091762013-08-01T20:34:34.431-07:002013-08-01T20:34:34.431-07:00I must come back and read every word of these diar...I must come back and read every word of these diaries when it isn't quite so LATE! (Gotta go to bed!)<br />I think I would keep a diary...if I had beautiful handwriting like a certain Pom-Pom! I'm frustrated by handwriting. My hand can't keep up with my brain. So I type instead!<br />Thanks for your prayers for my hubby, Bob. He had a bronchoscopy today and will get results in a few days. He also got some much needed pain medicine for a hurting back. I think he'll sleep tonight for the first time in a while.<br />I'll be back to savor these diaries! :)Lisa Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567160304529796810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-91821714561202790002013-08-01T14:13:38.389-07:002013-08-01T14:13:38.389-07:00I am pondering with much awe these words about wri...I am pondering with much awe these words about writing. I also know I should be BP writing too in the blog! But what I must must tell you tonight is that my most wonderful friend Catherine (who cooks and knits and mums four grown up wondrous young men) has this very teapot from which I drink tea. Now I can think about you in her perfect kitchen, which makes it all so much more perfect xmagsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-46548818546873079842013-08-01T13:12:36.963-07:002013-08-01T13:12:36.963-07:00oh Pom
how neat... I love that she did that..
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...oh Pom<br />how neat... I love that she did that..<br />and<br />how she was an artsy doodler<br />like you(:)<br />hugs.pAttic Clutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023839842783334031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-15119905676278065372013-08-01T12:40:19.975-07:002013-08-01T12:40:19.975-07:00What a treasure!!! I would give much to have my g...What a treasure!!! I would give much to have my grandmother's musings. I love it....and to see her handwriting. Your journal is a treasure, too. You have convinced me I need to try harder. :)Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-475352087698762052013-08-01T11:20:49.696-07:002013-08-01T11:20:49.696-07:00Hi Pom Pom, thank you for this wonderful post. I ...Hi Pom Pom, thank you for this wonderful post. I loved every word of it! My mother's name was Jo; seeing that name in your grandma's journals reminded me of her. Words are incredible in every way, and so is the Word Himself. I'm grateful and thankful for YOU and your words here on your blog. Have a beautiful August!Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-5364764223911502342013-08-01T10:56:12.611-07:002013-08-01T10:56:12.611-07:00I still have my mother's journals, and every n...I still have my mother's journals, and every now and then I pore over them, trying to feel her presence with me. I don't keep a journal, but sometimes wish I had started years ago.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-33327648082833327872013-08-01T09:57:27.198-07:002013-08-01T09:57:27.198-07:00your grandma's notes are too cute. my mother u...your grandma's notes are too cute. my mother used to write a few things for us in our photo albums. treasure those words.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-30442923758005801042013-08-01T09:18:35.425-07:002013-08-01T09:18:35.425-07:00Oh Pom Pom ~ I am literally in tears. I am so very...Oh Pom Pom ~ I am literally in tears. I am so very touched by this post. I have been a diary/journal keeper since I was 10 years old. I have boxes of them saved up for my daughters and granddaughter to have some day. My oldest daughter, Hilary, who is a Librarian, is an avid journaler as well. WE LOVE THE WRITTEN WORD in this family. We also LOVE THE WORD OF GOD in this family. Plus ~ I love, love, love anything to do with bunnies. I devour books and love Beatrix Potter. I believe you and I are kindred spirits :)))<br />Bless your dear sweet Granny for journaling her life. And Bless You for sharing it.<br />Love,<br />DanetteDanette Bartelmayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12610193916999812047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-60649077465913089072013-08-01T08:36:56.688-07:002013-08-01T08:36:56.688-07:00Oh I love your Grandma's journals. and I adore...Oh I love your Grandma's journals. and I adore Kat spelled with a "K" I am glad your grandmother was a counter, how nice is that. I love getting a glimpse of your Anne book. It is very Pom Pom but also does remind me of Susan Branch. I do love your handwriting. <br />I will have to get that book about Peter Rabbit too. Did you know I have a bunny? Summer has been very hard on him. He is very old maybe like Old Benjamin Bunny. His name is Blackavar. I don't know if that is how you spell it but it is from that book about bunnies too. Watership Down.<br /><br />I am so glad your brought journals home with you. They make me think that maybe my grand daughter will take mine home to read. :) <br />Have a lovely day.Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-40312871711699028532013-08-01T06:47:59.358-07:002013-08-01T06:47:59.358-07:00I keep a journal, and several years ago, for a bri...I keep a journal, and several years ago, for a brief period of time, I kept a day book to record what we did and what we ate for dinner. I wish I'd kept up with that.<br /><br />I cleaned houses for a long time, too. I always liked looking around other people's houses and getting glimpses in to their real/secret lives. I tried not to snoop, but sometimes I couldn't help it!<br /><br />I love that your grandmother kept such fastidious journals! What a wonderful thing to have. I love reading people's journals and diaries (and also their collected letters). I think it's because I find everydayness very interesting in its particulars.<br /><br />Thanks for a marvelous post, Pom!<br /><br />xofrancesLeft-Handed Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014518128739580267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-17234738236449261382013-08-01T06:19:36.998-07:002013-08-01T06:19:36.998-07:00This has left me speechless and inspired...it is j...This has left me speechless and inspired...it is just a balm to my tired soul this morning. Next week is full of cleaning houses, I must learn to take time for things like this.<br />Oh yes, Peter Rabbit...how my book club enjoyed that study. We also love the story of HA Rey, the author of Curious George and him and his wives escape from Paris during the war...they were Jews.<br />Thanks for inspiring...and you and Kim have fun!Janettessage.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262598732466380229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-6111529935832802192013-08-01T05:47:41.659-07:002013-08-01T05:47:41.659-07:00What precious memories. I've always kept diar...What precious memories. I've always kept diaries and journals too. But now I call it blogging. :) <br />Hey, and I have something else in common with your grandmother, I'm a counter too. I know it's different, well maybe odd, but I've always counted everything and one day when I admitted it out loud one of my sons says he does the same thing!Sherry from Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639124488260234803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918710928117815584.post-61940313073746078582013-08-01T05:42:27.222-07:002013-08-01T05:42:27.222-07:00Your grandmother's journals must be such a pre...Your grandmother's journals must be such a precious thing for you to now have. It will remind you of her in so many ways that you might have put in the back of your memory processor.<br /><br />Your journals are just as thoughtful, full of sweet happenings and expressions only you can write. So sweet. They will be cherished by others long after you are gone.Nancy McCarrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12867768046703596688noreply@blogger.com