tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post950373455618824996..comments2023-08-10T06:57:45.911-04:00Comments on Questioning my Intelligence: Words, Words, Words about SupportSusan Raihalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-27449674820575677622013-06-01T16:59:08.236-04:002013-06-01T16:59:08.236-04:00I loved this whole essay, and will live by it in t...I loved this whole essay, and will live by it in the future! I was having a discussion this week with my brother, and he said, "No, you don't want to swimming pool, too much work..."<br />I told him, "you know how you said your grand piano, playing it, feeds your soul. And your wife's horse feeds her soul. Well, swimming in my back yard, exercise my arthritis desperately needs, under my trees and sky, well, that's my soul food."Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191757983798518434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-43385057683186874412013-06-01T09:21:20.654-04:002013-06-01T09:21:20.654-04:00Sadly, Katy, my reasons for hating Pope Joan are l...Sadly, Katy, my reasons for hating Pope Joan are long and emotionally charged. Plenty of people like that book, but alas, I know too much about the 9th century and hate, loathe, and despise novels full of stereotypes and propaganda. I'm sympathetic with the author's dislike of Catholic attitudes toward women and such, but the novel is pure and simple anti-Catholic propaganda, full of anachronistic thinking designed to appeal to modern audiences, and ohmygosh I could go on and on with plot and character problems. <br /><br />For the record, I think it's highly likely a woman named Joan, disguised as a man, was elected pope and the church since the Renaissance has covered it up. There's plenty of historical evidence that women disguised themselves as men and lived in monasteries during the middle ages, often eluding discovery until after death. That doesn't excuse the literary crimes Cross commits in her novel. But then, I'm definitely in the minority. Susan Raihalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-40228778103442356262013-06-01T08:57:02.974-04:002013-06-01T08:57:02.974-04:00You don't like Pope Joan? Why? It's on m...You don't like Pope Joan? Why? It's on my holds list for our library....sounded interesting.<br /><br />Anywho....I'm a Trekker. But I'm also an almost 44 yo SAHM who lives in the burbs. My Star Trek obsession shocks most people here. My Sci-Fi bent makes me the odd bird among my good Christian friends. :)Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16962431576798591650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-38857475221067388422013-06-01T08:07:50.571-04:002013-06-01T08:07:50.571-04:00I just heard a saying that goes with the sentiment...I just heard a saying that goes with the sentiment you expressed, "Don't Yuck my Yum!". <br /> Just about everything I do is "different" here - a foreigner on a small island. Quite a closed, fit-in-the-box society. So considered strange, complicated, "special" for anything from trying to eat gluten & dairy free, to having a ladies book club that meets at night. It's tiring swimming against the stream all the time. So I agree with Michelle - the internet is a great support.Janet a.k.a. swanlady21https://www.blogger.com/profile/11967516564810839917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-72481036021378308372013-06-01T07:44:56.651-04:002013-06-01T07:44:56.651-04:00My interests often don't align with those arou...My interests often don't align with those around me. I'm okay with that. I'm also okay with others being interested in something different to me. I love it when I meet others who have similar interests (the beauty of the internet and blogging is that I meet many MORE people with similar interests). My hubby is supportive of my interests, as I am of his. Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593478482380900371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-22586702044255459282013-06-01T04:49:41.524-04:002013-06-01T04:49:41.524-04:00Some family and friends thought I was crazy for ge...Some family and friends thought I was crazy for getting my pilot's license. I loved the entire experience, but as I look back on it, it was expensive and after getting it I never really did anything with it. So maybe everyone was right. (John totally supported me, however.)Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175485808533410938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-86419036000808826972013-06-01T03:10:15.611-04:002013-06-01T03:10:15.611-04:00I tell very few people that I love stamping. Ther...I tell very few people that I love stamping. There are a lot of craft haters out there. Thanks for the reminder to be kind to others whatever their passion is. Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685261136619699898noreply@blogger.com