tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757295168504470991.post1348942653425599497..comments2023-05-22T14:23:33.106-04:00Comments on Making the Time to Write: A Random Act of KindnessPenny Clover Petersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304252542151983952noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757295168504470991.post-72493152038284803452013-06-03T12:38:54.334-04:002013-06-03T12:38:54.334-04:00Penny, you have the rare gift of making bad times ...Penny, you have the rare gift of making bad times sound like good times - or maybe the gift is to remember the good parts and forget the bad. Either way, a nice uplifting post that put a smile on all our faces, much as your writing does.Austin S. Camachohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118581689970373700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757295168504470991.post-42815346427036359762013-05-31T12:36:19.493-04:002013-05-31T12:36:19.493-04:00You take me back to my days as a sometime-proteste...You take me back to my days as a sometime-protester and intern in DC (mighty hot and humid in the summer). On the way home from the March on the Pentagon, my new-to-me second-hand VW bug sputtered and died on the highway. It took a while before a kind person pointed out the "lever." Karl Schonbornhttp://karl-schonborn.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757295168504470991.post-73826643892861481392013-05-31T08:40:35.172-04:002013-05-31T08:40:35.172-04:00ah, the days of the screwdriver to start my HONDA,...ah, the days of the screwdriver to start my HONDA, and then making sure to park on a hill to get a 'rolling' start. Or the days of hitting the alternator and the battery, at the same time, to get that stubborn thing to start. <br />The joys of my first car...thanks for letting me walk down memory lane with you.Author B Swangin Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12166972216859979865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757295168504470991.post-49472246588579794662013-05-30T18:55:11.195-04:002013-05-30T18:55:11.195-04:00We could use more people like that in our lives. V...We could use more people like that in our lives. Very nice story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757295168504470991.post-17087737418218119192013-05-29T14:25:20.223-04:002013-05-29T14:25:20.223-04:00I remember those songs.
We played them in the R&a...I remember those songs.<br /><br />We played them in the R&B band I was in, along with a bunch more: James Brown, Wilson Pickett...and Otis, of course.<br /><br />Actually had Arthur Connelly in my basement once during band rehearsal.<br /><br />He was a friend of our alto player’s and it was before Sweet Soul Music came out.<br /><br />He didn’t let on.<br /><br />Boy, were we impressed when it hit the charts.<br /><br />Those were the days, eh?<br /><br />See? <br />Now you have me reminiscing. <br /><br />Well done!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469889882657514272noreply@blogger.com