tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post4642901962103412773..comments2024-03-28T14:44:26.616-04:00Comments on so much to choose from - Ann Bennett: Good night Midnight Rider.Ann Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-31372078885489939442017-06-08T20:00:48.293-04:002017-06-08T20:00:48.293-04:00Thank you Sandra. Mr. Stewart was a remarkable per...Thank you Sandra. Mr. Stewart was a remarkable person. I am just glad I learned how well lived his life was. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-84522882652372444472017-06-08T20:00:07.617-04:002017-06-08T20:00:07.617-04:00I would have gone to pieces with fame. It is a hea...I would have gone to pieces with fame. It is a heady thing. The big saving grace I would have had are parents who knew who they were in this world. But I don't know if that would have been enough.<br /><br />I agree about celebrating people's lives. Although, I had shed some tears for the loss of many.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-79471204042524272752017-06-08T19:58:00.618-04:002017-06-08T19:58:00.618-04:00So true. For Gregg Allman, it was a passing of my ...So true. For Gregg Allman, it was a passing of my generation. We were so cool. But we had a great time.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-62942465743927917472017-06-07T18:47:02.298-04:002017-06-07T18:47:02.298-04:00What a lovely post of recognition and remembrance....What a lovely post of recognition and remembrance.<br />Your instructor sounded like a talented wonderful man.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-14485362982649626732017-06-05T13:34:19.742-04:002017-06-05T13:34:19.742-04:00What a nice tribute. The autobiography sounds intr...What a nice tribute. The autobiography sounds intriguing. Often fame itself is behind the decline of the unwary talented.<br />Never have quite grasped the crying-party rituals of funerals. Rather the celebration of moments shared in common.diedre Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772557495518846226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-75118281679838742802017-06-04T15:23:22.436-04:002017-06-04T15:23:22.436-04:00Teachers and entertainers how influential they bot...Teachers and entertainers how influential they both can be. <br />It is always so sad to hear of someone we knew of or knew in life, passing away~JFMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021461504951465311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-72166731491961394062017-06-04T13:39:07.264-04:002017-06-04T13:39:07.264-04:00Fame is a miserable thing. I can understand the we...Fame is a miserable thing. I can understand the weirdness of fans but I would not want to endure it. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-20158286850191386332017-06-04T13:37:59.284-04:002017-06-04T13:37:59.284-04:00You have to make a living for sure. It makes thing...You have to make a living for sure. It makes things go better than Coke.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-2922897438229848402017-06-04T13:37:18.101-04:002017-06-04T13:37:18.101-04:00I have been reading some of his poems since bringi...I have been reading some of his poems since bringing up the poem on the computer. Something written so long ago but so true today.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-39089858240194757762017-06-04T13:35:19.144-04:002017-06-04T13:35:19.144-04:00I graduated in 74.
People shouldn't dictate t...I graduated in 74. <br />People shouldn't dictate to young people what they should train for. The world changes so fast and so do jobs. I retired earlier than I wanted because of family. But I am so glad I was able to work 30 years and get a retirement. The job market is dismal for anyone over 50. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-58041099656865975252017-06-04T13:30:28.911-04:002017-06-04T13:30:28.911-04:00My big gift to my family is my time.
I did have m...My big gift to my family is my time. <br />I did have mixed feelings about my old teacher. He was such a dynamic person.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-76415497822166819882017-06-04T10:02:44.701-04:002017-06-04T10:02:44.701-04:00Funny how certain people can influence us for the ...Funny how certain people can influence us for the good and bad. I had just heard about duane, not sure how old he had made it, but fame isn't always happiness it seems.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-77827648762311783572017-06-04T08:19:35.861-04:002017-06-04T08:19:35.861-04:00Taking care of the living today has to be the way,...Taking care of the living today has to be the way, doesn't mean such people can't be in our thoughts though. Sounds like a good teacher indeed as he showed you the way. Hey, can't break into Hollywood, be a lawyer, still lots of $$$ lolPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-7394986617896750802017-06-04T01:39:34.398-04:002017-06-04T01:39:34.398-04:00I too have always loved John Donne's poem. It...I too have always loved John Donne's poem. Its truth resonates.<br />I am a big autobiography/biography/memoir fan too.<br />While you took care of the living today I am sure that both men were in your thoughts. Which is a lovely tribute to them. Gone, but not forgotten.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-26054739670352640292017-06-04T01:33:57.324-04:002017-06-04T01:33:57.324-04:00I was just thinking the other day about my high sc...I was just thinking the other day about my high school teachers, perhaps it is because its that time of year when graduations are among us. Having graduated in 1975, I pondered who (if any) of my teachers that I admired, respected, looked up to, gleaned advice from were still living. Probably a handful? My favorite was Kay Raines; teaching business subjects. She took an interest in my typing bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511550796165869351.post-61148722799250355832017-06-04T01:30:42.223-04:002017-06-04T01:30:42.223-04:00Sometimes, no matter how we admired a person we ca...Sometimes, no matter how we admired a person we can still find it hard to attend their funeral. Yes, life and the living are always clamoring for our attention, but sometimes I think we chose not to go so that we can imagine that they are still among us.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.com