tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post9176765344221716609..comments2024-03-28T16:01:46.555-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Why do you think you are like you are?The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6697604644016171402009-03-01T06:52:00.000-08:002009-03-01T06:52:00.000-08:00oh my, Weaver, this is so true.. we are the sum o...oh my, Weaver, this is so true.. we are the sum of our experiences and dwell in those shoes... <BR/>My ancesters mostly all came over to Canada during the Potato Famine.. there was no wealth of any kind...... hard working humble people to be sure,<BR/>Never stop trying...<BR/>Aim high..<BR/>You can do anything you put your mind to...<BR/>be thankful for anything you receive.<BR/>Make something good out of what you have... making what you need and make do...<BR/> be kind... <BR/>I can't pick any one individual who I connect these with.. I value them all......Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61401300875958531542009-02-26T03:51:00.000-08:002009-02-26T03:51:00.000-08:00Hey, i have an Alice Maud in my own ancestry! My g...Hey, i have an Alice Maud in my own ancestry! My gran always said i reminded her of her mother, who was Alice Maud. In our case she wasn't the peaceful one... ;0)mandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500649483319298830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-12074258078308592162009-02-25T22:09:00.000-08:002009-02-25T22:09:00.000-08:00I like this. It would be interesting to make versi...I like this. It would be interesting to make versions of one's own.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40469286274172575682009-02-25T13:29:00.000-08:002009-02-25T13:29:00.000-08:00Oh yes, what a lovely post. I too am fascinated b...Oh yes, what a lovely post. I too am fascinated by the tv programme and fascinated by way characteristics pass down through families. great post.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21746196847230861192009-02-25T12:14:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:14:00.000-08:00A good question, and some interesting comments too...A good question, and some interesting comments too. <BR/><BR/>I get so much from my family - and yet I am strikingly different. <BR/><BR/>Love of gardens from both grandmothers. Interest in books and writing from about 3 directions! A lot of the pattern of my character from my father. Sadly a predisposition to drink too much from the maternal side, although like my mother I've learned to deal with it (by asbtinence in my case, touch wood).<BR/><BR/>But other things I find in no recent family, perhaps they are from further back: the dreaminess, the ferociously strong positivity... maybe they're just signs of a very easy life. <BR/><BR/>Ah - I'm also surprisingly good at making money stretch and at liking what I've got - that also comes from pretty much all directions!EBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405771860220362327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13210327754489071382009-02-25T07:19:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:19:00.000-08:00I didn't know that Willow - that is an impressive ...I didn't know that Willow - that is an impressive statistic.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14229331398408886242009-02-25T07:18:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:18:00.000-08:00Inherited or learned, Derrick, who knows? The arg...Inherited or learned, Derrick, who knows? The arguments have gone on for generations about that one.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88713460230811064832009-02-25T07:17:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:17:00.000-08:00Agree Gwilym - roofing and mining - great skills t...Agree Gwilym - roofing and mining - great skills to have in your past.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13719358047915460922009-02-25T07:16:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:16:00.000-08:00Not sure about sentimentality woman in a window. ...Not sure about sentimentality woman in a window. It certainly does keep our past fresh in our minds - and I think the older we get the more prone we are to it.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3979711779194842272009-02-25T07:15:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:15:00.000-08:00Scribe - your question is an interesting one - I t...Scribe - your question is an interesting one - I think now we are all such a mix that the answer is, as you suggest, just different mixes of the same.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22797067991327366072009-02-25T07:13:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:13:00.000-08:00It is wonderful Bdogs to come from such a rich, di...It is wonderful Bdogs to come from such a rich, diverse background. There is some Romany in my background and I am so pleased although my mother treated it as a cross she had to bear.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-77394826857047782612009-02-25T07:11:00.001-08:002009-02-25T07:11:00.001-08:00Thanks Jinksy - sorry for telling you about the pr...Thanks Jinksy - sorry for telling you about the programme before you had seen it!<BR/>I am having difficulty with your blog site - once I get on to it I find it hard to get off and it keeps coming up on the screen again. Are you having some difficulty with it?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-70689317379248765172009-02-25T07:11:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:11:00.000-08:00Thanks Jinksy - sorry for telling you about the pr...Thanks Jinksy - sorry for telling you about the programme before you had seen it!<BR/>I am having difficulty with your blog site - once I get on to it I find it hard to get off and it keeps coming up on the screen again. Are you having some difficulty with it?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74230272386211921472009-02-25T07:10:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:10:00.000-08:00Thanks for your thoughtful comment Arija - it has ...Thanks for your thoughtful comment Arija - it has made me realise another of my mother's strengths - that of accepting adversity however it came, rising to the occasion, fighting it and overcoming it - I have inherited that too and I am often grateful for it - never more so than the occasion when I was widowed.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28709364302412368862009-02-25T07:08:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:08:00.000-08:00Yes Raph, it does make sense. That standoffishnes...Yes Raph, it does make sense. That standoffishness that is the bane of my father's side of the family has been inherited by all of my family and it can come across as being snooty and "superior" - I hate it, but I am not naturally sociable, so I have to fight it all the time.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39295690338361999872009-02-25T07:06:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:06:00.000-08:00I love your story about train/driver Juliet. It r...I love your story about train/driver Juliet. It reminds me of our village having evacuees during the war from schools in Leeds. One of the teachers was called Mr Plaice and he went to lodge with Mr and Mrs Dabb. We always thought that was very funny.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82805799618641677462009-02-25T07:04:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:04:00.000-08:00Thanks Cathy - I like the idea of the crazy quilt ...Thanks Cathy - I like the idea of the crazy quilt - that just about sums up our ancestry I think.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69485125729523504902009-02-25T07:03:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:03:00.000-08:00Reader wil - interesting to read about your father...Reader wil - interesting to read about your father - our parents belonged to an age when education was deemed to be the most important thing - I still think it is but lots of young people don't think so these days - it is very sad.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60122556445318834432009-02-25T07:02:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:02:00.000-08:00Reader wil - interesting to read about your father...Reader wil - interesting to read about your father - our parents belonged to an age when education was deemed to be the most important thing - I still think it is but lots of young people don't think so these days - it is very sad.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-55410413160520556222009-02-25T07:01:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:01:00.000-08:00Thanks Heather for the commiserations about my fri...Thanks Heather for the commiserations about my friend. I am sure you are right.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2335722487628373042009-02-25T07:00:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:00:00.000-08:00Debra - what a nice idea. I don't think we becom...Debra - what a nice idea. I don't think we become interested in our ancestry until we get to middle age on the whole and often by that time our grandparents are dead and we can't ask them. I think one of the best things we can leave for our children are lots of photographs of the past - all well labelled, so they are in no doubt who is who. So often in sales around here you see boxes of photographs and nobody knows who they are - so sad.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-83994353587744483272009-02-25T06:33:00.000-08:002009-02-25T06:33:00.000-08:00The thought of so many people making up our ancest...The thought of so many people making up our ancestry and effecting who we are has always fascinated me. It only takes ten generations for us to be personally connected to one million people! <BR/><BR/>Lovely poem, Ms. Weaver!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-30834391390616084552009-02-25T05:27:00.000-08:002009-02-25T05:27:00.000-08:00Hello Weaver,This is an interesting topic. Nature ...Hello Weaver,<BR/><BR/>This is an interesting topic. Nature or nurture? We probably inherit some characteristics but others will be acquired. It's the way we grow and learn. If I have my father's temper, for example, is that inherited or learned? I would suggest that our circumstances and experiences shape us more, are absorbed or rejected. In our formative years, those lessons naturally come from those closest to us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-55559112943285187002009-02-25T01:22:00.000-08:002009-02-25T01:22:00.000-08:00Weaver, thank you for those kind words about my tr...Weaver, thank you for those kind words about my translation. My two grandfathers were the salt of the earth: one a coal miner and the other a slate quarrier. Between them they roofed the nation and warmed the houses. More important work I cannot think of.<BR/>GwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65256721351570320132009-02-24T17:44:00.000-08:002009-02-24T17:44:00.000-08:00I've been thinking about this alot. And I can nai...I've been thinking about this alot. And I can nail down a lot of it, except for my sentimentality. And that I wonder, does it come from my loss of all those before. Perhaps I lament their passing as an ever present ache and my sentamentality is my way of keeping them close.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.com