tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post356773619744423941..comments2024-01-11T10:08:36.567-05:00Comments on Of Verse, Poesy & Odes : The OrphanMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-18779837355645253382019-07-19T21:04:36.483-04:002019-07-19T21:04:36.483-04:00Love your couch story, Margaret. You gave it life...Love your couch story, Margaret. You gave it life!purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-14436370098864372252019-07-18T16:41:19.459-04:002019-07-18T16:41:19.459-04:00I like the image of that rescued couch on that por...I like the image of that rescued couch on that porch.Priscilla Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564805564265436613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-11939281408739152882019-07-18T01:45:53.383-04:002019-07-18T01:45:53.383-04:00Oh, I love the story in this couch. Beauty is in t...Oh, I love the story in this couch. Beauty is in the eye of a college student. :)Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-4054321033444549202019-07-16T23:39:38.141-04:002019-07-16T23:39:38.141-04:00The history! The stories! I like your take on that...The history! The stories! I like your take on that picture!Thotpurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729170517164200003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-81434342651398256842019-07-16T21:24:02.851-04:002019-07-16T21:24:02.851-04:00Sometimes the most un-beautiful things are the bes...Sometimes the most un-beautiful things are the best!Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost https://www.blogger.com/profile/07596105116325246476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-17690536118555332922019-07-16T21:17:33.449-04:002019-07-16T21:17:33.449-04:00What a fun story. It reminds me of some questionab...What a fun story. It reminds me of some questionable furniture in my college days.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-43267816188277336662019-07-16T17:31:43.992-04:002019-07-16T17:31:43.992-04:00If that old couch could speak, what tales it would...If that old couch could speak, what tales it would likely tell. Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-5710696756668643432019-07-16T13:41:36.963-04:002019-07-16T13:41:36.963-04:00My goodness, this reminds me of the University ghe...My goodness, this reminds me of the University ghetto of student housing. You could be guaranteed that the front verandas with couches were inhabited by students. I could see the street and the house and the boys that lived there. Fantastically written. Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582954414536409107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-6789552709941041912019-07-16T13:13:28.131-04:002019-07-16T13:13:28.131-04:00I so enjoyed this poem, Margaret, not least becaus...I so enjoyed this poem, Margaret, not least because I adopted an ‘orphan’ couch when I lived and studied in Germany; I cleaned it and covered it in purple velvet. It had pride of place in my sitting room for a couple of years and, when I left Cologne for Ireland, a friend of mine took it and cared for it too.<br />I love the picture of the community you’ve painted.<br />Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-10086716107027039502019-07-16T11:17:24.554-04:002019-07-16T11:17:24.554-04:00This made me grin, remembering my old college days...This made me grin, remembering my old college days and the questionable furniture I have known, and anticipating my son's eventual brush with these motley pieces (he's starting his sophomore year in the fall). We weren't too picky about what we sat on, as long as good-natured geekery was going on.Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-77031037403619381722019-07-16T09:51:22.749-04:002019-07-16T09:51:22.749-04:00I love how you wove a very credible story from the...I love how you wove a very credible story from the picture.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-75927518918072089692019-07-16T09:48:22.195-04:002019-07-16T09:48:22.195-04:00Margaret, I have had a couch like that. Not for l...Margaret, I have had a couch like that. Not for love making though. After our, my first and only--she had two more, I was living with furniture given me by coworkers and church friends, but no couch. I rescued this one from a road ditch. It only had three legs, I put a paint bucket under a missing back one. It had a history with me, of sorts.<br />Thanks for the memory jolt.<br />Second one this week. I had an operational position behind the walls of the control center at NASA Houston during the Apollo 11 launch, in the electronic data and communications stream as an Aerospace Engineer. IF I write today I will tell some.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-56904271220784815982019-07-16T08:51:41.125-04:002019-07-16T08:51:41.125-04:00There is something so charming about this recollec...There is something so charming about this recollection — I love the visuals and how they make an instant connection with the reader. There are small details that make the object of attention so endearing and its loss quite heartwarming, speaking of all the times we move ahead and leave some things behind.Anmol (HA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02427056865589377093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-85639129899330709132019-07-16T07:54:42.725-04:002019-07-16T07:54:42.725-04:00This is such a cool story, Margaret!💖 Especially ...This is such a cool story, Margaret!💖 Especially love; "Its suede-like fabric boasted a distant connection to fashion, but one had to squint to notice."😊Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-74491641966464571222019-07-16T01:20:15.834-04:002019-07-16T01:20:15.834-04:00That old couch does have a legacy. Love the story ...That old couch does have a legacy. Love the story it holds here! Tbis is wonderfil Margaret!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-2574070528651575092019-07-16T00:28:52.589-04:002019-07-16T00:28:52.589-04:00What a cool story! I love the idea of people sitti...What a cool story! I love the idea of people sitting on front porches in summer evenings....that old couch certainly had a long career.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com