tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post7935065627274472646..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Christmas firesRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-41816952689156609022010-01-01T10:39:19.490-05:002010-01-01T10:39:19.490-05:00Dear Vagabonde, why oh why can't I listen to y...Dear <b>Vagabonde</b>, why oh why can't I listen to you read that Cajun book too. It should be a recording. And learning about the origin of Bourbon in Kentucky - Paris, KY no less - is just like you. <br /><br />A very happy new year to you and your dear family. I hope it will be full of rich experience, travel, reading and writing. I look forward to being with you in 2010. I learn so much from you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-35468937230869244632009-12-31T11:08:30.204-05:002009-12-31T11:08:30.204-05:00I enjoyed reading about your traditions and watchi...I enjoyed reading about your traditions and watching you pulling the log in the snow. We did see snow in Ohio, but so quickly. I am sorry to say that coming from “from the old country” as it were I did not bring old traditions with me. But as I mentioned in a past post, in Paris and in my family, like in many other families, Christmas was a more secular holiday for children, and the big tradition is at Le Reveillon, New Year’s Eve. But we had a tradition here, when the girls were little. I found a book in New Orleans telling The Night before Christmas in Cajun style – it was quite funny – I would read it imitating Cajun French with my French accent. The girls loved it. I also would bake my Kentucky Bourbon cake with almost ½ bottle of strong Bourbon – and why not I found out that Bourbon was so called because of the Bourbon family (king of France) in Bourbon county, Ky, when we visited Paris, Ky, last January.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-57826936143471714202009-12-30T14:48:39.272-05:002009-12-30T14:48:39.272-05:00Thank you, Renee. It's my little studio.Thank you, <b>Renee</b>. It's my little studio.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-42975974187692201562009-12-30T14:45:52.239-05:002009-12-30T14:45:52.239-05:00Yikes, Sue. That sounds like it would need Service...Yikes, <b>Sue</b>. That sounds like it would need Service Master to clean up. I hope you managed to get something for gravy!<br /><br />Merry merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-79546042740194037332009-12-30T14:43:04.507-05:002009-12-30T14:43:04.507-05:00Oh, Shattered, that's too bad. Thank you, and ...Oh, <b>Shattered</b>, that's too bad. Thank you, and Happy New Year to you, dear heart.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-11461030555255258032009-12-30T14:31:41.380-05:002009-12-30T14:31:41.380-05:00I agree, Boots, I think we needed the time alone t...I agree, <b>Boots</b>, I think we needed the time alone to be more reflective and quiet. I know you felt it too, so far away. Love you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-90208021117510890192009-12-30T14:28:26.939-05:002009-12-30T14:28:26.939-05:00What a loving thing, Kath. It's awesome they a...What a loving thing, <b>Kath</b>. It's awesome they appreciate and acknowledge what you do for them. <br /><br />Happy New Year with lots of xoxo.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-33731348935620241092009-12-30T14:09:26.394-05:002009-12-30T14:09:26.394-05:00Deborah, well you made my day. Thank you.<b>Deborah</b>, well you made my day. Thank you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-16454038350485629922009-12-30T13:44:57.345-05:002009-12-30T13:44:57.345-05:00Dana, holidays are partly about food, I can't ...<b>Dana</b>, holidays are partly about food, I can't help it, they are. I often want to try something new rather than make the old tired and true. Let's see if I make Gateau Basque next year.<br /><br />Happy New Year!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-43284967853160285962009-12-30T13:08:17.990-05:002009-12-30T13:08:17.990-05:00How kind of you, Miss Jeanie. It was surprisingly ...How kind of you, Miss <b>Jeanie</b>. It was surprisingly one of the most satisfying Christmases for us, considering we were celebrating without our children here. I think we needed a step back to help us celebrate better in the future.<br /><br />Happy New Year to you too!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-86309371551782957092009-12-30T12:18:42.764-05:002009-12-30T12:18:42.764-05:00bad penny, from my inside to yours, Happy New Year...<b>bad penny</b>, from my inside to yours, Happy New Year, dear.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-8763364239097881012009-12-30T10:34:17.204-05:002009-12-30T10:34:17.204-05:00Oh Oh, I'm thrilled to see your return! The Re...Oh <b>Oh</b>, I'm thrilled to see your return! The Return of Oh. A good name for a book, I think. We need you in the world, and missing you in the blogosphere felt like a depletion. Truly.<br /><br />I'm by the fire too. Answering comments between cleaning out shelves in the fridge. :DRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-28014663133784201982009-12-30T09:53:04.681-05:002009-12-30T09:53:04.681-05:00DS, thank you for that idea of lilac reigning over...<b>DS</b>, thank you for that idea of lilac reigning over 2010. That recalled to me the significance of the color lilac with forgiveness. I had a powerful lilac meditation in Paris over the Nazi residue. Hmm, that puts me in a state of mind.<br /><br />Thank you, my dear friend.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-85199049115040658612009-12-30T07:59:28.296-05:002009-12-30T07:59:28.296-05:00That is sweet, Relyn, and let me tell you that all...That is sweet, <b>Relyn</b>, and let me tell you that all the people who know Don are in love with him. You are in a good and plentiful company. In my family alone he is everyone's favorite person, bar none. And the world of it goes out from there times 1000.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-88986807042014537452009-12-30T07:41:12.798-05:002009-12-30T07:41:12.798-05:00Pamela, I wonder if you made it for your friends o...<b>Pamela</b>, I wonder if you made it for your friends on top of all the other hundreds of things you did this Christmas?<br /><br />Enjoy your rest and get recharged.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-37730735144862237142009-12-30T07:33:32.332-05:002009-12-30T07:33:32.332-05:00Annie, it is sad. This one started from an electri...<b>Annie</b>, it is sad. This one started from an electric water heater, the paper said. We have heard so many fire truck sirens in the last couple of weeks - at least six episodes.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-21471213872925000372009-12-30T07:20:01.699-05:002009-12-30T07:20:01.699-05:00Hello dear Susie, you know one when you see one --...Hello <b>dear Susie</b>, you know one when you see one -- good food and a good man.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-40043755427769295562009-12-30T06:56:34.931-05:002009-12-30T06:56:34.931-05:00dear rauf, we are a young country and a melting po...<b>dear rauf</b>, we are a young country and a melting pot. There is a sad movie called <i>Avalon</i> about how an Italian family's traditions got diluted into the suburbs in the 50s and 60s, good movie. All the immigrants came and their children grew up and wanted to be cool and not keep the old ways. I always felt a big hole about that. But there is the opposite too, like you said. Inge loves to tell us about the clinking of forks on china plates in Germany at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoons when everyone eats cake. It symbolizes what drives her crazy in her own culture, some rigidity. <br /><br />I think your sister is adorable and I am happy she can benefit from the Internet in the November of her life.<br /><br />Happy New Year to you, rauf! And there must be some other Indian festival coming up soon.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-59348882428013285132009-12-30T06:51:13.801-05:002009-12-30T06:51:13.801-05:00my dear Letty, I am becoming scroogey about the hu...<b>my dear Letty</b>, I am becoming scroogey about the hubbub and heavy food tables.<br /><br />I am touched by the power of van Gogh reaching through those words I wrote to you down our worm hole. Did you go? Did you spin?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-28169493306449271812009-12-30T06:46:59.001-05:002009-12-30T06:46:59.001-05:00Thank you, dear ♥ Kathy, they felt good to us.Thank you, <b>dear ♥ Kathy</b>, they felt good to us.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-633118345287305912009-12-30T06:41:00.927-05:002009-12-30T06:41:00.927-05:00Oh Patricia, that was gorgeous, your fire and snow...Oh <b>Patricia</b>, that was gorgeous, your fire and snow thrones and key & lock and illustrated envelope! I see you don't allow comments there. What beautiful things you have, the best kind.<br /><br />Thank you so much for the warm wishes, and I wish them back to you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-55668492321423017272009-12-30T06:34:02.426-05:002009-12-30T06:34:02.426-05:00Oh hello, dear MAXIMUS, what a long time it's ...Oh hello, <b>dear MAXIMUS</b>, what a long time it's been. I think I just left you greetings at yours, but I'm afraid I lost my way in all that Greek. :)<br /><br />Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your holiday greetings - not ordinary at all.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1652080124647549952009-12-29T23:21:39.972-05:002009-12-29T23:21:39.972-05:00Ruth that blue house divine.
xoxoxRuth that blue house divine.<br /><br />xoxoxReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-4163300709843844712009-12-29T20:07:47.191-05:002009-12-29T20:07:47.191-05:00This was such a delight to read Ruth. I love trad...This was such a delight to read Ruth. I love traditions and especially when they evolve into new traditions. Our Christmas was much more quiet this year and I really enjoyed it. Those that were here pitched in and I didn't feel burned out. I could actually enjoy the company. Didn't enjoy spilling the whole pan of turkey drippings all over the floor, counter ,stove and inside of the oven. Nasty mess that didn't want to get itself picked up. Greasy. My son and daughter in law are up for sainthood for doing the bulk of cleaning up.<br />You have a honey for a husband. I love how he made the store clerks day.<br />Suephotowannabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760961275666768173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-58707067073836379032009-12-29T19:47:46.418-05:002009-12-29T19:47:46.418-05:00Bella, my dear, lamb is a treat. We ate much in Is...<b>Bella</b>, my dear, lamb is a treat. We ate much in Istanbul - oh especially Iskender kebab, I loved that so much. I think they do something different with the meat over there, it was always tender. I wonder if I want to know what they did.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com