tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519185913196784630.post1750309599207455163..comments2023-10-16T09:35:43.280-07:00Comments on Plum Duff...not your ordinary gruel!: What I've Learned About CommunitiesTerrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223687969269060258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519185913196784630.post-42729537746217966322009-05-13T15:56:00.000-07:002009-05-13T15:56:00.000-07:00Hi Terri -- wow. As usual you put grist into the m...Hi Terri -- wow. As usual you put grist into the mental mill. I love your last paragraph and have to ditto it and high-five you for it. On a day that seems to be claiming many of our freedoms, I don't want to conform out of necessity. Nor bow to mindless decree.<br /><br />I'm not confrontational, but I am feisty somewhat. And so I loved your first paragraph as well... your little one was many things on that stage, but a puppet he was not. (I taught third graders a hundred years ago and loved the ornery kids. Have always loved spunk. And kids are just honest.)<br /><br />Somewhere in the middle you wrote communities exclude as well as include. That's what I keep thinking as I read all over the Internet about <I>community.</I> In my actual small communities, based on either my faith or my love of painting or some other affinity or my neighborhood geography, I can come or go. I don't fill my needs by belonging to any one group. Never have. Not my whole life. I'm in and out. I exclude myself.<br /><br />Don't know if that makes sense or not. But it extends to my virtual communities as well.<br /><br />I do agree that I'm an American -- right after being a Christian, a wife and mom and grandmom, I'm a patriot. I'm not in and out of my country. I'm blessed to live here and to raise my family here, and I don't ever take that for granted.<br /><br />I pray we'll continue to stand for the National Anthem and the Pledge, Under God, and that our Constitution holds.<br /><br />God Bless you, Terri.Barb Hartsookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366566955140927758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519185913196784630.post-53962558618577316782009-05-08T05:28:00.000-07:002009-05-08T05:28:00.000-07:00It's a real talent to be able to maintain individu...It's a real talent to be able to maintain individuality within communities. Too often, folks join up with 'em to conform, rather than express themselves.<br /><br />Great thoughts for such an early hour! Tip o' the hat to ya, Terro!Robert Hruzekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370792068453896515noreply@blogger.com