tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post6575785800989193899..comments2024-02-29T06:34:59.406-05:00Comments on From The House of Edward: MemoryPamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-77227803437517978392011-08-10T01:14:26.058-04:002011-08-10T01:14:26.058-04:00This is one of my favorite posts....it is so perfe...This is one of my favorite posts....it is so perfectly timed!<br /><br />I remember rooms as far back (almost since I was alive!)<br />However...that guy I just met guys name is what???<br /><br />Too many messages in too many places for my brain!<br /><br />My daughter has asked (on her land line) "Please do not leave a message here....use my cel phone instead! (the last part may not be on the recording).<br /><br />I find that revolutionary. Someone actually said.....Please do not leave a message on this phone.<br /><br />It is polite, it is smart. And I am going to do it.!<br /><br />Love learning from "young'uns"<br />Right now; <br /><br />1)voicemail at home on land line<br />2) answering the phone land line<br />3) cel phone voice mail<br />4)answering the cel phone.<br />5)texting the cel phone<br />6)home phone voicemail<br />7)answering the home phone<br />8)texting the cell phone<br />9)messages by text on cell phone<br />11)email.<br />12 I am totally drowned in it....some can see the light..and actually respond within acceptable limits.<br /><br /><br />EEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />and this is communication that is not fostering relationships !<br /><br />Just call me "Gloom!" or , you can call me "Doom " for short......<br /><br />or always call me Penelope!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-49709074376735473812011-08-03T23:08:05.026-04:002011-08-03T23:08:05.026-04:00Mary Poppins carpet bag. How lovely! Great post ...Mary Poppins carpet bag. How lovely! Great post Pamela xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-60025403314730243552011-08-02T10:34:13.786-04:002011-08-02T10:34:13.786-04:00Love how you have written this post and how you br...Love how you have written this post and how you bring it to conclusion. Stop and notice... I seem to rush through life sometimes, or wish it away - catching myself saying things like 'I wish it was Friday' on a Monday. It makes me sad as I don't want to live like that, so am taking steps (tiny ones, baby ones at the moment) to change. And to remember to smile at each day instead of wishing it away.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-57078351533834181902011-08-02T08:23:10.590-04:002011-08-02T08:23:10.590-04:00You brought tears of recognition to my eyes. All I...You brought tears of recognition to my eyes. All I live is with and through my memories. Everything is related to my past,my family's, my country's past.<br /> The world we live in can only be experienced through the knowledge of our collective memories.<br />I am as well writing, and the longer I think about it, it's because I do not ever want to forget!<br />In that bag of mine I carry also memories, which lay heavy on my soul, but the idea to create good memories for the future speaks to me as well!<br />I had to smile, our lives overlap when it comes to our "past' designer careers turned writer!<br />Strangely the longer I write the less I regret the changes. And what do we know, perhaps one day there will be a need for our skills in that department again! We do remember...<br />Thank you my friend to put it again so eloquently!<br />xoxoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572400688345132982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-52834319988698922652011-08-01T18:03:20.120-04:002011-08-01T18:03:20.120-04:00Dear Pamela,
Our memory is indeed a gift and we mu...Dear Pamela,<br />Our memory is indeed a gift and we must be grateful for it as, we hold all of our precious memories there. <br />I really do try to take in every detail of events nowadays as they are what life is all about and we must squeeze every beautiful drop out of them, so that we can put them in our memory box and take them out later to re-live them.<br />Thanks for another wonderful post and, as usual, so beautifully written. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-36401010568608655822011-08-01T07:48:42.855-04:002011-08-01T07:48:42.855-04:00I have always had the most fickle memory...in the ...I have always had the most fickle memory...in the intellectual sense, but my body-memory is magnificent. A touch, smell, taste, tingle, song can recreate an entire experience for me in a heartbeat. I may not be able to recall the day it happened, or the where...but I can re-experience it down to the last fragment!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-51476525936150594832011-08-01T00:23:44.319-04:002011-08-01T00:23:44.319-04:00A very interesting post.
You give such sage advic...A very interesting post.<br /><br />You give such sage advice and this is a good reminder for me.<br /><br />Thank you. I am now a follower and look forward to reading your future posts.<br />Helenxxhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-24135610065770473682011-07-31T23:04:12.481-04:002011-07-31T23:04:12.481-04:00When our daughters were married, ten short months ...When our daughters were married, ten short months apart from each other, I made myself a promise that no matter the hustle and bustle of two big weddings in such close proximity, when each day came, I would settle back and savor each moment, remember each day. Somehow, I did it and considered it a gift to myself. <br /><br />Another lovely, lovely post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-29311440991193125172011-07-31T22:12:54.644-04:002011-07-31T22:12:54.644-04:00"...none of us can remember what we don’t not..."...none of us can remember what we don’t notice in the first place", how very true. I struggle to remember names, especially when I have several classes to teach. But I always remember where the chocolate is!<br />But it is very true about observation, that it can be trained. I read of a Parisian teacher who made his students look at the model for 10 minutes BUT not draw, then have to run upstairs to the studio and put down everything they could remember. But shortening their allowed observation time every day he improved their skills.Frances Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300498036210195590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-85452435529799814212011-07-31T12:59:23.018-04:002011-07-31T12:59:23.018-04:00~~~ lovely
and i LOVE the picture of you and Edwa...~~~ lovely<br /><br />and i LOVE the picture of you and Edward in Spring...adorable<br /><br />sending love,<br />kary and teddy<br />xxMy Farmhouse Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594238190107766755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-48627867813351074822011-07-31T10:28:30.861-04:002011-07-31T10:28:30.861-04:00Pay attention, Notice .... Remember. Good advice. ...Pay attention, Notice .... Remember. Good advice. <br /><br />"Concentrate on beauty and goodness as much as we can" ~ Oh Yes! Fill our hearts up with good things to remember!<br /><br />Thank you for the reminders,<br />Violet"Create Beauty"https://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-67511921415842349732011-07-31T07:53:47.657-04:002011-07-31T07:53:47.657-04:00'After all, none of us can remember what we do...'After all, none of us can remember what we don’t notice in the first place.This is going to be my new mantra! Lovely post.carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086636830513427701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-78333243596271685882011-07-31T04:07:40.169-04:002011-07-31T04:07:40.169-04:00Your thoughtful post made me think of two things-
...Your thoughtful post made me think of two things-<br />My art tutor, who was Scottish, used to say "if ye canna see ya canna draw". meaning not only is looking important, you actually have to register what you see.<br />The other thing, more bizarrely is a bathroom sign painted by Mabel Lucy Attwell which began, "please remember, don't forget, never leave the bathroom wet!"<br />Visual information keeps well in my brain but sadly names get shredded.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-44806480828896957672011-07-30T17:32:34.001-04:002011-07-30T17:32:34.001-04:00Got to get that book, it's my kind of reading....Got to get that book, it's my kind of reading.. Crazy Summer, get back to talk later.. yvonneLa Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-3644260772157355502011-07-30T12:43:54.153-04:002011-07-30T12:43:54.153-04:00What a lovely piece on memory written by you. Slo...What a lovely piece on memory written by you. Slowing down this past week enabled me to stop and notice things differently than usual. And I do think I will remember them better because my focus was stronger as I slowed down. We are always rushing, multitasking, and looking at too many screens -- computer, television, phones, that it is easy to forget. I play bridge now and hope this is one of those things that will keep my brain a little sharper and my memory as good as it can be!Sunday Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148090705938196599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-12443885550328078272011-07-30T12:15:40.045-04:002011-07-30T12:15:40.045-04:00Memory, a treasure trove indeed...as long as we ha...Memory, a treasure trove indeed...as long as we have it.rjerdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453912819445395042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-25086102102049239062011-07-30T11:02:00.744-04:002011-07-30T11:02:00.744-04:00I am an "exercising the mind" fanatic Pa...I am an "exercising the mind" fanatic Pamela. Every morning over breakfast I do the times crossword, the code word, the sudoky and the numeric quiz. That starts off my day on the right note.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-73527967181615982012011-07-30T10:46:07.423-04:002011-07-30T10:46:07.423-04:00LovelyLovelyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748575002935939688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-42296884664035044122011-07-30T10:38:46.498-04:002011-07-30T10:38:46.498-04:00Hello:
Memory, as you say, is a precious commodity...Hello:<br />Memory, as you say, is a precious commodity and something which to possess is one of life's blessings. <br /><br />Some years ago we met the novelist, Iris Murdoch, a woman of great intelligence and, as you will know, a very gifted writer who, at the time of our knowing her, was descending into that unimaginable blackness from which, of course, she never recovered. It was all so very sad.<br /><br />But, in the main, we find that our memories tend to blank out bad happenings over time and dwell, happily, on the good ones.<br /><br />We have discovered your interesting and very varied blog via Sue at 'View from Great Island'. We shall look forward to future posts.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-48623316243652240362011-07-30T09:24:12.549-04:002011-07-30T09:24:12.549-04:00I'm afraid that my memory has reached the poin...I'm afraid that my memory has reached the point that is resembles Kelly Bundy's, every time I learn something new I need to forget something else, and I get no say in what is jettisoned.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-10035257165110123422011-07-30T05:31:27.766-04:002011-07-30T05:31:27.766-04:00Yes Pamela, memory is so very important. My poor o...Yes Pamela, memory is so very important. My poor old Prof's is fading rapidly. After going through a particularly painful time in my life I deliberately did my best to erase the most painful memories. Unfortunately a great number of others joined the emigrating stream. Now there are many memories that I would like to recall, which have been deleted as well. The mind is a really dangerous minefield, not a toy.Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-88104694506688714662011-07-30T05:01:14.355-04:002011-07-30T05:01:14.355-04:00Dementia runs in my family, and in the past few ye...Dementia runs in my family, and in the past few years we have been observing my father's gradual decline. Every time I grasp for a memory I wonder and worry if that will be my fate, too. Your post reminds me, though, that I can/should be observing everything more carefully. I have never had the sort of visual memory that you describe . . . but your advice about concentrating on beauty and goodness makes so much sense to me. I wonder if Candace remembers this advice?Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-88692535338551827472011-07-30T04:24:37.213-04:002011-07-30T04:24:37.213-04:00Like you Pamela...I have a good memory and I am so...Like you Pamela...I have a good memory and I am so grateful for that...I love your book recommendations and have read most of them so now I have another to order....thank you, xv.vicki archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847183975086900816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-26948637909501456492011-07-30T04:07:58.326-04:002011-07-30T04:07:58.326-04:00Edward , being a PON , can of course teach humans ...Edward , being a PON , can of course teach humans all ther is to know about memory . After all a PON never forgets - particularly if there is food involved .Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-80681893286031299562011-07-29T22:45:49.072-04:002011-07-29T22:45:49.072-04:00A beautiful reminder of what is important in life....A beautiful reminder of what is important in life. Have a wonderful weekend.lyon de clarasvalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016689923219776277noreply@blogger.com