tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166288.post1222307235499495586..comments2024-03-19T05:57:13.631-05:00Comments on Shotsnaps: Dancing Mænads on the Mountain, Or, I am a Happy Despot, Or, Rounded and Complete Like a CosmosAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01030527178801056471noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166288.post-91708122734164428232018-02-01T13:49:58.731-05:002018-02-01T13:49:58.731-05:00Oops. The first link is wrong. The quotes came f...Oops. The first link is wrong. The quotes came from this essay: http://gkcdaily.blogspot.com/2012/11/women-in-workplace-and-at-home.htmlAbigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030527178801056471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166288.post-46015877586779502822018-02-01T13:47:21.499-05:002018-02-01T13:47:21.499-05:00Molly,
Email sent!
Rebecca,
I should have link...Molly, <br />Email sent!<br /><br />Rebecca, <br /><br />I should have linked-- and intended to link-- to the essay from which I snagged those quotes. As you know, Chesterton certainly does not think motherhood a "half-time" job even as he addresses those who think it is. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1717/1717-h/1717-h.htm#link2H_4_0021" rel="nofollow">Here</a> you go!<br /><br />Also, you've probably already read this one, but <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1717/1717-h/1717-h.htm#link2H_4_0021" rel="nofollow">The Emancipation of Domesticity</a> is another encouraging essay. How lucky we are to have such a cheerleader!<br /><br />Lastly, if you haven't already read that collection, go ahead and read some more of his essays from <i>What's Wrong with the World</i> from that first link. The whole section preceding and following the article addresses the topic of people like us who waste their talents at home. Just don't forget to feed the children. I may or may not have gotten distracted from meal-making. ;)<br /><br />p.s. Failed juggler. Yup, that's me.Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030527178801056471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166288.post-59764496597265742962018-01-31T07:56:02.279-05:002018-01-31T07:56:02.279-05:00"smaller in size and larger in scope."
..."smaller in size and larger in scope."<br /><br />"rounded and complete, like a cosmos"<br /><br />I appreciated reading these quotes- thanks for sharing! Although in the first one, I sheepishly admit that sometimes to me this'half-time job' of motherhood feels even more wholly big than a even a 'whole'. More like a cluster of 'wholes' which hang suspended over head just waiting for a click of the fingers to unfreeze them, thus raining them down on this poor clown who can't juggle. ;-)<br /><br />So sorry the sickies have a hung and clung to your family for such a long time. Feeling unwell is a hard thing for a Mama to bear- and to watch. If you weren't so hospitable a host... ;-)<br /><br />Praying that you all feel better than 'better' and soon feel GREAT.<br /><br /><br />Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983592950942904914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166288.post-29115151624195235892018-01-30T17:29:11.694-05:002018-01-30T17:29:11.694-05:00Texas citrus will be delivered the week of Feb. 5 ...Texas citrus will be delivered the week of Feb. 5 - 10th. Your Mom will receive a box at her home, too. Hopefully it will bring sweet "sunshine" from our home to yours!<br /><br />Much love!Mollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166288.post-20466989658056585482018-01-29T17:11:48.827-05:002018-01-29T17:11:48.827-05:00After spending this weekend's nighttime hours ...After spending this weekend's nighttime hours up with a feverish baby, let's extend the sentiment to babies. While I'm at it, I think it'd be good to include older people and everyone in between. I'm waiting for the curse of sin to be lifted early, I guess.<br /><br />I recently read <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-plague-jim-murphy/1100150691?ean=9780395776087&pcta=u&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_New+Core+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP165116&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxKnIv5T-2AIVFLbACh1uSgomEAQYASABEgLD-_D_BwE#/" rel="nofollow">this book</a> about the yellow fever epidemic. Nothing like a bonafide plague to make one feel grateful for onestepawayfromtheplague!Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030527178801056471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166288.post-47381366736980450502018-01-26T21:40:02.913-05:002018-01-26T21:40:02.913-05:00I am glad you clarified that it was not the boiler...I am glad you clarified that it was not the boiler. I am sorry to hear that the flu/cold/onestepawayfromtheplague has not been kind to you. Everyone else has been having the same experience but it seems like mothers of small children should be exempt. Chieftain of Seirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12986240008122099908noreply@blogger.com