tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post3673283443928522703..comments2023-09-26T03:53:17.142-04:00Comments on Pentimento: Quick Takes: Heimweh EditionPentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-37172480797011487612011-08-20T22:05:40.572-04:002011-08-20T22:05:40.572-04:00Oh, TQ . . . I so know what you were feeling that ...Oh, TQ . . . I so know what you were feeling that morning. Great story.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-24040152162149464542011-08-20T21:07:26.011-04:002011-08-20T21:07:26.011-04:00Once more you blog better on a nostalgia trip than...Once more you blog better on a nostalgia trip than I would blog on a real one.<br /><br />When my wife and I lived in the Midwest, I haaaad to go home to Alabama for Thanksgiving. We drove almost to the Ohio River when our car acted up. We sat down for breakfast somewhere in southern Indiana, and my wife proposed we give up and limp back to that part of Indiana near Chicago. Right then a waitress came to take our order.<br /><br />She asked two questions not asked unless you are very close to the Ohio River: "Toast or biscuits?" "Hash browns or grits?" I started crying right there in the restaurant, a weepy Irishman.<br /><br />We rented a car and drove to Alabama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-90019185607357981102011-08-19T17:58:18.098-04:002011-08-19T17:58:18.098-04:00Did you listen to the song, Rodak? It's kille...Did you listen to the song, Rodak? It's killer.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-80424201513077326372011-08-19T16:24:08.172-04:002011-08-19T16:24:08.172-04:00Beautiful, Pentimento.Beautiful, Pentimento.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-16306290402966582612011-08-18T11:59:26.412-04:002011-08-18T11:59:26.412-04:00Nothing about August stands out from my New York m...Nothing about August stands out from my New York memories, although there are definitely things I miss about summer there. For one thing I miss having a stoop to sit on late at night, late enough that the bricks might even feel cool and you'd want a light sweater. And feeding the birds (including pigeons, of course) very early in the morning.<br /><br />But sometimes I'm not sure which things are different because I'm not there anymore and which things are just different because of the other huge things about my life that have changed.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950499353195671264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-70394873199001101682011-08-18T08:58:28.354-04:002011-08-18T08:58:28.354-04:00Thank you, Elena and Jane, and, Jane, prayers for ...Thank you, Elena and Jane, and, Jane, prayers for you and a timely and successful completion. I browsed to your blog and saw that you're a musicologist (my doctorate is a DMA in voice performance). I believe that a close friend and colleague of mine may have taught in the music department of your university (he's teaching elsewhere now).Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-87260537398078160452011-08-18T08:37:17.302-04:002011-08-18T08:37:17.302-04:00I completely understand. The longing for home can...I completely understand. The longing for home can make living in the present very difficult, especially if you are also lonely. My first year here in eastern North Carolina has been purgatorial, and my dissertation basically stalled because of my depression. It's getting better for me now. I hope it gets better for you, too.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-47927854359650818202011-08-17T21:49:11.856-04:002011-08-17T21:49:11.856-04:00I know the feeling of homesickness so well. People...I know the feeling of homesickness so well. People don't understand but it can really be emotionally and even physically debilitating, especially if combined with other factors. God bless you.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.com