13 Thursday: You Name It
1. I’ve come to accept that I’m never going to remember how to spell words like Renaissance and restaurant on my own, no matter how many times I write or type them.
2. Intriguing old Appalachian country names recently discovered and added to the list I keep: Men - Burnace, Vent, Talmadge, Enoch, and Elinos. Women – Effie, Colba, Hava, Arminda, and Hettie.
3. I keep wondering if my sons are related to Harold Copus, the private detective Dr. Phil’s uses for his show. He has the same last name as them and does bear a resemblance to their father’s family, who are English.
4. “Hello?” It was Mara. I said, “My answering machine is full so I was forced to answer the phone. It says FL which is either means FULL or Florida.” “It could mean Floyd,” she answered.
5. Can you fill THIS page without smiling?
6. As a lover of the ocean who grew up in a beach town in the 60’s and now lives in the mountains, I could be considered a peacenik beachnik.
7. I dreamt my son JOSH’s name while I was pregnant with him. It was spelled out in bold black magic marker. My youngest son is named DYLAN. We were living in Texas at the time and people there kept thinking it was Dillion, but I was thinking poets, Bob and Thomas.
8. A beachnick without a beach is like a beatnik who can’t write poetry.
9. Makes me want to cry: My first mother in law sent me THIS tribute to Paragon Park, the amusement park in the town I grew up in that was torn down in the early 80’s to make room for Condos. HERE is my blog post tribute.
10. Strange keyword search phrases that landed some people on my site this week: spark notes somewhere between life and death, I didn’t come all the way to loose poem keywords, birthday poems for grown sons, and maggots blown into yard on leaves
11. Joe was recently reading me something written by a psychologist named Havighurst. Of course, all I hear and all I can see when I look at that name is “Havinghurts," which seems an appropriate name for a psychologist.
12. Will pharmaceuticals be the new second hand smoke? The more people take drugs the more traces of them end up in the water the rest of us drink. What would George Orwell think?
13. Number 72 in my “100 Things About Me” says: I found my first 4 leaf clover at a library book sale, pressed between the pages of a book that cost 25 cents.” The name of the book was “What’s in a Name?”
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Comments
My daughter spells my grandsons name (Dylan) the same way! Her oldest sons name is Matt and we always tease her about "Matt Dylan"! :-) Thanks for the birthday wish! Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Kat's Krackerbox | March 13, 2008 9:01 AM
I just read your comment on my T-13 and experienced ‘déjà vu’ … so needed to get here right away to see just how ‘connected’ we are. I do live at the beach ya know ;--)
Ah … I love the name Dylan … (a favorite student I’ll remember forever bore that one). How fascinating that we’d come up with similar T-13 topics two weeks running! I always enjoy the ‘loose associations’ of your T-13s … and one of these day’s perhaps I’ll allow myself similar freedom for mine … or not.
Hugs and blessings,
Posted by: storyteller | March 13, 2008 9:22 AM
Talmadge just has a nice ring to it.
Wouldnt it be great if the answering machine flew you to Florida when it said FL?
Posted by: Sparky Duck | March 13, 2008 9:37 AM
Why does our brain refuse to learn some spellings?? I have to look up bougainvillea all the time. I did this time too, couldn't risk a misspelling on your blog!
Posted by: Mar | March 13, 2008 9:46 AM
I love No. 7 because I love Dylan Thomas. (I've got some of his recorded stuff in the podcast on my poetry blog, slcpoems.blogspot.com. Come by if you ever need a dose.)
God bless.
Posted by: SandyCarlson | March 13, 2008 9:55 AM
I have to admit, my heart ached a little watching that video of bygone days at Paragon Park ...
Posted by: Janet | March 13, 2008 9:56 AM
I have a couple names to add: Men: Clay, Camiken(sp?).
Your answering machine could be saying that it's FLooded with messages.
Posted by: Amy the Black | March 13, 2008 10:07 AM
I have a name for your women's list: Gwelda
I dreamed the name of my business five years before I actually started the business.
Posted by: kenju | March 13, 2008 10:08 AM
I've heard that our names come with us into this life. This is why some people are given one name but called something else (Miley Cyrus for example) So cool that you dreamed your sons names. I do love these TTs.
Posted by: On a Limb with Claudia | March 13, 2008 10:45 AM
I hate to hear about historical/nostalgic places being torn down for condos...I can't imagine anyone getting sentimental about a condo building in the future!
Posted by: June | March 13, 2008 10:45 AM
And I have to use my dictionary all the time, lol !
Posted by: Gattina | March 13, 2008 11:09 AM
The thing I love about Thursday Thirteens is learning more about the blogger. Love the name Dylan and your spelling of it. I guess I should mention here that I'm headed to the beach in about a week in a half. Jealous? I so need my beach fix at least once a year.
Posted by: kacey | March 13, 2008 11:27 AM
But you seem to have no problem spelling "Appalachian"!?~,:^)
Posted by: Rick | March 13, 2008 11:33 AM
Those names are so rich and full, like the mountains they came from.
Posted by: Rian Fike | March 13, 2008 11:53 AM
That #12 is quite intriguing... Hmm...
Posted by: Tempest Knight | March 13, 2008 2:38 PM
Colleen, you are always welcome to vacate here with this appalachian mermaid in Charleston! I've got a spare bedroom in my small bungalow for you if you ever need some time with the sea!!
Also, my great aunts had some doozy appalachian names: Creola Jane Poe. Verna Thelma Poe. Mary Hila Poe. Just to name a few...
Posted by: Poe | March 13, 2008 4:01 PM
Thank you, Poe! Love the names!
Posted by: colleen | March 13, 2008 4:09 PM
Posted my 13
Posted by: Chrissie | March 13, 2008 4:16 PM
You were right, I could not fill that page without smiling. :)
I love the name Burnace.
~S
Posted by: Shephard | March 13, 2008 5:04 PM
Thanks for sharing the Flower Garden site. It was indeed a smile.
Happy TT!
Posted by: Michelle | March 13, 2008 5:21 PM
Praise the Lord for spell check. I'm not a great speller either. Love your randomness.
Posted by: Lazy Daisy | March 13, 2008 8:48 PM
I used to spell restaurant so well just out of determination. Then my mind forgot how to be determined over things like spelling and I miss it every time.
Posted by: Deana | March 13, 2008 11:28 PM
I also dreamt my son's name, but only the initials -- A.J. When his father asked me what they stood for, I had no idea. We did end up naming him AJ, which he has always been called. But just in case he ever needs a more formal name, we added A(dam)
J(ames).
Posted by: SunnySchlenger | March 13, 2008 11:40 PM
Re #12, I don't know about the new second hand smoke aspect, but at least if people become more aware of this matter maybe somethng can be done to address the matter.
Posted by: nicholas | March 14, 2008 1:13 AM
Yep, spelling sucks. Anything over six letters makes me confused. :)
Posted by: Musing | March 14, 2008 7:14 AM
I can't live without spell check. I love it. Renaissance eludes me too.
Posted by: Nancy Liedel - The Goat Rodeo | March 14, 2008 7:41 AM
Oh, Colleen....that video of Paragon Park brought tears to my eyes. One of the earliest photos of me is at the beach there with all those wild looking buildings in the background. Thanks so much for sharing that!!
Posted by: Gretchen | March 14, 2008 7:59 AM
I'm so glad to have been able to share it with a Floydian who knows it so well, Gretchen.
Posted by: colleen | March 14, 2008 11:07 AM
Some of my favorite mountain names: Hestle, Shafer, Saford, Dorsey, Woodrow, Sumpter, and Ada.
There's a recital hall at Hollins named Talmadge.
And Poe--my grandmother's name is Creola!
Posted by: Mara | March 14, 2008 11:45 AM
love #5, it took me a minute, but once started, could not stop
Posted by: susan | March 14, 2008 12:33 PM
5. nope. thanx.
gotta wonder about search strings. I got "can i import dry insects to eat", "meaning of starlings flying down your chimney" , "words I say the british pronounce funny", "how does the size of a cat help it in it's environment?", and lastly "giggling frogs"
Posted by: Pearl | March 14, 2008 12:36 PM
North Carolina names, Mara? I'm adding them to my list. They're wonderful. (But I can't tell which are male and female names of some).
Pearl, your list of search strings reads like a found poem.
Posted by: colleen | March 14, 2008 1:03 PM
There are several words that the spell-check catches me on every single time. It happened minutes before I got here, and I'd tell you what they are but then the second I'm done spelling them right, I forget all about them all over again. I thought it was just me, so I'm glad you've come out and shared this sensitive issue with us all (am being a tad sarcastic because I was giving myself such a hard time for this, kinda silly when I think of it now).
Posted by: Smiler | March 14, 2008 5:01 PM
Hello, Michele sent me back to review your 13! I had a lot of fun trying to fill that page! How do you find all these cute things. That Park must have been awesome! And, it's gone for Condos! Now that makes sense! - Not!
Posted by: Sara | March 14, 2008 11:08 PM
I get a lot of them from the Love Link, our family group email. My sister Sherry sent this one.
Posted by: colleen | March 14, 2008 11:12 PM
I dreamed my sons name too- Child of Christ Sandra ANN and DON comes to EARTH Cade - later visited Cade's County N, C. Now its popular
Posted by: sandy kessler | March 15, 2008 8:47 AM
Re: Question about Harold Copus
I grew up with him in Alabama back in the '50's and '60's As I recall his father also was from Alabama, but too long ago to remember much.
Posted by: Pat Patterson | July 30, 2008 12:23 PM