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By: Loose Leaf Notes » Blog Archive » The Thirteen Thursday Drive-thru

Loose Leaf Notes » Blog Archive » The Thirteen Thursday Drive-thru — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:18:22 +0000

[...] I passed around THIS link on Facebook for St. Patrick’s [...]

By: Bonnie Jacobs

Bonnie Jacobs — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:50 +0000

I just looked at the calendar and even at the corner of my computer screen to assure myself that I’m reading this on what is — for me — still March 17th of 2010, thinking: “Colleen, you live in the same time zone I do, so how can this be March 18th?” Then I looked again and discovered this is a post from 2006. It wasn’t posted tomorrow, but four YEARS ago tomorrow. This disorientation is all caused by coming here directly from your post on Facebook, Colleen O’Redman!

Signed,
~~~ Bonnie O’Jacobs

By: Simply Coll

Simply Coll — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:25:44 +0000

I wear green on St. Patricks Day. Sometimes it is just a wee bit of green .. but there is always some, somewhere. Sometimes the fun is to find it.

By: srp

srp — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:34:16 +0000

And here I thought your Thirteen Thursday was your St. Patrick’s Day post. Glad you had a good one.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:35:30 +0000

Hi- here via Michele today. I too, am Irish…and I refuse to wear green on St. Patty’s day. I’m of the opinion that I’m Irish 365 days a year, I don’t need to advertise it on March 17. I enjoyed the poem!

By: kimbofo

kimbofo — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:36:29 +0000

Lovely poem, Colleen. I love the shamrock on your brother’s grave.
As for Ryan’s Daughter, it is a gorgeous, sometimes harrowing, film. It’s very long but worth the effort. I’ve been fortunate enough to walk along Inch Beach, where they filmed it, on a trip to Ireland a couple of years ago (my partner is Irish). It was wild, rugged, very very cold but incredibly beautiful.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:14:46 +0000

WOW….someone else who saw “Ryan’s Daughter”…..One of my favorite movies. xoxoxo
PS I meant to send a green message on the link and forgot too.

By: The Gnat's Trumpet

The Gnat's Trumpet — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:13:01 +0000

Beautiful poem. I’m dying to go and visit Ireland myself. I,m originally from England but have some Irish in me from both sides. Michele sent me.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:36:32 +0000

I wondered what you were going to do as an entry for St. Patty's day. Since you had 2 posts relating to your Irish heritage, I thought you were building up to something for the 17th. At any rate, as always, a good post. Btw, I see that Lazy Daisy has made a comment here. If you're still in the mood for "green" go over to her place - the falling shamrocks are really neat and so too are her entries. And then, if you're still in the mood, peek in at Carol's, A Revison.Tuesday's March 14th post asks the fun question; "what color green are you?"

By: kenju

kenju — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:34:10 +0000

I love the poem; I really hope I can get to Ireland some day. I fell in love with the scenery in the movie “Ryan’s Daughter”.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:32:31 +0000

Michele sent me.
You have a wonderful writing ability! I went ahead and read some of the stories you wrote of Jim and Dan. Wonderful, truly.
Your poem is great. I am in Germany, and one of my wishes was to go to Ireland, but it won’t happen, since we have to go back this year. But I’ll live vicariously through the lives of others.
Thanks for sharing a bit of that with me!

By: Lazy Daisy

Lazy Daisy — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:16:28 +0000

Loved your poem. My daughter and son-in-law toured Ireland two summers ago and she wrote a limerick in Limerick. Michele sent me.