tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783083129373756396.post3897159313905018274..comments2023-08-28T02:37:39.593-05:00Comments on Wayne Watson's blog: simple things - september 24, 2008Wayne Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094589594491977610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783083129373756396.post-56164578883224864572009-06-19T12:20:45.752-05:002009-06-19T12:20:45.752-05:00Hi Wayne! I'm a KTIS radio listener in the Twi...Hi Wayne! I'm a KTIS radio listener in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) area and I have been bugging the station to play some of your oldies but goodies as I had not known where or what you were doing or if you even were singing still. I am so glad to have looked you up, and hey, you look terrific! Us women should look so good as we age!! Well, now I know you have current albums out, I'm going to get them and get that radio station on the ball. Good luck in all that you do and God Bless you for all that you have done, for all of us.<br />DyannDyDee01https://www.blogger.com/profile/09446614230633044067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783083129373756396.post-74756395730814006662008-09-25T19:11:00.000-05:002008-09-25T19:11:00.000-05:00My neighbor and I were just talking about how comf...My neighbor and I were just talking about how comforting the simple pleasures of life had come back to Houston since Ike. Our neighbors had downed trees,roof tiles blown out, and fences blown down.But not as much damage as many other neighborhoods in town.The day after ,eveyone went out to access the damages , to console one another ,and help prop up fences or to help tarp someone else's roof. It was a time to visit , rake up the debris, and work side by side with your neighbors pausing to trade stories.<BR/>It made me think of Saturdays when I was young, all the dads and moms worked in their yards and the kids played or helped. You really got to know your neighbors.Now lots of folks have such a full schedule , that they are rarely seen by their neighbors. Our street has regular get togethers and backyard grills. <BR/>We got our power on the next day after the hurricane. My husband's brothers and their families did not...so had three extra families of folks staying with us. It was kind of fun. The little kids loved camping out in the playroom and the adults played chicken foot dominoes and cooked and talked and took the other bedrooms and any available couch or cot. I think of the people who lived that way during the great depression. They had it bad in some ways but good in family support and loving environments.<BR/> I hope that feeeling of we're -all- this- together stickshere in Houston. It was kind of neat having complete strangers talk to you at the grocery store of where to find basic needs and to smile that knowing but encouraging smile to hang in there.I hope you and yours are well and things are coming back to normal for you as well. <BR/>LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com