tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post2086282090013269331..comments2024-03-12T02:33:23.440-05:00Comments on Mean Dirty Pirate: Eudora:ayeM8yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07258615853099164514noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post-89170281474182685752009-03-17T01:39:00.000-05:002009-03-17T01:39:00.000-05:00I've got a theory about the crayon thinggie: My g...I've got a theory about the crayon thinggie: My grandma used to use crayons to label the lids on the canning jars- I wonder if "some work" happened to be canning some peaches ? ? ?JaiDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665251447699060946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post-80639826890503441202009-03-02T21:43:00.000-06:002009-03-02T21:43:00.000-06:00Larry - I love Eudora Welty too. She’s my favorite...Larry - I love Eudora Welty too. She’s my favorite author besides Dr. Seus. <BR/><BR/>Mitzi - I think Little House on the Prairie was somewhere in Iowa. I have the same fantasy but more like the uni-bomber. I want to live far away in the woods and never really have to see anyone again.<BR/><BR/>TJB - The resemblance is uncanny. I’m thinking of working up a one woman show, something like ‘An Evening with Eudora’ or ‘The Eudora Monologues’. <BR/><BR/>Jason - I read The Worn Path in sixth grade and it was my favorite story. I met her that year at a function held for students at the Old Capital and then again several more times after that. It’s pretty cool to meet living literary legends in person. I’m sure it happens all of the time in New York but Mississippi it was rather difficult.<BR/><BR/>Elizabeth - Holla for the Mississippi gene stock! It makes for a more hardy individual. I love that you were able to meet her and shared such a funny story (thank you). We went back the next year and got another little note. This one was signed on one of her publishers index cards. I still like the crayon one best.ayeM8yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258615853099164514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post-90311549390297908102009-03-01T22:58:00.000-06:002009-03-01T22:58:00.000-06:00My father's family came from Mississippi and they ...My father's family came from Mississippi and they were in the betwixt and between class too. My great aunt, after who I am named, lived in Tupelo and knew Elvis as a kid.<BR/><BR/>I met the amazing Miss Welty near the end of her life, in New York. I was at Columbia and escorting her to a lecture hall where she was going to talk. We walked past a dumpster with a sign that said "Loose Trash" on it. Eudora turned to me and said, "Loose trash! That sounds racy!" I absolutely hooted with laughter.<BR/><BR/>great story and fantastic pix. I would have stolen the note too!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post-15137771030984580782009-02-28T08:45:00.000-06:002009-02-28T08:45:00.000-06:00Oh, how I love Miss Eudora!Love this tale too!Oh, how I love Miss Eudora!<BR/><BR/>Love this tale too!jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116663308431251286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post-49059203785145315572009-02-28T07:27:00.000-06:002009-02-28T07:27:00.000-06:00Fascinating! And, frankly, you looked just like Ms...Fascinating! And, frankly, you looked just like Ms. Welty on that fabulous Hallowe'en!TJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09180041865489453236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post-86235885230456639612009-02-28T05:04:00.000-06:002009-02-28T05:04:00.000-06:00I love your mince down memory lane. I've often tho...I love your mince down memory lane. I've often thought it'll be nice to live in Little House On The Prairie country,(where ever that is) in a little wooden hut with ma and pa, and call my dad "Sir" whenever he scolds me for not doing the "chores"Mitzi https://www.blogger.com/profile/01416789788174823493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17055502.post-72056432992623465612009-02-28T01:37:00.000-06:002009-02-28T01:37:00.000-06:00wonderful!! i love eudora welty!! great pics!wonderful!! i love eudora welty!! great pics!larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814418257175818230noreply@blogger.com