tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post6991072657857707565..comments2023-11-02T07:05:51.747-06:00Comments on Call Me Grandma Dawn: Mayberry No More . . .Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14938607712512860569noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-86164213270636375142010-07-31T06:51:58.840-06:002010-07-31T06:51:58.840-06:00I enjoyed your walk through your old town. It is ...I enjoyed your walk through your old town. It is a shame that it has lost it's Mayberryish quality. Our town used to be like that too but lost it's innocence when there was a murder committed here about 35 years ago. Something changed and has never been recaptured. We still are small town but a few of the big box stores have moved in and it seems like so much more traffic then there Midlife Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531655128417397650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-30927014297934606112010-07-29T22:40:54.868-06:002010-07-29T22:40:54.868-06:00Letty (who I take care of) and I recently visited ...Letty (who I take care of) and I recently visited a very old cemetary and did the same thing. Read tombstones and wondered...<br />For some reason, I do find graveyards interesting. I think it might be because I love old things, and I long for the "old" days. But it seems the "old" days were pretty HARD!<br /><br />Your post was sentimental, a little sad...scattered with some Sharon Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538835090062707610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-28068944660467479482010-07-29T17:26:30.098-06:002010-07-29T17:26:30.098-06:00Looking for your roots . . . I like that! Aren...Looking for your roots . . . I like that! Aren't you glad that even though our home places change that we can still "see, feel, hear, and taste" them in our memories? I.'m glad you got to go back for a visitGlendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059837275907441219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-77374010188541629312010-07-29T06:52:59.733-06:002010-07-29T06:52:59.733-06:00Oh Dawn!! First of all, that one marker of the tw...Oh Dawn!! First of all, that one marker of the twins' death just a day apart...sent chills down my flesh. But to go back in time with the memories you've shared [and I too love walking around in old cemeteries] was just some kind of awesome this morning for me. I loved your share.<br /><br />AND!!! May I add, I LOVE your 'new look'....and your new profile photo. Sorry it'Hootin Annihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811326085498312568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-76441713015528096362010-07-28T10:08:21.226-06:002010-07-28T10:08:21.226-06:00A lot of small towns have changed, including mine!...A lot of small towns have changed, including mine! <br /><br />I love the old tombstones and wonder what happened too.....I do think there was so much disease then and no vaccinations. I know vaccinations have gotten a bad rap lately with autism, but the consequences of NOT getting them could be much worse. <br /><br />Loved reading this and especially that statement .....probably looking for nancygraycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288996419936475583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-32522417636829930092010-07-28T07:08:28.637-06:002010-07-28T07:08:28.637-06:00this is a sweet post, dawn. it's always bitter...this is a sweet post, dawn. it's always bittersweet to go *home* to California...so much has changed since I was a 13 year old girl. <br /><br />I would LOVE to know your niece's blog address...Nicoolmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667431954730199732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-81412600715937769422010-07-27T18:38:07.091-06:002010-07-27T18:38:07.091-06:00I love old cemeteries and always wonder about the ...I love old cemeteries and always wonder about the people there. It is strange about the one you have shown without and ending date.<br /><br />It is sad to me, too, to see communities change. But at least some of the old things remain. Like old soda fountains in old pharmacies, old bakery shops, old railroad trestles, etc. Sometimes you can still find some old things!nannykimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09904490730187017812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-6864553746458780512010-07-27T14:53:34.076-06:002010-07-27T14:53:34.076-06:00Thanks for taking us down memory lane.
I like lo...Thanks for taking us down memory lane. <br />I like looking at the names, dates on tombstones. Like the twins--you have to ponder what happened and feel the familiy's grief.A Hint of Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350273064901061247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-57070079801172948062010-07-26T17:53:46.050-06:002010-07-26T17:53:46.050-06:00I've enjoyed catching up with you Dawn. I wis...I've enjoyed catching up with you Dawn. I wish the old places didn't have to change too. Even our present neighborhood has changed almost beyond recognition over the past 28 years. I know we need progress, but I just wish we didn't need quite so much.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937532276250199445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-79167825677917664072010-07-26T13:15:48.181-06:002010-07-26T13:15:48.181-06:00Great remembrance of your roots
My town was small ...Great remembrance of your roots<br />My town was small but i always say it was NOT Mayberry. Rough tuff bars and Italian Mafia (o:<br /><br />I have some family history journals and it so so sad how many babies and children one woman could loose<br />so sadgrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17243983087703581624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-55084052968185988202010-07-26T11:26:49.338-06:002010-07-26T11:26:49.338-06:00"..a bunch of missionary's and preacher&#..."..a bunch of missionary's and preacher's kids, looking for their roots" - such a poignant statement. It is so hard to go back to those childhood areas and see what "progress" has brought. Sometimes I wonder if it really is for the best.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043585148664431337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-24483698716842142222010-07-26T09:16:31.657-06:002010-07-26T09:16:31.657-06:00I am thankful that our little town has not changed...I am thankful that our little town has not changed that much but it has seen it's changes and some not so good.Michelle-ozark crafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02854922223445105068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29822720.post-52138089664717848712010-07-26T08:18:06.824-06:002010-07-26T08:18:06.824-06:00I often wonder what it would be like to step back ...I often wonder what it would be like to step back in time and relive the memories for a few days. Do you think we would appreciate it more than we did?<br /><br />It looks like it was a wonderful spot to spend your childhood visits.<br /><br />I always wonder the same thing when I visit old cemeteries. You can almost feel the agony that they must have experienced when you read those old Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.com