Comments on: Blooms and Sprouts https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html a freelance writing resource. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:10:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html#comment-8091 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:10:47 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html/#comment-8091 Hugh, there's always an occasion to wear a kilt. Trust me. 🙂 I would have guessed the McBrides were from Ulster just by the name – dig. You never know what you'll find. There's also a great show on Smithsonian Channel right now – Born Fighting – all about the Scots-Irish and their history.

LC, that's fantastic! Congratulations and welcome to the best job you'll ever have. 🙂 I'm convinced you'll make it just fine!

]]> By: L.C. Gant https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html#comment-8090 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:00:31 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html/#comment-8090 Sounds like a neat weekend—aside from that rude outburst from Mr. Kilt Hater, of course. Don't worry, I'm sure he was just jealous of your hubby 🙂

This is actually an exciting week for me. I left "the day job" last Friday and launched into the freelance world full-time today. I'm scared to pieces, but I've been preparing for this moment for about a year and I think it's finally time to take the leap.

I've created a website(www.lisacgant.com), a business plan and I have a pretty strong portfolio, so we'll see what happens. Wish me luck! And I hope you have a wonderfully productive week as well!

]]> By: hugh.c.mcbride https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html#comment-8089 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:08:54 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html/#comment-8089 Sounds like a great weekend, Lori. One of my few regrets from my time living in Europe was not making it to Ireland (ancestral homeland on my dad's side). I did get to spend a tremendous week in Edinburgh, where I seriously considered a kilt purchase, but decided to delay until (a) I had identified clan-appropriate tartan & (b) knew I'd have somewhere to wear the thing. One of these days, though 🙂

Sorry that your day was intruded upon by your loud-mouthed interloper. As you noted in your post, I continue to be amazed by the fear that some folks experience any time they're exposed to something "other" — what a small & scary world theirs must be.

Hope your week has gotten off to a great start!

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html#comment-8088 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:19:29 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html/#comment-8088 Wow! Nice friends, Paula. I could fester for days here and no one would notice until the stench became unbearable. 🙂

]]> By: paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html#comment-8087 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:19:52 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html/#comment-8087 Despite a couple of yahoos, it sounds like a great weekend, Lori. Here, Sunday was all about storm preparedness, once again proving my theory that every time I prepare for a predicted tornado outbreak the storms totally bypass my town – even when The Weather Channel is in town for live remotes. But Saturday was strange…

I got up, did my usual Saturday morning routine… I needed to buy groceries, but was stalling to see if an expected check arrived in the mail (it did) so I could deposit it. Around 12:30 or 1:00 I noticed one of my best friends and her husband pull up outside. She's terrified of dogs, so she always calls when she arrives so I can close my dog into my office. No call. As I went to open my door, I noticed she was talking to another friend – our "other brother" – who had pulled into the driveway. Two thoughts went through my mind: "If this is a surprise party, you're two weeks early," and fear that they were here to break really bad news. When I stepped onto the porch they all looked relieved, then another friend screeched to a halt, saying, "Everything's okay?!"

I didn't know that my phone and dsl were dead, and my sister had been trying to call me for several hours and I wasn't answering my cell phone, either. [It's pay-as-you go, so it's only on when I'm gone.] Weird things have been happening in my neighborhood, so instead of thinking I might be out doing yard work or at a movie or something, her mind went into panic mode. My brother and sister both live about 90 minutes away, so they called friends to come check on me.

Once the commotion died down, another friend drove up to show off her new car, wondering why she wasn't invited to the party. [No one had her number. They do now.] She said she'd tried to call but assumed I was out raking or something.

Unnecessary as the attention was, it felt good knowing that even without family in town, I have a network of people ready to come to my rescue should I ever need it.

The phone company had it repaired within about two hours. The repair guy said it looked like one of their guys accidentally cut part way through a wire at a box half a block away.

That' my long-winded way of saying I didn't get any work done this weekend, so I need to bust my butt for a couple days to get caught up!

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html#comment-8085 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:57:53 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html/#comment-8085 He probably was, Devon. I was trying really hard not to turn around and shout what was in my head (it would have shocked mothers and children and more than a few men). It's best to let their protests die of exposure.

I'm excited about the drive. I'd heard wonderful things. We're staying at a B&B in north Vancouver – the home of a man we'd met in Inverness at the clan gathering. He's a wonderful soul. Sadly, he won't be there at the time.

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html#comment-8084 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:34:53 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/04/blooms-and-sprouts.html/#comment-8084 I guarantee the moron was a tourist and not a New Yorker. It's always the tourists who behave like assholes.

I'm deep in edits and taxes this week. Hopefully, there will be enough sun to do some serious work in the garden. And teaching — this workshop is taking it out of me. That's all I can take on right now.

Have you ever driven from Seattle to Vancouver? It's awesome. If you get the chance to stop in Victoria for a bit, do so. It's well worth it — a lovely little city that doesn't get a lot of press.

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