Comments on: The visit so far

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:01:26 +0000

Heck! I went right home and recorded Mom and Dad talking about their memories of party lines. Don’t worry, I’ll record Grandma every chance I get. And expect to be recorded yourself, too.

By: momk

momk — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:58:41 +0000

Mary, Please, PLEASE do this again…take your camera to Grandmother’s house. I don’t think you can anticipate how precious these recorded memories will be. How I long to have that kind of access to my grndparents! Even now, most of my cousins who remembered converstaions with our grandparents are dead and gone too. I am the youngest of the grandkids. Life if so transitory. You are a wonderful grandchild!

By: Lon

Lon — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:09:23 +0000

Thank you for sharing this.

By: Kristen Behlings

Kristen Behlings — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:33:17 +0000

It has indeed been that long! I’d befriended your intern by email, who I’ve now completely lost touch with. But I remember the visit to your house quite well. Let me know when you’re in town and have some time to get together, won’t you?

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:25:34 +0000

Oh my goodness! How are you? Yes, of course, LJ friend me. I think that was before Rob and I were married–has it been that long?

By: Kristen Behlings

Kristen Behlings — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:09:00 +0000

Hello –

Hope you don’t mind my making such an unrelated comment, but I’m excited to have found you here! May I LJ friend you? What amazing work you’re doing right now.

I’m not sure you’ll remember this, but many years ago, you very kindly invited myself and my now-husband Dan as overnight guests after an Other Hand performance. Rob bought us toothbrushes and you showed us the funny nest-on-face trick that your cat (Jasper?) did. We just moved to Hillsboro and I’ve started working with the Mudeye Puppet Company. I’d love to buy you lunch sometime whenever you get a moment.

Happy trails to you,
Kristen.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:18:16 +0000

She is a remarkable woman. I’m just happy that I remembered about that my palm pilot has a video camera for part of the conversation. She’s so modest, I don’t think that she’d take to being filmed, if she knew about it.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:27:57 +0000

My step-great-grandmother is also still alive, and over 100. I wonder what she remembers… (Her mind is incredibly clear, and her memory incredibly good.)

My grandfather, now deceased, also remembered the Titanic. His memories are similar to your grandmother’s. He also remembered the ‘flu epidemic — it was what took his mother’s life. He was eight. He rarely talked about it, but when he did, it was heartbreaking, yet fascinating.

I have spent a great deal of time talking with my grandparents, and my husband’s grandmother’s, about what it was like growing up. Things were so incredibly different for them. And, of course, it feeds the writer’s muse.

Thanks for sharing the clip of your grandmother. How wonderful she is still alive and is doing so well. Imagine still being able to thread a needle at 101.