tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post2596638933656880796..comments2023-10-28T19:12:11.488+11:00Comments on RINKLY RIMES: July 4th.Rinkly Rimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890344869337115307noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-36361073597226390882009-07-06T05:51:59.492+10:002009-07-06T05:51:59.492+10:00What a great poem, Brenda! The following lines, es...What a great poem, Brenda! The following lines, especially, were powerful and touched my heart:<br /><br />The one shot full of bloodshed,<br />The other a carefree scene,<br />Yet the one would not be possible<br />If the other had never been.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Nan Keltie Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006062146774236103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-76270774792193471332009-07-05T03:48:58.982+10:002009-07-05T03:48:58.982+10:00Yes, that is why I do not make a big deal of going...Yes, that is why I do not make a big deal of going to the BBQs and the like and, it is true, it has been hard to be proud of finally being a citizen these past years. The independence part is important and so the ambivalence is all there, but at least one can say something without going to jail. I do love England, but just to visit for as long as I want and then to return happily to my new roots. Thank you for bringing the past to the fore in such a triumphantly picturesque way.Margaret Gosdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588297074835472141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-1777362779799615412009-07-05T00:57:12.564+10:002009-07-05T00:57:12.564+10:00Look here, Brenda.
http://tinyurl.com/mcqxcmLook here, Brenda. <br />http://tinyurl.com/mcqxcmValeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-31333037445293203112009-07-04T20:55:20.276+10:002009-07-04T20:55:20.276+10:00Brenda, well done! Alas,I'm the sole remaining...Brenda, well done! Alas,I'm the sole remaining veteran in my family....I just now realised that. Thank you for the kind verse, here :)<br /><br />@quilly, well put and you are not alone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-32935586159954387532009-07-04T14:22:54.802+10:002009-07-04T14:22:54.802+10:00I celebrate my privileges -- and to honor those wh...I celebrate my privileges -- and to honor those who died to see that I got to keep them. I am less proud of America these days then I have been in the past, but I still count my blessings because I have the right to a voice and an opinion about how this country is run at all!quillyhttp://quilldancer.comnoreply@blogger.com