tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post8722018917408565894..comments2023-10-09T17:16:56.724+01:00Comments on Blue Island Almanack: O wonderful, wonderfulDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509853932305428602noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-87410377870051436132008-03-24T20:02:00.000+00:002008-03-24T20:02:00.000+00:00All,Thank you for the well-wishes. I'll pass these...All,<BR/>Thank you for the well-wishes. I'll pass these along to Mrs. Dunhill.<BR/><BR/>-ERDDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509853932305428602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-78536750052748248322008-03-18T11:15:00.000+00:002008-03-18T11:15:00.000+00:00CONGRATULATIONS to the erd household!! i hope moth...CONGRATULATIONS to the erd household!! i hope mother is doing well!!!!! and father too, we can't leave you out... and the resemblence to you is striking!!!... i wish it health, wisdom, and the prosperity of life!!!! well done erd. well done!!!Pat Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142174423986806144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-55375666360498321752008-03-17T03:39:00.000+00:002008-03-17T03:39:00.000+00:00I raise my wine glass to you ERD...congratulations...I raise my wine glass to you ERD...congratulations and good luck.<BR/><BR/>Spread your wisdom and knowledge, in much the same way you do in the blogosphere, to your child as well.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations again,<BR/><BR/>Prog.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01736209103978183490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-18616457668413188032008-03-16T23:36:00.000+00:002008-03-16T23:36:00.000+00:00Oh my goodness! He is an adorable little guy! Havi...Oh my goodness! He is an adorable little guy! Having children really does put the future in more of an urgent perspective, doesn't it? <BR/><BR/>Congratulations a thousand times over E.R.! And I second the call for an "organic, sustainably grown, hand-rolled cigar"!Charisee310https://www.blogger.com/profile/16530640395526158987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-32782862307413794002008-03-16T23:35:00.000+00:002008-03-16T23:35:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Charisee310https://www.blogger.com/profile/16530640395526158987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-25695852329964696712008-03-16T02:50:00.000+00:002008-03-16T02:50:00.000+00:00Congratulations! Treat yourself to an organic, su...Congratulations! Treat yourself to an organic, sustainably grown, hand-rolled cigar....just not around the baby!Chris McClure aka Panhandle Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276465051258888541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-55112482452964582532008-03-16T01:33:00.000+00:002008-03-16T01:33:00.000+00:00Welcome to the little one. I would amend your comm...Welcome to the little one. <BR/><BR/>I would amend your comment -- most parents know that they must provide a safe home for their child and ensure they are well fed and cared for. I see far too much abuse and neglect to believe that "any" parent knows this. However, among the majority that do, most I think recognize in some vague way that their child's fate ultimately rests their hands in a capricious world. But for a variety of reasons (to be explored at a later time) the parents feel powerless to effect that greater world, and withdraw themselves and their child into a false cocoon. This insight comes from listening to a room of bright people meeting on a whole other topic, begin to discuss the problems of the day (which they seemed to see quite clearly) but from which they (metaphorically) fled, expressing hopelessness and powerlessness, and the thought that it was perhaps best to keep one's head down, and as close to one's family as possible.sgreerpitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764262558160301061noreply@blogger.com