tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post8947274398535526391..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: Inside The Three-Inch FrameBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-30163577331664921082011-02-19T08:34:08.338-08:002011-02-19T08:34:08.338-08:00I was thinking about the commonality that a common...I was thinking about the commonality that a common experience creates: those of us who have traversed life from rags in our hair to plastic curlers to those brush-filled things to Donald Duck orange juice cans to blow dryers to (in some cases) just letting that stubborn hair have its way. That's what I read in what Charmaine, Sandra, Elisabeth, Ellen and Sharon said. What power the evocation of the images from the word "curler" can bring!<br /><br />Sally, you are always so supportive of our efforts here. Thank you!<br /><br />Sharon and Katy, I will love you forever, dear sisters.<br /><br />Susie and Nicole and Megan and Wendy and Marian (and the previously-mentioned ones too) brought up something that is so true -- our secret collisions with Jesus in our childhoods that bore fruit later. I just love Him for that. He's like the picture on the milk carton you stared at when you were a child and then suddenly, He's right there! He's three-dimensional -- no, He's infinitely dimensional, and He's looking right into your eyes!Latayne C Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133535124591010838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-8391904440888134742011-02-18T22:14:06.852-08:002011-02-18T22:14:06.852-08:00Latayne, you amaze me. What exquisite writing, and...Latayne, you amaze me. What exquisite writing, and what images! Thank you for this.Kathleen Popahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682046279211463305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-66903185823081349452011-02-18T14:36:11.676-08:002011-02-18T14:36:11.676-08:00sorry Latayne, I know, I'm an excitable person...sorry Latayne, I know, I'm an excitable person. It doesn't make me any less sincere though : )Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-64469837523615232492011-02-18T14:00:29.179-08:002011-02-18T14:00:29.179-08:00Latayne THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
I feel like you've ...Latayne THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!<br />I feel like you've just given the most rich and wondrous gift here! There's so much in this story - seeds for a hundred novels. I'm rereading it and smiling all over again. <br /><br />The space in your bed for Jesus is absolutely priceless, too. When I was eight I imagined Heaven like the view from an aeroplane window, but with God presiding over the litter of our "souls", which to me looked like the discarded torsos of dressmakers dummies. Boring. <br /><br />I wore shoes like yours too, although to tell you the truth when I first saw the photo I felt a pang of envy at your beautiful hair and dress. My mother was a very practical woman parenting in the "women can do anything men can do now" era of the '70s, and all I wanted for years were long hair and pretty dresses.Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-29481927830803929982011-02-18T12:42:07.742-08:002011-02-18T12:42:07.742-08:00What a rich experience to take a guided tour in a ...What a rich experience to take a guided tour in a three-ince frame. I know this was an exercise in detail but it is so much more. . . Thank you for this, Latayne.Wendy Lawtonhttp://www.booksandsuch.biz/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-2638783720277343972011-02-18T12:09:55.619-08:002011-02-18T12:09:55.619-08:00Dear everybody. I am so deeply encouraged to see c...Dear everybody. I am so deeply encouraged to see comments from some of you I've not heard from before. Thank you so much.<br /><br />Also -- a big thank you to Patti, because it was her lesson on the one-inch frame that motivated me to write this!Latayne C Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133535124591010838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-6466804646923455282011-02-18T12:06:16.227-08:002011-02-18T12:06:16.227-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Patti Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614597358659524845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-79112668313886940222011-02-18T11:42:31.247-08:002011-02-18T11:42:31.247-08:00I love the way you did that. Admitted, you had a g...I love the way you did that. Admitted, you had a great picture to start (Norman Rockwell material). Your words painted a classic Norman Rockwell in my mind.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990101542996298555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-86913684239858021292011-02-18T09:55:57.669-08:002011-02-18T09:55:57.669-08:00Memory lane. My intellectual father was a ministe...Memory lane. My intellectual father was a minister's son and very strict. No curlers allowed though my grandmother would sometimes play with us and put her ouchy wire ones in our hair. But they always pulled hair out.<br />One year, my sisters and I wore specially made linen dresses for Easter made by my grandmother's friend, a seamstress. My sisters looked cute in theirs. I looked knobby kneed and like a stretched toothpick. <br />My fathered wanted us to wear oxford styles because he felt them healthier for our feet. I remember black and white saddle shoes, and Buster Brown oxfords. I was in seventh grade before I wore a more contemporary style.<br />Oddly, though my father was raised in church, I don't member much focus on Jesus in our house. I was in my early twenties when I called out in His name to remove an unwanted visitor from my room (this scene is in my wip), yet I did not invite Him into my heart for another ten years.Ellen Staleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-29914350991497782022011-02-18T09:42:56.450-08:002011-02-18T09:42:56.450-08:00And wow, yes, your mom really could sew! I have cu...And wow, yes, your mom really could sew! I have curly hair, which I still hate. My 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters have perfectly straight hair. Just not fair. So from junior high on, I used large cans to roll my hair every night, then changed to the really large curlers when they finally came out with them in boxes of hair straighteners you could buy. But my little sister is 9 years younger than me, so when I was in high school I used to curl her long hair in rags. I thought it was the coolest thing that you could do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-79599292479104666642011-02-18T09:38:56.156-08:002011-02-18T09:38:56.156-08:00What vivid memories you have, Latayne. And what a ...What vivid memories you have, Latayne. And what a special thing it is to have a major turning point in your young life captured on film. That's priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-65688088710920843522011-02-18T07:51:48.807-08:002011-02-18T07:51:48.807-08:00What a wonderful story!What a wonderful story!sally https://www.blogger.com/profile/11068670473065918371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-71647681236065360632011-02-18T06:39:07.946-08:002011-02-18T06:39:07.946-08:00A picture really can tell a thousand words--beauti...A picture really can tell a thousand words--beautifully captured words. I love the way you write.<br /><br />And I was just looking at a photograph of me and my three sisters at a castle in England (not our home of course) thinking how many stories could branch out of that one photo.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your gift today.<br />~ WendyWendy Paine Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136235074351188350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-58951114691415906232011-02-18T06:37:21.908-08:002011-02-18T06:37:21.908-08:00So much in there, Latayne. Touching. The place for...So much in there, Latayne. Touching. The place for Jesus speaks of His love for children. I asked Him to walk out of my little closet when I was a child. Yet I never met Him until I was thirty . . . <br /><br />Thank you for this. Your mom could really sew.Nicolehttp://hopeofglory.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-36719751470812049052011-02-18T05:18:24.967-08:002011-02-18T05:18:24.967-08:00Thank you for mentioning the "terrors of imag...Thank you for mentioning the "terrors of imagination". You just made me feel like I'm not alone. I was always afraid of this or that as a child. I thought I might be crazy. But then learned that my imagination just took over sometimes.Susie Finkbeinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134090068018561836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-23701380123480284082011-02-18T05:07:57.404-08:002011-02-18T05:07:57.404-08:00That's such a neat picture, and it's amazi...That's such a neat picture, and it's amazing all the memories packed into it! I love your dress. I have straight hair too, and I've never yet found a successful method for making it curl and stay curled. A curling iron is only a temporary fix. :)Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-72524186955139593262011-02-18T04:42:51.977-08:002011-02-18T04:42:51.977-08:00I wanted straight hair as well. I remember those ...I wanted straight hair as well. I remember those curlers. On Wednesday nights we took them in a baggie to church and left them in the car to roll our hair on the way home. I used to used rags on my daughter's hair because it was so thick and the rags worked best. From your description of your dress, including oxfords, to the homemade dresses, I could so easily identify with you. It brought back a lot of memories. Now I need to find my old pictures and take a walk down memory lane and see what they say about me.Sandra Stileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028361723666419462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-56287461204426224132011-02-18T02:41:58.884-08:002011-02-18T02:41:58.884-08:00There's a lot crammed into a three inch frame....There's a lot crammed into a three inch frame. Love the reference to rags for the hair. I have curly hair (so no rollers) but had to curl my daughter's straight hair for a dance recital, so, I used rags. She thought I was nuts.Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059559142070140041noreply@blogger.com