tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post6144353743671394295..comments2024-03-16T21:27:00.457+00:00Comments on Friko's World: A Family Reunion - All Saints’ Day - Part IIFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-44523184701509380112014-11-11T18:17:35.927+00:002014-11-11T18:17:35.927+00:00How well you evoked my own childhood caution of Th...How well you evoked my own childhood caution of The Catholics. Their church, just across from our local grocery, evoked both fear and fascination. How we wanted to sneak up and open the door on our way home from school! Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I knew any schoolmates who were Catholic, let alone Anglican. We were't Baptistland, either. Mthodists, Presbyterians, shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4614026245087799292014-11-07T17:09:15.808+00:002014-11-07T17:09:15.808+00:00This is memoir at its best - vivid, beautifully-wr...This is memoir at its best - vivid, beautifully-written and profoundly true.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7178370124347044392014-11-07T07:07:31.866+00:002014-11-07T07:07:31.866+00:00What a fascinating glimpse into these old customs,...What a fascinating glimpse into these old customs, and beautifully told Friko.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21136978182568785402014-11-01T17:15:08.988+00:002014-11-01T17:15:08.988+00:00Sorry: in the previous comment, I didn't meant...Sorry: in the previous comment, I didn't meant "just" lost his wife, with Grandfather. I meant that he'd lost his wife some time before!Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-8866844969110301692014-11-01T17:10:14.064+00:002014-11-01T17:10:14.064+00:00I am extremely "into" this story--again,...I am extremely "into" this story--again, those descriptions are so vivid.<br /><br />I know you like genuine feedback, though, so I'll also throw out one English teacher tip: when you're using "aunt Katie" as though it's her name, the "aunt" would be capitalized: Aunt Katie. Of course, if it's "my aunt Katie" with the "my" before Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-57198419353621783252014-10-31T21:07:29.242+00:002014-10-31T21:07:29.242+00:00What I miss in much of contemporary story-telling,...What I miss in much of contemporary story-telling, whether fictional or memoir, is the lack of telling image put into words. Photography and film no doubt have much to do with the change. You revive the art of description wonderfully here. I think of Leigh Fermor's work, among others, as I read this.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69560072694052547622014-10-31T14:55:31.683+00:002014-10-31T14:55:31.683+00:00very different from growing up here. I don't ...very different from growing up here. I don't think my parents ever once took us to the cemetery to pay our respects. only my mother's family, just my great grandmother and great grandfather, and later my grandmother, are buried in the city where I grew up. I don't know where my grandfather is buried. he died when my mother was 15. my father's family are from a distant city. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91716174915111877602014-10-30T20:33:45.868+00:002014-10-30T20:33:45.868+00:00Have really enjoyed reading your blog posts Friko....Have really enjoyed reading your blog posts Friko. Looking forward to tomorrow's conclusion. You paint a wonderful picture with words and I feel as if I'm taking the journey with you.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7989575741223845712014-10-30T13:20:36.861+00:002014-10-30T13:20:36.861+00:00I find these series of posts beautiful and fascina...I find these series of posts beautiful and fascinating. Your Aunt Katie sounds like my kind of person! Isn't it wonderful to have a beloved aunt when you are a child?<br /><br />The thing I find most interesting -- and it's a cultural difference -- is that in the U.S., no one really does much for All Saints/All Souls. It has morphed into Halloween with absolutely no family/cultural Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-9241172873185914072014-10-30T12:07:04.046+00:002014-10-30T12:07:04.046+00:00Friko, thank you so very much for sharing this wit...Friko, thank you so very much for sharing this with us :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14289994053461129802014-10-30T12:06:43.500+00:002014-10-30T12:06:43.500+00:00Friko, beautifully written with luscious detail. ...Friko, beautifully written with luscious detail. I remember many walks through the cemetery where my ancestors and my parents are buried. We have a cemetery here where I live that is partitioned as you described.Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22547018979460283982014-10-30T09:33:58.992+00:002014-10-30T09:33:58.992+00:00Hi Friko - fascinating to read your remembrances ....Hi Friko - fascinating to read your remembrances ... with the snippets of cultural traditions ... but the paragraphs about the convent ... could so easily have been true and worse perhaps - knowing what's come out now ... but the good is the remembrance of your dead. Something we don't do enough of ... HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-1679554246933510902014-10-30T07:45:18.859+00:002014-10-30T07:45:18.859+00:00From my dayYs living in Bavaria I remember the ser...From my dayYs living in Bavaria I remember the seriousness of All Saints' Day very well. You write so beautifully about your childhood and capture so well the intimate details of family life, as well as the details of the place and the historical setting of the time.The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-87407837121954537412014-10-30T07:06:32.869+00:002014-10-30T07:06:32.869+00:00We never had such tradition in our family so it is...We never had such tradition in our family so it is fascinating to hear all of this...and so vividly portrayed for us. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-24307288389116726092014-10-30T06:34:01.226+00:002014-10-30T06:34:01.226+00:00Friko, you know you could really have a book publi...Friko, you know you could really have a book published. Your writing is much better than some I've read by published authors.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3950401482942617822014-10-30T04:27:19.030+00:002014-10-30T04:27:19.030+00:00The contrast between yesterday's chill and the...The contrast between yesterday's chill and the warmth of Aunt Katie's kitchen is heart-expanding. Grandfather seems a stern and perhaps stingy man. I never enjoyed my grandfather's embraces either, too scratchy and he also smelled funny.<br />Wonderful images come to mind as I read this. Thank you.Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-54375255763455653612014-10-30T03:20:32.729+00:002014-10-30T03:20:32.729+00:00I grew up without any extended family. And readin...I grew up without any extended family. And reading this see (again) how diminished our worlds were. Beautifully written, and very, very moving. I wonder how much of it would have been familiar to my German father?Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-63322674232530234092014-10-30T02:16:26.216+00:002014-10-30T02:16:26.216+00:00Oh, this makes me want to go visit my ancestors gr...Oh, this makes me want to go visit my ancestors graves! My g, g, g, g, grandparents are buried just down the road. Looking forward to the rest of this post. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62072344521928681642014-10-30T01:14:14.890+00:002014-10-30T01:14:14.890+00:00Such a perfect story for the season. I'll be h...Such a perfect story for the season. I'll be here tomorrow for the conclusion! :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-78271138300319364832014-10-30T00:57:35.986+00:002014-10-30T00:57:35.986+00:00I'm there alongside you again...smelling the s...I'm there alongside you again...smelling the soup, polishing the plate, noting that grandfather wouldn't cough up for the wreaths...just superb, Friko!<br />Your uncle was lucky to have been released...i had a German friend who was held for years in Russia: he related that when one of their number was released he was to visit the families of all those surviving to tell them that their the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-64496357078007742552014-10-30T00:45:11.688+00:002014-10-30T00:45:11.688+00:00went to a monastery, but that was later in life......went to a monastery, but that was later in life...never even seen a convent but i have seen a nun or two in my day...they always scared me a bit actually...grew up with a cemetery in the backyard, so i do know the graves...and maintained it by cutting the grass...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-48590726911506498112014-10-30T00:42:59.315+00:002014-10-30T00:42:59.315+00:00Friko, before I have the opportunity to read the c...Friko, before I have the opportunity to read the conclusion, I will now praise your excellent writing of this first part.<br /><br />You write of generational family links that do not play a part in my own family generational history and lore. How odd to add that the church that my immediate family attended for most of younger life, and in whose choir my brothers sang hyms as boy sopranos and Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-41587978430511277292014-10-30T00:35:35.791+00:002014-10-30T00:35:35.791+00:00Family traditions are what keeps us connected thro...Family traditions are what keeps us connected through time and space. You caught so much here.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21993034632065889142014-10-30T00:23:33.634+00:002014-10-30T00:23:33.634+00:00Thank You for sharing the memories-
ALOHA from H...Thank You for sharing the memories-<br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ComfortSpiral</a><br /> =^..^= . <3 <br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15147672537281220492014-10-29T23:39:17.894+00:002014-10-29T23:39:17.894+00:00Exquisitely written, Friko. The soup smelled wond...Exquisitely written, Friko. The soup smelled wonderful and tasted even better. The Grandfather held some degree of pride tightly within. The cemetery was filled with wanting, grieving, remembrance, and care. I was there with you.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.com