tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post2639501176682821333..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: More This and That Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-467242808052519522018-07-08T13:51:26.281+01:002018-07-08T13:51:26.281+01:00Missing you and your writings, friend Friko … Mill...Missing you and your writings, friend Friko … Millie still with you? Love, cat.^.^https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422876955246850636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-78477418134795358032018-06-28T22:29:47.029+01:002018-06-28T22:29:47.029+01:00I think a doggie gate at the top or bottom of the ...I think a doggie gate at the top or bottom of the stairs would be helpful; I have one to keep my dog out of the living room at night, It is very easy to open and close and easy to take down and put up. I read the first of the volumes in Proust's masterpiece and loved it. It reads like poetry and the quote about expressing sympathy only once is brilliant.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-13200272429290916372018-06-26T01:42:51.070+01:002018-06-26T01:42:51.070+01:00I’m sorry to hear about dear Millie becoming deaf ...I’m sorry to hear about dear Millie becoming deaf and unable to get around as before. My daughter’s dog has the same problem. She’s such a dear dog that it breaks your heart to know she doesn’t quite know what is going on around her anymore. <br /><br />Your this and that was all quite interesting. I’m happy to hear you are exercising and do hope the knee is doing better. Also, it is good to Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49786676255246832472018-06-09T03:14:37.589+01:002018-06-09T03:14:37.589+01:00I'm sorry about Millie, and about your knee bu...I'm sorry about Millie, and about your knee but good for you for getting out to the gym. One of your other commenters mentioned John Leland's book, fortunately nothing like Proust but very worthwhile all the same.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84285008817791167562018-06-07T21:44:47.140+01:002018-06-07T21:44:47.140+01:00I've been catching up with your posts and an d...I've been catching up with your posts and an delighted to see a return of small joys. I'm impressed that you're going to the gym and I love that you're having friends to dinner. And I'm so happy to know that Gardener is still doing his bit.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-60715621187622005602018-06-03T00:00:25.161+01:002018-06-03T00:00:25.161+01:00I find myself sometimes sharing thoughts in my min...I find myself sometimes sharing thoughts in my mind not only with my husband, who departed this life over a decade ago, but my mother who died many more years before. Sounds like you are moving out into society in a healthy way. Blocking the stairway entrance with an object easily movable by you sounds wise to keep Millie off the steps. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-71982303184350604472018-06-02T13:46:03.937+01:002018-06-02T13:46:03.937+01:00thank you starting over, for those willie nelson l...thank you starting over, for those willie nelson lyrics. <br /><br />friko, you're rebuilding and gaining strength and gardening and writing. so glad. xo<br /><br />I'm sorry about millie. There's not much sadder than approaching the time to let a pet go. JB and I now have an unexpected puppy. I thought she was going to turn our lifestyle inside out, but she has become a total joy andkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91620125723865958702018-05-31T03:51:20.386+01:002018-05-31T03:51:20.386+01:00I've been worrying about Millie right along. D...I've been worrying about Millie right along. Dixie Rose's departure still is a pain, although I'm getting used to the new routines, and must admit that being able to travel a bit wiithout worrying about her. Of course I'd take her back in a minute if I could, but since no one's yet devised a way to allow for that, I'll keep on adjusting as best I can.<br /><br /><br />I shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-75338400601726840992018-05-30T13:40:23.159+01:002018-05-30T13:40:23.159+01:00Millie sounds a bit like me, which is why I applau...Millie sounds a bit like me, which is why I applaud your trips to the gym, since I have to be forced at gunpoint, these days. Gardening sounds the perfect exercise, besides being much more interesting than the treadmill. <br />SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43140563202121851922018-05-29T14:26:10.323+01:002018-05-29T14:26:10.323+01:00You chronicle daily life, its joys, sorrows, and a...You chronicle daily life, its joys, sorrows, and all in between, so wonderfully. I chuckled at “Proust will not be read by me.” At a more ambitious time in my life, I did read the whole dang thing, in the new translation (Lydia Davis, if I recall rightly, translated the first book). Though I enjoyed it at the time, including the challenge of it (as for the content, I found it a bit like the Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-47541642937698589692018-05-28T18:14:21.234+01:002018-05-28T18:14:21.234+01:00I did not know that Proust quote, but it is so, so...I did not know that Proust quote, but it is so, so very true.<br />Sorry to hear Millie is showing her age more and more, and worrying you. That is the hard and hated part about having pets.<br />Speaking of the gym - I've been to mine today for the first time since before my OP! So glad I went, because it does make me feel good and I really need it to counterbalance the effects of desk work Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86951559608510972802018-05-28T17:42:57.711+01:002018-05-28T17:42:57.711+01:00Dear Friko, right now I'm reading a book writt...Dear Friko, right now I'm reading a book written by a New York Times feature writer. It's about six people with whom he spent much time for a year. Each was 85 years old or older and they taught him a great deal. Sort of changed his mind on being older or being in the "oldest old" set. I don't know whether you'd like the book or not, but I"m enjoying it. The author Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-30052847103931720812018-05-28T15:05:18.054+01:002018-05-28T15:05:18.054+01:00I remember when our dog Scout could no longer get ...I remember when our dog Scout could no longer get up the stairs, and he sat at the bottom and whined and cried ... heartbreaking to see your pet decline like that. Eventually, he got used to sleeping downstairs -- as we all must accept our limitations as we age, I guess. But ... keep after that knee!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7372647105276905212018-05-27T23:37:43.094+01:002018-05-27T23:37:43.094+01:00Ah life. There is no sorrow like watching our love...Ah life. There is no sorrow like watching our loved ones go into decline. That is the price we pay for loving so much; we miss them so when they are gone and we hurt to see them delcline. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-66361766569030888742018-05-27T23:31:19.226+01:002018-05-27T23:31:19.226+01:00It is not anything close to Proust, but there is a...It is not anything close to Proust, but there is a beautiful song by Willie Nelson that is called, Something You Get Through”. I find it so touching and so true.‘Something You Get Through’ Lyrics:<br /><br />When you lose the one you love<br />You think your world has ended<br />You think your world will be a waste of life<br />Without them in it<br /><br />You feel there’s no way to go on<br /Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-8019848494436076922018-05-27T20:42:41.205+01:002018-05-27T20:42:41.205+01:00@paulleanneandavan ... @paulleanneandavan ... ^.^https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422876955246850636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-20085449791792883312018-05-27T20:41:00.277+01:002018-05-27T20:41:00.277+01:00Am crying about Millie, friend Friko ... She remin...Am crying about Millie, friend Friko ... She reminds me of Piwo, my trusty old black lab ... he was never allowed in the house ... not even in deep winter of -35C ... not allowed not even in the mudroom by him ... Piwo is part of the reason I left my "home" ... Son Paul and daughter in law Leanne took Piwo in for his last Winter 2 years ago ... they let him stay in their home as I was ^.^https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422876955246850636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-27073648829205523892018-05-27T20:38:28.755+01:002018-05-27T20:38:28.755+01:00Hi Friko - I will be back to reply properly - prob...Hi Friko - I will be back to reply properly - probably this is it! ... thanks for visiting though ... and I feel for you re Millie - I guess you never installed a chair-lift ... perhaps there isn't room or it can't be configured: might help re Millie ... and perhaps later you. It's great you're enjoying the exercise ... so pleased the gym work is encouraging you to keep going - Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43039630171254388632018-05-27T19:01:05.445+01:002018-05-27T19:01:05.445+01:00Millie is such a social creature. I thought of a ...Millie is such a social creature. I thought of a child gate too, but a big suitcase might work, too. So glad the old gardener is still keeping busy and keeping you company at the same time. I don't think I ever could have handled reading a novel that long even when it was easy for my eyes to devour books. Hope you are having a glorious weekend. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-25255516210678233482018-05-27T17:17:32.676+01:002018-05-27T17:17:32.676+01:00Sad to learn about Millie. Your old gardener to me...Sad to learn about Millie. Your old gardener to me seems almost a character for a good story. I wish I was up to more excercise . My laziness is beginning to appear as health suffers. I think stress has grabbed me and I am not pushing back . I must try harder, if not for my sake then Buddy’s. Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-58662550897254224492018-05-27T13:41:08.689+01:002018-05-27T13:41:08.689+01:00I'm sorry to hear Millie is showing her age. I...I'm sorry to hear Millie is showing her age. I know she wants to be with you but yes, the stair thing is a problem. Do you know anyone who had a small child or baby? They have those baby gates and my friends use them to keep the dogs out of house areas they don't want an animal. Depending on the set-up of your staircase, that might work.<br /><br />Apart from that and your knee -- and Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12106574291945817262018-05-27T01:52:16.139+01:002018-05-27T01:52:16.139+01:00praise is what keeps us going but regular workouts...praise is what keeps us going but regular workouts at the gym do produce results. I worked out with a trainer for 7 years, going 2 or 3 times a week. I liked the strength and toned muscles. then I moved to the country and no more gym but I go to yoga twice a week which keeps me limber and strong. not as strong as the gym but more limber. it's a trade off. the important thing is that you are ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-40280145870954999502018-05-27T01:04:42.413+01:002018-05-27T01:04:42.413+01:00My brother's dog is 18 years old, if you can b...My brother's dog is 18 years old, if you can believe it. She, too, is deaf & follows him around as well. Fortunately, the live in a single-storey home. <br /><br />The Proust quote is 'treffend'. I'll never read more Proust than that either. <br /><br />Grüsse aus SF! BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12498716434395443762018-05-27T00:03:52.306+01:002018-05-27T00:03:52.306+01:00I do so miss your good writing. are all still sor...I do so miss your good writing. are all still sorry for your loss and send virtual hugs. I watch and see how you handle this next stage of your life and learn. I hope you think about getting another dog in the future. Not to replace this one, but to keep you busy and give you a schedule. I lectured my fried and neighbor briefly about his complaint that the New Yorker articles were too longTaborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89023237005204001592018-05-26T23:54:01.686+01:002018-05-26T23:54:01.686+01:00Poor Millie. Aging is fun for no one. Grief may du...Poor Millie. Aging is fun for no one. Grief may dull and ease, but it never goes away. Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.com