tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post5683879592262370328..comments2023-12-17T22:24:54.778-05:00Comments on taylorbakercousins: Favorite Islands by Aunt CB and Uncle Jack KinsellaPat Herdeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-25662352722544917972014-02-06T11:06:05.506-05:002014-02-06T11:06:05.506-05:00CB, It may have been an "island for a day&qu...CB, It may have been an "island for a day" but it has remained in your memories all these years! How wonderful is that?<br /> Thanks for sharing.Evelyn Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-58406560180790309252014-02-01T15:31:25.520-05:002014-02-01T15:31:25.520-05:00Good choices for these island stories! I'd for...Good choices for these island stories! I'd forgotten about that family newsletter issue, so these stories were new all over again for me. (Gulp!) <br /><br />Love the whimsy of Mom, Gladys and Uncle Harold discovering an island and not wasting a minute in playing on it. I loved Mom's line, "The day wasn't long enough and the day was all we had." Like Brigadoon. Magical that it became a "lost world" that Mom could return to again and again, and that she could show it to us through her memory and make me long for such an island myself. <br /><br />And Dad's story about the smokestack - I'm still shivering from it! Not least of all because I think it might be the first time I EVER heard Dad say that he was scared by any of the terrifying (to me, as a Mom) things he did when he was a kid! <br /><br />Thanks, Mom and Dad, for your stories, and to Pat for remembering them and putting them up here for us all to enjoy (some of us again).Sue Kinsellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-2491545462037031222014-01-30T18:17:32.735-05:002014-01-30T18:17:32.735-05:00Loved reading these memories, Mom and Dad! Thank y...Loved reading these memories, Mom and Dad! Thank you for sharing. Dad, I can feel the wind whistling through your hair as you sit atop the smokestack. Mom--yes a wonderful place to return to when you need to think relaxing thoughts.<br /><br />Love,Patnoreply@blogger.com