tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post1024313931874222795..comments2023-11-01T01:03:14.032-07:00Comments on Braveheart-does-the-Maghreb: Please don't sweep the rugs.lady macleodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-55594394736843588682007-05-25T23:32:00.000-07:002007-05-25T23:32:00.000-07:00You're right Lady M., I think it happens to a lot ...You're right Lady M., I think it happens to a lot of women when they reach 50 but not men -- I don't know why! I'm really often impressed with women around that age and older for being so comfortable with who they are. <BR/><BR/>BTW you say that you're spending most of your time in Morocco writing, writing, writing ... and it seems to be stories (or even a novel?) that you're writing. How do you get time to write that stuff when you do so-o-o much blogging as well? Are all your posts here just a light warm-down after a real day's work?plutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660302665561783021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-48253453330463683982007-05-25T13:41:00.000-07:002007-05-25T13:41:00.000-07:00james,I am so totally NOT SURPRISED!Thanks for com...james,<BR/><BR/>I am so totally NOT SURPRISED!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-28711054236502055052007-05-25T09:09:00.000-07:002007-05-25T09:09:00.000-07:00It happened a little earlier for this man.It happened a little earlier for this man.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-19505655057958641882007-05-25T03:21:00.000-07:002007-05-25T03:21:00.000-07:00brillig,Thank you for all the kind words. Sweep t...brillig,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for all the kind words. Sweep the dirt? That rather boggles the mind eh?<BR/>Thank you for coming by.<BR/><BR/><BR/>M&M,<BR/><BR/>Hmmm..I'm not sure if the groom is ''required' but I am sure you would find plenty of willing suitors. Come on then, have a go!<BR/>Thank you for dropping in.<BR/><BR/><BR/>darth,<BR/><BR/>You should indeed, it will throw them completely off.<BR/>Thank you for coming by.<BR/><BR/><BR/>shauna,<BR/><BR/>I read this card once that said, "How old would you be if you were as old as you think you are?" So we're good!<BR/>Thank you for coming by.<BR/><BR/><BR/>andres carl sena,<BR/><BR/>That may be a problem your friend needs more help with than Morocco can provide.. On the other hand...maybe.<BR/>Thank you for coming by.<BR/><BR/><BR/>chopski,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for visiting, and I hope you will come back. You would think so about the rugs wouldn't you, a cultural thing I imagine.<BR/>Again, I am glad you "fell" upon the blog.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-62865682884377895352007-05-25T00:29:00.000-07:002007-05-25T00:29:00.000-07:00Hi, I fell upon your blog and enjoyed reading abou...Hi, I fell upon your blog and enjoyed reading about the legend. Very interesting! Regarding the rugs, surely they are there to sweep dirt under not off?Chris Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02022217660977937299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-81406747815815391202007-05-24T17:22:00.000-07:002007-05-24T17:22:00.000-07:00i gotta friend who is in desperate need of a woman...i gotta friend who is in desperate need of a woman choosing him because he can't choose for himself. if he could marry his mom, he probably would.Andres, JCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898354087782485776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-78200184920185751612007-05-24T16:13:00.000-07:002007-05-24T16:13:00.000-07:00Where to begin....Well, I'll just say that I love ...Where to begin....<BR/><BR/>Well, I'll just say that I love to think that I'm still 30, too!Shauna Loves Chocolatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230467569621226082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-64288931159081981382007-05-24T13:27:00.000-07:002007-05-24T13:27:00.000-07:00harrrack, joda, and damn. when i turn 50, i guess...harrrack, joda, and damn. when i turn 50, i guess i will have to start caring about what the people around me think, seeing as i have already spent half my life saying most of whatever i want.darth sardonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247659067852638070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-88974986995843202972007-05-24T13:17:00.000-07:002007-05-24T13:17:00.000-07:00I'm booking my ticket. If I pick someone, will he ...I'm booking my ticket. If I pick someone, will he <I>have</I> to marry me? ;)Mutterings and Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-52611189494769424052007-05-24T11:06:00.000-07:002007-05-24T11:06:00.000-07:00So many great things in here, I don't know which p...So many great things in here, I don't know which part to comment on first!<BR/><BR/>Your meme was interesting to read. I feel like I "know" you better already.<BR/><BR/>The festival you wrote about is great. I'd love to see that sometime! Really fascinating, how traditions and festivals can spring up from a little legend.<BR/><BR/>As for the rugs, I totally hear you!!! I've lived in places where they do this! Also, while I was living in South America I found that people living in little mud shacks with dirt floors would SWEEP the dirt floors. REally? Sweep the dirt floors? So they won't be dirty anymore? It seemed like an exercise in futility...<BR/><BR/>And, last but not least, I can't WAIT to be 50. :-)Brillighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694582598855276158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-2183205582871112672007-05-24T08:51:00.000-07:002007-05-24T08:51:00.000-07:00Omega Mum,I am fine, thank you for asking. I am s...Omega Mum,<BR/><BR/>I am fine, thank you for asking. I am still in a bit of shock I think. It seems so unreal, because it was so sudden and so quick I imagine. My friend will never be the same I fear. Right now she is trying to breathe and concentrating on her oldest daughter. I think that will be what pulls her back. It is simply a huge empty hole.<BR/><BR/>Bad words in a foreign language are so useful don't you find? I cursed in Mandarin when Q was young.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-24014532688887125582007-05-24T07:45:00.000-07:002007-05-24T07:45:00.000-07:00I'm going to start using 'Harrrack' a lot, from no...I'm going to start using 'Harrrack' a lot, from now on. How are you; how is your friend?Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-45729010219855244032007-05-24T06:56:00.000-07:002007-05-24T06:56:00.000-07:00WUASTC,When Q was sixteen we had about five minute...WUASTC,<BR/><BR/>When Q was sixteen we had about five minutes of teenage hormones meet menopausal hormones. It was so frightening we decided not to do it anymore! You keep saying what you want. I think you're funny. I imagine privately your daughter thinks so as well.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-37697899016708530172007-05-24T06:52:00.000-07:002007-05-24T06:52:00.000-07:00debio,Parenting books make really nice paperweight...debio,<BR/><BR/>Parenting books make really nice paperweights I find.<BR/><BR/>I love the rituals as well. Knowing the stories at the core is facinating is it not?<BR/><BR/>thank you for coming by.<BR/><BR/><BR/>good woman,<BR/><BR/>I too was outspoken, now I am eccentric. How cool is that?<BR/><BR/>thank you for dropping in.<BR/><BR/><BR/>jenny,<BR/><BR/>You are right on so many things dear, history to comics.<BR/><BR/>I love Izzard! I have to sit on the floor to watch the DVDs because I end there from laughing so hard. I wish he would make another DVD of his stand-up routine. I would love to hear what he has to say about current events!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for visiting.<BR/><BR/><BR/>drunk mummy,<BR/><BR/>But I care what YOU think! Blogging is an excellent outlet is it not. It is truly Plato's Ring of Gyges, unless someone REALLY wants to find you....<BR/><BR/>Thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-65096754026624298862007-05-24T06:49:00.000-07:002007-05-24T06:49:00.000-07:00Oh Harrack! Why wait till 50 to say what you want ...Oh Harrack! Why wait till 50 to say what you want and not care? I do it all the time. My daughter is always amazed and embarrassed by what comes out of my mouth. It must be the hormones (hers and mine).wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-48532734672275939252007-05-24T06:35:00.000-07:002007-05-24T06:35:00.000-07:00You should tell Q that the day you start to blog i...You should tell Q that the day you start to blog is the day that you get to say whatever you want, and you don't care about what people say!Drunk Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213660260846567668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-1762547025424366842007-05-24T06:25:00.000-07:002007-05-24T06:25:00.000-07:00Thank you for the lovely history lesson! Didnt I ...Thank you for the lovely history lesson! Didnt I tell you that history is much more fun to learn from someone who has actually gone thru it or is experiencing it now? There is something about that personal point-of-view that makes it much more relatable.<BR/><BR/>You are a woman after my own heart! I adore Eddie Izzard!! He is another walking, talking, FUNNY (!) history book! Pretty good on the eyes, too, dress and all.jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772053505930801670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-80308214339415330472007-05-24T06:10:00.000-07:002007-05-24T06:10:00.000-07:00So you suffer with the heat and are living in Moro...So you suffer with the heat and are living in Morocco. As I suffer with the cold and am living in Scotland.<BR/><BR/>And yet there is so much else about both places to recommend them.<BR/><BR/>And I am eagerly anticipating 50. I fear I am already too outspoken, but now I have faith that the day will come when I can get away with it.The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-22482499803979352002007-05-24T05:57:00.000-07:002007-05-24T05:57:00.000-07:00I sooo love these ancient rituals; that's one of t...I sooo love these ancient rituals; that's one of the reasons I enjoy living in a culture so very different from where I grew up.<BR/><BR/>My daughter, too, has asked when she gets to say what she wants as I, apparently, do it all the time. So, all those parenting books I read when she was fresh and new made no impression on me at all? Shame.debiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14218049959165514277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-82714649668004902622007-05-24T05:25:00.000-07:002007-05-24T05:25:00.000-07:00Thank you my dear. We do have to go on, don't we?...Thank you my dear. We do have to go on, don't we? I learned that long ago. <BR/><BR/>I like your legend. I like it even more so that you saw them! <BR/><BR/>As always thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-22873449289864594202007-05-24T04:42:00.000-07:002007-05-24T04:42:00.000-07:00So glad you're back, and sparkling, Lady M! Your ...So glad you're back, and sparkling, Lady M! Your great sorrow must still be there, but you are going on anyway - which is both brave and inspirational.<BR/><BR/>I think I'll send my two sons across to look for brides in Morocco btw ...they are so tremendously eligible and gorgeous, but have so far resisted commitment. (Though on second thoughts, perhaps I won't - send them, that is. They might not return.)<BR/><BR/>The legend puts me in mind of a similar NZ Maori one...... I was staying in a cabin beside Lake Rotorua one year, and rising early, went out to wander by the shores of the lake. Far out, I saw a long Maori canoe filled with young girls, identically dressed, and wearing their hair like ballerinas... Their trainer waded in the shallows at some distance off-shore, shouting instructions to them...<BR/><BR/>I took them to be a crew of training rowers - but when I recounted this story later to some local people, they said it could not have been. In the first place the lake is so quickly deep, that nobody could possibly have been wading at the distance I described. And so far as the boatful of owing ballerinas went - well no such crew had ever been heard of in those parts!<BR/><BR/>It was then I heard the legend of the doomed lovers who had drowned themselves in the lake, rather than be parted. I believe the well-known Maori song 'Po kare kare ana' (often sung by Kiri Te Kanawa; or at All Blacks or other gatherings)<BR/>has its origins in that old legend..........<BR/><BR/>But most of all though, I'm just so very glad to see you back again!I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.com