Comments on: He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/ Now we see through a glass, darkly; then we shall see face to face. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:34:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kari http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59833 Kari Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:23:35 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59833 Of course! :) Of course! :)

]]> By: Nan http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59832 Nan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:05:29 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59832 Linking up, if that is ok with you! Enjoy the rest of the trip! Linking up, if that is ok with you! Enjoy the rest of the trip!

]]> By: Kari http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59831 Kari Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:38:17 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59831 Gary: I am writing it up now, with some pictures. :) Nan: Of course I remember you! I've been reading yours, too. Meredith: I emailed you the recipe! Gary: I am writing it up now, with some pictures. :)

Nan: Of course I remember you! I’ve been reading yours, too.

Meredith: I emailed you the recipe!

]]> By: Meredith http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59830 Meredith Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:14:22 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59830 Kari, You had a written about a goat cheese lazagna at some point. Can you email me that recipe? I am at work for the am and I don't have your email here. If you can send it to me by this afternoon that would be wonderful. I am heading out of town in the am for a girl's retreat and need something good to make!! Kari,

You had a written about a goat cheese lazagna at some point. Can you email me that recipe? I am at work for the am and I don’t have your email here. If you can send it to me by this afternoon that would be wonderful. I am heading out of town in the am for a girl’s retreat and need something good to make!!

]]> By: Nan http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59829 Nan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:10:21 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59829 Hi Kari! I have been stalking for while, but haven't commented because I wasn't sure if you would remember me. Thanks for the well wishes...never been to NY! Would love to go. By the way, the letter to Jeff was amazing! Hi Kari! I have been stalking for while, but haven’t commented because I wasn’t sure if you would remember me. Thanks for the well wishes…never been to NY! Would love to go. By the way, the letter to Jeff was amazing!

]]> By: Mom http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59828 Mom Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:47:29 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59828 I did my final project for my linguistics class this summer on dialects and discussed just this kind of thing - regional differences in words people use. The subject was fascinating. PBS did a documentary on it last year and has very interesting information on their website called "Do You Speak American?" I did my final project for my linguistics class this summer on dialects and discussed just this kind of thing – regional differences in words people use. The subject was fascinating. PBS did a documentary on it last year and has very interesting information on their website called “Do You Speak American?”

]]> By: Andrea http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59826 Andrea Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:15:46 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59826 Yeah, bubbler isn't generically 'northern' I don't think - but at least WI and parts of MN, I think. My dad still slips sometimes and calls it a bubbler. (And we have never adapted to the 'coke' thing - my soul is repulsed by the thought - hehe) Yeah, bubbler isn’t generically ‘northern’ I don’t think – but at least WI and parts of MN, I think. My dad still slips sometimes and calls it a bubbler. (And we have never adapted to the ‘coke’ thing – my soul is repulsed by the thought – hehe)

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59825 Geof F. Morris Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:39:20 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59825 But bubbler is really only used in certain parts of the Midwest---linguistic scholars argue that it's only from certain parts of WI, but I've heard it elsewhere. I grew up with it being a "drinking fountain", and then had to deal with "water fountain" when I got to Mississippi. What always threw me when I moved to Mississippi was that, well, I liked Coke. So when folks asked me if I wanted a coke, I wasn't quite sure why they would then ask, "What kind?" I'd already told them! But bubbler is really only used in certain parts of the Midwest—linguistic scholars argue that it’s only from certain parts of WI, but I’ve heard it elsewhere. I grew up with it being a “drinking fountain”, and then had to deal with “water fountain” when I got to Mississippi.

What always threw me when I moved to Mississippi was that, well, I liked Coke. So when folks asked me if I wanted a coke, I wasn’t quite sure why they would then ask, “What kind?” I’d already told them!

]]> By: caroline http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59824 caroline Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:32:24 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59824 Barbecue (n) - tasty pork meat that has been smoked for like an eternity and chopped up. Its can be covered with a sauce (tomato based or vinegar based) put in a sandwich or eaten plain. Barbecue pairs very well with slaw and hush puppies. Barbecue is most definitely a noun, not a verb, as in "to barbecue". Barbecue (n) – tasty pork meat that has been smoked for like an eternity and chopped up. Its can be covered with a sauce (tomato based or vinegar based) put in a sandwich or eaten plain. Barbecue pairs very well with slaw and hush puppies.

Barbecue is most definitely a noun, not a verb, as in “to barbecue”.

]]> By: Andrea http://throughaglass.net/archives/2008/07/21/he-had-come-a-long-way-to-this-blue-lawn-and-his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to-grasp-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59823 Andrea Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:03:12 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/?p=1342#comment-59823 Exactly. What Susan said. I got teased A LOT for bubbler when we first moved here. Exactly. What Susan said. I got teased A LOT for bubbler when we first moved here.

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