tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680851414073805302.post4545567689127120534..comments2024-02-11T13:02:55.492-05:00Comments on ihopeiwinatoaster: Swansongs and Renaissance BoysBill Peebleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08184122519445425718noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680851414073805302.post-10600766831307951542013-12-02T16:29:36.442-05:002013-12-02T16:29:36.442-05:00I love the Renaissance Boys description. I have o...I love the Renaissance Boys description. I have often described myself and my sons that way. I also wonder in a market that wants specialization and focus if there is still room for us. Ed Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603216811932867075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680851414073805302.post-59971562505068746782013-11-29T11:54:06.102-05:002013-11-29T11:54:06.102-05:00Bill, I think what you've captured here is the...Bill, I think what you've captured here is the essence of why it's so important that we encourage our kids to be kids while they can. Activities are great, but I believe that if you don't learn how to pretend when you're little, you'll have a heck of a time learning it as an adult--and that seems a real tragedy, to me. From your writing, I suspect you feel the same.<br /><br />Welcome back, Bill; many happy returns!<br /><br />SeanSeanhttp://www.nerdincognito.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680851414073805302.post-38437377436504524032013-11-27T16:48:22.042-05:002013-11-27T16:48:22.042-05:00I love the way that you share your kids' creat...I love the way that you share your kids' creativity and imagination here, this was a great post to read.<br /><br />JonathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680851414073805302.post-70257263046606441702013-11-26T20:13:15.111-05:002013-11-26T20:13:15.111-05:00You have a certain style to your writing that I re...You have a certain style to your writing that I really enjoy. It's sentimental, thoughtful and humble. <br />Glad you are going to continue to 'party.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680851414073805302.post-2951799591298639842013-11-26T13:37:54.500-05:002013-11-26T13:37:54.500-05:00Your kids are so awesome. And it's so perfect ...Your kids are so awesome. And it's so perfect and important that you're recoding these stories. Though you say "I hope someday I can say something as beautiful as that..." more than likely, you did when you wore shoes similar to Nick's. But there was no recording device close by when you spoke that kind of unfiltered expression of beautiful life. From my perspective, you're achieving it now; you've recaptured it, and for that, I'm plenty thankful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362546083873007732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680851414073805302.post-28454488927262986272013-11-26T11:26:48.332-05:002013-11-26T11:26:48.332-05:00I have kept most of my daughter's imaginative ...I have kept most of my daughter's imaginative creations from this age and others. Her years of crafting are slowing, as she matures into more "adult" things. But, I am glad I kept the things of her youth, so I can pull them out and hold them and bring back that spectacular youth once again, and hold her again as a child, for a moment. keep these things in a special place so that you have them to look back on, once they too have reached the age of more "adult" things. DeirdreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com