tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post6549046263935139877..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Smell, Taste, SoundGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-82430080341425977072010-02-17T14:27:43.836-06:002010-02-17T14:27:43.836-06:00I knew of the King Cake traditions, but never expe...I knew of the King Cake traditions, but never experienced them being a Northern, yet it takes me to those delectable missed treats of my own boyhood, like crust pie or the more well-known Shoo-fly.<br /><br /><br />Larrynitewrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968271056094267260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-233028966727070072010-02-16T20:43:27.570-06:002010-02-16T20:43:27.570-06:00Sigh. Just this morning I was telling my friends h...Sigh. Just this morning I was telling my friends how hubs took me to N'awlins' last March for my fortieth birthday. Do you think it would be asking too much to go two years in a row? <br /><br />You have awakened the sehnschuct, my friend. I thank you. Tonite? I dream of Muffelettas, Gumbo, and crawfish etouffee...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263995875732832349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-25756563226379092052010-02-16T08:54:05.531-06:002010-02-16T08:54:05.531-06:00I've only recently learned of the King Cake. I...I've only recently learned of the King Cake. I love the flavor that you bring to the tradition. <br /><br />Through your writing, I smell and taste and hear it, too.Jennifer @ JenniferDukesLee.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934656581948719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-84046951320404640872010-02-16T06:39:02.424-06:002010-02-16T06:39:02.424-06:00Never heard of the King Cake tradition, if you can...Never heard of the King Cake tradition, if you can believe that! Thanks for enlightening me!Michelle DeRushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658349105535790020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-55363400479469912232010-02-16T06:16:51.210-06:002010-02-16T06:16:51.210-06:00Nice. Thanks Glynn. Long before the Internet, cake...Nice. Thanks Glynn. Long before the Internet, cake and tradition brought us together ...Russell Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04257247185461047076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-43537784865912583822010-02-15T22:40:47.209-06:002010-02-15T22:40:47.209-06:00It is amazing how the smells and sights and sounds...It is amazing how the smells and sights and sounds take us back. How blessed we are that our senses have memory! How much we would forget if they didn't!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-66495395052663814882010-02-15T21:37:49.667-06:002010-02-15T21:37:49.667-06:00Takin' us back with you. How generous. I didn&...Takin' us back with you. How generous. I didn't know about King Cake. :)Kathleen Overbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-6684366340393658202010-02-15T19:37:53.319-06:002010-02-15T19:37:53.319-06:00You made me think back to the scents and sounds of...You made me think back to the scents and sounds of my childhood - the smell of the ocean as we approached my Aunt's house on the Island; Shep barking, my Italian Grandfather trying to communicate to this bewildered little girl.<br />This is so beautifully written.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937532276250199445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-59366654788474941232010-02-15T18:52:48.328-06:002010-02-15T18:52:48.328-06:00that last line caught me, too ... and King Cake .....that last line caught me, too ... and King Cake ... that was a new oneS. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-1875084160192975592010-02-15T18:23:33.897-06:002010-02-15T18:23:33.897-06:00and
each time
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I didn’t know it.and<br />each time <br />I am <br />surprised <br />I didn’t know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-53962621935965960702010-02-15T16:56:57.143-06:002010-02-15T16:56:57.143-06:00I so appreciate how you relate the details of your...I so appreciate how you relate the details of your growing up in your poems, how you go back in age while going back in time. These are picture-poems. That last one is especially poignant.<br /><br />And what a lucky boy you were to win that plastic baby! (I was a young adult before I knew what King Cake was. I thought it was such a cool idea.)Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-24105972715679240052010-02-15T16:50:43.246-06:002010-02-15T16:50:43.246-06:00So amazing how quickly our senses can withdraw mem...So amazing how quickly our senses can withdraw memories from their little file folders. Thanks for sharing some of yours!!Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941727850419862559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-48371737748088281402010-02-15T16:24:53.075-06:002010-02-15T16:24:53.075-06:00Ah, the King Cake! Like a giant, icing covered don...Ah, the King Cake! Like a giant, icing covered donut with a baby inside.<br /><br />That's gonna sound really weird to anyone unfamiliar with Mardi Gras.katdishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210738418270395622noreply@blogger.com