tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post5697257731284718164..comments2024-03-23T06:00:13.243-04:00Comments on Kristin Berkey-Abbott: Drop Everything and Read! (or listen to a podcast)Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-91907233910562634232011-04-12T12:59:32.433-04:002011-04-12T12:59:32.433-04:00I grew up in and around Manassas until about 5 yea...I grew up in and around Manassas until about 5 years ago, and I got the impression that it's now a place that doesn't know if it's southern or not. (Just don't try telling my family that!) I've been to the battlefield before but don't really remember it. It's as if that part of history - both battles - are easily forgotten too.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549006366499776700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-40237071479140533662011-04-12T08:27:17.549-04:002011-04-12T08:27:17.549-04:00i must STOP reading and get on with my day, really...i must STOP reading and get on with my day, really. but seriously, though, i will DEAR today; i am planning on an early night anyways. i enjoyed the poem too, of course!Shefali Shah Choksihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736003503035706246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-5982079229190910982011-04-12T08:21:52.531-04:002011-04-12T08:21:52.531-04:00One of my Newberry, SC friends wrote a similar sou...One of my Newberry, SC friends wrote a similar sounding project: "Ladies of Rosemount," about the imagined lives of women buried in a local cemetary. Lots of powerful dramatic monologues--and it stages well too.Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-85913702700576423792011-04-12T08:15:20.349-04:002011-04-12T08:15:20.349-04:00Oh, wow, powerful poem! And I love "her metal...Oh, wow, powerful poem! And I love "her metal children" as a wonderful detail. Oh, my.<br /><br />I will D.E.A.R. later today--but probably Cather instead of Cleary, as it happens.<br /><br />Big Civil War celebrations this year in my town. My dad was in one Sat. night, and I am writing two scripts to be performed in the local cemetery in October, about Civil War era people now buried there.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com