tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post4641608034788679105..comments2024-01-10T19:34:23.767-07:00Comments on That Rebel with a Blog: V is for Villa Rica (aka Welcome Home)Olivia J. Herrell, writing as O.J. Barréhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01107021392937169669noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-44555396749968534912011-04-30T19:25:41.422-06:002011-04-30T19:25:41.422-06:00Well said. To look about where you grew up and se...Well said. To look about where you grew up and see the short cuts and walls you climbed as a kid brings back happy feelings. I'm still homesick.<br /><br />But I write good. Angst, you know.Walter Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221874622830527655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-65709523752273194742011-04-29T07:12:56.210-06:002011-04-29T07:12:56.210-06:00very nice.very nice.Michelle Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747275507200268417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-88534748242609024992011-04-29T06:19:44.365-06:002011-04-29T06:19:44.365-06:00Nice to see you in A2Z challenge.
Wonderful post f...Nice to see you in A2Z challenge.<br />Wonderful post for V.<br />And you blog looks beautiful.<br />I am following your blog.<br /><br />Please visit my blog and if you like, please follow my blog.<br /><br />With warm welcome,<br /><br />http://mydaughtersdreams.blogspot.comGujjarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976514139443306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-45792270079674955592011-04-28T22:45:15.986-06:002011-04-28T22:45:15.986-06:00It's funny the way life is different for other...It's funny the way life is different for other people sometimes. I left my hometown in a hurry and a flurry of scandal and never looked back. Eventually the old folks passed away and most of the neighbours too.I returned last year and found a town full of strangers, not even a classmate remains. The town itself; the buildings but with all new tennants still looks pretty much the same and so Lorrainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-31619544223485134062011-04-28T21:41:18.430-06:002011-04-28T21:41:18.430-06:00A lovely essay. I always liked that song.
Thank...A lovely essay. I always liked that song. <br /><br />Thank You.anthony stemkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666462157746049139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-57737194779292753532011-04-28T21:37:20.100-06:002011-04-28T21:37:20.100-06:00...there's a quote from my book that an aging ......there's a quote from my book that an aging ball coach tells his son, "No matter what you decide to do with yourself, always make sure and throw from the heart."<br />Olivia, my dear, whether hammering out the next Pulitzer, or bounding along on Blogger, when you write, it's like soul food...because you throw it from the heart:)<br /><br />Great post, Olivia, and welcome home.Elliot Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271528871804399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-6568373054114623202011-04-28T19:45:27.777-06:002011-04-28T19:45:27.777-06:00I love Simon and Garfunkl.
And I love home. The ...I love Simon and Garfunkl.<br /><br />And I love home. The sentiment of it. I'm from a pretty small place myself. My family is still there, and I will return to live out my retirement years - ahem, when that happens. Sometimes you just gotta experience somewhere else to appreciate where you grew up. <br /><br />As I became an adult, and expreienced life, and came to my own decisions and dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-6621988661835791222011-04-28T19:12:05.729-06:002011-04-28T19:12:05.729-06:00I honest to God thought this was a post on Vanilla...I honest to God thought this was a post on Vanilla Ice.<br /><br />I gotta stop skimming...<br /><br /> - EricEric W. Tranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842968931062056407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-77446856705403729382011-04-28T17:12:33.327-06:002011-04-28T17:12:33.327-06:00So glad you've found your place. I'm a hom...So glad you've found your place. I'm a hometown girl - have only lived in one place and I have no plans to move ever! :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847195321533568990.post-60852764189399006982011-04-28T15:14:54.164-06:002011-04-28T15:14:54.164-06:00I enjoyed this because many years ago we went on h...I enjoyed this because many years ago we went on holiday in Devon UK.there was a bridge there with a plaque saying that Simon and Garfunkel based their song Bridge Over Troubled Waters on that bridge.<br /><br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.com