tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post6289649047088928993..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: A Monkey And A Chicken Walk Into A Bar ...Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-74318640424714041852010-07-22T19:25:06.259-04:002010-07-22T19:25:06.259-04:00Thanks, Mr. S, I appreciate it. And tell the love...Thanks, Mr. S, I appreciate it. And tell the lovely Ms. A I said hello.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-9482334255831230752010-07-22T17:41:17.334-04:002010-07-22T17:41:17.334-04:00MM - Just back from a long vacation and I'm ca...MM - Just back from a long vacation and I'm catching up with your blog, including this thoughtful and poignant post about your Mom. A. and I send our condolences.Mister S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-57943481603304625272010-07-20T16:18:09.168-04:002010-07-20T16:18:09.168-04:00Thanks, Mr. B. Hers and my dad's was indeed o...Thanks, Mr. B. Hers and my dad's was indeed one of those classic World War II romances -- meet on a street corner and get married three months later. I guess it worked out -- they were married more than thirty years, til death did them part. We should all be so lucky.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-35319203996302851212010-07-20T13:09:48.812-04:002010-07-20T13:09:48.812-04:00Mr. MM - Having just logged on from the beach, I a...Mr. MM - Having just logged on from the beach, I am saddened at the news of your Mom. Of course, I never met her, but my thoughts go immediately to a young woman who fell in love with a uniformed ballplayer on the street. That image is indelibly etched, so I hope it's ok if I hang onto it; my condolences, belatedly, Mr. MM, and may you find some comfort in a million memories. Yodel Heidi and I are thinking of you.Bellotoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867368335490719967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-88930719734949209092010-07-17T10:59:14.883-04:002010-07-17T10:59:14.883-04:00Thanks, Zoe and Ivan and everybody who's passe...Thanks, Zoe and Ivan and everybody who's passed along their well-wishes. You guys have helped more this week than you'll ever know.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-75053132144299385122010-07-17T01:05:06.592-04:002010-07-17T01:05:06.592-04:00hi MythMonk, I'm sorry to hear about your loss...hi MythMonk, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Your mum sounds like she was a super lady, I bet you have lots of fond memories.<br />I hope all is well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-28675271472998114362010-07-14T14:41:31.530-04:002010-07-14T14:41:31.530-04:00I'm sorry for your loss, MM.I'm sorry for your loss, MM.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-26286974030032383642010-07-14T11:15:23.916-04:002010-07-14T11:15:23.916-04:00Thanks, Avalon. I only wish I had some pictures o...Thanks, Avalon. I only wish I had some pictures on the computer of her in her younger days. She was quite stylish and elegant before the disease took over.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-78197504889029873882010-07-14T10:51:20.531-04:002010-07-14T10:51:20.531-04:00I am so sorry to hear this. May your Mom rest wel...I am so sorry to hear this. May your Mom rest well and know she was loved...she sounds like a very special woman. *hugs*Flapper Flickers + Silent Stanzashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519672156109642104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-64535406751618251942010-07-14T10:41:43.463-04:002010-07-14T10:41:43.463-04:00Thank you everyone for your kind wishes. I admit ...Thank you everyone for your kind wishes. I admit I had hesitated to post anything of such a personal nature on a blog strictly about movies, and I certainly don't want to come across as trolling for sympathy, but I've also learned from past experience that sometimes too much restraint is just as damaging as too little. As Elvis Costello once said, "It's the words that we don't say that scare me so."<br /><br />In any event, I wasn't going to get any writing done until I wrote that.<br /><br />As some of you know (Mister Muleboy, <i>too</i> well), my mom suffered from Alzheimers for the last several years of her life. The photo of her sitting on the edge of the bed pretty much captures it. Note the bear tucked into the covers. That was "Bobby Bear," the only name my mom could dredge up from her ravaged memory -- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDk0IX-gtZQ" rel="nofollow"> Bobby Bare</a> and his son, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-9UebOyaI" rel="nofollow"> Bare Jr.</a> were our neighbors for years -- and as her memories of family and friends slipped away, that bear became more real to her than the "reality" she lived in.<br /><br />As is the wont of Alzheimers patients, my mom would say every day "I want to go home" -- doesn't matter if they <i>are</i> home, they want to go home. My brother learned early on not to try to reason with her, but would ask instead, "Where's home, mom?" And she'd say, "Nashville."<br /><br />"And what do you want to do when you get there?"<br /><br />"I want to see my mother and my father and my family."<br /><br />And my brother would say, "Well, I promise I'll take you home someday." And as he said in his eloquent eulogy, "She's finally home."<br /><br />And that's all I'm going to say about that. My next post will be a frivolous one about Louise Brooks and then I will move on from there.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-14419786628015451782010-07-14T09:09:26.359-04:002010-07-14T09:09:26.359-04:00MythMonk -- I tread carefully here; mothers are so...MythMonk -- I tread carefully here; mothers are somehow different from fathers, and certainly different from Bill Taylors.<br /><br />So you may be fragile, and I would never hurt a fragile monkey.<br /><br />I deeply enjoy the loving portrait of your mother sitting on her bed. I presume that Plain Chicken's oh-so-talented brother was lovingly (and interestingly) capturing his grandmother?<br /><br />If not, someone else has the gift as well.<br /><br /><br />And take heart in the knowledge that<br /><br />if the lifetime of this planet were represented by the Empire State Building, the<br />whole<br /> of human existence<br /><br />would measure one sheet of paper in that edifice.<br /><br />So the grand scheme of things is measured by you and your heart.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />no, I can't make hide nor hair of it either. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-77548967690858755652010-07-14T06:34:53.764-04:002010-07-14T06:34:53.764-04:00Dear Mister MythMonk, am deeply sorry. Can also c...Dear Mister MythMonk, am deeply sorry. Can also certainly can relate to the connection between mom and movies ... now all of your readers get to benefit from the love of film your folks passed on to and shared with you. Wishing you peace and happy memories.Lupnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-32175261547264497022010-07-13T23:16:08.790-04:002010-07-13T23:16:08.790-04:00Sorry to hear about your mom MM. Thanks for sharin...Sorry to hear about your mom MM. Thanks for sharing the lovely tribute. I think it is so charming that she loved the Three Stooges. She must have been a great lady.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587905976811500791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-85544632733225054982010-07-13T19:07:11.978-04:002010-07-13T19:07:11.978-04:00My deepest condolences. So much of what I write i...My deepest condolences. So much of what I write is tinged with opinions that my mother has, I can understand how the two can overlap.Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-18152517328916296092010-07-13T17:03:46.661-04:002010-07-13T17:03:46.661-04:00: ( My condolences. Thank-you moms, for introducin...: ( My condolences. Thank-you moms, for introducing us to a magical world.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.com