tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post404917000600792132..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: Doris, our lady of "never too late"Marylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-80296162703039723032011-02-14T08:10:23.565-08:002011-02-14T08:10:23.565-08:00Antares Cryptos - Thanks for the nudge. I'll ...Antares Cryptos - Thanks for the nudge. I'll be right over.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-39866677566700355312011-02-13T11:59:47.521-08:002011-02-13T11:59:47.521-08:00Yes. Bringing the loot home or tearing into card b...Yes. Bringing the loot home or tearing into card board like a child. :)<br /><br />Since you gave me permission to "nudge", I have a feeling you'll "love" the cards I just posted on my blog. Creativity, papercrafts...Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-91017134161435243092011-02-12T17:44:18.283-08:002011-02-12T17:44:18.283-08:00Kass - As long as we hold it as a vision, an aspir...Kass - As long as we hold it as a vision, an aspiration and allow it only to speak to us in future tense, it is real, never too late. Milestones come and go. Our perceptions of time and opportunities have been shaped by linear, literal, hard-edged convention. The truth, I believe, is much less confined and far more forgiving. To one-woman shows.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-42240582957628601952011-02-12T17:30:51.852-08:002011-02-12T17:30:51.852-08:00Antares Cryptos - Is there anything better than bo...Antares Cryptos - Is there anything better than book bargains?Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-33165121582048702922011-02-12T17:03:51.023-08:002011-02-12T17:03:51.023-08:00What a wonderful post. The book looks amazing.
I ...What a wonderful post. The book looks amazing.<br /><br />I keep meaning to produce my one-woman show. At forty, it was to be a monumental Birthday Celebration. At 50, it was my survival of divorce celebration. <br />Perhaps at 65, I'll be ready (but maybe only for YouTube).<br /><br />But yes, it's never too late.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-22898833472891017142011-02-12T11:33:46.060-08:002011-02-12T11:33:46.060-08:00Ha! That will teach amazon. :)Ha! That will teach amazon. :)Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-58865584989259124082011-02-12T11:11:35.407-08:002011-02-12T11:11:35.407-08:00Pamela - I would be a very motivated student with ...Pamela - I would be a very motivated student with this as the prize. Such a great idea (and what a fine day that must have been at the Dollar Tree).Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-14636046869197663782011-02-12T11:09:30.200-08:002011-02-12T11:09:30.200-08:00KleinsteMotte - That's it exactly...so much mo...KleinsteMotte - That's it exactly...so much more to discover and who knows where it will lead.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-90031956747273831352011-02-12T11:08:36.094-08:002011-02-12T11:08:36.094-08:00Susan - Great title, absolutely. When I saw on Am...Susan - Great title, absolutely. When I saw on Amazon the depth of "bargain" on this book...I knew it was somebody's lucky day. I will look at the CuriesMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-57155065831037986822011-02-11T16:57:18.040-08:002011-02-11T16:57:18.040-08:00I love this book. (I bought multiple copies at Do...I love this book. (I bought multiple copies at Dollar Tree, and I give them to students who nail their memorization).Pamela Johnson Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637447850820805268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-14253393714997524382011-02-11T16:48:49.802-08:002011-02-11T16:48:49.802-08:00It's never too late is my motto as I head to m...It's never too late is my motto as I head to my twilight years of learning.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-5227879912931853332011-02-11T13:40:00.471-08:002011-02-11T13:40:00.471-08:00marylinn,
i ordered the bk on amazon--it's on ...marylinn,<br />i ordered the bk on amazon--it's on sale, a "bargain book", if anyone else is interested. even more: Redniss has also done this book: Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout, and it looks terrific, too. (great title!)<br />susansusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-35734550529038491852011-02-11T13:26:10.868-08:002011-02-11T13:26:10.868-08:00Susan - Thank you so much. I am so glad you loope...Susan - Thank you so much. I am so glad you looped back. It is very much a life/living in process. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-60099710996642964832011-02-11T13:24:58.844-08:002011-02-11T13:24:58.844-08:00Denise - If I could just hold on to that slippery ...Denise - If I could just hold on to that slippery notion of growing old disgracefully and not ever get brow-beaten into mediocre choices by the toxins my mind squirts like an octopus' ink. It feels as though I begin life anew pretty much daily...at least I try.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-58220720423776606242011-02-11T07:14:35.780-08:002011-02-11T07:14:35.780-08:00i read this post in a whiz-by blur earlier this we...i read this post in a whiz-by blur earlier this week, and just now i read it slowly, savored it. arent you good to us, to pass this along with your lovely smart words. thank you so much. (i have to go now: amazon.com...)<br />xoxo<br />susan<br />a life in process.susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-80681212019416725322011-02-11T00:31:50.147-08:002011-02-11T00:31:50.147-08:00as one who really only began her life at age 36,
...as one who really only began her life at age 36,<br /><br />I am a full supporter of "its never too late."<br /><br />And another: "growing old disgracefully"<br /><br />bring it on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-15715714540203023112011-02-10T21:15:30.945-08:002011-02-10T21:15:30.945-08:00Robert - A new project, you say? I look forward t...Robert - A new project, you say? I look forward to hearing about it, once you've caught your breath and are ready to share. It is either the book inspired by your comment replies or a new documentary...am I getting warm?Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-21369022804943313382011-02-10T15:42:27.938-08:002011-02-10T15:42:27.938-08:00And it's onward and upward toward my next proj...And it's onward and upward toward my next project!! ... but let me catch my breath for just a moment.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-81174447753748410492011-02-10T14:58:55.801-08:002011-02-10T14:58:55.801-08:00Claire - Forward we go, the Society to Stamp Out t...Claire - Forward we go, the Society to Stamp Out the dreary, the droopy, the juiceless. All flags flying, on the cusp of excitement and "what was I thinking?" xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-12846552025201935692011-02-10T14:54:41.551-08:002011-02-10T14:54:41.551-08:00Laoch - Embrace, and, if we are very fortunate, em...Laoch - Embrace, and, if we are very fortunate, embody boldness. Yes. That's the plan.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-65442149837722218202011-02-10T01:56:23.393-08:002011-02-10T01:56:23.393-08:00What a luscious volume, Marylinn - there's not...What a luscious volume, Marylinn - there's nothing reticent or demure about it! This exuberance - the book's, Lauren Redniss's and yours - is to be celebrated. <br /><br />The lines I will nestle down beside when I go from here to sleep are these - 'Discouragement is not our destiny. . . We are here to grow, to inch or leap away from where we stood yesterday.' Trust and courage, hand-in-hand. . . and forward we go xoClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-58110384040851646752011-02-09T23:05:18.591-08:002011-02-09T23:05:18.591-08:00Embrace boldness.Embrace boldness.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-73296414688550454312011-02-09T21:01:47.040-08:002011-02-09T21:01:47.040-08:00Erin - Oh, I do believe you will enjoy it and as o...Erin - Oh, I do believe you will enjoy it and as one so knowing as to the ways of publishing and such, you will be as amazed as I that it exists at all. Immense. Eccentric. Unlike anything I've seen. And a bargain. A gift with many faces.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-30422294833430665512011-02-09T20:58:43.597-08:002011-02-09T20:58:43.597-08:00Antares Cryptos - Not rude in the least to alert m...Antares Cryptos - Not rude in the least to alert me. It would be wise if I kept a rope around my waist connecting me to something sturdy...I wander off so easily. You shout, I may join you. This is an important message. It is quite the book.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-41976126790915172702011-02-09T16:37:18.614-08:002011-02-09T16:37:18.614-08:00Of course it's never too late. Looking back a...Of course it's never too late. Looking back at my first 50 years or so, I can see several times when it may have been too early, but never too late. This second half is by far the very best!!<br />I just went over to Amazon and ordered a copy - it looks amazing. What a lovely birthday present for you.<br />ErinErin in Morro Bayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837848620673552009noreply@blogger.com