tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post7972951626853893652..comments2024-03-28T00:49:30.768-06:00Comments on Pondering Penguin: "Hope is a remarkable muscle."Karen Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692791436106987353noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-29074241483263915532007-07-09T22:59:00.000-06:002007-07-09T22:59:00.000-06:00I love Laura Bush. Quiet, reserved, well spoken, ...I love Laura Bush. Quiet, reserved, well spoken, commands attention in a quiet way, sincere, honest, thoughtful, beloved by staff, genuine, caring, intelligent, a wonderful ambassador for our country. Oh look! Everything Hillary isn't!srphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751987787364198318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-26923592213574458382007-07-09T16:53:00.000-06:002007-07-09T16:53:00.000-06:00Thank you for sharing this! Nice to read somethin...Thank you for sharing this! Nice to read something positive about the Pres and Mrs. Bush. It's so infrequent. <BR/><BR/>Let's hope we can keep what's happening in Europe from reaching our shores, and that will come with due diligence. If we could only get more people to realize the potential danger.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-74695340343534612302007-07-09T12:42:00.000-06:002007-07-09T12:42:00.000-06:00At last I can leave a comment. An excellent post,...At last I can leave a comment. An excellent post, Karen. I need to read her book, although knowing the ending, it will be a difficult read.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269872465115056916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-89386100666509168202007-07-09T10:13:00.000-06:002007-07-09T10:13:00.000-06:00I also hesitate to read accounts of what's going o...I also hesitate to read accounts of what's going on over there, usually because they have that usual 'spin' affixed to them. Glad you read this one and told us about it -- I'll look forward to reading it. <BR/><BR/>I didn't realize your hubby traveled over there so often -- I'll keep you all in my prayers as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-89430698517384777212007-07-09T10:04:00.000-06:002007-07-09T10:04:00.000-06:00Forgot to add that I would give anything to trade ...Forgot to add that I would give anything to trade places with your mom!<BR/>I also wish I had that zest for life!!I sometimes act world weary and I have barely lived my life!Frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855104479614125294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-30271019427365071482007-07-09T07:42:00.000-06:002007-07-09T07:42:00.000-06:00Such a great post.I too hesitate to read books whe...Such a great post.I too hesitate to read books where I know someone dies.That story really got to me when I heard about it when it happened and I was in India.I had done a post a while back on Marianne Pearl.She was my woman of substance.<BR/>I do not fathom how it is to live knowing that your husband has been captured by extremists and fearing the worst.I just cannot.<BR/>I know I do not have their courage and grace.<BR/>Also the stuff about Mrs Bush....she is such a wonderful woman,a true first lady.Frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855104479614125294noreply@blogger.com