tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post2530724651376046562..comments2024-03-27T23:13:43.597-05:00Comments on Prairie Rose Publications: My Grandfather's Magical TrunkLivia J Washburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05958199886826207363noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-18577894975150505082014-05-07T20:03:25.075-05:002014-05-07T20:03:25.075-05:00I wrote that last part on my Kindle. It writes the...I wrote that last part on my Kindle. It writes the word it THINKS you want to say. That faux pas slipped by me. I think I would rather have a Gypsy Kiss than have the Gypsy "off". LOLSarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-28914311775981850842014-05-07T18:54:54.894-05:002014-05-07T18:54:54.894-05:00OOps! Typo! Gypsy's What? Tee hee! XOOps! Typo! Gypsy's What? Tee hee! X<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572980383670606147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-41396489656367832942014-05-07T17:04:47.205-05:002014-05-07T17:04:47.205-05:00Wow, Kaye, that is a mystery. Lucky you. Was there...Wow, Kaye, that is a mystery. Lucky you. Was there any cool stuff in the trunk, or did your aunt get those things back?<br />My grandfather's trunk is very heavy. I can't lift it.<br />Thank you so much for taking the time to come.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-43715910547283749362014-05-07T16:59:30.401-05:002014-05-07T16:59:30.401-05:00I do, Jill. My dad put things from my and my siste...I do, Jill. My dad put things from my and my sister's childhood and connected us to the history within the trunk. After he died, I saw those things for the first time, I wept with the love and comfort I felt from seeing them there.<br />I wish you much success with The Gypsy' s Off, Jill.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-72992502087927068762014-05-07T16:54:20.313-05:002014-05-07T16:54:20.313-05:00Hey there, Joanne. Harmonica Joe is loaded with ro...Hey there, Joanne. Harmonica Joe is loaded with romance and definitely has mystery.<br />True. You can't know someone's deepest, darkest secrets unless they want you to know. Sometimes you think you know a person, and then find out you don't...maybe too late.<br />Thank you for dropping by.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-88470517011427014922014-05-07T16:12:16.195-05:002014-05-07T16:12:16.195-05:00Hi Sarah. Grandfathers and old trunks full of keep...Hi Sarah. Grandfathers and old trunks full of keepsakes, it feels so 'comfortable/comforting' don't you think? My book's working title is 'The Gypsy's Kiss'. Nearly done!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572980383670606147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-65492734085782899802014-05-07T15:24:21.396-05:002014-05-07T15:24:21.396-05:00Sarah, I inherited a heavy wooden trunk that my gr...Sarah, I inherited a heavy wooden trunk that my grandfather made for his oldest daughter (my aunt) for her to pack her 'stuff' into when she traveled to Germany to be near her soldier husband during WWII. I don't know how the trunk ended up with me instead of one of my aunt's three kids, but I'm not complaining. I love it. ;-)Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-72014433426626220752014-05-07T12:51:35.582-05:002014-05-07T12:51:35.582-05:00Harmonica Joe's Reluctant Bride, sounds like a...Harmonica Joe's Reluctant Bride, sounds like a romantic mystery. Does anyone really know anyone? Even married couples can be strangers. Good luck with sales. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981543474791174293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-34128141326722383002014-05-07T12:19:08.822-05:002014-05-07T12:19:08.822-05:00I've had that happen to me, too, Tanya. It'...I've had that happen to me, too, Tanya. It's especially disheartening when I wrote a whole bunch, all fired up and everything--and then it disappeared. <br />I do feel lucky to have had ancestors with such foresight.<br />I appreciate that you hung in there to post something. Thank you.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-58188122855432896282014-05-07T12:16:17.163-05:002014-05-07T12:16:17.163-05:00I love boxes, too, Jill. I even like old wooden dr...I love boxes, too, Jill. I even like old wooden drawers. LOL You ever know what treasures you might want t put in them.<br />Even though I only knew him a few short years, my grandfather was a huge influence on me. He was like the guardian of the old ways.<br />I gave a metal trunk to my best friend many years ago because she loved my grandfather's old trunk and the idea of putting away Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-56399451641793709122014-05-07T12:10:29.592-05:002014-05-07T12:10:29.592-05:00Was it a family trunk? What a shame there was noth...Was it a family trunk? What a shame there was nothing in it.<br />I love trunks. I found one at an antique store (it was empty, too) and started putting my own history in it--little keepsakes and letters that man something to me. You can start a tradition any time you want to. Is the quilt one passed down through your family that gave you inspiration for your story?Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-4211826991925042512014-05-07T12:07:18.248-05:002014-05-07T12:07:18.248-05:00My nephew made that picture for me. He even polish...My nephew made that picture for me. He even polished up the old trunk to make it shine. LOL<br />Grandfather McNeal only had us for grandchildren. Donald and John died young. How sad for my dad, too, that he didn't get to spend a lifetime with his brothers. He adored John. Grandfather McNeal was the only person in my family who called me by my actual name of Sarah. Everyone in my family callsSarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-37221368296014738622014-05-07T12:01:47.671-05:002014-05-07T12:01:47.671-05:00I wish you great success with your stories, Lyn.
M...I wish you great success with your stories, Lyn.<br />My dad told great stories. I just wish I had listened more. My maternal grandmother was also a good historian of the family, but she talked about everyone except herself, so I missed that part. I wish I had known then what I know now. I would have paid more attention to those stories, asked questions, and written things down.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-34368729247252535432014-05-07T11:58:02.039-05:002014-05-07T11:58:02.039-05:00Thank you, Doris. I put a few things in the trunk,...Thank you, Doris. I put a few things in the trunk, and then I gave the trunk to my nephew to carry on the tradition. It's like a living library of our family.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-51283287878263069952014-05-07T11:55:56.499-05:002014-05-07T11:55:56.499-05:00My favorite are the letters my uncles wrote to the...My favorite are the letters my uncles wrote to their parents. Old letters are the best. I love looking at their handwriting and making guesses about their personalities, too. <br />There were newspaper clippings from several small town newspapers in the trunk about the death of my Uncle John. He drown while fly-fishing with his friends. He was only 21. According to my dad, my grandparents went Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-37278605001238930242014-05-07T11:49:54.502-05:002014-05-07T11:49:54.502-05:00Okay, my previous comment disappeared...trying aga...Okay, my previous comment disappeared...trying again. How lucky to have a time-travel trunk, Sarah!Tanya Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580821680629254085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-33967116582184746972014-05-07T11:29:15.240-05:002014-05-07T11:29:15.240-05:00What a lovely post Sarah! I just love any kind of ...What a lovely post Sarah! I just love any kind of boxes, there could be anything hiding within! The picture of your trunk is lovely, it looks really heavy. I love the color. Strange how certain things have that power to move us back and forth in time isn't it?How lucky you are to have had someone who had the foresight to place those items in there for later generations, if only they could Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572980383670606147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-63567830259974433002014-05-07T10:47:52.620-05:002014-05-07T10:47:52.620-05:00I have an old trunk that came from Sweden, and car...I have an old trunk that came from Sweden, and carved in the front is "Per Svensson till Chikago N America." I'll always wonder what all was in that trunk as it sailed across the sea.<br />An old family quilt made in the 1830's was the theme of my Trail of Thread series.Linda Hubalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720726064455839808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-26510561268060880202014-05-07T10:41:48.535-05:002014-05-07T10:41:48.535-05:00Sarah, thankfully, you were inspired by this trunk...Sarah, thankfully, you were inspired by this trunk and it's still working its magic on you! I knew my grandparents, but they were all really tired by the time I came along. LOL And there were so many grandkids on both sides of our family that my granddad on Mom's side took to calling the girls "sis" and the boys "bub" so he didn't have to remember our names. LOL ICheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-40237389130704215442014-05-07T10:07:43.281-05:002014-05-07T10:07:43.281-05:00Wonderful post, Sarah! You're right, everyday ...Wonderful post, Sarah! You're right, everyday things and memories can and do inspire the stories we right. They do for me. My first book, Darlin' Irish, was inspired partly by prophetic dreams I had as a young woman. they led me to make the heroine, Jessie, have precognitive dreams and visions. This, in turn, led me to create books for her two siblings, who also possess psychic talents.<Lyn Hornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596495172490672271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-366097549600055232014-05-07T07:50:19.547-05:002014-05-07T07:50:19.547-05:00Sarah,
What a magical gift you were given. I was ...Sarah,<br /><br />What a magical gift you were given. I was fortunate to know my great grandparents on my fathers side and you are right, they had many things that have influenced my life through the years. I don't know that any of it has made it into my 'stories', but I do believe it has influenced my love of history.<br /><br />May your Grandfathers trunk continue to inspire you, Renaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-38243200088361102052014-05-07T06:50:46.882-05:002014-05-07T06:50:46.882-05:00Sarah,
You grandfather would have had such interes...Sarah,<br />You grandfather would have had such interesting stories to tell. So glad you got to know him! And the trunk--how cool to have so many tangible memories of him.What's your favorite item in there?TracyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432297803219920111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-82134695245087018872014-05-07T06:41:29.032-05:002014-05-07T06:41:29.032-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.TracyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432297803219920111noreply@blogger.com