Comments on: Lessons learned at the lemonade stand

By: Jim Guthrie

Jim Guthrie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:02:24 +0000

I can’t get over the fact you have a six-year-old son.

By: Jennifer Korfiatis

Jennifer Korfiatis — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:06:52 +0000

Thank you! You are too kind. I’m a voracious reader as well. Part of what I do professionally is write for people- brochures, websites, magazine articles- you name it. But, it’s never in my voice. This is such a wonderful and refreshing opportunity to get to use my own words, rather than create the words of someone else!

By: Joanne Saliby

Joanne Saliby — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:32:00 +0000

Hmm. I got an “a” in “chronicler”, where it doesn’t belong. Must be my bedtime.

By: Joanne Saliby

Joanne Saliby — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:08:29 +0000

I hope I get to meet you one of these days. I would have loved having you in an English class. This will sound strange to those not so language-inclined, but I think you will understand. I get a great deal of pleasure from reading a well-written piece, whether it be fiction or non-fiction, a paragraph or a book. There is a satisfaction which comes from the reading. No, I’m not kinky. Sometimes a lengthy sentence calls for a rereading, just for the pleasure of hearing in my head the words, with the punctuation in the proper places, the spelling correct, and all the words in a lengthy sentence in just the right place.
My favorite novelist is Georgette Heyer. She was a writer of historical English Regency romances,and was considered to be the best chronicaler of the Battle of Waterloo. Some of her paragraphs consist of only one sentence, perfectly composed.
This is a somewhat over-long prelude to what I wanted to say: I enjoyed the blog today, as usual, and watch for your further posts.