tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8626278358056593464..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Texas RecollectionNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10635465152857119232020-04-20T07:51:20.812-05:002020-04-20T07:51:20.812-05:00That area is rich with so many things. Happy East...That area is rich with so many things. Happy Easter! Caren Jeskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665228021140812954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80575958697567346252020-04-18T16:46:01.193-05:002020-04-18T16:46:01.193-05:00Thank you for enjoying-Thank you for enjoying-Caren Jeskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665228021140812954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34537493624350759992020-04-18T16:45:27.206-05:002020-04-18T16:45:27.206-05:00Thank you Debi- enjoy the sunshine, bottle it.Thank you Debi- enjoy the sunshine, bottle it.Caren Jeskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665228021140812954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75983195771158847152020-04-18T16:44:52.442-05:002020-04-18T16:44:52.442-05:00Thank you for commenting- it does feel good to ref...Thank you for commenting- it does feel good to reflect upon and make meaning of the past and I hope you try it too. Caren Jeskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665228021140812954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62648753126165011262020-04-18T14:14:31.925-05:002020-04-18T14:14:31.925-05:00Thank you for sharing Caren. God bless Angelo and...Thank you for sharing Caren. God bless Angelo and Elefteria at this difficult time. Julzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131424488982098623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4549138052694863852020-04-18T12:22:46.907-05:002020-04-18T12:22:46.907-05:00Amazing writing! You so eloquently and vividly des...Amazing writing! You so eloquently and vividly describe the details that I can hear the children playing and smell the aromas from the kitchen. God bless Angelo and Elefteria in this difficult time. D Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806321373902442413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22589944721022775782020-04-18T11:33:15.397-05:002020-04-18T11:33:15.397-05:00I vastly prefer the work of Mr. S to Ms. J, and it...I vastly prefer the work of Mr. S to Ms. J, and it's for the same reason you expressed so well. I hesitated to comment at first, because I was trying to come up with the right words without appearing to be overly harsh, or even snarky. <br /><br />Judicious copy editing would greatly improve her pieces...along with shorter paragraphs. Ask the man who knows--not only was I both a copy editor and a proofreader for years, but I have the same problem with my own work. Edit and re-edit, find a proofreader for typos, change a word or even a whole sentence, and cut, cut cut...by a third...or even by half. <br /><br />I'm often a little embarrassed at the length of my comments at EGD, and I have always been grateful to Mr. S. for allowing them to be published as written. He probably doesn't have the time to edit or proofread here, and he could just choose not to run them instead. But he usually does, and my cup runneth over with gratitude.<br /><br />Do these pieces by Ms. J. remind anyone else of the personal narratives that used to run in the Chicago Reader, during the Seventies and Eighties? Those lengthy slice-of-life stories about Chicago, by Chicagoans? This one resonated with me because I also lived in Rogers Park, back in the day. It now seems long ago and far away, because it was, and it is.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89366898149015596012020-04-18T11:14:51.193-05:002020-04-18T11:14:51.193-05:00With this piece,you rewound the tape to the beginn...With this piece,you rewound the tape to the beginning of the previous decade and to the end of the one before that. And what a wonderful tribute to Angelo and Elefteria. BadRussianPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801796178061403156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74148848213632271402020-04-18T10:39:44.231-05:002020-04-18T10:39:44.231-05:00Thank you Ian- perhaps we can meet in Chicago one ...Thank you Ian- perhaps we can meet in Chicago one day and take a walking tour, and I will show you this place.Caren Jeskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665228021140812954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59020343310035734262020-04-18T10:27:32.313-05:002020-04-18T10:27:32.313-05:00I loved this column. Being Greek Orthodox I have e...I loved this column. Being Greek Orthodox I have experienced much of what Caren describes so perfectly in her essay. Brings back many memories of my life living in an apartment in Chicago and hanging out in the Lawrence, Lincoln, and Western neighborhood where many Immigrant Greeks lived at the time. Thank you for posting!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373960140777556685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89006032644959252702020-04-18T09:43:36.720-05:002020-04-18T09:43:36.720-05:00Thank you Caren for this wonderful writing. It'...Thank you Caren for this wonderful writing. It's difficult to think of your landlord alone at this time. Beyond difficult. You brought his home to life. Your landlords' love of flowers and family, fruits and vegetables makes this reality seem bearable. As the sun shines strong on Chicago today, after snow twice this week, I salute you and your homage to Washtenaw. Debi Buzilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435642079728230719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63409070951966906542020-04-18T09:20:33.803-05:002020-04-18T09:20:33.803-05:00I love your descriptions of your landlords. I very...I love your descriptions of your landlords. I very much want to know them better. Makes me think of putting pen to paper to share about Mama and Papa Klein from that village in Germany from my own youth.<br />Tha k you for the vignette into that moment in time. We must all call up those times in our bodies right now as we navigate such uncertainty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338770797693724823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74543140353270894172020-04-18T08:47:59.266-05:002020-04-18T08:47:59.266-05:00Enjoyed both of Caren's efforts. One problem ...Enjoyed both of Caren's efforts. One problem I see with her writing, which I also see in my own efforts at times, is her attempt to pack every single detail in each sentence. I certainly understand the desire to tell the truth, the whole truth, but I think that if Caren persists in writing for the public, she will have to trust her readers to understand nor only what's said but also what's implied or even just assumed.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34301861120727456942020-04-18T08:22:26.939-05:002020-04-18T08:22:26.939-05:00Thank you Caren Jenskey for your piece of nostalgi...Thank you Caren Jenskey for your piece of nostalgia. It was so vividly written and sensually descriptive that I almost felt I'd lived in those apartments too and experienced those tastes and smells, sounds and sights. We can never return to the magic places of our past but when you can remember them this clearly and with such bitter-sweet consciousness they will never be lost. The memory brings more joy for having survived intact than the pain of the loss to the past, which could otherwise be too sharp for it to be bearable. I salute you, Caren, for your generosity of spirit and your talent for exhuming the past, making it vibrantly alive again.Ian Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00137550466231169802noreply@blogger.com