tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845288070443216771.post3829462878857360350..comments2023-03-18T00:39:59.195-07:00Comments on Flawed Mom: Thank you, thank you, thank youWritermomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250432577854414493noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845288070443216771.post-35418681974673938432010-05-05T14:44:34.683-07:002010-05-05T14:44:34.683-07:00Congratulations, Laura! That's a powerful ment...Congratulations, Laura! That's a powerful mention, which you've clearly earned. Brava!<br />I've just registered 4 yr JCC course! Only prob: The 1st class - tomorrow - overlaps w/ a previous commitment. I'll arrive at 5:30, but will need to slip out a bit early. Wanted to give you a heads-up, in case i'll miss something crucial.jerellehttp://jerelleKraus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845288070443216771.post-64261325469238585062008-09-20T15:52:00.000-07:002008-09-20T15:52:00.000-07:00Hi Laura, fellow Wellesley grad...and Short Hills ...Hi Laura, fellow Wellesley grad...and Short Hills resident as a child...sorry to hear that the Station Stop was closed...have many memories of that place going back to the 1960's where I bought those wax mini soda bottles with sweet flavored "fruit" juice inside.<BR/>My mother went to John' s hairdresser until she moved to NH in 2002 and sold the home we had lived in since 1952. <BR/>I have been thinking about the town and others like it and the effect of this financial implosion.<BR/> Last Monday morning after spending a weekend following the press releases of the talks trying to save Lehman I compared this damage that the country inflicted on itself akin to a terrorist attack... <BR/> I have been frustrated since the cracks surfaced in the summer of 2007 with the unregulated nature of hedge funds and the totally opaque world of credit derivative swaps and wondered why we couldn't do something then.<BR/>Jim Cramer of Summit has it right!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845288070443216771.post-55889631038437494002008-09-20T15:30:00.000-07:002008-09-20T15:30:00.000-07:00Looking at the comment above from 1986 wellesleyra...Looking at the comment above from 1986 wellesleyrah...are you a Wellesley grad?<BR/>Saw reference to your blog in print NYT and found it after a few attempts online...read line about walking children to school and nearness of train station and thought...Short Hills. then your statement about the Station Stop made it a certainty..Is John's hairdresser still there?.So the Glenwood area...I was raised on Long Hill Dr...never realized the humor in the address...grad...Have been thinking about all the effects of this market crisis on the greater NY suburbs... said up here to no one in particular there is a big sucking sound of reduced net worth in those NYC suburbs that is hard for people elsewhere in the country to even comprehend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845288070443216771.post-65794268052384576672008-09-20T11:35:00.000-07:002008-09-20T11:35:00.000-07:00LauraPaying a visit after seeing Marci mentioned y...Laura<BR/><BR/>Paying a visit after seeing Marci mentioned you.<BR/><BR/>How will all this affect our lives?<BR/>I don't know except that money will be tight.'<BR/><BR/>I tried to sort out my thoughts in <A HREF="http://www.sergetheconcierge.com/2008/09/is-now-the-best.html" REL="nofollow">Is Now the Best Time to Explore New Ways to Make a Living?</A><BR/><BR/>Serge<BR/>'The French Guy from New Jersey'Serge the Conciergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210420354443029846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845288070443216771.post-73471467489320983192008-09-19T07:48:00.000-07:002008-09-19T07:48:00.000-07:00I found your column thru Marci's -- sorry I can't ...I found your column thru Marci's -- sorry I can't attend your writing class to help swell the numbers because you obviously are a good writer!<BR/>good luck with everything that's going on around you and when it gets to be too much, go to the library and fall into a good book.<BR/><BR/>Kelly Simmons<BR/>author of Standing StillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845288070443216771.post-76446625767659632912008-09-18T20:15:00.000-07:002008-09-18T20:15:00.000-07:00Whaddya know? Laura's San Fran fortune cookie was ...Whaddya know? Laura's San Fran fortune cookie was right! You go, Girl! We salute you, Laura, along with our new friend Marci.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Your adoring and loyal P-Rant ReadersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com