tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post8805706843182006399..comments2024-03-08T09:52:59.827-05:00Comments on Middle Passages: A Big ChillLizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-30761306416305214612011-01-08T12:08:09.843-05:002011-01-08T12:08:09.843-05:00Amazing photography! I'm looking forward to s...Amazing photography! I'm looking forward to seeing more; just signed up to follow your blog. Thanks!<br /> Jan<br />www.jewelry4change.blogspot.comJan Messalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995714703128732834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-41881035023550922652011-01-08T09:36:52.784-05:002011-01-08T09:36:52.784-05:00You are so good at putting us right there on the i...You are so good at putting us right there on the ice with you - and I love the picture. I've done things that afterward I think, why in the h-e-double hockey sticks (as we used to say) did I do that!Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-40372436945829112942011-01-08T09:14:50.541-05:002011-01-08T09:14:50.541-05:00I learned to skate on a frozen pond. I miss the s...I learned to skate on a frozen pond. I miss the sounds it made as it shifted. Terrified it would open and swallow me whole.<br /><br />I was just saying to my mother I wish I could teach Monster Baby to skate. If I thought the weather would hold together for more than 3 days, I'd make a small rink in the yard.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-29351014040593965962011-01-07T20:54:31.104-05:002011-01-07T20:54:31.104-05:00I visited the Highlands of Scotland in winter once...I visited the Highlands of Scotland in winter once and was amazed at the sounds the ice made at the edges of the lochs, shifting in the loch-weed. SurrealSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715879775216108688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-54759145680511675812011-01-07T18:29:51.233-05:002011-01-07T18:29:51.233-05:00It is beautiful/scary...and too cold for me.It is beautiful/scary...and too cold for me.Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-1018777529351488282011-01-07T14:03:52.574-05:002011-01-07T14:03:52.574-05:00How scary. The chances of saving someone who fall...How scary. The chances of saving someone who falls through a small hole in the ice are slim. Usually they become disoriented and cannot find the opening again. And the water is so cold that their limbs very quickly become unable to move. I was going to say that I can't imagine what that must have felt like, except I can.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-6318298426917678242011-01-07T13:50:06.423-05:002011-01-07T13:50:06.423-05:00Oh my. I would be tense too! I remember watching s...Oh my. I would be tense too! I remember watching some movie where someone went under the ice and could be seen bumping along underneath with a current, but couldn't be saved. It has stuck with me. Not sure I could venture out, inspite of assurances. Eeeek.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-86671619246704894152011-01-07T12:35:05.096-05:002011-01-07T12:35:05.096-05:00That's still scary. I'll take an indoor ri...That's still scary. I'll take an indoor rink any day.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-1317916838506893702011-01-07T11:25:19.227-05:002011-01-07T11:25:19.227-05:00I share your respect for ice. As a teenager I was ...I share your respect for ice. As a teenager I was trying to learn to ice skate when a huge crack ran through the ice from one side of the pond to the other. Everyone skated to the banks and there I stood in the middle of the cracked, frozen pond unable to move. Friends yelled for me to get to the bank. Humiliated and terrified I got down on my hands and knees and crawled to the edge of the pond. Needless to say, I never learned to ice skate.<br /><br />This post brought that long-forgotten memory back. Thanks for the time trip, I think.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852119592451618703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-28232662407280582732011-01-07T09:14:54.629-05:002011-01-07T09:14:54.629-05:00My experience with frozen lakes(ponds) is limited....My experience with frozen lakes(ponds) is limited. Well, limited to none. The cold fractures my being. But, i can look at picture of the cold and ice all day long. Soothing sorta,,,well, from inside looking out. This was soothing.glnrozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922837344762102334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-31684073537068794042011-01-07T09:10:51.507-05:002011-01-07T09:10:51.507-05:00Since I really really hate the cold, I could never...Since I really <i>really</i> hate the cold, I could never understand how anyone could engage in any activity that purposely puts them at risk of freezing their tush off! My husband used to winter hike the Presidential range in NH, and try as he did, he could never make me understand--aside from the unbelievable view and man against-nature satisfaction. Glad I have a big imagination and get my satisfactions from activities that can be done from the warmth of my cozy home...J.B. Chicoinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894797553204276281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-31822441251049430242011-01-07T08:47:54.576-05:002011-01-07T08:47:54.576-05:00I'm afraid of the ice too, but I admire skater...I'm afraid of the ice too, but I admire skaters and ice fisherman for their hardiness and bravery and outdoorsy enthusiasm. Love the picture....the black woods around the white ice.<br /><br />And a comment regarding your post on bread pudding. Yes, it'd be great if they dropped packages of bread pudding instead of bombs.Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-17250870648084683522011-01-07T06:16:38.087-05:002011-01-07T06:16:38.087-05:00Ice and snow are things we Australians know precio...Ice and snow are things we Australians know precious little about. Ice fishing is unheard of here. It never, I repeat NEVER gets cold enough. It snows in some parts way down south. Queensland is known for sunshine, oh, and lately, a whole heap of rain!Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.com