tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post1828065379858285647..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: paper-thin, paper-frailTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-29906427090123911862012-03-15T15:08:59.135-04:002012-03-15T15:08:59.135-04:00I was shocked to read this.
Not because I do not a...I was shocked to read this.<br />Not because I do not agree, but because I read it here.<br />Tess, unless we can turn this around the world is fucked. I rarely use that word, but am so frustrated that after shouting and writing about climate change and sustainability for too many years to remember, it only gets worse and not enough people know it is happening or care enough to demand change. <br />Thank you so much for this piece.<br />Knowing you are speaking up is heartening<br />PS: Who will you vote for?Stafford Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048757515249725540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-78595280637477499212012-03-10T04:20:14.983-05:002012-03-10T04:20:14.983-05:00Logically the 'paper trail' should be radi...Logically the 'paper trail' should be radically reduced. But it is still a bother. Now there is also another bother, the discarded computer hardware taking over from paper.It presents an added danger of toxic elements released into the system. Whew!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-43400307327457940832012-03-09T19:16:09.532-05:002012-03-09T19:16:09.532-05:00@R.A.D.: giggle!@R.A.D.: giggle!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-22809544268190219512012-03-09T18:19:49.996-05:002012-03-09T18:19:49.996-05:00A friend of mine once bought a paper shop ... it b...A friend of mine once bought a paper shop ... it blew away ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-69171431912172387042012-03-09T09:08:25.302-05:002012-03-09T09:08:25.302-05:00Beautiful photograph - and an intriguing quotation...Beautiful photograph - and an intriguing quotation. You always surprise and delight.Patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722805078667526468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-38324907430220134842012-03-09T08:34:09.732-05:002012-03-09T08:34:09.732-05:0025 years ago:
"Oh! Get a computer, and never...25 years ago:<br /><br />"Oh! Get a computer, and never use paper again."<br /><br />24.5 years ago:<br /><br />"What you need is a nice Printer--everyone loves those dots"--grin! (Brac-a-brac-a-braca, Bzzzzz, etc.)<br /><br />TODAY:<br /><br />"HELP! Piles of paper on my desk, I cannot even find my computer!"steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010875412308487592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-32287645560270174082012-03-09T07:43:47.736-05:002012-03-09T07:43:47.736-05:00well I think John Green has a bit of an attitude. ...well I think John Green has a bit of an attitude. You know, newspaper rolls are very strong. In Massachusetts there used to be (and may still be) a house made out of newspaper rolls, and inside furniture, tables, chairs made out of newspaper rolls. although perhaps newspapers are themselves going by the wayside<br /><br />Supposedly the computer was to reduce our use of paper. wonder if that has manifested?sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-53876933143772541012012-03-09T00:26:07.882-05:002012-03-09T00:26:07.882-05:00Well, he certainly got that off his chest! Reminds...Well, he certainly got that off his chest! Reminds me of the little boxes made of ticky tacky.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-89908699797950237302012-03-08T17:58:12.656-05:002012-03-08T17:58:12.656-05:00Early in my career as an architect I moonlighted d...Early in my career as an architect I moonlighted drawing up houses for a developer. Depending on the subdivision, I would design the fifteen, the twenty-five and thirty-five year house. His contractors built them exactly the same, using the same materials. Of course they were all expected to last a lifetime or two. Maybe some will.Anthony Ducehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476865809734682418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-18536666985410728332012-03-08T17:18:33.054-05:002012-03-08T17:18:33.054-05:00My little corner of Central Ohio has been relative...My little corner of Central Ohio has been relatively calm...just a few showers and claps of thunder...thanks for asking ds...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-26705169496087358832012-03-08T15:52:54.938-05:002012-03-08T15:52:54.938-05:00Love your new look here Tess!! :-)Love your new look here Tess!! :-)Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-5972952062122135592012-03-08T14:59:47.101-05:002012-03-08T14:59:47.101-05:00So much truth in Mr. Green's statement; we see...So much truth in Mr. Green's statement; we seem to have entered the Age of Disposability. But...thinking of paper houses brings thoughts of houses treated as paper by the elements: how did your corner of OH fare during all those storms?<br />Cool photo, btw.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-34748585437307086612012-03-08T14:17:04.171-05:002012-03-08T14:17:04.171-05:00I remember my brother and I making a similar analo...I remember my brother and I making a similar analogy, back in the 70s. Nothing's changed too much. The world still feels as though it could go up in smoke at any time.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-11960771368074761732012-03-08T13:55:48.384-05:002012-03-08T13:55:48.384-05:00Thank you John...Thank you John...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-71365022234314503072012-03-08T13:48:06.894-05:002012-03-08T13:48:06.894-05:00Your previous photo of the dog is magnificent!Your previous photo of the dog is magnificent!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-62023789465150869902012-03-08T13:35:59.150-05:002012-03-08T13:35:59.150-05:00We live in a disposable world. Wasting everything....We live in a disposable world. Wasting everything...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-4521013540497612982012-03-08T13:33:43.298-05:002012-03-08T13:33:43.298-05:00Interesting. I hear that the number #1 item in our...Interesting. I hear that the number #1 item in our landfills is paper. So much for recycling.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.com