tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post3123620068979169788..comments2024-03-26T00:10:40.751-04:00Comments on Reggie Darling: The Family Secret, Part IIReggie Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-17654720831794441752012-05-24T14:49:52.224-04:002012-05-24T14:49:52.224-04:00I just find your blog yesterday and I am in love w...I just find your blog yesterday and I am in love with it, spend all afternoon reading your posts and agree with a lot of things, specially the one you write about making an effort to dress up and behave accordingly to the occasion!<br />I'm a 35 yers old mexican, teacher, mother and wife.<br />Hope my english is good enough to make sense!<br />Marianamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944964110667068164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-70956887738069361552012-05-01T08:17:47.777-04:002012-05-01T08:17:47.777-04:00Oh for heaven's sake, how did I miss this? I ...Oh for heaven's sake, how did I miss this? I tuned in this morning to installment number 3 and had to backtrack. On the other hand, I get the immediate gratification of getting to the bottom of this mystery right away! Ok, off to read 3. You're fabulous. (But you know that already :) N.G.Virginia Country Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291355605808113627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-2018633862222185672012-04-30T16:30:05.444-04:002012-04-30T16:30:05.444-04:00You are a great story teller!You are a great story teller!janfawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562967571742574117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-45536520549193026242012-04-29T10:42:33.189-04:002012-04-29T10:42:33.189-04:00Mrs. Webb? Now that's formal!Mrs. Webb? Now that's formal!Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-90288395176631913762012-04-29T02:12:57.470-04:002012-04-29T02:12:57.470-04:00I now know. For SURE!!
You were Charles Dickens ...I now know. For SURE!!<br /><br />You were Charles Dickens in another life!<br /><br />No doubt about it!!<br /><br />PenelopeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-64168640618901227222012-04-28T00:06:33.846-04:002012-04-28T00:06:33.846-04:00I, too, have English antecedents. I've warm me...I, too, have English antecedents. I've warm memories of my dealings with them, in particular being wheeled out (walked out?!) to be presented to elderly women, all of whom (to my now mature imagination) looked like Queen Victoria.<br /><br />Your great-grandfather, did he lie down on a train's tracks...?Laguna Beach Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-47003522334919418252012-04-27T20:38:52.606-04:002012-04-27T20:38:52.606-04:00I want to illustrate this wonderful story. I just...I want to illustrate this wonderful story. I just want more....I can see it all unfold. Such a lost generation with so many secrets. Now that everything is on the news or some sort of reality TV show....it leaves nothing to one's imagination such as your writing does.<br />I just want more.....<br />pvepve designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527745630303158002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-45361105746816700542012-04-27T17:48:19.433-04:002012-04-27T17:48:19.433-04:00that's very funny! I did LOL.that's very funny! I did LOL.smrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-88554540333648255202012-04-27T15:37:59.698-04:002012-04-27T15:37:59.698-04:00Ah, yes. There are some empties rattling around in...Ah, yes. There are some empties rattling around in my family closet along with some skeletons, too. You tell the best story! I keep imagining this as a mini-series.Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023638064968979769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-85837838879184910572012-04-27T11:37:34.689-04:002012-04-27T11:37:34.689-04:00Wow, this makes my Southern Gothic family sound li...Wow, this makes my Southern Gothic family sound like "Leave it to Beaver"Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-6598353857292638802012-04-27T11:22:17.349-04:002012-04-27T11:22:17.349-04:00great stories- looking forward to next installme...great stories- looking forward to next installment-<br />max3button Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073860920582522530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-89476299756797974742012-04-27T11:10:09.860-04:002012-04-27T11:10:09.860-04:00My imagination is running away with me!My imagination is running away with me!Emmaleigh504https://www.blogger.com/profile/14500580959038472055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-37006637355923405082012-04-27T09:27:58.986-04:002012-04-27T09:27:58.986-04:00Very interesting Reggie and I look forward to the ...Very interesting Reggie and I look forward to the next installment! Your story resembles my own and I am finally piecing together long missing pieces of the family puzzle through ancestry.com as I anxiously await the recently released 1940 census to post with indexed entries. ~GregoryGSLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-54583600708231499892012-04-27T09:23:30.860-04:002012-04-27T09:23:30.860-04:00I simply love it that you are appropriately succin...I simply love it that you are appropriately succinct in your pieces about proper form, and then take your time when telling the family secrets!<br /><br />On grandparents: In the early 70s I said goodbye to my elderly grandmother with a, "See you later, alligator." Oh, that was the wrong thing to say to someone old enough to remember Queen Victoria's death. "What did you say?" she demanded from the top of her porch steps. "Bye," I said meekly, slinking into the car parked in the drive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-17992743624485641302012-04-27T08:33:05.145-04:002012-04-27T08:33:05.145-04:00And I meant to wait with bated breath... my brain ...And I meant to wait with bated breath... my brain spell check is abysmal<br /><br />BonnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-572627214601278572012-04-27T05:05:11.839-04:002012-04-27T05:05:11.839-04:00Hello Penelope, Thank you for your comment(s). My...Hello Penelope, Thank you for your comment(s). My brother's given name is Frederick, which is shortened in his nickname to Frecky.Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-564301299492085012012-04-27T02:25:12.835-04:002012-04-27T02:25:12.835-04:00You tease, you! Waiting with baited breath for the...You tease, you! Waiting with baited breath for the next installment.<br /><br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-56425601238270365322012-04-27T01:32:01.537-04:002012-04-27T01:32:01.537-04:00Your writing gives me such pleasure, thank you.Your writing gives me such pleasure, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-30274072493619486982012-04-27T00:35:37.245-04:002012-04-27T00:35:37.245-04:00Is that for real? You have a brother named "...Is that for real? You have a brother named "Frecky"? That is totally astonishing! Diana Vreeland had two sons! One was nick-named "Frecky"!!!<br /><br />The other one was named "Tim" I know him; and LOVE him!<br /><br />Whose name is "Frecky?" I cannot believe there are two.....but WASPS do that!<br /><br />ps can you imagine this? I am married to an Italian..(Bianchi)!<br /><br />There is another "Penelope Bianchi" in the US!! (she looks to be around 13 and I think lives in New Jersey)<br /><br />I have to write her and warn her she may get "mixed up" with the "Granny Penelope Bianchi" who wears "festivity crowns"!!<br /><br />Poor dear!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-53915394838939814072012-04-27T00:26:59.077-04:002012-04-27T00:26:59.077-04:00Thank you. I have corrected the piece to reflect ...Thank you. I have corrected the piece to reflect this nuance that -- I admit -- I was not aware of, being an Investment Banker and not a member of any sort of bar (other than sidling up to one). RDReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-50654177299153458242012-04-27T00:25:04.174-04:002012-04-27T00:25:04.174-04:00Thank you, Frecky. I have corrected the piece to...Thank you, Frecky. I have corrected the piece to reflect this distinction.Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-31872947870575685262012-04-26T23:08:10.516-04:002012-04-26T23:08:10.516-04:00Do hurry with the conclusion to this marvelously
t...Do hurry with the conclusion to this marvelously<br />told story.. I am on my death bed waiting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-72928667783462393762012-04-26T22:57:56.890-04:002012-04-26T22:57:56.890-04:00Wow!
BTW, the keys and the key holes are getting ...Wow!<br /><br />BTW, the keys and the key holes are getting better with each installmentlindaraxahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721286284279902181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-91692805266111029322012-04-26T22:11:55.437-04:002012-04-26T22:11:55.437-04:00just what I was thinkingjust what I was thinkingsmrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-12440987821261707422012-04-26T21:33:06.091-04:002012-04-26T21:33:06.091-04:00My sentiments exactly!!!
Being a "Granny&quo...My sentiments exactly!!!<br /><br />Being a "Granny" (I picked the name!) And a WASP; I am glad things have changed! I have seven grandchildren; and I would rather spend time with them than practically anyone else in the world!) "Joyous and happy" is how I feel with them; I hope them with me!<br /> (an idea for a blog post!)<br />I am on the edge of my seat..............make it snappy!!!<br /><br />I can't take it, Reggie!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com