tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post8911840747390549886..comments2023-08-06T05:53:49.308-07:00Comments on The Former Anne Spollen's Author Blog Is Being Retitled to "Notes from Living Upghetto": What Kind of Day at the Beach Are You?Anne Spollenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-24194989570207283382009-08-08T09:44:35.932-07:002009-08-08T09:44:35.932-07:00Glad you liked the book, Merle!
Lol, Rick, and th...Glad you liked the book, Merle!<br /><br />Lol, Rick, and thanks for stopping by. It does get a bit funky to look down and see a fish slipping by, but I guess it's part of the deal for plungers.<br /><br />Yeh, Carrie, arguing squirrels. I just never realized they made noise. It's sort of the audio track of my nightmares, that squirrel sound.<br /><br />I like the beachcombing aspect, too, Mary. But first you have to go in the water. Beachcombing is for when you can't swim another second, and a lot of times, you get your second wind after beachcombing.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-77644257433634075372009-08-05T07:25:16.310-07:002009-08-05T07:25:16.310-07:00I'm a combination of you and your daughter. I ...I'm a combination of you and your daughter. I tend to head straight for the water, swim until I can hardly see straight, then get out and hunt for rocks and shells for the next few hours. I've never understood people who can go to a beach and just park themselves; might as well do that at home and save yourself tracking home all that sand.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-90759874603332918782009-08-04T09:52:53.199-07:002009-08-04T09:52:53.199-07:00I'm a plunger. Sometimes I actually stop to ta...I'm a plunger. Sometimes I actually stop to take off my shoes, but generaly, I just kick 'em off and figure I'll find them later.<br /><br />Your squirrels might be related to ours. Ours chatter incessantly. Sometimes they argue.Carrie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893023777471521703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-85086352471311847862009-08-04T08:09:10.497-07:002009-08-04T08:09:10.497-07:00After watching the various incarnations of "J...After watching the various incarnations of "Jaws" 1-8, I've decided to walk through traffic in Detroit with my eyes closed- it seems somehow safer!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-54650199526893948602009-08-04T07:37:46.643-07:002009-08-04T07:37:46.643-07:00I would have to chose logician. I like to check th...I would have to chose logician. I like to check the water temperatures, the tides and try to classify the various shells I spot on the beach.<br /><br />As for swimming I am a barge. I can't remember ever swimming in the ocean but I do visit often.<br /><br />-Merle Hillis<br /><br />PS -- Thanks for The Shape of Water. You have no idea how much it meant to me.M. Hillisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-33436674584336435322009-08-03T07:24:48.343-07:002009-08-03T07:24:48.343-07:00Lol, SF. That's the Pecan Samurai Squirrel, fo...Lol, SF. That's the Pecan Samurai Squirrel, found only in the American South. They are known to plot, especially when any type of nut is involved.<br /><br />Shuffle/plunger, yes, they hug the shore for a while, Adrienne. I had a similar experience after reading about eels at an aquarium. I asked the fisherman on the dock if there were any in "our" water, and they showed me some right in their nets. A life altering experience, I must say.<br /><br />Sandcastles, yeah. Emma comes in handy for that -- I pretend to make them for her...Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-30893928677650352762009-08-02T20:14:08.359-07:002009-08-02T20:14:08.359-07:00I'm a plunger, although this summer things cha...I'm a plunger, although this summer things changed a bit when I learned (after 25 years on this coast) that there are stingrays in the water. Now I'm a shuffler/plunger.<br />And I still get the urge to make incredibly lopsided sandcastles.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583029102450754497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-33265052119593155012009-08-02T19:13:02.363-07:002009-08-02T19:13:02.363-07:00Barge. Definitely. I like to sit there and watch...Barge. Definitely. I like to sit there and watch and listen.<br /><br />We also have psychotic squirrels. They throw pecans at us from up in the trees. They do not drop them. They aim and throw them at us. I tried hanging a hammock under one of their claimed trees. Big mistake. I had pecan-sized bruises covering my forehead.<br /><br />sfHardygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268385174949496800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-85397254084666057012009-08-02T12:13:27.085-07:002009-08-02T12:13:27.085-07:00So you are a plunge person, Elizabeth -- I hesitat...So you are a plunge person, Elizabeth -- I hesitate to use the word "plunger" -- I'll have to come up with a better term.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-68062858142833475702009-08-01T21:56:06.934-07:002009-08-01T21:56:06.934-07:00I'm with you, I am compelled to go INTO the wa...I'm with you, I am compelled to go INTO the water, even when I find myself at the beach when I didn't know I was going there, I end up getting my clothes wet.Elizabeth Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150221675618198674noreply@blogger.com