tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post289290548669460634..comments2023-09-16T10:46:30.177-04:00Comments on My Mother is a Father: Seventy in Wienmotherameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381575553733390018noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post-40621790758192516562009-05-30T14:57:28.636-04:002009-05-30T14:57:28.636-04:00Thank you Mimi, I have greatly enjoyed each of the...Thank you Mimi, I have greatly enjoyed each of the last "big" birthdays and I'm sure this one will be wonderful too. When my children were young I threatened that I would become "the little old lady from Pasadena," a popular song then, just to embarrass them. They were horrified but I hope I've managed a bit of that even before I'm officially old.motherameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381575553733390018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post-41613203422710691952009-05-30T13:40:40.282-04:002009-05-30T13:40:40.282-04:00Amelia, I got chills reading about your birthday c...Amelia, I got chills reading about your birthday celebration - good chills. How lovely of your daughter to arrange for the musicians.<br /><br />I found turning 70 absolutely liberating. I could call myself old without hesitation. If one is not old when one is 70, when would one be old? I thought to myself, "I will do what I want, say what I want, and damn the consequences." I don't mean saying and doing hurtful things, but not worrying any longer what people think of me.<br /><br />I hope for a wonderful trip for you in the place where you have such beautiful memories.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post-28090472437967714662009-05-30T13:18:24.164-04:002009-05-30T13:18:24.164-04:00How very nice! Happy birthday!How very nice! Happy birthday!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post-87959213431863185962009-05-29T20:21:49.141-04:002009-05-29T20:21:49.141-04:00Brian, I just read your posting on your trip. Hav...Brian, I just read your posting on your trip. Having lived in Austria for 8 years I got to travel the country a great deal, much of it by train and bus and I found it fascinating. I really do miss the music in Wien, there was always something to go to and I think I went to the opera about once a month. Anyway your post is making me even more itching to go. I do think I'll have to be packed to move before I leave, however. That means a lot of work over the next three weeks.motherameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381575553733390018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post-28349135508639352632009-05-29T18:48:26.788-04:002009-05-29T18:48:26.788-04:00Yes, Happy Birthday.
Do you have room in your sui...Yes, Happy Birthday. <br />Do you have room in your suitcase? I love Wien. It is just over a year since I spent two nights there and attended Der Rosenkavalier at the StaatsOper on the first night and Land des Lachelns at the Volks Oper on the second night<br />http://brianaralph.blogspot.com/2008/04/waltzing-in-vienna.htmlBrian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post-18909223697279181192009-05-29T17:22:33.544-04:002009-05-29T17:22:33.544-04:00Thank you Leonardo I'm really looking forward to i...Thank you Leonardo I'm really looking forward to it. Some of these wonderful people I haven't seen for 10 years.motherameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381575553733390018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599514600692448242.post-70453101839781157002009-05-29T16:47:45.767-04:002009-05-29T16:47:45.767-04:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY (SOON) and enjoy your holiday...I l...HAPPY BIRTHDAY (SOON) and enjoy your holiday...I light a candle in Central America for your peace of mind, all-around joy, and most of all, well being.<br /><br />Leonardo RicardoLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.com