Comments for Building My Wings

Comment on Travel Tuesdays: what not to wear by alice

alice — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:19:57 +0000

I wear black microfiber pants and a black top. I take a colored shawl with me and wear black socks and clark clogs in either black or a color that works with my shawl. I also travel carrying a modern girl barbie back pack instead of a purse or luggage.

Comment on Brainwork by Fawn

Fawn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:51:09 +0000

And tangentially, I’d like to note that if you restore a 4-year-old laptop to its original settings, it then takes 3 hours of running Software Update over…and over…and over…and over before everything is as current as it can be.

Comment on Travel Tuesdays: what not to wear by Fawn

Fawn — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:10:47 +0000

Ack, you do have a point there!

Comment on Travel Tuesdays: what not to wear by Audi

Audi — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:01:49 +0000

Well, with all the TSA restrictions they keep heaping upon us, we’re all going to be traveling in the nude soon anyway. So I guess I’d rather the flip flops and sweats versus seeing the same people naked. We don’t know how good we have it!

Comment on Travel Tuesdays: what not to wear by Fawn

Fawn — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:39:20 +0000

Get offa my lawn!

People can wear rubber flip-flops anywhere they want, but I think that unless you can’t afford any other shoes, they’re only appropriate if you’re swimming, showering, or coming home from having a pedicure.

Comment on Travel Tuesdays: what not to wear by jet

jet — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:22:10 +0000

“become appropriate travel attire?”

Sometime in the 70s, by my memory.

Comment on A place I used to know by sascha

sascha — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:10:58 +0000

great post, Fawn. and congrats on the iPhone a.k.a. timesuck device from hell.

Comment on A place I used to know by Katie

Katie — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:03:20 +0000

Oh Fawn, this is beautiful, and makes me happy to think of you stepping out of that wrenching comply/resent/explode cycle that can really dominate visits “home.” Thank you for sharing this. (And thank god we’ve moved beyond Shaun Cassidy too, right?)

Comment on A place I used to know by Fawn

Fawn — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:50:16 +0000

That’s it exactly — it’s so automatic simply to react, either with compliance or rebellion, neither of which are a true reflection of what’s right for you.

Comment on A place I used to know by marjorie

marjorie — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:32:43 +0000

great post. it’s really hard (STILL!) to steer between the scylla of “argh, i’m stuck trying to please my parents and i resent it” and “argh, i’m overreacting in the OTHER direction to avoid being stuck trying to please my parents and resenting it.” very hard to set your OWN course — this is who i am and this is what i want. i know i’m still working on it, and i can see when i’m with my husband’s family that it’s a real effort for him too.