tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post4722489505304667176..comments2023-10-18T10:41:52.475-04:00Comments on Nyack Backyard: Tchotchke Challenge - Letter EJGHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16710652130966518173noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-33127339816681238322009-03-17T21:32:00.000-04:002009-03-17T21:32:00.000-04:00WOW! I really like Elva ! (is that the feminine fo...WOW! I really like Elva ! (is that the feminine form of Elvis?) seriously, she was beautiful and obviously bright. Lucky you for being able to have this contact with an ancestor.Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-86770666657109035942009-03-17T07:09:00.000-04:002009-03-17T07:09:00.000-04:00Wow, what a life! Elva's adventures remind me of I...Wow, what a life! Elva's adventures remind me of Isabel and Sir Richard Francis Burton. What an exciting time to be alive in the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-78797022038317496542009-03-17T00:44:00.000-04:002009-03-17T00:44:00.000-04:00Wow, that's pretty awesome. I'd say it's a little ...Wow, that's pretty awesome. I'd say it's a little more than a mere "tchotchke"! Nice post. Thanks for sharing your treasure.Kitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673726727402668186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-80845784465794007262009-03-16T23:36:00.000-04:002009-03-16T23:36:00.000-04:00I'm speechless!!!Gosh, couldn't you share some of ...I'm speechless!!!<BR/><BR/>Gosh, couldn't you share some of Elva's writings on a regular basis on Nyack Backyard?<BR/><BR/>First-hand accounts are fascinating, providing glimpses of the places visited and the visitor, all at once.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite classes in college was historiography--learning about history by studying the writer's own time and how their views of history were shaped by it.<BR/><BR/>Marvelous entry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-6912536165817669812009-03-16T21:43:00.000-04:002009-03-16T21:43:00.000-04:00Would love to have access to the transcription. El...Would love to have access to the transcription. Elva´s diaries! The excerpt reads delightful.<BR/><BR/>JimenaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09110154647763741152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-74304743296665119692009-03-16T18:08:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:08:00.000-04:00WOW! That's so nice to have such an in depth docum...WOW! That's so nice to have such an in depth document from a relative with such an interesting life. The photos are beautiful!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09739039763558923579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-1428347469401863802009-03-16T14:05:00.000-04:002009-03-16T14:05:00.000-04:00You've got a rich sense of history going on with E...You've got a rich sense of history going on with Elva. How wonderful to have her stories and adventure! I hope they inspire you and your family to explore the worlds you encounter, being tuned in to the sounds and sights of life anywhere.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972054718663959694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-80221681265182364882009-03-16T11:25:00.000-04:002009-03-16T11:25:00.000-04:00What a wonderful post...and so delightful that you...What a wonderful post...and so delightful that you have this memorabilia and her stories to share~~What a wonderful life adventure she had. gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-43523528471736419702009-03-16T11:07:00.000-04:002009-03-16T11:07:00.000-04:00Just wonderful! You and Anne (God Bless Y'All) ar...Just wonderful! You and Anne (God Bless Y'All) are really class A tchotchkistas. Great stories to go with great miscellaneous "stuff." Aren't old letters fabulous? I have drawers of them too and occasionally I'll sit down and read a letter or two. I'm always struck by how back then, a hundred years or so, someone could write a 4-page letter and talk about nothing but the weather or the moonlight or a walk they took to the post office....or the fabric used for a dress. It really was a simpler life back then. Am I a hopeless romantic to think it was also a richer life? Back when people had the time and inclination to listen.... to the "gnawing of a rat."Pam J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03397439327477925210noreply@blogger.com