Comments on: October 23 https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:03:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: perla https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-95759 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:03:06 +0000 #comment-95759 I’m back from a two week trip that was much needed , I just got home to find myself going back to this post. And now off to read some George Saunders . I should be at the grocery store now but here I am . Sigh! Something about this post feels like a homecoming that I’m seeking for this very moment. Anyway , just wanted to say hello , hope you’re well

]]> By: Anonymous https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44205 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:27:18 +0000 #comment-44205 I know you guys remodeled the kitchen a bit ago now, but posting here to say "I feel you." Not long before I left for college my family would wake up every morning to a giant puddle of water on the kitchen floor (which at the time, was linoleum with may spots that had peeled away). For a long time, we thought the fridge was leaking every night. I always thought it was both funny and sad, since that fridge was installed when I was a toddler and had character – it was outdated, but black and white and familiar – so it was like a dear older family member who became incontinent.

The fridge was eventually replaced, tear! – but the nightly leakage wasn't actually the fridge's fault. It was the dishwasher, whose filters were clogged. When my parents finally remodeled, they peeled away the floor to find that the sub-floor had rotted through, as well.

Anyway, remodeling is the pits. Glad you had friends to help!

]]> By: anne https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44206 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 04:43:23 +0000 #comment-44206 I absolutely love the way you wrote this post. Thank you for sharing it!

]]> By: beth https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44207 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 04:43:23 +0000 #comment-44207 love this post so… after listening to so many episodes of spilled milk, i can't figure out why i didn't come directly to your blog to start reading…!!?? thank you for making me laugh out loud all summer long… and for these crazy good links, not to mention memories.

]]> By: Elisabeth Carrel https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44208 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:21:54 +0000 #comment-44208 Molly, love your blog and your books, too. The George Saunders piece was wonderful — so heartfelt and honest. One main point is something I believe to be true in all aspects of life rather than writing only: generosity of spirit. Being kind, and going the extra mile for someone — especially someone struggling — is the key to being a good person. Generosity of spirit is just that: sharing what you have, whether material or spiritual. I heard Tobias Wolff speak once and he was just as Saunders describes in his talk. And I highly recommend "This Boy's Life: A Memoir" by Wolff if you've never read it. Now I'll have to start reading Saunders. I'd never heard of him before, and you obviously have great taste in writing as well as food. My brother lives in Seattle, and I hope to eat at Delancey someday when I've visiting.

]]> By: Anamaria Scaperlanda Biddick https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44210 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:49:44 +0000 #comment-44210 I live on Westchester!! Just off Penn. currently enjoying the crazy Halloween decorations in the nearby blocks.

PS I love on being.

]]> By: Grayson https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44209 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:08:35 +0000 #comment-44209 On Being. Such good brain food. Love that you listen too. Thanks for being one of the other places I stop in to refresh, reset, rethink. Love your writing…now off to read Saunder's article.

]]> By: Smitty https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44211 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:56:28 +0000 #comment-44211 ODD DUCK by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon is an awesome book for explaining "weird" to kids. Weird is just different than the norm. The book fits the description, too, as a graphic novel/picture book hybrid. The art is adorable, too!
http://www.amazon.com/Odd-Duck-Cecil-Castellucci/dp/1596435577

]]> By: Caroline https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44212 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:44:08 +0000 #comment-44212 Out of Time and Automatic for the People were on repeat play through most of middle school/ high school. These days, Richard Scary is a BIG part of my world (three three year olds).

]]> By: Amelia Morris https://orangette.net/2015/10/october-23/#comment-44213 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:44:08 +0000 #comment-44213 All I have to say is: Love REM, love Alison Bechdel so so so much (Did you read her follow-up to Fun Home?), LOVE Richard Scarry (TEddy's favorite book is the exact Scarry number that my brother and I loved as a kid.), and lastly, On Being is THE BEST, though I have to be in the right mood for it, like reading poetry. Oh and thank you for reading my last post!! xox

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