tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post4218386415929051369..comments2023-05-11T05:13:52.835-07:00Comments on The Valley Ripple: Hoe! Hoe! Hoe!…T.M.Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05918557389921159736noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-47015660074144223482011-08-11T14:30:36.530-07:002011-08-11T14:30:36.530-07:00Do does did. Have has had. Can could will would sh...Do does did. Have has had. Can could will would shall should may might must.<br /><br />So many words...Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064616370181183885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-49766777748784941782011-08-11T14:28:28.370-07:002011-08-11T14:28:28.370-07:00I've also got appear become look remain stay i...I've also got appear become look remain stay in my head...and sometimes other sequences of words pop into my head and I recite them but the rhythm is off so I know I'm missing a word. You should do a post including all the lists you had us memorize. Then we could have a competition between your former students and find out who can recite the lists the fastest.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064616370181183885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-17476018653531685612011-08-11T14:23:44.517-07:002011-08-11T14:23:44.517-07:00"Life patterning", huh? I'll have to..."Life patterning", huh? I'll have to use that one. I'm sure my kids will love it, too! <br /><br />Stuborndinating conjunctions...was that the "and or but yet so for nor" list? The lists remain...the titles do not. Ha ha. (Do I dare admit that I now have an English degree from WWU? And got pretty deep into Chomsky's Universal Grammar?)Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064616370181183885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-60844091761714642982011-08-10T11:50:55.172-07:002011-08-10T11:50:55.172-07:00So good to hear from a former "A" studen...So good to hear from a former "A" student--and a Fawcett, as well! Indoctrination??? Hmmmm, I prefer one call it "Life Patterning." Perhaps you remember my words regarding the "memory work": "Once you're credited with a memory assignment, you're responsible for remembering it for the rest of the school year. Then you can forget it...if you can." I'm impressed with your memory work but would have been even more impressed had you recited your subordinating conjunctions.... Thanks for following my blog. What a pleasure to hear from you, Ms. Bridget. And thanks, too, for your contribution to this post.T.M.Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05918557389921159736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-82280561949278023432011-08-10T00:41:11.359-07:002011-08-10T00:41:11.359-07:00Mr. Johnson! I saw your name/photo on Jim Tunnell&...Mr. Johnson! I saw your name/photo on Jim Tunnell's blog a month or so ago and asked Linda about you tonight. She pointed me to your blog. My siblings and I (Fawcett's) all have fond memories of you and when we have need of a good grammatical exercise (it happened last week) we recite "be am is are was were been being" or "I you he she it we you they my mine your yours me you him her it us you them". Ha ha. Talk about indoctrination! We'll never forget it.<br /><br />We used to pick strawberries at the church farm between Monroe and Sultan for a few days or a week in the summer. I think we got something like 15 cents a pound for picking them. We came home with stained red hands and had to bleach them back to normal color. Those were some fun times. I think the farm was sold maybe 10 or 15 years ago.<br /><br />www.BridgetJohns.blogspot.comBridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064616370181183885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-12447496321486884992011-07-12T18:07:25.087-07:002011-07-12T18:07:25.087-07:00Thelma, I'm not much of a berry picker myself,...Thelma, I'm not much of a berry picker myself, but these days all I need to do is pick enough for shortcake, jam, and eating fresh--and I pay for it. I think Ed and Ginnifer BroerS do the community a great service by providing a crop city folk and others can harvest by themselves, see where farm food comes from and how it's grown. We have lived in the Valley long enough to know about the Baylors (spelled correctly as far as I know). Don't know what his first name was--I always called him "Baylor." I admired his well-painted house and asparagus patch. He used to drive a white Cadillac, and I used to see him around town. He sported a belt buckle that would do any rodeo entry proud. I'm sure you know the recent history of his house, owned by Kelly Bolles now, and its ongoing renovation. Kelly has assured me he will share his story of the remodel/house "raising" with the Ripple. Stay tuned for that. Thanks so much for sharing; the BroerS are great folks.T.M.Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05918557389921159736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-62869669421550043342011-07-12T16:10:38.212-07:002011-07-12T16:10:38.212-07:00Well, I had already proven myself to be a lousy be...Well, I had already proven myself to be a lousy berry picker, so mostly I babysat their kids and made dinner for them. I must have been older than 12, though. My parents moved there when I was 12 and it was most likely a year or two later that I started babysitting. I know that one year during berry season Ed was less than a year old and he was child #3. I think when I was 12 I picked for Bob Baylor (probably not spelled right). He had the place across the road from Andy.Thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151548044528520247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-71116918714885354472011-07-11T17:55:32.801-07:002011-07-11T17:55:32.801-07:00Thanks for the comment, Thelma. I guess because of...Thanks for the comment, Thelma. I guess because of my Irish heritage I have problems with some of the Valley names. Misspelled "Frohning" in one of my posts, too. Just the other day I introduced Ginnifer Broers to another Valley resident and pronounced it as "Browers"--and I knew better, too. I even have Broers' business card. I appreciate your calling attention to the misspelling, which I will correct promptly. Thanks for reading my blog. And just what sort of work did you do for Tony when you were twelve years old?T.M.Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05918557389921159736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284974424559143648.post-70827530338582012482011-07-11T14:54:04.837-07:002011-07-11T14:54:04.837-07:00I have been reading your blog for some time and re...I have been reading your blog for some time and really enjoy it. Although I haven't lived in Tualco Valley for over 40 years and then only lived there for my high school years, many of the names are familiar. One correction I need to make is the spelling of Tony's last name. It is Broers with an "S". He was my first employer, when I was about 12!Thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151548044528520247noreply@blogger.com