tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post7329738951462986812..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Mom: A RePost for Mother's DayRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-61506916492692581942012-05-18T08:58:06.601-07:002012-05-18T08:58:06.601-07:00Thank you, Beverly.
1. A mom must show herself t...Thank you, Beverly. <br /><br />1. A mom must show herself to her kids.<br />2. Words are golden.<br /><br />Thanks again, Ron.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-2706792171667530372012-05-14T09:00:34.342-07:002012-05-14T09:00:34.342-07:00Well worth posting again. Thanks.
Sometimes, we j...Well worth posting again. Thanks.<br /><br />Sometimes, we just have to stop talking about wine.Charlie Olkennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-74833823059627525592012-05-14T08:50:20.948-07:002012-05-14T08:50:20.948-07:00Ron,
I love the idea that after slogging through ...Ron,<br /><br />I love the idea that after slogging through the writing she came to the conclusion that the author's conclusions weren't worth the horrible trip--a double indictment (I believe in the Godliness of the dash).Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-91948749766319547242012-05-14T08:46:06.041-07:002012-05-14T08:46:06.041-07:00Very interesting to re-read this lovely piece now....Very interesting to re-read this lovely piece now. Still as powerful and heartfelt as the first time I read it but I can see even more of you in it now. I know your mother had to be proud of you and the man that you became Ron, and trust me, as a mother, one of the most amazing feelings there is. <br />I love you.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-59537456146054392222012-05-14T07:59:33.955-07:002012-05-14T07:59:33.955-07:00Bill,
99? Thanks. You're the Jay Miller of co...Bill,<br /><br />99? Thanks. You're the Jay Miller of commenters.<br /><br />Now that's a gratuitous drive-by!<br /><br />Thomas,<br /><br />I concede Saramago is an acquired taste. But I think it was really Saramago's atheism that offended my Mom. That, and his punctuation. She believed that God is in the proper use of semi-colons.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-36215463525055995012012-05-14T07:18:33.094-07:002012-05-14T07:18:33.094-07:00Ron,
So glad you posted it again: always a poigna...Ron,<br /><br />So glad you posted it again: always a poignant and inspiring read.<br /><br />Your tribute has drawn me to your mother, but her response to having read Saramago has made me understand her.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17674738723665412052012-05-14T03:50:58.382-07:002012-05-14T03:50:58.382-07:00Beautiful stuff, Ron. I am 99 on it. I could hav...Beautiful stuff, Ron. I am 99 on it. I could have been 100 on it, except for the gratuitous drive-by shooting of the chipped beef. I adore creamed chipped beef!Bill Klappnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-9805258306036054242010-05-10T18:57:45.554-07:002010-05-10T18:57:45.554-07:00I think your pharmacy story is a testament to your...I think your pharmacy story is a testament to your mother's sense of humor and her ability to appreciate yours. Thanks for being human and sharing your mother just a bit with us, I feel like I understand you a bit better. Uh oh.Sip with Me!https://www.blogger.com/profile/01396446937839484772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46599581024996412862010-05-07T09:50:04.249-07:002010-05-07T09:50:04.249-07:00Matt,
Thanks. I'm mostly here to mock people ...Matt,<br /><br />Thanks. I'm mostly here to mock people and have some fun with the relatively uptight wine business, but every once in a while I step out from behind the curtain and act like a normal human being. As so many of us know, Mother's Day becomes infinitely more poignant when your own is no longer alive. I was incredibly fortunate to have had a very healthy and happy relationship with my Mom. That has been a blessing every day of my life.<br /><br />And, welcome to the HoseMaster Flying Circus. I hope you hang around and contribute often.<br /><br />Dave,<br /><br />Folks always ask where I got my sense of humor. I honor Mom by saying it wasn't from her. But you may certainly blame her for my unearned sense of confidence.Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-90467059527512387602010-05-07T06:36:55.961-07:002010-05-07T06:36:55.961-07:00"She doesn't get the jokes, but she appre..."She doesn't get the jokes, but she appreciates the effort."<br /><br />So much insight and lesson in character contained in one seemingly simple sentence. Thanks, Ron.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-48920032221110696012010-05-06T19:05:30.537-07:002010-05-06T19:05:30.537-07:00Ron, that was beautiful and I admire you for putti...Ron, that was beautiful and I admire you for putting it out there. Life perpetually brings challenging twists and turns- taking time to breathe and to love is sometimes all we have. But the love can be wound up so tightly within us that sometimes it's difficult to get out. Your piece moved me into the direction of getting it out... thanks for that.Matt Mauldin https://www.blogger.com/profile/08730509895080535690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19408980510011548872010-05-06T16:20:35.386-07:002010-05-06T16:20:35.386-07:00Mom taught me to appreciate great writing and the ...Mom taught me to appreciate great writing and the power of words. She could quote Shakespeare for pages and was a heartless critic of almost anyone else. I gave her a Saramago book to read once and she absolutely hated it. "I couldn't figure out what he was saying, and, when I did, it wasn't worth figuring it out." One of my proudest moments was when she loved a novel that I have always loved, Tim O'Brien's "In the Lake of the Woods." She stayed up all night reading it and we talked about it for hours afterward. But Faulkner and Melville were more her style.<br /><br />I suspect she would have little use for this blog. For one thing, you can't mark the grammatical mistakes with a red pen. And wine writing is almost universally sloppy and imprecise, as sloppy and imprecise as our own abilities to smell and taste. I actually shudder to think what she'd have said about so many of my posts. The Mis(s) Feiring post would have solicited a very long note from her.<br /><br />It feels like I never write a single sentence without feeling her looking over my shoulder. She doesn't get the jokes, but she appreciates the effort.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33731448500046342492010-05-06T15:27:15.266-07:002010-05-06T15:27:15.266-07:00Well done sir!Well done sir!Flag Waving Vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344037995803217864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-91542769095128803002010-05-06T15:17:18.699-07:002010-05-06T15:17:18.699-07:00Sam:
"I would rather get a spanking than eat...Sam:<br /><br />"I would rather get a spanking than eat carrots"<br /><br />...does that mean you like spankings or hate carrots?Arthurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-74393773804381802632010-05-06T14:58:02.721-07:002010-05-06T14:58:02.721-07:00I'll eat my peas but I would rather get a span...I'll eat my peas but I would rather get a spanking than eat carrots.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45930879726573913172010-05-06T14:52:21.919-07:002010-05-06T14:52:21.919-07:00Jimmy sez< 'Now, eat every carrot and pee o...Jimmy sez< 'Now, eat every carrot and pee on your plate..'<br /><br />Why would I want to do that?Vegetable Daddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-5829701472731391112010-05-06T14:48:21.804-07:002010-05-06T14:48:21.804-07:00Having the ability to see it, record it, remember ...Having the ability to see it, record it, remember it, what a lovely gift. As both myself & wife are the youngest of our families, we hold deep feelings for our sainted mothers. Our daughter will celebrate her birthday this weekend. She will carry our memories forward. Our hope is that she is blessed to meet and know such wonderful people like those of you that gather here on Ron's back porch. 'Now, eat every carrot and pea on your plate..'<br />Ironically the word verification is "tentate" which in Italian means to "try."Jimmie Schnipkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-5895301984882505752010-05-06T13:10:44.373-07:002010-05-06T13:10:44.373-07:00Ron - perhaps brief and inadequate for a woman of ...Ron - perhaps brief and inadequate for a woman of such stature, who gave you breath and bread, and so many years of love. But more than enough to touch this curmudgeonly heart. Thanks. You are a <i>mensch</i> (I think; I was raised Catholic).John M. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343670865804216103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22263072882479457632010-05-06T11:58:20.374-07:002010-05-06T11:58:20.374-07:00This is particularly inspiring on the (near) eve o...This is particularly inspiring on the (near) eve of my 40th - the proverbial peak of one's life's trajectory.Arthurhttp://www.redwinebuzz.com/modxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-77951202503965397412010-05-06T11:24:05.658-07:002010-05-06T11:24:05.658-07:00Ron
I can only hope that someday my daughter might...Ron<br />I can only hope that someday my daughter might be inspired to write about me the way you have written about your mother.<br />Amywinebookgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108898075062843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-67672192306680531252010-05-06T11:06:15.210-07:002010-05-06T11:06:15.210-07:00Oh, crikeys, you are taking lessons from Samantha ...Oh, crikeys, you are taking lessons from Samantha and I have tears rolling down my cheeks.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72700657969448981212010-05-06T10:39:10.071-07:002010-05-06T10:39:10.071-07:00I'm crying
I am so very proud to know you....
...I'm crying<br />I am so very proud to know you....<br /><br />Proud to be a mother of a son<br />I can only hope to be the kind of mother that inspires this much honor, understanding and love.<br /><br />You take my breath away<br />I love you<br />Thank you for making me proud Ron<br />Thank you for sharing her with us...Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.com