<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post8572127326161413405..comments</id><updated>2010-01-23T06:25:44.489Z</updated><title type='text'>Comments on things mean a lot: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty - A Tribut...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/feeds/8572127326161413405/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Nymeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943</uri><email>untuneric@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-2586858443812203565</id><published>2010-01-23T06:25:44.489Z</published><updated>2010-01-23T06:25:44.489Z</updated><title type='text'>A lovely tribute, and a great review team you made...</title><content type='html'>A lovely tribute, and a great review team you made. I only knew Dewey for three months but I still remember how hard I laughed at the picture on her last giveaway announcement. It&amp;#39;s hard to imagine someone with that much fun in them can be gone.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2586858443812203565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2586858443812203565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1264227944489#c2586858443812203565' title=''/><author><name>Sandra</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02601265820391473464'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-2970200086353093294</id><published>2009-12-01T22:27:25.143Z</published><updated>2009-12-01T22:27:25.143Z</updated><title type='text'>That was a great joint review Nymeth. I didn't kno...</title><content type='html'>That was a great joint review Nymeth. I didn&amp;#39;t know Dewey, but I can see that she had a great impact on many of the bloggers who I love to visit. She sounds like a really special person, I wish I had known her.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2970200086353093294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2970200086353093294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259706445143#c2970200086353093294' title=''/><author><name>Zibilee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09731619097789331084'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-260032924759880153</id><published>2009-11-27T15:22:34.226Z</published><updated>2009-11-27T15:22:34.226Z</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for posting your joint review Nymeth. (((hu...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for posting your joint review Nymeth. (((hugs))) What a great way to pay tribute to Dewey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/260032924759880153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/260032924759880153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259335354226#c260032924759880153' title=''/><author><name>naida</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217390642323530030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-2227873765556094002</id><published>2009-11-27T04:40:25.410Z</published><updated>2009-11-27T04:40:25.410Z</updated><title type='text'>I'm sorry that you never got to post this with her...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m sorry that you never got to post this with her, but am thrilled that you were now able to do so.  It is a great way to honor her memory and all that she brought to the blogging community.  She truly was amazing and although I was not that close to her I did admire her and certainly understand your pain and loss.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2227873765556094002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2227873765556094002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259296825410#c2227873765556094002' title=''/><author><name>Carl V.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-2137097413272173944</id><published>2009-11-27T02:11:35.786Z</published><updated>2009-11-27T02:11:35.786Z</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for posting this - it was bittersweet to he...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for posting this - it was bittersweet to hear from Dewey again, but definitely more sweet than bitter. :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2137097413272173944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2137097413272173944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259287895786#c2137097413272173944' title=''/><author><name>Darla D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09551558744801344170</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00121847431940200134'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-1928235912629387222</id><published>2009-11-26T07:45:05.794Z</published><updated>2009-11-26T07:45:05.794Z</updated><title type='text'>((((Nymeth))))  I'm sorry you lost your friend.

T...</title><content type='html'>((((Nymeth))))  I&amp;#39;m sorry you lost your friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a great way to pay tribute to her!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/1928235912629387222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/1928235912629387222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259221505794#c1928235912629387222' title=''/><author><name>heidenkind</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09494625457587427781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-7607385616950016306</id><published>2009-11-26T05:44:55.392Z</published><updated>2009-11-26T05:44:55.392Z</updated><title type='text'>Ana, I hope you know how much of a gift you've giv...</title><content type='html'>Ana, I hope you know how much of a gift you&amp;#39;ve given us all with this post. You&amp;#39;re such a sweet and special person to post this. It&amp;#39;s nice to &amp;quot;hear&amp;quot; her voice again. This was just wonderful and such a nice surprise. Thanks Ana! ((((hugs))))</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/7607385616950016306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/7607385616950016306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259214295392#c7607385616950016306' title=''/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-244709657942008256</id><published>2009-11-26T05:01:12.462Z</published><updated>2009-11-26T05:01:12.462Z</updated><title type='text'>I never knew Dewey, as I started blogging after sh...</title><content type='html'>I never knew Dewey, as I started blogging after she passed away, but have caught glimmers of her spirit throughout the year. She does indeed, sound like a very special person; I am sorry not to have known her. I&amp;#39;m sure this was a difficult post for you: thank you so much for sharing her and her words.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/244709657942008256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/244709657942008256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259211672462#c244709657942008256' title=''/><author><name>ds</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-5567568047242468852</id><published>2009-11-26T04:08:47.877Z</published><updated>2009-11-26T04:08:47.877Z</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Nymeth, for allowing us to read Dewey's wo...</title><content type='html'>Thanks, Nymeth, for allowing us to read Dewey&amp;#39;s words. After she was gone I was so sad but glad that she could still be here with us through her words on her blog. Now with even that gone. . . we have to really hold on to the memories we have of her. She was a wonderful person. Thank you for posting this.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/5567568047242468852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/5567568047242468852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259208527877#c5567568047242468852' title=''/><author><name>Vasilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-5032350361876808758</id><published>2009-11-26T03:58:16.542Z</published><updated>2009-11-26T03:58:16.542Z</updated><title type='text'>Hugs to you Nymeth.  Dewey is still much missed in...</title><content type='html'>Hugs to you Nymeth.  Dewey is still much missed in the blogging world but people like you keep her alive in more ways than one.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/5032350361876808758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/5032350361876808758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259207896542#c5032350361876808758' title=''/><author><name>Lightheaded</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15438507601416513826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-5371210765317965297</id><published>2009-11-26T01:52:47.247Z</published><updated>2009-11-26T01:52:47.247Z</updated><title type='text'>This is such a nice tribute to such a great force ...</title><content type='html'>This is such a nice tribute to such a great force in the blogging world.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/5371210765317965297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/5371210765317965297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259200367247#c5371210765317965297' title=''/><author><name>bermudaonion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8873134176585491636</id><published>2009-11-26T00:19:31.741Z</published><updated>2009-11-26T00:19:31.741Z</updated><title type='text'>That's a lovely tribute, Nymeth! I wish I had know...</title><content type='html'>That&amp;#39;s a lovely tribute, Nymeth! I wish I had known Dewey better!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8873134176585491636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8873134176585491636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259194771741#c8873134176585491636' title=''/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03967837585961009598</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02850836272334940170'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-4782047851453940689</id><published>2009-11-25T23:16:08.728Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T23:16:08.728Z</updated><title type='text'>She was a really thoughtful and insightful reader....</title><content type='html'>She was a really thoughtful and insightful reader. Thanks for posting this again, especially for those of us that never had the opportunity to read it the first time.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/4782047851453940689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/4782047851453940689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259190968728#c4782047851453940689' title=''/><author><name>Staci</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-1368528766232764400</id><published>2009-11-25T21:29:06.710Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T21:29:06.710Z</updated><title type='text'>What a wonderful tribute to Dewey on this bittersw...</title><content type='html'>What a wonderful tribute to Dewey on this bittersweet day. I&amp;#39;ve linked this post to my tribute to her...thanks for sharing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/1368528766232764400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/1368528766232764400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259184546710#c1368528766232764400' title=''/><author><name>Wendy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14332796775305098552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-2894987083439501758</id><published>2009-11-25T20:27:44.271Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T20:27:44.271Z</updated><title type='text'>I've had this book on my list, and it sounds like ...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;ve had this book on my list, and it sounds like one I would probably enjoy reading --just too depressing for now. Great Review.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2894987083439501758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/2894987083439501758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259180864271#c2894987083439501758' title=''/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-714580680910177963</id><published>2009-11-25T18:15:25.887Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T18:15:25.887Z</updated><title type='text'>What a wonderful review and fitting tribue to Dewe...</title><content type='html'>What a wonderful review and fitting tribue to Dewey, one year later.  I was new to Dewey&amp;#39;s blog and then she passed.  I&amp;#39;m sad I never had the opportunity to know her as so many of you did.  But it is wonderful that she is not forgotten@</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/714580680910177963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/714580680910177963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259172925887#c714580680910177963' title=''/><author><name>Kathleen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8241055181649628745</id><published>2009-11-25T15:52:55.945Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T15:52:55.945Z</updated><title type='text'>Seems the universe had a plan for this post in the...</title><content type='html'>Seems the universe had a plan for this post in the end.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a very nice tribute.   It&amp;#39;s been nice to see so many tributes to Dewey up today, when I have  a chance to read them all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She still have a very strong presence in the book blogging world.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8241055181649628745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8241055181649628745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259164375945#c8241055181649628745' title=''/><author><name>C.B. James</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-7822675372817636873</id><published>2009-11-25T15:40:11.362Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T15:40:11.362Z</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for such a fitting post, Ana.  I visited De...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for such a fitting post, Ana.  I visited Dewey&amp;#39;s blog, but never had the fortune of interacting with her, really.  I am so glad, though, that I have gotten to know the kind of person she was through so many others.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/7822675372817636873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/7822675372817636873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259163611362#c7822675372817636873' title=''/><author><name>Aarti</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-1206987576304686380</id><published>2009-11-25T15:16:51.473Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T15:16:51.473Z</updated><title type='text'>This is such a beautiful post, Ana. It must have b...</title><content type='html'>This is such a beautiful post, Ana. It must have been really hard for you to read though this and decide to post it anyway. (:</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/1206987576304686380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/1206987576304686380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259162211473#c1206987576304686380' title=''/><author><name>saveophelia</name><uri>http://saveophelia.wordpress.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8250182048608743632</id><published>2009-11-25T14:17:33.550Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T14:17:33.550Z</updated><title type='text'>So wonderful of you to post this now. I enjoyed re...</title><content type='html'>So wonderful of you to post this now. I enjoyed reading it so much.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8250182048608743632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8250182048608743632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259158653550#c8250182048608743632' title=''/><author><name>Andi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-83043249611173935</id><published>2009-11-25T14:15:24.944Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T14:15:24.944Z</updated><title type='text'>Dewey sounded like one hell of a women, who had su...</title><content type='html'>Dewey sounded like one hell of a women, who had such a big impact on the people whose lives she touched.  I feel quite sad after reading your post and Eva&amp;#39;s today.  I hope where ever Dewey is, she realises how loved and how much she is missed.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/83043249611173935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/83043249611173935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259158524944#c83043249611173935' title=''/><author><name>Vivienne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-7911664333439649202</id><published>2009-11-25T14:06:48.215Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T14:06:48.215Z</updated><title type='text'>OK, I read it all the way through. (after coming b...</title><content type='html'>OK, I read it all the way through. (after coming back from reading Eva&amp;#39;s tribute)  I&amp;#39;m a bit numb. &lt;br /&gt;#luvana, MISS DEWEY.  :)  &lt;br /&gt;(and I&amp;#39;m really shocked out how emotional I feel, anyway...)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/7911664333439649202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/7911664333439649202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259158008215#c7911664333439649202' title=''/><author><name>Care</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06478474870247729611</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-9026547400964095486</id><published>2009-11-25T14:02:57.719Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T14:02:57.719Z</updated><title type='text'>How ironic that this post was about loss and memor...</title><content type='html'>How ironic that this post was about loss and memorial services, and how sad.  A beautiful tribute for you to publish at this time of Thanksgiving and remembering!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/9026547400964095486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/9026547400964095486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259157777719#c9026547400964095486' title=''/><author><name>rhapsodyinbooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8241228600254157506</id><published>2009-11-25T14:00:08.030Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T14:00:08.030Z</updated><title type='text'>I didn't know Dewey, but this is beautiful.  I wis...</title><content type='html'>I didn&amp;#39;t know Dewey, but this is beautiful.  I wish I had been blogging back then, I  really do.  I needed all of this in my life then, all of this wonderful communication and friendship.  *HUGS ALL AROUND*</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8241228600254157506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8241228600254157506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259157608030#c8241228600254157506' title=''/><author><name>Lu @ Regular Rumination</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18027804132268043518</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8908945943729771306</id><published>2009-11-25T13:57:09.228Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T13:57:09.228Z</updated><title type='text'>wow.  I'm going to have to come back later and rea...</title><content type='html'>wow.  I&amp;#39;m going to have to come back later and read this, if that&amp;#39;s ok.  I&amp;#39;m feeling a bit of that &amp;#39;triggered renewed grief&amp;#39;.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8908945943729771306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/8572127326161413405/comments/default/8908945943729771306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html?showComment=1259157429228#c8908945943729771306' title=''/><author><name>Care</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06478474870247729611</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/11/optimists-daughter-by-eudora-welty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069484.post-8572127326161413405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7069484/posts/default/8572127326161413405' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>