Comments on: Looking for Eddie Field

By: Inground Pools Small

Inground Pools Small — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:03:28 +0000

I'll back again for sure, thanks for great article

By: inground_pools_small

inground_pools_small — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:19:52 +0000

I'll post the same information to my blog, thanks for ideas and great article.

By: Nurse Staff

Nurse Staff — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:32:05 +0000

I loved reading this. The texture of summer, and the way one person doing the right thing can make a bad situation bearable.

By: A Journey to ‘25 Random Things’

A Journey to ‘25 Random Things’ — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:32:30 +0000

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By: grace

grace — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:58:24 +0000

one of the best memoirs i have had the pleasure of reading…thank you. it pains me to say this, but you really should put these together in a book…one we can buy at our local bookstore, standing patiently in line for our turn to have you sign our own copy. well done, indeed, ms. handley.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:13:56 +0000

I think we hung out at the same pool. We did have a tennis court but it was filled with weeds between the cracks. Everything else, right down to the Tab and bathing caps is the same. Thanks for the memories.

By: Cam Beck

Cam Beck — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:15:10 +0000

I got stuck on this part…

“Being part of something larger than myself, I realized happily, made me dwell less on my own shortcomings.”

What shortcomings?

By: David Reich

David Reich — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:40:23 +0000

Ann, what a beautiful piece of writing. It brought me right back to my days as a 12 or 13-year old at the public pool in Mount Vernon, NY, where I grew up and still live. I haven’t been to that pool since my kids were little, before we joined a beach club. But there were many mostly good memories from that pool, and your story brought them back.

Thanks.

By: Greg Straface

Greg Straface — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:04:07 +0000

Ann,

That was a fantastic story. Definitely brought me back to those long and hot summer days as a kid, playing baseball all day and then heading up to the pool with friends for a swim. Looking forward to reading more of your posts.

Greg

By: Marni Correra

Marni Correra — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:22:29 +0000

Hey Ann – Great story – and if you think that was easy for me to post, you’re wrong. This is my first time to your blog – I read the story, and truly loved it. I thought, I should leave a comment letting her know how much I enjoyed it. But then I read through the other comments, and thought, they are all so well written, so well-thought, mine would look dumb in comparison.

So I went on to read some your other stories. As luck would have it, the first one I picked was, “I Suspect Everyone Else Is Smarter, Better-Looking, Taller, Cooler, Cuter, Has Newer and Shinier Objects than I Do (and Is More Modest) “.

Not to say, that after reading that I’m convinced it isn’t true, but it certainly convinced me that I could at least have the courage to post a comment about your story, even if everyone else’s would be better written, more well-thought….

Thanks for story, I really did enjoy it.