tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post5891784602623025795..comments2024-03-26T02:07:02.561-04:00Comments on Vijaya Bodach: Pumpkins and BeatitudesVijayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-10080087395044427082009-11-04T12:08:31.279-05:002009-11-04T12:08:31.279-05:00Oh, yes, Mary. Reckoning, being accountable is goo...Oh, yes, Mary. Reckoning, being accountable is good. <br /><br />Donna, I hope my husband reads your comment. I'll remind him. :)Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-84013020204578574502009-11-04T03:21:33.996-05:002009-11-04T03:21:33.996-05:00I love the beatitudes, but I've never understo...I love the beatitudes, but I've never understood the first one either. I've always wondered just how the original translators came up with their translations, from Aramaic, and then Greek. Whatever the case, I have been thinking of the last one lately. It's comforting to think that there will be a reckoning: that all wrongs will one day be rectified.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-20042736017862395042009-11-03T15:31:56.639-05:002009-11-03T15:31:56.639-05:00Yes! He is very good! I've tried to do carving...Yes! He is very good! I've tried to do carving - but it never ends up the way I envision. <br /><br />He ought to enter a contest or something. I bet he'd win!<br /><br />hugs,<br />DonnaWrite2ignitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266315375662322726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-29665409105746246872009-11-02T17:41:56.612-05:002009-11-02T17:41:56.612-05:00Thanks, Donna. My husband did all the carvings. He...Thanks, Donna. My husband did all the carvings. He's good, no?<br /><br />The cross pumpkin is very dramatic with baby pumpkins next to it. They give homage.Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-72119501672770246892009-11-02T06:44:51.240-05:002009-11-02T06:44:51.240-05:00I never got the first one, either! I've read t...I never got the first one, either! I've read those things over and over again. Never quite got it. But hey - I've learned something today. Thank you. <br /><br />btw - I really liked the pumpkin with the cross. That is beautiful. Did you do that?<br /><br />hugs,<br />DonnaWrite2ignitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266315375662322726noreply@blogger.com