tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post359131621162257778..comments2024-03-28T23:06:17.460+01:00Comments on wcs: Cultural Education Centerwcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-84739335873361164882009-11-13T09:23:08.306+01:002009-11-13T09:23:08.306+01:00judy, good job on hokey. I would ad contrived and ...judy, good job on hokey. I would ad contrived and artificial, to your definition.<br /><br />bill, I am glad to be home again, but I had a great visit.<br /><br />stephen, it's a long story, and I'm not sure I've told it all... but judy's short version is pretty close!<br /><br />starman, interesting question...wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-57241175586833809772009-11-13T03:10:55.358+01:002009-11-13T03:10:55.358+01:00Stephen, as I've observed it (and pieced it to...Stephen, as I've observed it (and pieced it together), Walt's is a tale of:<br />1. Studying abroad in Paris<br />2. Enjoying the heck out of said year abroad<br />3. Meeting "the one" during said year abroad<br />4. Sharing, with "the one", a constant pull for return to France over the years<br />5. Finally grabbing the chance when the moment came, and giving up the hectic big city American life for a return to life with abundant garden, wine, baguette, and countryside adventures<br /><br />Bill, your wife grew up in St. Louis?! Where!?<br /><br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-45182623011821927702009-11-12T22:17:38.987+01:002009-11-12T22:17:38.987+01:00Wonder if the mastodons will re-appear in the new ...Wonder if the mastodons will re-appear in the new ice age?Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-87882667309183966552009-11-12T18:56:57.944+01:002009-11-12T18:56:57.944+01:00Have I not gone far enough back in the archives to...Have I not gone far enough back in the archives to discover what happened in your life that you should end up in France?<br /><br />France seems so much more YOU than Upstate NY.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967985806955115917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-33987016991913094362009-11-12T18:20:38.364+01:002009-11-12T18:20:38.364+01:00Very good on the "hokey" definition, Jud...Very good on the "hokey" definition, Judy, but you lost points for the Freudian slip on "a"lbany.<br /><br />I, of coarse, must agree with you about the grandeur of the St. Louis Arch...my wife grew up in St. Louis.<br /><br />p.s. Word verification is "ingst"...another kind of angst?Bill in NHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-36428864630265434082009-11-12T13:10:44.313+01:002009-11-12T13:10:44.313+01:00ooops.... I meant to Capitalize Albany :))ooops.... I meant to Capitalize <i>Albany</i> :))Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-48046121766135872642009-11-12T13:07:37.838+01:002009-11-12T13:07:37.838+01:00Jean, hokey means, to me, something like, amateuri...Jean, <i>hokey</i> means, to me, something like, <i>amateurish</i> (like, in its design and conception), and it suggests something that is unsophisticated and unrefined -- definitely something that would not be considered "classic" as the years went on. <br /><br />How'd I do, Bill? :)) Let's see what other folks would offer to expand on my explanation. :)<br /><br />Judy<br />p.s. I'm sure that Walt meant that an Arch there in albany would have seemed hokey, but OUR arch here in St. Louis, is NOT hokey ;))) It's rather grand (and it's really huge and well made) :) And, considering that this area really WAS the gateway to expansion into the West, its symbolism, situated as it is on the banks of the Mississippi, between Illinois and Missouri, is lovely. Since we're mentioning it, here it is, in all its glory:<br /><a href="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/0-999/565/800/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_412309.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://spinthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/obama-meets-us-in-st-louis/" rel="nofollow"> and here </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tbany.com/projects_page.php?projectid=226&categoryid=1" rel="nofollow"> and here!</a>Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-85154295467812706272009-11-12T11:05:20.440+01:002009-11-12T11:05:20.440+01:00First of all, welcome home. I know you must be DE...First of all, welcome home. I know you must be DEE-LIGHTED. It just wasn't right without you there.<br /><br />Having said that, I've been enthralled by your NY State Capitol Complex stories. What an architectural tour de force...a modern day Acropolis. I will now begin to do more research. The guiding hand of Nelson Rockefeller is certainly at work here.<br /><br />Good luck defining "hokey" without offending anyone. :-)Bill in NHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-81896317558798422382009-11-12T09:14:06.048+01:002009-11-12T09:14:06.048+01:00That old church looks almost ugly next to the clea...That old church looks almost ugly next to the clean modern lines of the newer buildings. They look rather smart, grand and business-like.<br /><br />What does "hokey" mean ?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01758423316220067958noreply@blogger.com