At Home in Mississippi
Viewing comments for Chapter 51 "Fashion Wasn't My Thing"Growing up in the 40 and 50 in MIssissippi
25 total reviews
Comment from Charles D Ezell
I recall some of the actions my sister put my mother through concerning appearance. I got tickled at her when she was getting ready for church one day complaining she had fried hair, and was not going. I enjoyed the read and can see how you girls place pressure on things. LOL.
  |
I recall some of the actions my sister put my mother through concerning appearance. I got tickled at her when she was getting ready for church one day complaining she had fried hair, and was not going. I enjoyed the read and can see how you girls place pressure on things. LOL.
Comment Written 02-Nov-2024
Comment from Teri7
Beth, This is a very well written chapter to your book. You used great descriptive words and very good imagery with your words also. I enjoyed reading this chapter. love and blessings, Teri
 |
Beth, This is a very well written chapter to your book. You used great descriptive words and very good imagery with your words also. I enjoyed reading this chapter. love and blessings, Teri
Comment Written 02-Nov-2024
Comment from judiverse
It's strange how we have memories of the clothes we wore as kids. I remember having to wear my cousins' hand-me-down dresses. My aunt made them, and they were beautiful. They lived in the southern part of the state, too, so no one would have recognized them. I think it was wonderful that your grandmother made your clothes. I wonder if she used one of those old treadle machines. Funny about your classmates thought they were clothes coming back into style again. As you noted, that does happen! My suggestion would be to confine this part to your clothes and make the story about speech teacher a separate chapter. judi
|
It's strange how we have memories of the clothes we wore as kids. I remember having to wear my cousins' hand-me-down dresses. My aunt made them, and they were beautiful. They lived in the southern part of the state, too, so no one would have recognized them. I think it was wonderful that your grandmother made your clothes. I wonder if she used one of those old treadle machines. Funny about your classmates thought they were clothes coming back into style again. As you noted, that does happen! My suggestion would be to confine this part to your clothes and make the story about speech teacher a separate chapter. judi
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
Comment from lyenochka
I think you did well with your mom, knowing which fights to pick. It's usually the mother who has to make that choice but you were always precocious. I think you're right about fashions returning. I wear my dress from 30+ years before to church and all the young ladies admire it. Lol.
I'm sorry that you had that bad experience with your speech teacher. Still, you did a good job placing despite the one night preparation!
|
I think you did well with your mom, knowing which fights to pick. It's usually the mother who has to make that choice but you were always precocious. I think you're right about fashions returning. I wear my dress from 30+ years before to church and all the young ladies admire it. Lol.
I'm sorry that you had that bad experience with your speech teacher. Still, you did a good job placing despite the one night preparation!
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
Comment from GWHARGIS
That's about the worst feeling when someone you admire let's you down and you see their true colors. I was never a clothes horse either. To this day I'm a jeans kind of girl. Are you planning to publish this? It's very good. Gretchen
|
That's about the worst feeling when someone you admire let's you down and you see their true colors. I was never a clothes horse either. To this day I'm a jeans kind of girl. Are you planning to publish this? It's very good. Gretchen
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
Comment from Wayne Fowler
I'm sure you are right that Mrs Turnage let you down. I'm betting that some days earlier you had gone to your teacher to provide something.
Well written.
Best wishes.
|
I'm sure you are right that Mrs Turnage let you down. I'm betting that some days earlier you had gone to your teacher to provide something.
Well written.
Best wishes.
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
Comment from Wendy G
Interesting story. Clothes of that time were all different from each other at least, as your photo indicates. But they didn't have the same importance in defining one's social staus as perhaps they do these days. Sad about that teacher letting you down - that wasn't at all fair.
Wendy
Edits:
"... Just feel (of) this material" (just feel this material. Finish with a full stop also.)
ever (every) Sunday morning
about how tacky, she thought my dress was. (remove comma)
todo well in the contest (to do)
|
Interesting story. Clothes of that time were all different from each other at least, as your photo indicates. But they didn't have the same importance in defining one's social staus as perhaps they do these days. Sad about that teacher letting you down - that wasn't at all fair.
Wendy
Edits:
"... Just feel (of) this material" (just feel this material. Finish with a full stop also.)
ever (every) Sunday morning
about how tacky, she thought my dress was. (remove comma)
todo well in the contest (to do)
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
Comment from jim vecchio
I wish I held onto that sixth str. Amazing! All your stories hold me in all the way to the end, then I want more. There were a few grammatical errors, mainly with commas. But I truly enjoyed this.
reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
|
I wish I held onto that sixth str. Amazing! All your stories hold me in all the way to the end, then I want more. There were a few grammatical errors, mainly with commas. But I truly enjoyed this.
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
-
Thank you, Jim. I've corrected a bunch of error but I'll go back and check the comma. I always appreciate your comments.
Beth
-
Thanks for your great writing.
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
She certainly did let you down. Being a former student of hers, I would have thought she would have liked you to win to show other students what they could be capable of doing under her tuition. Some teachers can be very selfcentred. I remember the charity dresses, and the jumble sales. All the mums would go and rummage through them for any bargains. I actually like going to charity shops today, you can find some exellent expensive clothes for a fraction of their price. I enjoyed reading this part, my friend. :) Sandra xxx
reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
|
She certainly did let you down. Being a former student of hers, I would have thought she would have liked you to win to show other students what they could be capable of doing under her tuition. Some teachers can be very selfcentred. I remember the charity dresses, and the jumble sales. All the mums would go and rummage through them for any bargains. I actually like going to charity shops today, you can find some exellent expensive clothes for a fraction of their price. I enjoyed reading this part, my friend. :) Sandra xxx
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
-
Thank you, Sandra. I'm so behind that I have 150 reviews to reply to and I feel really bad about not getting to yours sooner because you went back and read all those chapter on Anatomy of a Marriage and even gave me extra stars. I'm trying to get to them. I had errors in this because I had cat jumping on the keyboard and driving me nuts. Thank you again. I love the resale and thrift shops. Some of my favorite clothes were recycled.
Beth
Comment from Gayla putnam
The first part of the story flows nicely with your conflict with your mom over fashion. I smiled and nodded throughout. Then it sort of switches out of clothes and fashion, like you are writing about a totally different subject. Would it be better to have two separate stories? There are some spelling errors, Dolly Parton, private lessons (plural), and a few others you can clean up with proofreading. It's an interesting memoir, and if you tweak it a bit, it's a winner. gayla
This rating does not count towards story rating or author rank.
The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
 |
The first part of the story flows nicely with your conflict with your mom over fashion. I smiled and nodded throughout. Then it sort of switches out of clothes and fashion, like you are writing about a totally different subject. Would it be better to have two separate stories? There are some spelling errors, Dolly Parton, private lessons (plural), and a few others you can clean up with proofreading. It's an interesting memoir, and if you tweak it a bit, it's a winner. gayla
This rating does not count towards story rating or author rank.
The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 01-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
-
Thank you, Gayla. I always have more than one incident taking place within the same time frame. This time there was only two. Regular readers of the book expect this to be the case. I think I've corrected most or the errors,