tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post7455723958163907844..comments2024-02-26T21:52:34.932+00:00Comments on Fil's Songs and Stories: The Emigrant Woman's TaleFilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09027496923235464642noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-55197297798710269762015-03-14T17:50:39.468+00:002015-03-14T17:50:39.468+00:00Yes, the media have such a lot to answer for ....
...Yes, the media have such a lot to answer for ....<br /><br />It went really well today ... preaching to the converted maybe, but I'm hopeful that we will get to take this out to a wider audience. Filhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027496923235464642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-8062468557195946052015-03-14T11:43:39.203+00:002015-03-14T11:43:39.203+00:00Part of the problem stems from the news features w...Part of the problem stems from the news features which always appear to cast suspicion and fear about immigration: our country will be over-run, those coming here will be violent, work-shy and wanting handouts. There is little thought given as to why those people have sacrificed so much usually to get here. The children of immigrants I have worked with are normally some of the most eager to do their best and put back into their new community! Hopefully, your collaboration will go some way to setting the record straight :)SENCO Cat Herderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026889857534425125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-50182131991062059122015-03-13T13:20:36.574+00:002015-03-13T13:20:36.574+00:00Likewise Csilla :)Likewise Csilla :)Filhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027496923235464642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-79773603765369991582015-03-12T12:24:12.342+00:002015-03-12T12:24:12.342+00:00Thanks for this lovely intro, Fil. I am very excit...Thanks for this lovely intro, Fil. I am very excited and it has been great working with you. CsillaCsilla Toldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653046637371222309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-82944889830608530422015-03-08T10:42:49.443+00:002015-03-08T10:42:49.443+00:00Hi Fil - what an incredible story .. one I hope to...Hi Fil - what an incredible story .. one I hope to read sometime soon ... good luck with the promotion and I sure hope her/their lives have had happy endings ... HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-58513243001625815902015-03-07T21:38:46.057+00:002015-03-07T21:38:46.057+00:00I have been thinking a lot about what it means to ...I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be an emigrant, leavng the old behind and starting a new life. I may blog about it when things calm down here. Here in America, it is ironic and sad that I have always had more freedom than those born here, who happen to be black. Today is the 50th aniversary of Bloddy Sunday, the march across that Selma bridge and it has been on TV all morning. Thanks for your support with my difficult times lately. It means a lot. Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-57575879361121629162015-03-07T17:27:01.502+00:002015-03-07T17:27:01.502+00:00A little kindness means so much. There but by the...A little kindness means so much. There but by the grace of God go I comes to mind...<br />It will, I am sure, be a unforgetable performance.Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841505878252085938.post-7783432332777791182015-03-07T14:35:22.077+00:002015-03-07T14:35:22.077+00:00Oh Fil - this sounds like it will be a most powerf...Oh Fil - this sounds like it will be a most powerful and wonderful performance! We certainly don't treat our incoming and outgoing with much kindness or respect do we? So much us-ness and them-ness is rooted deeply in our collective separation consciousness. I had the thought that since it's become so easy for us to connect worldwide that we'd begin to see significant changes, but I don't think that's been the case. Sigh. Deborah Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971869506007671786noreply@blogger.com