tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post8157834175665418372..comments2023-04-05T08:05:20.384-04:00Comments on Hudsonette: The Rocket Man Crashed in Los AngelesHudsonettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791523899082200794noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-5223136678791363572010-11-14T19:39:06.339-05:002010-11-14T19:39:06.339-05:00So... I'm completely late here but this was br...So... I'm completely late here but this was brilliant and sad and brilliant!<br />Thank you so much for sharing this, I hope you come back here soon and give me something else to read -- now that I found you and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-89583811028614614852010-10-27T22:15:34.466-04:002010-10-27T22:15:34.466-04:00I'm sorry you lost your dad so young. We, the ...I'm sorry you lost your dad so young. We, the daughters of industry around these parts during the 60s-70s, recall the frenetic energy and post atomic-style cultural influence of Southern California aerospace. You've created a blogiful time capsule. Yet, I'm so haunted by the story of self-sacrifice.Patrizzi Intergarlicticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047084173908563600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-45741658280843710762010-10-22T13:28:14.062-04:002010-10-22T13:28:14.062-04:00In an earlier incarnation of yourself, some of thi...In an earlier incarnation of yourself, some of this was difficult, I thought, for you to discuss. I'm glad you are willing share this poignant account.kmosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572648156216412569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-66403013241469173582010-10-21T10:11:45.004-04:002010-10-21T10:11:45.004-04:00What beautiful brave people. An honor to read. Th...What beautiful brave people. An honor to read. Thank you.Shegerererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361896785370817097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-86253671977802060812010-10-19T17:29:06.903-04:002010-10-19T17:29:06.903-04:00Genuinely moving and beautifully written piece. Th...Genuinely moving and beautifully written piece. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965673151127618945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-90474781146826214322010-10-19T15:02:46.985-04:002010-10-19T15:02:46.985-04:00I think this is a profoundly beautiful piece of bl...I think this is a profoundly beautiful piece of blogging. I have read it twice and I will read it again.Rod McKiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322224888246015883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-58496407762586495102010-10-19T12:44:44.236-04:002010-10-19T12:44:44.236-04:00I'm glad you wrote this. As I look at some fam...I'm glad you wrote this. As I look at some family history, I wonder how (and what) we tag from our past as having significance or being causal.Ann Marie Gamblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524023358327369037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-32768274013665766442010-10-19T09:29:02.075-04:002010-10-19T09:29:02.075-04:00Thank you so much for sharing. You look exactly l...Thank you so much for sharing. You look exactly like the child of your Mom and Dad.YesBiscuit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13827466504671715047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-46096147511797398822010-10-19T09:17:23.709-04:002010-10-19T09:17:23.709-04:00Thanks for this - it puts my own childhood, and my...Thanks for this - it puts my own childhood, and my dad's early death, in a perspective I need to keep in mind every day. The enthusiastic optimist in you I've gotten to know on-line is all the more impressive to me for reading this.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138296437811315744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-5084035029074535022010-10-19T08:02:49.715-04:002010-10-19T08:02:49.715-04:00Beautiful and poignant...so difficult to go back t...Beautiful and poignant...so difficult to go back to one of the most painful times in your life. Thank you for sharing.Marcy Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605021116030373145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-81743609652119158752010-10-19T00:43:04.134-04:002010-10-19T00:43:04.134-04:00Wow. Must have been very weird feelings being back...Wow. Must have been very weird feelings being back there. Sometimes you can't go home again, as the cliched saying goes. I think that is usually true, nor should we. Your lovely life. Living now, that is where you should be. I'm glad you made it out of LA and I hope the melancholy, if you still have some, does not linger too long. Thank you for sharing this with us. xoCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508234556647807639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-24550492483298951552010-10-18T23:57:02.898-04:002010-10-18T23:57:02.898-04:00A beautiful piece of writing, thank you for sharin...A beautiful piece of writing, thank you for sharing it. You have captured so eloquently the sense of loss I feel about the hopes we 60s kiddies harboured. <br /><br />I saw that building at LAX, on a visit to America from Australia in the late 1970s. It was so evocative of what felt like an already fading moment of American modernism.<br /><br />We're the same vintage you and I, and I also lost my father, to cancer, when I was 14. I am so sorry for your loss, in such circumstances. Your parents sounded like extraordinary people, their daughter clear proof of that.P.M.Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824714562191562113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-320979012799138712010-10-18T23:55:30.723-04:002010-10-18T23:55:30.723-04:00Magnificent. Thank you for this, and for giving sh...Magnificent. Thank you for this, and for giving shape to something so profound and boundless.Susan Orleanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307272912891511421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-11083670416527920002010-10-18T23:12:34.519-04:002010-10-18T23:12:34.519-04:00Great post.
Discovered this via Roger Ebert, so b...Great post.<br /><br />Discovered this via Roger Ebert, so brace yourself for the "Ebert Effect," whereby many more people will be reading this entry than normal.<br /><br />And they should.<br /><br />I look forward to reading the rest of your entries at my leisure. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-42095925047809319402010-10-18T23:07:14.990-04:002010-10-18T23:07:14.990-04:00A lovely, detailed, sensitive story. Thank you for...A lovely, detailed, sensitive story. Thank you for sharing it.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10450218137145794788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-88734825703899272012010-10-18T22:57:03.156-04:002010-10-18T22:57:03.156-04:00I remember the sense in the 60s that we could, and...I remember the sense in the 60s that we could, and would, colonize space. I miss that spirit, but I definitely did not see it end the way you did. This post must have been excruciating to write.Barry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432448056796702038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-83268152317389400312010-10-18T22:50:45.665-04:002010-10-18T22:50:45.665-04:00This is such a beautiful piece. Thank you for wri...This is such a beautiful piece. Thank you for writing it. I personally know how loss can sometimes make us do wonderful things. Generous is a good way to describe what you have written.Liza Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249575783016486240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-7127219200343867302010-10-18T22:26:43.349-04:002010-10-18T22:26:43.349-04:00Very touching and interesting! Thanks for sharing...Very touching and interesting! Thanks for sharing that. Now I see where your interest in science comes from.Paul Halpernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07248228381980061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-88101516275349431642010-10-18T22:18:22.598-04:002010-10-18T22:18:22.598-04:00I don't know what to say. I can only imagine h...I don't know what to say. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to write but what an amazing tribute to your father. And what a handsome couple.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-46750933107010874962010-10-18T20:24:54.779-04:002010-10-18T20:24:54.779-04:00This is a beautiful, sad post. I remember the Los ...This is a beautiful, sad post. I remember the Los Angeles you describe, living there at the same time and age. We really did think it was all about tomorrow in the 60s. Thank you for gracing us with the story of your father.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905926590911896862.post-47505059884843947482010-10-18T19:49:03.601-04:002010-10-18T19:49:03.601-04:00Gorgeous, sad and ultimately honoring of the life ...Gorgeous, sad and ultimately honoring of the life your father lived and the final choice he made. Generous to us as well. Thank you.Drmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935255272728852601noreply@blogger.com