tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post2118055309983758870..comments2024-03-28T02:58:45.347-07:00Comments on STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: UniformsSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-39855458997926282272011-03-26T13:25:49.551-07:002011-03-26T13:25:49.551-07:00This is great! My husband mentioned that he had a...This is great! My husband mentioned that he had a tough time in the "real world" after graduating from a catholic school. He felt he had been sheltered way too much. I had not thought of the nuns habits as uniforms but of course they are, just like the catholic uniforms of the students.<br /><br />http://judyidliketosay.blogspot.com/2010/12/there-came-day.htmlJudy Roneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439992575221937268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-17829539158241487272011-03-26T11:57:29.813-07:002011-03-26T11:57:29.813-07:00Sherry,
You have more than captured the ideas of u...Sherry,<br />You have more than captured the ideas of unifroms and those who wore them.<br />I too had nuns as teachers during my education and my memories are not good. Fear was the overwhelming memory of those days of innocence.<br />I liked the image of their 'long volouminous nightwear'!!!<br /><br />I'm not sure if you have ever heard of, or watched a film called The Magdalene Sisters.<br />That is a film to 'put the fear of God into you', with regard to nuns in Ireland.<br />All Good wishes, EileenEileen T O'Neill .....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325632298717325699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-48460580377786793062011-03-26T02:43:45.235-07:002011-03-26T02:43:45.235-07:00I enjoyed reading your poem. It is a world apart. ...I enjoyed reading your poem. It is a world apart. Mamma tells me about strict teachers she had and i think of all what's she's told me about them while reading your poem. <br />During those times, everyone was repressed. I feel sorry for those poor nuns. Their duty was to propagate repressive society while being repressed themselves. <br />It's hard to imagine all this in times like these but your poem gave me a hard hitting insight.madhumakhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624377766663002237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-77057406882227120812011-03-26T01:54:43.714-07:002011-03-26T01:54:43.714-07:00fabulous uniform habit-breakingfabulous uniform habit-breakingIsabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-48658193379411118532011-03-25T13:09:45.493-07:002011-03-25T13:09:45.493-07:00Though I've read about nuns and Catholic schoo...Though I've read about nuns and Catholic school, I've never sensed the absolute repression in those accounts that permeates your piece...how stupefying! No wonder your Wild Woman comes out to play so often now...she has a whole childhood to make up for!!<br /><br />I was so timid and repressed a child that they would have drummed all the spirit out of me. How wonderful that you had your writing to escape into...:)Lynette Killamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747902602019771481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-53195555677743008332011-03-25T11:12:28.003-07:002011-03-25T11:12:28.003-07:00I enjoyed your nun memories, Sherry. Though not Ca...I enjoyed your nun memories, Sherry. Though not Catholic, I have had some nun memories too. Actually good ones. An 80-something-year-old nun taught my daughters beginning violin. She was strict, but loving. Wore a habit. The girls learned. Sister N willed them too, and one did not disappoint Sr. N! I went to visit her when she lay dying in hospital bed, held her hand, thanked her, hoping she heard. Hundreds of violin students, past and present (including my daughters) played at her funeral. It was one of the most moving funerals I've ever seen. She was buried with her violin. <br /><br />I did always wonder what nuns wore under trheir habits. Thanks for clearing up the mystery.<br /><br />A wonderful reminiscence you will be glad to have written...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-69553346361139175772011-03-25T10:23:51.359-07:002011-03-25T10:23:51.359-07:00Oh my goodness! What horror for a child to feel su...Oh my goodness! What horror for a child to feel such shame all of the time! You describe this so well.Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-68224605842003360772011-03-25T06:06:32.892-07:002011-03-25T06:06:32.892-07:00These types are banned from the tired monk temple!...These types are banned from the tired monk temple!Brother Olliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506492407482879487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-14582144041919737452011-03-24T23:06:17.798-07:002011-03-24T23:06:17.798-07:00“Once the fierce angry little nun who taught us m...“Once the fierce angry little nun who taught us music fell off her stool….there was one collective indrawn gasp of horror. It was as if Jesus had fallen off His cross.”<br /><br />This and many others went on to remind me, like for the others, about growing up a Catholic. We peer through the same lens.Salem Lorothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02786501839467653361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-24953852473823109302011-03-24T21:35:29.675-07:002011-03-24T21:35:29.675-07:00Oh Sherry you discribe this era so well...so regim...Oh Sherry you discribe this era so well...so regimented and cold...luckily I only went 4 years to a school like this...then the rulers only showed up at Catechism in a church classroom freezing cold and forever remembered...bkmsigned...bkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-68684498605438154842011-03-24T20:46:40.403-07:002011-03-24T20:46:40.403-07:00So fun to read all the memories here. You could ma...So fun to read all the memories here. You could make a little book of this. Could even make each stanza or story a separate poem. Nice writing.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-39633303619059427132011-03-24T20:26:12.021-07:002011-03-24T20:26:12.021-07:00I so agree, well written, felt like I was a fly on...I so agree, well written, felt like I was a fly on the wall, observing the order, the habits of this life! Your memories are so vivid, I truly feel the burn of shame~ Great Job!Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987164899521808331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-41983374667262407752011-03-24T17:08:08.280-07:002011-03-24T17:08:08.280-07:00Oh thank you for reading and commenting. One thing...Oh thank you for reading and commenting. One thing my life does not lack is fodder for memory writing:)Not enough time in the world to get it all down!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-83748574214888297552011-03-24T16:48:11.042-07:002011-03-24T16:48:11.042-07:00Sherry - I was just about to say the same thing as...Sherry - I was just about to say the same thing as Kim (great minds and all that...) Wow. Just. Wow.RJ Clarkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018296461199649445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-84545321711495247052011-03-24T16:20:13.736-07:002011-03-24T16:20:13.736-07:00Oh Sherry, what memories you revive. I too went t...Oh Sherry, what memories you revive. I too went to Catholic school. What a great write.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-43656985866494586462011-03-24T16:13:27.278-07:002011-03-24T16:13:27.278-07:00I enjoyed reading this, Sherry. What a school life...I enjoyed reading this, Sherry. What a school life. I don't think the children are ever the problem.Paul Andrew Russellhttp://www.paulandrewrussell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-82170865885193974862011-03-24T15:06:52.409-07:002011-03-24T15:06:52.409-07:00What freedom you finally felt, even if transitory!...What freedom you finally felt, even if transitory!<br />I learned a bit about catholic school from this well-written piece, Sherry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.com