From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #583 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, November 23 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 583 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Song for Sharon [Catherine McKay ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:28:09 -0800 (PST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Song for Sharon Yeah, she has always been influenced by her mother. I can relate and hope I haven't ruined my own kids with negative thoughts. (Who does she think she is, Kitty Wells?) >________________________________ > From: Betsy Blue >To: Susan Tierney McNamara ; Catherine McKay ; Bob Muller ; "joni@smoe.org" ; Mary Morris >Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:19:07 AM >Subject: Re: Song for Sharon > >Sue said "I started thinking about "Barangrill" and the idea of the fork in the road that Joni took all those years ago when she chose her career over a regular life." > >It has always struck me how traditional Joni's views are for a woman who was always more prominent than her partners. (I hear it in HOSL, Snakes&Ladders, etc.) She must have known this was the case even with Chuck, although that marriage was clearly a case of postpartum psychosis. And she probably could have settled down and had kids at any point in her late 20s/early 30s after achieving some financial security, but she chose not to. > >I think she had a deep longing to be the daughter who could please her mother, but that's just not how she was created, and she can't suppress the artist-pioneer inside of her. > >This is all summed up in one line: > >Mama's nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans. > >Betsy >NP If I Could, Seal ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #583 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------