tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post5315471600351243506..comments2024-03-16T10:04:07.161-04:00Comments on oonaballoona™ | by marcy harriell: the space betweenmarcy harriell | oonaballoonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-55782803267731164902013-09-04T13:58:05.020-04:002013-09-04T13:58:05.020-04:00Fantastic pattern! Fantastic pattern! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663757563200486548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-65001564470699267032011-03-28T09:35:26.086-04:002011-03-28T09:35:26.086-04:00♥ thanks nikki!♥ thanks nikki!marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-41649158732849982762011-03-26T18:55:32.039-04:002011-03-26T18:55:32.039-04:00Love this! What a great way to use up scraps. You ...Love this! What a great way to use up scraps. You rock!nikkishellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425180621203281125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-81090613630349164882011-03-26T15:40:50.987-04:002011-03-26T15:40:50.987-04:00= thanks happykatie! yes, one of my up moments in ...= thanks happykatie! yes, one of my up moments in this was the teeny hug for the planet. :)oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566825670942259311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-8585187276169178942011-03-25T12:25:12.490-04:002011-03-25T12:25:12.490-04:00So incredibly in love with this dress!!! Gorgeous...So incredibly in love with this dress!!! Gorgeous job!!<br /><br />Super fab bonus points for the additional 'green' interpretation, our little globe really does need a hug...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-8474041239595843222011-03-24T23:44:52.393-04:002011-03-24T23:44:52.393-04:00>> sarah: thank you :)
>> mado: i wat...>> sarah: thank you :)<br /><br />>> mado: i watched a bit of nightly news tonight and felt exceedingly small. somehow, feeling that way makes doing the small, daily things important. i remember when i wanted to do the big things, like shout out loud in wisconsin-- and can't fathom the circumstances that make some do what i could never understand even thinking of... <br /><br />marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-67355758765402975572011-03-24T22:56:26.457-04:002011-03-24T22:56:26.457-04:00wow. I have been having these very same feelings a...wow. I have been having these very same feelings about what is all going on in the world right now - japan, libya, everything seems too big. and we seem too small.<br /><br />I also like to think that living our daily lives in a way that is respectful of others, the planet, and the complicated world we live in, is the only way to make a difference. at the same time I see people (in the middle madonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-92177167408964291882011-03-24T11:53:24.764-04:002011-03-24T11:53:24.764-04:00Lovely! That is an incredibly work of precision se...Lovely! That is an incredibly work of precision sewing - way to go!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566834412541610715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-7417679181572635812011-03-22T16:43:58.449-04:002011-03-22T16:43:58.449-04:00thank you don & vivat-- good point about journ...thank you don & vivat-- good point about journalists having to sell the news. at a certain point you're no longer watching news, you're watching hollywood.bad hollywood at that...<br /><br />and i love that you love the brick wall!marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-14170588707812723692011-03-22T02:20:40.410-04:002011-03-22T02:20:40.410-04:00great post. i was a broadcast journalism major in ...great post. i was a broadcast journalism major in collage, and i learned that no news are written in neutral stand point - and journalists have to "sell" news too just like seamstress makes clothes to sell. my husband and i get emails and phone calls from the states, begging us to come home, because of what they see on TV. <br /><br />btw, great dress, and i can't say how much i Chie - Vivat Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13940590850453165753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-32369355989988221262011-03-21T19:41:04.645-04:002011-03-21T19:41:04.645-04:00Beautiful dress- you have changed my idea of green...Beautiful dress- you have changed my idea of green. As far as news goes- I'm with you- the earthquake in New Zealand I heard about a week later. I used to be a news hound be when you realize life is better without it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-49752706400933155722011-03-18T11:50:34.513-04:002011-03-18T11:50:34.513-04:00Same here with the news... I've never really f...Same here with the news... I've never really followed them. Teachers at grammar school tried to make us follow by having us make weekly reports, someone else each week. I happened to be in charge of this when 9/11 happened. And everyone else in the class knew more about it than I did, because I had basketball training that day and came home in the middle of radio news, just when they were Hana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-32769736890689377242011-03-18T01:29:58.872-04:002011-03-18T01:29:58.872-04:00I so relate to how you feel about this oona. And i...I so relate to how you feel about this oona. And in our place, Simon is the one with the Time subscription on the ipad and who devours the newspaper while I flip to the lifestyle mags. I keep informed, but I can't immerse myself in the daily news because of how powerless it makes me feel. Because there are people in this world who put human lives a distant second to profits and I at times I EmilyKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202548680341378684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-40160485236695354842011-03-17T16:54:04.431-04:002011-03-17T16:54:04.431-04:00I, too, find the news very hard to listen to. I...I, too, find the news very hard to listen to. I've been following what's been going on in Japan surprisingly closely for me. But politics just annoy the crap out of me and make me very cynical, so I tend to avoid that whenever possible.<br /><br />Also, I think your dress rocks. I love that you used up all that scrap, and that it looks stylish and cute and like every seam in there is an Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913795373618902575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-81727600047497513512011-03-17T13:45:43.847-04:002011-03-17T13:45:43.847-04:00☝ thank you everybody, i really went back and fort...☝ thank you everybody, i really went back and forth over whether to post it, (the heel/hero stuff especially, emilysmith) then i thought, (once AGAIN), in the great scheme of things that's a pretty trivial quandary.<br /><br />i'm half parts glad and sad to hear that y'all move away from the news too. from anajan living in the bombing, to magpie having enough already in her life, to marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-73046808353745472052011-03-17T12:43:32.073-04:002011-03-17T12:43:32.073-04:00The 2000 election almost broke me, but I stayed he...The 2000 election almost broke me, but I stayed heavily invested in the news until I was diagnosed in 2008. I used to know the name of every politician, know about every news event - but I'm only now crawling back into it, mostly because I was wrapped up in my life, but also because I couldn't handle more despair. That's changing now, happily.<br /><br />That dress is lovely. I'Magpie Shinieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517599889094408200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-9049224783421216672011-03-17T09:51:32.025-04:002011-03-17T09:51:32.025-04:00yep.yep.Beangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402852482784879141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-41740983086101647342011-03-17T09:37:57.987-04:002011-03-17T09:37:57.987-04:00Wonderful post Oona, I love your writing style.:)
...Wonderful post Oona, I love your writing style.:)<br /><br />I don't really make a point to watch the news, but I do have my TV set where the first channel to come on is always CNN. The first thing I do when I get home is turn on the TV then it takes normally about a half hour to settle in before I begin sewing, cooking, reading, whatever. You can absorb a lot in that time!<br /><br />But Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03614511536841195392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-36528752789774240752011-03-17T07:52:00.123-04:002011-03-17T07:52:00.123-04:00I completely get what you said... I stopped watchi...I completely get what you said... I stopped watching the news very gradually. First, I moved to a place that did not have a cable connection, and then I read less and less the online news. <br /><br />I have had a few bad moments with my mum because she thinks that I do not care enough about my own country (I come from Belgium and I live in The Netherlands), but I keep an eye open.<br /><br />AndLaurwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761729012923060469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-85041726107753650542011-03-17T07:25:25.385-04:002011-03-17T07:25:25.385-04:00I enjoyed your post Oona! Though, I must admit, it...I enjoyed your post Oona! Though, I must admit, it was hard to focus my eyes on the text with all the green stripes popping out from your lovely dress :)<br />I don't follow news either. Sometimes I feel ridiculous not knowing elementary information about domestic and foreign happenings, politics and economy. But I've lived the war, and inflation, and bombing, and hearing that our friendsAna Stepalicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938418843936123660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-13412161621747792132011-03-17T07:05:59.892-04:002011-03-17T07:05:59.892-04:00I love how you hugged the planet! the dress is so ...I love how you hugged the planet! the dress is so funky! you are so productive!;)magdamagdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388055543246089331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-17920676134928921072011-03-17T05:15:47.402-04:002011-03-17T05:15:47.402-04:00Great post. I especially enjoyed the ruminations o...Great post. I especially enjoyed the ruminations over being happy/ not supposed to be happy and being a heel/ hero. I love the dress, too. Really awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-54517856155822669882011-03-17T00:18:10.351-04:002011-03-17T00:18:10.351-04:00I don't know about the world news--I, too, ten...I don't know about the world news--I, too, tend to turn off just to keep going on with life. It's not right or justifiable, but it makes life bearable. I do know that's an amazing dress, and I wish I were half so creative with my scraps. Mostly I just let the kids have them and they're reduced to one-inch squares stat.Tanit-Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824217102632813598noreply@blogger.com