Stone Soup by Jan Eliot

Stone Soup

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  1. templo SUD

    templo SUD said, 10 months ago

    Gotta love that tune by John Denver (1943-1997) as well as by Peter (1938-____), Paul (1937-____) and Mary (1936-2009). FACT: Denver’s producer dislike the proposed title: “Oh, Babe, I Hate to Go” (learned that from a John Denver memorial documentary which I have in my DVD collection).

  2. rayannina

    rayannina said, 10 months ago

    Mary Travers died?!? Oh, bummer!

  3. Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist

    Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist said, 10 months ago

    I was once challenged to write a story based on the idea of “leaving on a jet plane”. I turned it into a Korean war tale from the perspective of a Chinese MiG15 pilot. Until this moment, though, I never knew that it was a song.

  4. SCOTTtheBADGER

    SCOTTtheBADGER said, 10 months ago

    I have actually come to prefer the John Denver version, it grows on you.

  5. C S

    C S said, 10 months ago

    This is a great strip! It acknowledges the rapid end of summer and the beginning of fall. I love seeing the family together too. I must say, I’m looking forward to fall and hopefully an icy cold winter – I was cheated last year!

  6. Thirdguy

    Thirdguy said, 10 months ago

    @C S

    Be very careful what you wish for!

  7. Thirdguy

    Thirdguy said, 10 months ago

    Evie rocks on the Uke!

  8. Dha Dha

    Dha Dha said, 10 months ago

    love love very nice camping

  9. psychlady

    psychlady said, 10 months ago

    She could just leave!!

  10. Saskfan

    Saskfan said, 10 months ago

    @psychlady

    Yes, and she’d have to do the dishes.

    Come on Holly, it’s not that bad. Except for maybe Max… :)

  11. riverhawk

    riverhawk said, 10 months ago

    I told my kids I used to go to hootenannies , “huh”

  12. gromitsperson

    gromitsperson said, 10 months ago

    Isn’t it funny. If the “cool kids” were doing this she’d be singing right along…but it’s only her family.

  13. Fairportfan2

    Fairportfan2 said, 10 months ago

    Way back when, Pinkard & Bowden did a parody called “Libyan on a Jet Plane” (“,,,Moamar, I hate to go…”)

  14. Otera

    Otera said, 10 months ago

    this song makes me cry…. when I went to summer camp we’d sing it on the last night of camp… and I never had trouble until the summer my mom died… now parts of this song remind me too much of when she passed… my dad got into bed with mom , kissed her and closed his eyes for a little while… when he opened them again, she was gone….

  15. afficionado

    afficionado said, 10 months ago

    @Otera
    you have made a cynical old man cry

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