Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for September 01, 2012

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 11 years 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).

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    rayannina  over 11 years ago

    Mary Travers died?!? Oh, bummer!

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    King_Shark  over 11 years 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.

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    SCOTTtheBADGER  over 11 years ago

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

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    medbarin  over 11 years 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!

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    thirdguy  over 11 years ago

    Evie rocks on the Uke!

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    Phapada  over 11 years ago

    love love very nice camping

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    psychlady  over 11 years ago

    She could just leave!!

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    riverhawk  over 11 years ago

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

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    gromitsperson  over 11 years ago

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

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    Otera  over 11 years 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….

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    Doctor11  over 11 years ago

    Singing around the campfire is fun, unless it’s raining, and that’s when you should just stay inside your cabin or tent.

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    ChappellGirl5  over 11 years ago

    Her peer group isn’t anywhere near by, so what’s the harm in being less self-centered & joining in the singing out of love & respect for the people in her family?

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    dblbaraje  over 11 years ago

    You learn later in life that your parents (in my case, my DAD) are really pretty smart people. If I could do it over again, I would have heeded by Dad’s advice. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t miss him. Holly I hope you will learn to appreciate your family because when they are gone, you will miss them always.

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    Comic Minister Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Holly want to be out of here now!

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    abba3  over 11 years ago

    Leaving on a Jet Plane is a very emotional song, makes me cry every time I hear it. As a child of the 70s and 80s, I got to know a lot of Vietnam Vets, and the true meaning of the song. It’s about a soldier being called to fight in the jungles of SE Asia and he writes a letter to his Beloved to profess his love before leaving to the bloody battlefields. This song is just as relevant today as it was in the 60s.

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 11 years ago

    How on earth did they find all those tree stumps?

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    Gokie5  over 11 years ago

    “In a few weeks I’m flying up to Portland, OR to visit my son. . . .”LOVE Portland! One of our daughters lives there. Can get a non-gluten scone at a place down town, then schlep it into the Grand Central Bakery in Multnomah and have a decaf . . . oh, yes, the scenery’s nice, too!

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    FireMedic  over 11 years ago

    To quote the song stylings of Steve Martin: “I’m leaving on a jet plane. I don’t know what a jet plane is.”

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    AMYShappyplace  over 7 years ago

    What, No Andy?

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