tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post5370047083337562092..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Remembering JeanRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-86180844724896684842008-09-22T17:18:00.000-04:002008-09-22T17:18:00.000-04:00my condolences to you Katie.my condolences to you Katie.qtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907222771263313661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-84961780790885878792008-09-21T23:16:00.000-04:002008-09-21T23:16:00.000-04:00Never heard the sake in a flowerpot story, Geoffre...Never heard the sake in a flowerpot story, Geoffrey -- Thanks for passing it along!<BR/><BR/>You'd have enjoyed Jean immensely, Red Queen. She was smart, gutsy, and fun as hell.Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-17525539293209883722008-09-21T23:07:00.000-04:002008-09-21T23:07:00.000-04:00Oh that was so sweet and sad all at the same time....Oh that was so sweet and sad all at the same time. I too suffer from a dearth of vodka swilling older ladies. I hope that wherever Jean is, she has a good drink in one hand and entertaining stories to hear and share.The Red Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878357454951384602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-67270096175806638142008-09-21T23:04:00.000-04:002008-09-21T23:04:00.000-04:00Jean was funny, smart, sassy, and a joy to be arou...Jean was funny, smart, sassy, and a joy to be around. I remember talking to her about our separate experiences in Japan, including the one time she surreptitiously disposed of sake in a flower pot at a high-ranking Japanese officer's house. I wish that I had a chance to spend more time with her when she was well. However, I take some comfort knowing that I see so much of her in Katie.Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357719173715772046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-61708653278324045322008-09-21T22:53:00.000-04:002008-09-21T22:53:00.000-04:00Our deepest sympathy to Katie and to all the inhab...Our deepest sympathy to Katie and to all the inhabitants of Roxie's World who knew Jean King. She sounds like a wonderful woman, and the world is poorer without her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-2577478963268047002008-09-21T21:52:00.001-04:002008-09-21T21:52:00.001-04:00Ah our dear, dear Jean. How she made me smile, ho...Ah our dear, dear Jean. How she made me smile, how she made me laugh, how she taught me the importance of taking pleasure in other's accomplishments, whether, as you note Rox, large or small. <BR/><BR/>Oh, a note on libations: one of those fine evenings, Jean, with a gleam in her eye as she/we exulted in amazing conversation, asked to taste my Bombay Sapphire extra dry martini and then switched to those, and we kept that on hand, too, just in case Katie and Jean stopped by. In the custom of our Norwegian family, I raise a glass to our dear Jean, look across whatever separates her now and into those dancing eyes and delightful, delighted grin, and say, "skål" (pronounced skole).<BR/><BR/>I/we love you so very much, Jean. We are very fortunate to have had you in our lives and you will always be a part of us. And, perhaps it goes without saying, but I'll add, we dearly love your daughter Katie, too.<BR/>--GooseMartha Nell Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066686045532002283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-1157910627745979442008-09-21T21:52:00.000-04:002008-09-21T21:52:00.000-04:00Thanks, Roxie, for that wonderful tribute to Jean ...Thanks, Roxie, for that wonderful tribute to Jean King. Ever since my grandmothers died over the past few years, I've had a dearth of salty old ladies in my life. Jean sounds like she would have gotten on very well with my grandmothers, who both liked to "tie one on," have a good meal, and hear people's stories so that they could gossip about them later. <BR/><BR/>My condolences to Katie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-83784756915887831592008-09-21T21:25:00.000-04:002008-09-21T21:25:00.000-04:00Thank you so much -- for this and all else. Some t...Thank you so much -- for this and all else. Some time at Roxie's was always something to treasure with mom.<BR/><BR/>And she also enjoyed Moose's travel pics and stories. I would save them as PDFs to show her at the nursing home and we would admire the photography, the stories and the adventure.<BR/><BR/>Over and over these last days we would whisper to her how much we appreciated her courage and adventure.<BR/><BR/>Love, KatieKatie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901518232103073849noreply@blogger.com