tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post2442082653415313668..comments2022-11-01T05:29:38.200-04:00Comments on The Surly Librarian: Maurice SendakMike Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148645657798684705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post-57587427393338763192008-09-13T10:09:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:09:00.000-04:00One of the greatest gifts I ever got was taking my...One of the greatest gifts I ever got was taking my wife home to meet my mother twice before she died. I wanted her to meet the person I had found who really, truly "got" me and loved me after 2 pretty unhappy "real" i.e. straight, marriages. My mother accepted her at once and claimed her as a 3rd daughter.<BR/><BR/>I guess coming out at a later age is easier, because I had already established GrumpyGrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12662642493803994752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post-29251348250680856222008-09-13T07:51:00.000-04:002008-09-13T07:51:00.000-04:00I have always loved the sensitivity and beauty of ...I have always loved the sensitivity and beauty of Sendak's work... and loved his attitude toward dogs! There's a wonderful section on his lifelong relationships with German Shephards in The Monks of New Skete dog book--I especially love the part where he admits to these dog trainers extraoirdinaire that, in his home, couches <I>are</I> for dogs. (I feel the same way. What good is a couch where ICat C-B (and/or Peter B)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10002916434676859262noreply@blogger.com