tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251208.post5134035935449151339..comments2023-06-30T08:20:03.067-07:00Comments on Infused Knowledge: Would you have admitted her?Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251208.post-44892505748472147762009-04-26T17:35:00.000-07:002009-04-26T17:35:00.000-07:00I love that little blue car story!
She seems like...I love that little blue car story!<br /><br />She seems like she would have been fun to know. Especially when she was trying to learn English: "As it says, the ghost is willing but the meat is soft."Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251208.post-52554942054471525092009-04-26T12:00:00.000-07:002009-04-26T12:00:00.000-07:00In 1973 shortly before I arrived at True House, th...In 1973 shortly before I arrived at True House, the charismatic community at Notre Dame, Maria von Trapp had paid a visit. The young lady who drove her around South Bend told me that she was very true to character, and directed the progress of the car by saying, "I wonder if this little blue car would take me" here...or there. Several times she wondered if the little blue car would stop by the side of the road so that she could pick wild flowers.<br /><br />This young woman spoke of sitting in wonder watching Maria van Trapp amid the flowers as if in a kind of sequel to the Sound of Music. <br /><br />I remember a poignant scene from the book, when she was leaving the abbey and the hinges on the great door that admitted her back into the world groaned tremendously as if in lament that she was leaving.<br /><br />I can well believe it.Lee Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16506547355314136320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251208.post-45068163733009476432009-04-24T16:58:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:58:00.000-07:00Yes, Mother Abbess had confidence in Maria, figure...Yes, Mother Abbess had confidence in Maria, figured she could get something good out of her, and planned to say so long, farewell if it didn't pan out.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251208.post-66880066046746665382009-04-22T20:35:00.000-07:002009-04-22T20:35:00.000-07:00Mother Superior, who was quite a good singer herse...Mother Superior, who was quite a good singer herself, probably recognized the qualities in Maria's voice and knew she would be an asset to the choir... if the choir did well it would mean more do re mi for the monastery. Mother Superior was a Benedictine and everyone knows they are NOT a mendicant order. So she said to herself "the do re mi is one of my favorite things so I will admit her. This girl does have challenges but we will climb that mountain when we come to it". And that's the way it happened.JimAroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420420316937735549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251208.post-1746759473838541322009-04-22T08:15:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:15:00.000-07:00I want to read this book, too! What a spunky thing...I want to read this book, too! What a spunky thing she was! I love spunky women. :-)Mary Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107504165449607702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251208.post-14269091495611582482009-04-22T06:46:00.000-07:002009-04-22T06:46:00.000-07:00ooooooo...you make me want to read it.ooooooo...you make me want to read it.R.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043841689331599410noreply@blogger.com