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Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44284]

Sun, 14 August 2011 20:20

jmeadows
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Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia

Smooshes!

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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44287 is a reply to message #44284 ]

Sun, 14 August 2011 21:48

b_twin_1
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LOL
Spot on. Very Happy

I was barely at hunting stage - let alone hunting with TWO bells in my hands - when I sat within the Ring of Doom . But it was FUN. And the bells sounded lovely.

If I lived closer I just know I would end up being an addicted regular. Maybe it's a good thing to live on the other side of the globe... Wink

(#sucker)

[Updated on: Sun, 14 August 2011 21:49]

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44291 is a reply to message #44284 ]

Mon, 15 August 2011 00:48

Diane in MN
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As a no-more-than-competent dog handler, I don't have any trouble understanding Alicia's feelings in this post. (The part about the shaking hands and the bathroom visits really resonates. And b-twin-1's mention of the Ring of Doom calls other rings to mind . . . Smile

) But showing my dog is still fun, and when everything goes right, that makes up for the nerves and the mistakes.

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44292 is a reply to message #44287 ]

Mon, 15 August 2011 02:13

Tilda
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b_twin_1 wrote on Sun, 14 August 2011 21:48

when I sat within the Ring of Doom . But it was FUN. And the bells sounded lovely.

If I lived closer I just know I would end up being an addicted regular. Maybe it's a good thing to live on the other side of the globe... Wink

(#sucker)

Fantastic post, Alicia. How well you've bought it all back ... and as for the "Ring of Doom" - ROFL!!! Very Happy

And, yes, I'd be one of those addicted suckers as well.

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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44293 is a reply to message #44284 ]

Mon, 15 August 2011 06:00

Fiona
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LOL

Oh yes! This all sounds VERY familiar! (although in my case you could add in the fact that I had ZERO experience of ANY kind of bellringing, and also a tendency to be distracted by the pretty, pretty books that were sitting on the shelves and all calling to me at once Wink

)

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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44294 is a reply to message #44284 ]

Mon, 15 August 2011 10:09

Stardancer
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I had three tabs open: one for the actual post, and two for the footnotes. Hee.

Also, while I've only seen videos of handbell change-ringing, I kind of wish I knew people who did handbells (and live in my state), because I'd want to sit in and listen. Except they'd no doubt shove a pair of bells in my hands and tell me it's easy...and I'd be suckered in and believe them and end up a thee-times-a-week ringer because it sounds just that lovely. Oy.

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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44301 is a reply to message #44284 ]

Mon, 15 August 2011 14:53

Mrs Redboots
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That was a wonderful read - thank you! Still giggling....

Mrs Redboots
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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44310 is a reply to message #44301 ]

Mon, 15 August 2011 20:39

rainycity1
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Mrs Redboots wrote on Mon, 15 August 2011 11:53

That was a wonderful read - thank you! Still giggling....

Me too!

Alicia, you'll give us the inside skinny again, next time you ring? Please?

FairyTales - http://xkcd.com/872/

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Re: Handbells and Hopelessness: Guest Post by Alicia [message #44321 is a reply to message #44284 ]

Tue, 16 August 2011 12:59

Alicia
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I'm glad that people liked the post. I certainly had fun writing it. Smile

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