tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post5549772889664828959..comments2022-07-19T07:48:28.683-04:00Comments on Belle, Book, and Candle: Erma Bombeck Tells It Like It IsBellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-53573058756827061342013-07-12T08:20:51.184-04:002013-07-12T08:20:51.184-04:00Kathy, you will certainly appreciate her point of ...Kathy, you will certainly appreciate her point of view considering your experiences as wife and mother. Her take on life is still fresh. I just love reading her...she is so very clever!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-30194387786681649492013-07-11T15:25:48.371-04:002013-07-11T15:25:48.371-04:00I read a lot of Erma Bombeck before I was a wife a...I read a lot of Erma Bombeck before I was a wife and mother and I loved her. Now that I've been a wife and mother for many, many years, I need to revisit her work. I have several of her books on my shelves...I think I'll pull one out. Thanks for the reminder of this funny and wonderful lady.Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-15147997694822801492013-07-11T09:19:33.132-04:002013-07-11T09:19:33.132-04:00Joyce, I don't know what took me so long to di...Joyce, I don't know what took me so long to discover her. Of course, I knew of her and maybe read a couple of her columns (or had them read to me by Mom), I just hadn't read such as vast array of her work as is in this collection. I love it because it covers so many decades and there is nothing that she won't write about. She is absolutely brilliant. And, to answer your question, No.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-55373168460344161172013-07-10T21:10:59.397-04:002013-07-10T21:10:59.397-04:00Erma Bombeck's humor lives on... Do you know ...Erma Bombeck's humor lives on... Do you know any current author to compare? I don't think I do.<br /><br />Joyce in KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-83884683141464232992013-07-10T08:59:40.088-04:002013-07-10T08:59:40.088-04:00How wonderful that you met this funny, funny woman...How wonderful that you met this funny, funny woman, Penny. And have her autograph! Reading these columns is like eating popcorn, I can't put the bowl down! I think, 'I'll read just one more' and 30 minutes later I am still reading and laughing. She is a delight.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-74498252814741252992013-07-09T22:11:33.302-04:002013-07-09T22:11:33.302-04:00Erma Bombeck's words can still reduce me to te...Erma Bombeck's words can still reduce me to tears of hilarity. My aunt and I would call each, start reading something Ms. Bombeck wrote, and get into fits of laughter, rendering it impossible to finish. I had the pleasure of meeting Erma Bombeck at a book signing in Marshall Fields in 1989. She wrote a book about children surviving cancer. I bought two copies to have signed, one for a co-worker who enjoyed Ms. Bombeck and was battling cancer, another for me. I still have my copy, and treasure it. <br />Enjoy reading Forever Erma, Belle. I'm sure you will be thinking of your mom's enjoyment as you have your own. Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.com