tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post489638998986892696..comments2023-04-26T04:15:25.976-07:00Comments on One Writer's World: Tempa Pagel, December 13, 1949, to June 19, 2015Susan Oleksiwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-11343255689984948392015-10-03T08:16:37.526-07:002015-10-03T08:16:37.526-07:00A beautiful tribute, Susan. As I'm sure the re...A beautiful tribute, Susan. As I'm sure the remembrance you'll deliver today will be. But what a shock! Seems like it was just yesterday when she was talking about the fascinating research she did for her last book at the SinC panel in Concord.Leslie Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392310719023699939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-22247690235343842972015-10-03T06:20:35.620-07:002015-10-03T06:20:35.620-07:00Thank you, G.M. Today is her memorial service, in ...Thank you, G.M. Today is her memorial service, in Newburyport, and I'll be delivering a remembrance of her. We all still miss her. Still hard to believe she's not here.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-88345381494167680822015-10-03T02:20:18.542-07:002015-10-03T02:20:18.542-07:00I never met her but wish I had after reading this ...I never met her but wish I had after reading this lovely tribute. gmmalliet.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936225658746319630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-56513802610463703692015-06-24T14:37:32.729-07:002015-06-24T14:37:32.729-07:00Thanks, Susan. She was a lovely person. She'll...Thanks, Susan. She was a lovely person. She'll be missed.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-12176518406721876972015-06-24T14:09:23.354-07:002015-06-24T14:09:23.354-07:00Sorry about your friend, Susan. What a lovely trib...Sorry about your friend, Susan. What a lovely tribute!claysthewayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12183375063039064244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-53621214100375735802015-06-22T19:13:46.157-07:002015-06-22T19:13:46.157-07:00Oh, Reine, I didn't know. So glad you were abl...Oh, Reine, I didn't know. So glad you were able to connect with her. (And I love that my worlds collide in this message...)Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-91590138210157214582015-06-22T17:48:24.545-07:002015-06-22T17:48:24.545-07:00A lovely post. Prayers and thank you for writing i...A lovely post. Prayers and thank you for writing it.Terrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-66363296399891497992015-06-22T14:10:46.172-07:002015-06-22T14:10:46.172-07:00Thanks, Alice. We were looking forward to her next...Thanks, Alice. We were looking forward to her next book, but at least we have two by her.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-47522016241278894362015-06-22T14:05:48.894-07:002015-06-22T14:05:48.894-07:00I'm sorry. It's so hard to lose friends an...I'm sorry. It's so hard to lose friends and to know that a talent is gone forever.Alice Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-30751613051691073712015-06-22T13:58:57.171-07:002015-06-22T13:58:57.171-07:00Tempa would have been delighted to know she had ma...Tempa would have been delighted to know she had made this connection with a reader. She was very genuine, and she did careful and thorough research for her books. Thank you for adding to our knowledge of her.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-43786226718209938732015-06-22T13:57:40.433-07:002015-06-22T13:57:40.433-07:00The medical problem surfaced quite suddenly, thoug...The medical problem surfaced quite suddenly, though it must have been growing for some time. I don't think any of us knew how sudden this would be. She admired how much you were getting done--we were/are in awe.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-56028090497442311942015-06-22T13:47:56.155-07:002015-06-22T13:47:56.155-07:00I'm a grateful reader. I had a very moving cor...I'm a grateful reader. I had a very moving correspondence with your friend, Tempa, about her most recent book. We were not connected in any other way. But it felt like we were, and I became more joined in a positive way to home and family history. Other than this I didn't know her at all, yet I feel a great loss.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-60420729827659708662015-06-22T12:54:15.807-07:002015-06-22T12:54:15.807-07:00Another grateful author here. Tempa was way ahead ...Another grateful author here. Tempa was way ahead of me when I joined the group - and I never knew it was so newly formed! Thought you all had been meeting for years. Tempa's books are works of art. I wish I'd known she was sick so I could reach out - but she knew I liked and admired her, and we had swapped our latest books the last time we appeared together. May your soul ride free and easy, Tempa.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-46377754656448264812015-06-22T12:27:50.416-07:002015-06-22T12:27:50.416-07:00Our group won't be the same, Marian.Our group won't be the same, Marian. Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-46153244184799652492015-06-22T12:27:29.350-07:002015-06-22T12:27:29.350-07:00Thanks, Rae. I loved her books, and I loved workin...Thanks, Rae. I loved her books, and I loved working with her.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-81954855313273177552015-06-22T12:26:51.764-07:002015-06-22T12:26:51.764-07:00Thanks, Michele. She will be missed.Thanks, Michele. She will be missed.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-61458980799872668142015-06-22T12:26:17.937-07:002015-06-22T12:26:17.937-07:00Your comments do honor to Tempa, Susan - and she d...Your comments do honor to Tempa, Susan - and she deserves it. What a fine writer and human being. Such a loss. Thanks for this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338488144804742560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-57903930703612901452015-06-22T12:24:18.935-07:002015-06-22T12:24:18.935-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338488144804742560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-38523688693417172332015-06-22T12:05:46.299-07:002015-06-22T12:05:46.299-07:00I liked Tempa's books, and agree with Susan, s...I liked Tempa's books, and agree with Susan, she was a natural born writer. I felt it was a privilege to to review her work. She was devoted to her work and worked hard at it. Thank you, Susan, for taking the time to share your own special relationship with Tempa with all of us. Rae Padilla Francoeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947478286024083573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642483803813231715.post-70677334202235475742015-06-22T11:57:20.747-07:002015-06-22T11:57:20.747-07:00Such a lovely tribute, Susan.Such a lovely tribute, Susan.Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.com