tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post8494788783356320993..comments2024-01-28T02:19:35.150-06:00Comments on Tales from the Coop Keeper: Once Upon a Time - There Was a Man Named Ben...Jayme Goffin, The Coop Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760868033826492236noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-75374447672290432852011-02-12T20:00:12.516-06:002011-02-12T20:00:12.516-06:00What an absolutely wonderful post. I really enjoye...What an absolutely wonderful post. I really enjoyed this mixed with your true feelings. Wonderful-https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964347857163044017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-12360060672534238272011-02-12T18:41:17.707-06:002011-02-12T18:41:17.707-06:00I've never gave the poor guy much of a chance....I've never gave the poor guy much of a chance. I mean, how much do you think they teach us about old Ben up here in Canada? Next to nothing, if that, but that schedule of his? Oh my did that ever catch my eye. I'm up at five each workday and if you'd told me when I was under 25 that I would grow accustomed to it and perhaps even like it, I would have laughed til the cows come home but I do kind of like it now. It's still, it's quiet and after a cup of joe I can function quite well. I certainly can't function after 9pm anymore! I mentioned this to the Artist last week cause I thought it was really cool that Ben and I had something in common. He promptly recited, Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. "Ben Franklin said that?" I asked. I had no idea. He's a cool guy! I just downloaded a free copy of his autobiography onto my iphone, I can't wait to read it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451777566497814274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-17282382876117338532011-02-12T16:50:59.861-06:002011-02-12T16:50:59.861-06:00Dear Queen Coop,
Is all right in your kingdom? Bee...Dear Queen Coop,<br />Is all right in your kingdom? Been missing you.MissPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391493769401378033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-23204483905678470342011-02-11T17:52:10.428-06:002011-02-11T17:52:10.428-06:00I'm good with the lot of it... especially the ...I'm good with the lot of it... especially the 2-hr lunch break. But can't say I'm so kosher with the 5am rise-and-shine time. I'm just not pretty at that time of day, by any connotation of the word. I have one question though... how does one "address Powerful Goodness"? Would that be Mr? Mrs? Your Right Honourable?Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369797485888360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-89063807100857980612011-02-11T12:17:45.036-06:002011-02-11T12:17:45.036-06:00Coopster? Where art thou? It's Friday for cryi...Coopster? Where art thou? It's Friday for crying out loud! It's been 4- DO YOU HEAR ME- 4 days since your last post! I am getting worried. I am thinking of sending out a search team and I don't even know where to send them! Come back!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493608864888219127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-46632795349842678482011-02-10T07:36:52.151-06:002011-02-10T07:36:52.151-06:00I liked Ben until he got all those rats.
Oh, wait...I liked Ben until he got all those rats.<br /><br />Oh, wait.... wrong Ben... Ben WAS the rat.<br /><br />Gawd, now I'll have that stupid song in my head all day. Thank you Michael Jackson.<br /><br />DiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-82277341225946471882011-02-09T12:22:49.662-06:002011-02-09T12:22:49.662-06:00I don't think you would have like Ben very muc...I don't think you would have like Ben very much if you had really met him and found out how he treated his wife and daughter. I like the old adage... a place for everything and everything in its place. That works out. I need more places or less stuff. I'm working on the "less stuff" solution. Wow! The panty episode!Callie Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379683295150396693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-74753977750320893542011-02-09T08:17:35.028-06:002011-02-09T08:17:35.028-06:00This cracks me up. I must be related to Ben, beca...This cracks me up. I must be related to Ben, because that's how my parents, grandparents always were. Rhythmic routine. I remember the day I "straightened" my sister's side of our room by neatly folding all of her belongings and putting them in paper sacks arranged in groups outside in the hall.Michellehttp://www.myso-calledhandmadelife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-61676761031211368942011-02-08T18:00:20.468-06:002011-02-08T18:00:20.468-06:00I'm not sure what's happening… used to, I ...I'm not sure what's happening… used to, I could go to the bookmark on your blog and it would bring me to the updated content. Now, it takes me to a Dec. post and then I am left thinking you've fallen off the earth, or are the biggest slacker around! *snicker* So, I scrolled your blog only to find some 2011 posts and ta-da!!!! It brought me to the current post… but I see I've missed a few… YOU'RE A WEAVER????? Good grief. I've always wanted a loom. I just got a spinning wheel last fall, I think it was. But would love one of those big looms … not sure I'd use it, but sure would love to sit and look at it. :) <br /><br />And to Lorilee, Thomas Jefferson's place is the bomb! Went there last year and it is worth every penny of gas money. My friend and I talk about how cool it would have been to sit around the fireside with ol' Ben and Tom while they were brainstorming. The things those two came up with… yes. Worth every penny. Go there. :) I'd like to see that library ol' Ben set up. I hear you can still access the original books. Some of them, I believe Tom loaned him (or maybe gave him) to start that library. Very cool dudes in my book. :)Lynnannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942163569008867516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-36864070119242691052011-02-08T09:11:29.855-06:002011-02-08T09:11:29.855-06:00I was meant to find your blog. Not only are we ki...I was meant to find your blog. Not only are we kindred spirits, (and I have studied Ben and his works as well) but I also live in an 1860s farmhouse. I was a city girl who always dreamed of living off (and on) the land.<br />Most of all - you put a smile on my face this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-77685999852875750052011-02-07T22:40:30.025-06:002011-02-07T22:40:30.025-06:00Too fun! I love it so much.
Thank you for the laug...Too fun! I love it so much.<br />Thank you for the laugh (as always) and the encouragement. :)<br />I need a little Ben in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-50076439466466030062011-02-07T20:24:59.967-06:002011-02-07T20:24:59.967-06:00I'm a Thomas Jefferson gal myself! Love his ho...I'm a Thomas Jefferson gal myself! Love his home, library, and gardens. My dream is to visit Monticello.<br />Blessings,<br />LorileeLorileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696859749272239553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-50999377655651883552011-02-07T19:17:13.379-06:002011-02-07T19:17:13.379-06:00That is inspirational. Thank you for sharing.That is inspirational. Thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-8404971740781143082011-02-07T13:00:31.108-06:002011-02-07T13:00:31.108-06:00I learned those lessons at an early age from my ow...I learned those lessons at an early age from my own Father. He was kind of an icon in our area. He would sit out in the summer on a hot afternoon, under the big old elm tree, and people would stop and seek his counsel. I grew up on a farm where hard work was the norm. He got Parkinson's when I was about 11 and the running of the farm was left to my mother, foster brother, younger brother and me. I grew up milking and haying and never even thought that there might be an "easier" way of life. Then I got married and moved to the "city" and couldn't believe how easy life was for some people. <br /><br />I, to this day, feel guilty if I am just sitting and doing nothing...if I watch TV..I am also going through magazines, or clipping something, or (used to) doing needlework. <br /><br />If you learned those lessons from Ben you did good...but I think, secretly, all those attributes were there all along-you just needed to uncover them...and you did. I am proud of you for picking up the challenge of learning new ways...that is never an easy thing to do. And now look~ you are serving as a great example of "growing up" and "toughing it out"..and I am happy to be able to follow your journey! xxoo -DianaNanaDianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298962791700019785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-55703368569856525922011-02-07T11:32:03.594-06:002011-02-07T11:32:03.594-06:00Well sakes alive from the sounds of things I was b...Well sakes alive from the sounds of things I was birthed & raised by Ben's younger sister! When I married at the tender age of 17 I forsook some of her teachings (turning socks in the rinse water of the laundry/washing plastic bread sacks & hanging them on the clothes line to dry in the sunshine/ironing diapers (YES- diapers)/making homemade dog food/canning 30 gallons of dill pickles, so your pickle loving kids would have pickles all winter. But I remembered total oven meals, meatloaf-scalloped potatoes-baked beans & cornbread on a busy day of cleaning. How to put a crease in a pair of starched Levi's & how to patch them when needed. That if the dishes are done & the beds made & the floor is swept you are ready for company. That the joys of a job well done are priceless but that some jobs just do not require the effort of well done! I could recite the pro's & con's of her teachings all day BUT the most important stays with me FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY.She's gone now but never a day goes by that I don't use one of her life lessons. Ben would be proud...........cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342506671401544139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-79729660588892794912011-02-07T10:09:30.380-06:002011-02-07T10:09:30.380-06:00I love your Benny posts, you've inspired me to...I love your Benny posts, you've inspired me today!sunnyday1khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08834871225225786731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-29422834727303886382011-02-07T09:36:46.665-06:002011-02-07T09:36:46.665-06:00I'm glad you told me about the brackets - othe...I'm glad you told me about the brackets - otherwise I would REALLY feel like a failure. I think he also sounds so dreamy because of the way he talks. Wish I could follow a schedule like that...<br /><br />And I think you got it going on, girl. Just look at your place now from what it looked like moving in! I think old Benji would be proud!Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741431727993692456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-42788447151440911902011-02-07T07:48:20.938-06:002011-02-07T07:48:20.938-06:00I adore that you are so honest and open.I adore that you are so honest and open.Jensamom23https://www.blogger.com/profile/10321234556592896861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-82359627067900094852011-02-07T06:13:35.623-06:002011-02-07T06:13:35.623-06:00Oh my word... my sides ache.
This is too much (...Oh my word... my sides ache. <br /><br />This is too much (I only read this, this morning- early).<br /><br />Jayme - you are balm for the soul. Amen!Bevy @ Treasured Up and Ponderedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821971923515558110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-38558477137350387152011-02-07T06:12:34.017-06:002011-02-07T06:12:34.017-06:00You make me want to run to the library and learn m...You make me want to run to the library and learn more about your man Ben...Ankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-51945197491514187382011-02-07T06:12:20.611-06:002011-02-07T06:12:20.611-06:00Jayme,
You are hilarious!!! You make starting my...Jayme,<br /> You are hilarious!!! You make starting my day wonderful!!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12880880143638073625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-5142380889191839042011-02-06T21:32:21.192-06:002011-02-06T21:32:21.192-06:00omgoodness this cracks me up! I'm lovin the sc...omgoodness this cracks me up! I'm lovin the schedule!! And the crush---crazy girl! Love it! You really do have a good husbad though- mine would never have left for work that day if he had to wear my delicates!! ha!!Melissa from Puddin Pop Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488285023572473519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-91604591402750391422011-02-06T21:25:14.312-06:002011-02-06T21:25:14.312-06:00You DID NOT make that man wear your panties to wor...You DID NOT make that man wear your panties to work?!...on physical day??? <br /><br /> I bet you haven't lived that one down yet :-)Karen thisoldhouse2.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302171590212119499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-35877459557961828082011-02-06T20:31:05.696-06:002011-02-06T20:31:05.696-06:00I was the opposite. I was a cleaning freak b/c my ...I was the opposite. I was a cleaning freak b/c my mom cleaned every day, dusted, mopped in case someone came. We ironed our sheets. I remember ironing and watching General Hospital as a little girl. She taught me well in housework. But I still can't can or cut up a chicken.<br />Don't care to learn those skills either. Ben was the man, go figure.Janie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370820382435543544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-65839926344525687852011-02-06T20:16:25.932-06:002011-02-06T20:16:25.932-06:00I love your posts about "Benny"! You...I love your posts about "Benny"! You're too much! Thanks for the smiles! <br /><br />How's the pink revolution workin' for ya? I've settled in and it fits quite nicely.imjustmkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942970585446092080noreply@blogger.com