Comments for Stina's Trip

Comment on Blast from the past by Dyan

Dyan — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:34:56 +0000

Love your thinking/feeling writing, Stina. So true to who you are and have always been, only more so. I love your line about wanting “to live each day with my heart and hands.” Beautifully spoken wisdom.

Comment on Same time, next year by Ms. Maria Moon

Ms. Maria Moon — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:13:52 +0000

I am so untechie.
Did my first message come through?
What does it mean to have it wait for moderation? Anyway, I found you on NPR. I am proud of you. Good writing.
Freda Moon grew up to be a journalist & a food & travel writer. (Find her at fredamoon.com or Freda moon@gmail.com).
Fredamoon.com has links to various publications & photos. LOVE your Mendo photos!
Freda Moon and Tim Stelloh live in Brooklyn – both write for NYTimes. She does food & travel writing for Nat Geo & New
York Magazine & Sunset,…too many to list. Check it out if you are interested.She is 33 now – Marco 30

Comment on Same time, next year by Ms. Maria Moon

Ms. Maria Moon — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:43:47 +0000

Mendocino is the key. Listening to NPR yesterday…an interesting story about young women Mormon missionaries.
A voice I didnt know signed off. The name – STINA SIEG.
I know that name. Could not be more than one. I picture a smart, super talented little girl. (Plus other positive attributes too numerous to mention). Dig around for a photo.
There you are all grown up. Mendo still in your soul.
Mine, also. I am in Ashland, Oregon. O

Comment on I have landed by Isa Main-Theis

Isa Main-Theis — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:16:23 +0000

Being an expat myself, I know exactly how you feel, Stina. Some say it takes two years to adjust. I’ve been living in this country since 1968…and I am still homesick for the “Old World” with all its imperfections, annoyances, rudeness sometimes. Perhaps I make it worse by having practically a foot here and a foot in Europe.
At 72 (this month) I have attempted to explore the world, see how people with entirely different backgrounds live. I saw how fortunate I was to have the freedom from material worries I have, but I also saw the happy smiles on the faces of the poorest of them all, their friendliness with no strings attached (of course I saw quite a few with LOTS of strings attached such as requests for $$$$, but even those sometimes had the greatest sense of humor!)
Have no fear. I saw in you last night the kind of woman who’s always going to make friends wherever she goes, and who will keep the old ones, especially with the technological advances the world has gone thru since I first came and exchanged a letter from France once a week with my wonderful Mother. I have these letters. Always will. She’d be 105 now! I will always miss her, but she’s much better wherever she is.
Go forward, bon vent, as my grandnephew says, who’s traveled around the world for 5 years, not taking a single plane. He’s a sailor with a geography major from the Uni of Bordeaux.
Bon vent!

Comment on I have landed by Joanne Meyer

Joanne Meyer — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:24:48 +0000

I am so happy for you, Stina. I expect you will make a great impression on Phoenix, as you did to us folks in Haywood County. We all miss you and wish you well. Write on!