tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post1967635690578835940..comments2024-03-03T22:12:54.997-08:00Comments on Living the Journey: Research crazyKate Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478737570632377733noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-40838794666601283062008-06-01T11:08:00.000-07:002008-06-01T11:08:00.000-07:00Wow, everyone, I'm surprised and thrilled by all t...Wow, everyone, I'm surprised and thrilled by all this feedback! Makes me think there will be a big audience for my novel!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all your insights (every one of them provides sparks for my writing) and the offers of help.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing how TB is almost eradicated now but was a huge presence in people's lives a good part of the 20th century.Kate Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478737570632377733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-19595386919021895282008-05-31T18:27:00.000-07:002008-05-31T18:27:00.000-07:00Just so happens my Japanese Grandmother died from ...Just so happens my Japanese Grandmother died from TB too. Was a most prevalent disease at the same time in Japan also! I've had problems finding Japanese data for my memoir. Mostly written for what happens in the U.S. not Japan! Your story sounds very intriguing. :)Jo A. T.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06925256842521954260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-6119644974258192182008-05-30T16:51:00.000-07:002008-05-30T16:51:00.000-07:00yikes. i caught TB as a baby, kate — passed on by ...yikes. i caught TB as a baby, kate — passed on by the nursemaid. it was quite rampant in manila and still kills it's share of people there. <BR/><BR/>love your research!! <BR/><BR/>a.<BR/><BR/>p.s. i've got a literary favor to ask. pretty puh-lease e-mail me? aangpoetry (at) yahoo (dot) itArlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292956898019230814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-74369691743134212982008-05-30T05:18:00.000-07:002008-05-30T05:18:00.000-07:00Well, just like Becky, I did my undegrad in histor...Well, just like Becky, I did my undegrad in history. I wrote my thesis on anti-Chinese legislation prior to the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, so if you ever need to know about that little slice of history, drop me a comment.Justin Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161484350184865575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-46044247219171826082008-05-29T17:57:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:57:00.000-07:00My undergraduate degree was in history (specifcall...My undergraduate degree was in history (specifcally Early American Intellectual/Cultural History)--and one of the things I loved the most was going into the basement of the library and researching all the stuff on microfiche--newspaers, old novels, pamphlets, etc.--ok maybe I am odd--and my interest often tended to wander beyond the topic I was researching--but I did really love it--and spent hours and hours on it<BR/><BR/>~BeckyBecky C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06415067599794969890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-44838907435330286922008-05-29T13:10:00.000-07:002008-05-29T13:10:00.000-07:00That's so interesting! I was just going to do some...That's so interesting! I was just going to do some research into sanitoriums (sanitoria?) myself, as I'm trying to write something based on my grandmother's experience at one in San Mateo (it's now Pulgas Ridge Open Space Reserve) in the 1930s. I ran into a snag because a scene I'd written involved the sick girl's mother asking her brother for help paying for treatment, but it seems many were treated for free as a matter of public health then.<BR/><BR/>My grandmother seems to have had a great time there, getting in trouble for singing to entertain other patients, sleeping outside when the weather was warm. A patient from the men's ward even fell in love with her!<BR/><BR/>Jennifer dGJennifer deGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808484376704328992noreply@blogger.com