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Comment on Roll up your jeans and start wading by claude

claude — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:10:54 +0000

this is a remarkable essay, one which brought me up to date by giving me a fuller sense of your thinking and your views of the creative process. as to the latter, i think you are right on: whatever it may be, the creative beast is within you. reading other poets is somethingone should do earlier as part of one’s fundamental education, along with some science, some accounting, some statistics, all those things which go to make a properly-educated person (make your own list here, but make it inclusive!).

your comment on your french studies at of of c made the point, as did the hymn derived from george herbert: they are tools IF and WHEN you want to use them. i like words, word-craft and wordplay, but i think i would read herbert for what he has to say, relying on yourself as to how to say it.

i have run on enough, so i will stop soon. i think the beast was and may still be within me, but confusion, lack of confidence and shyness (put THAT on paper? god!) were some of the inhibiting factors. i had a profound fear of success, but that could not have been a factor, as nothing went to paper to begin with. as for my beast, he is probably old and toothless by now good poems must have teeth), really wanting only to doze in the sun.

Comment on Book: Fun home: A family tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel by Chrysty

Chrysty — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:18:59 +0000

Yes, yes, and yes. But that doesnt mean it hurts any less. It’s just more complex than “good feeling” or “bad feeling”. It’s lots of feelings all together and it probably always will be. I think that when we get to those places in our lives, we experience the depths of what it means to be “human”.

Comment on Book: The war of art by Chrysty

Chrysty — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:23:09 +0000

I am so proud of you!!!!!! This book hit me right between the eyes and I am glad it was valuable to you too. I look forward to reading all your future efforts at becoming who you were made to be.

Comment on Get back in the kitchen and make me some pie by Alisa

Alisa — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:27:06 +0000

Oh, I just love this! (: Having been a ‘walking womb’ rather recently, I totally relate. Now I must confess I had my husband change the kitty litter (LIKE WHO WOULDN”T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THAT UP FOR A FEW MONTHS????) The mysterious ‘they’ do tend to make you paranoid though. I’d highly recommend never reading the pregancy or parenting magazines. The only true fact I’ve ever determined about parenting is that just when you think you’ve figured it out, along comes the next stage or the next kid and you are back to square one.

You blog sounds alot like my husband…he says that most things that are advertised as ’so dangerous’ really are less dangerous than driving down the street. He’s a scuba dive instructor, and when you look at the sports injury data, it turns out scuba diving is about as dangerous as bowling.

Comment on Bad friend! No biscuit. by Chrysty

Chrysty — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:02:04 +0000

Thanks for the ‘get out of jail free card’. I’ll probably need it as I will be with my mother on your birthday! *laugh*

I know ya love me… no worries!

Comment on The 26th hour by marge

marge — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:04:26 +0000

I know just how you feel (about life and the Library of Congress)!
Love, Marge

Comment on The 26th hour by Alisa

Alisa — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:07:28 +0000

Vera
I love this post. I think it sums up how everyone feels at one point or another. When you add kids to the list you just have to figure out what won’t get done every again (like looking like you actually brushed your hair in the morning). (: As someone who recently switched from being a bio-terrorism expert/scientific consultant at an Air Force HQ to being a full-time stay at home mom, I can tell you that I still don’t get everything done. You would think staying home with ‘no job’ (haha!) I could spend half my day at the sewing machine making quilts and have a perfect house to boot, but the house is a disaster zone (full of boxes actually — we are moving), and yesterday one of the kids stole my car keys and didn’t tell me about it until after I searched the whole house, rescued the emergency key from under a ’secret spot’ on the car (trust me this takes about 10 minutes), and we returned from our Publix shopping adventure. Turns out the myserious keys were in the sleeping bag. (: When John (my husband calls) I usually say ‘Chaos Central’. So I guess what I’m saying is you are NOT ALONE. (: I’m just trying to learn to laugh at the lunacy of it all (sometimes easy and sometimes impossible) and appreciate that all these little things like a clean house and brushed hair don’t really matter in the end. It’s the lost key stories that stay in your mind.
Anyway, I’ve babbled enough. I’m glad to see you up and ‘posting’ again.

Alisa

Comment on Book: The Tipping Point: How little things can make a big difference, by Malcolm Gladwell by Chrysty

Chrysty — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:35:35 +0000

This sounds really cool. I like stuff like this in small doses… to much and I start analyzing things beyond what is healthy.

Comment on Pullin’ a Hurley by Vera Shanti

Vera Shanti — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:48:59 +0000

Either you held your own just fine or I gabbed on obliviously. Either way, I’m sorry you weren’t feeling well, but until you said something about it I didn’t notice anything wrong!

Comment on Pullin’ a Hurley by Anne

Anne — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:25:39 +0000

So I have YOU to blame for this cold that is a serious boot to my head. I’m just sorry I was feeling so crappy on Friday and didn’t get to really enjoy your company. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, I just didn’t feel really up to the type of gab-fest we usually indulge in.