tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post7416878350807136891..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: What else?Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-68589222702183221672009-10-15T10:44:30.823-04:002009-10-15T10:44:30.823-04:00oh don't I love this...
....."And what i...oh don't I love this...<br /><br />....."And what is that moon<br />if not a comfort<br />in the deep blanket<br />of your life..."<br /><br />such a visual... you are surely a painter...Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-46927449572668324802009-10-15T04:41:02.369-04:002009-10-15T04:41:02.369-04:00Linda, I was pretty sure your difficulty was not t...<b>Linda</b>, I was pretty sure your difficulty was not topics, yes I understood, though I didn't explain well enough. I mean I have topics, but I don't go into them as deeply as you do. You provide terrific information and insight, always a highly thoughtful and synthesized article and point of view. I am happy for you to post just once a week, because I can ruminate on it a while. I think your rhythm is just right.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-18366398071217071422009-10-15T04:38:44.225-04:002009-10-15T04:38:44.225-04:00Ann, it is so sad. I hope the Samoans will be comf...<b>Ann</b>, it is so sad. I hope the Samoans will be comforted, and will not lose their lifestyle.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-48554732344428267542009-10-14T23:36:33.356-04:002009-10-14T23:36:33.356-04:00About BWO - the difficulty for me is not topics, f...About BWO - the difficulty for me is not topics, finding something to say. The world is full, after all, and I have a "draft file" filled with the beginnings of posts - from only a title to nearly finished products. <br /><br />I simply find it impossible to work quickly enough to post more than once or twice a week. Perhaps I worry too much, or "worry" my posts too much, like a dog with a bone. Or perhaps it's just my rhythm.<br /><br />Sometimes I simply can't focus. I go off to work intending to think about "this", and instead spend the day thinking about "that", and "them", and "those...."<br /><br />It will come ;-)shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-41647731759479710422009-10-12T05:31:32.507-04:002009-10-12T05:31:32.507-04:00In NEw Zealand, they use stones to massage you. So...In NEw Zealand, they use stones to massage you. So stones are helping things.<br /><br />We are near to Samoa, so I feel more involved. Today, it is first day abck in school. I have students from Samoa and Tonga telling me how it affected them.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-81512877991665702242009-10-11T17:31:08.860-04:002009-10-11T17:31:08.860-04:00Linda, the clue about it being Peter was in the ta...<b>Linda</b>, the clue about it being Peter was in the tag at the bottom of the post. I have posted my own photo here before, but this one that is 3 years old maybe doesn't look much like the more recent ones. As you say, no matter.<br /><br />Actually I was not thinking of Peter at all when I wrote the poem. A friend had emailed me a photo of her daughter born a week ago, and I was so struck by the hope in the blur of her eyes, combined with my own circumstances this week, I was profoundly moved. I was not able to obtain the new mother's permission to use that photo in time, so I used this of Peter. It does not have the power for this particular point in time that Elizabeth's did, but of course, being my own son, it is powerful.<br /><br />I'm glad you followed the Blog without Obligation link, and that you already follow the concept. I have had the opposite "problem" in that I always feel inspired to write something. I have never run out of things to blog about. Strange, no?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-37839940401298017972009-10-11T17:26:57.205-04:002009-10-11T17:26:57.205-04:00Well Jeanie, thank you for that.Well <b>Jeanie</b>, thank you for that.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-66697627705584947992009-10-11T12:40:57.466-04:002009-10-11T12:40:57.466-04:00Oh! I forgot to mention that I followed the B.W.O....Oh! I forgot to mention that I followed the B.W.O. link. Nothing but agreement, here.<br /><br />I was lucky enough when I began blogging to find this tagline on a blog I admired greatly: <i>If I don't have anything to say, I won't say it.</i><br /><br />After all, a little <i>self</i>-censorship never hurt anyone!shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-5969091837789229822009-10-11T12:38:21.059-04:002009-10-11T12:38:21.059-04:00I didn't know that was Peter, just as I didn&#...I didn't know that was Peter, just as I didn't realize the photo is of you. Have I read right past family things, or come too lately to the blog? <br /><br />No matter - the beauty is that even without knowledge of the personal context (and having forgotten briefly Peter's departure) the poem works. It doesn't scream "this is Peter's mom's poem about his leaving". It suggests "this is a poem about the moonlight that swaddles us all as we seek to take comfort in memory".<br /><br />Some things are better seen by moonlight, after all. Lovely.shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-71613404887688394832009-10-11T12:25:18.334-04:002009-10-11T12:25:18.334-04:00This poem is deeply evocative and moving in a way ...This poem is deeply evocative and moving in a way I can neither describe nor release. I will be thinking about this one long after I've moved to a new task, a new spot.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-75691375969100697142009-10-11T07:40:02.501-04:002009-10-11T07:40:02.501-04:00Oh thank you, Susie. It's been a week to make ...Oh thank you, <b>Susie</b>. It's been a week to make me stop and take a different kind of look around.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-43021192618527004582009-10-11T07:37:20.678-04:002009-10-11T07:37:20.678-04:00rauf, your friends can pop into your place and get...<b>rauf</b>, your friends can pop into your place and get an artistic portrait. I have no such luxury. The photobooth was a pitiful attempt to get my portrait taken. I was surprised how they turned out.<br /><br />EEEEEEEEEE.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-70285733011655053112009-10-11T05:47:43.870-04:002009-10-11T05:47:43.870-04:00Ruthie, what a lot you've had to deal with thi...Ruthie, what a lot you've had to deal with this week. I love the way you express your feelings. And I love the "mysterious" look on your face! Very sweet photo of baby Peter.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201860227400017841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-35171057825438564222009-10-10T21:45:42.849-04:002009-10-10T21:45:42.849-04:00Yes i have the whole series Ruth, my favourites, t...Yes i have the whole series Ruth, my favourites, the expressions you made, i really got angry that a machine could take such wonderful pictures.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-9819867341672240832009-10-10T16:59:39.298-04:002009-10-10T16:59:39.298-04:00rauf, I had to create mischief by myself in a phot...<b>rauf</b>, I had to create mischief by myself in a photobooth. It was embarrassing while people walked by and looked in.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-635150466167948552009-10-10T16:57:30.573-04:002009-10-10T16:57:30.573-04:00Nancy, stones have a special energy. I used to thi...<b>Nancy</b>, stones have a special energy. I used to think they were just cold.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-2755908860807540382009-10-10T16:56:44.142-04:002009-10-10T16:56:44.142-04:00Thank you, Oliag. Funny you say that, I processed ...Thank you, <b>Oliag</b>. Funny you say that, I processed the photobooth pic at picnic.com, in the Halloween effect called 'ghostify.' :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-81319033872803831432009-10-10T16:54:34.225-04:002009-10-10T16:54:34.225-04:00Hi, Cathy. I was in the garden today too. I loved ...Hi, <b>Cathy</b>. I was in the garden today too. I loved it, as I was planting tulip bulbs. Talk about promise. Maybe you'll be inspired to paint something new from autumn's palette. <br /><br />I actually wrote this just yesterday, not on the writing retreat. Thank you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-3426488512292278862009-10-10T16:52:51.451-04:002009-10-10T16:52:51.451-04:00Sidney, it's like blurring your vision, squint...<b>Sidney</b>, it's like blurring your vision, squinting your eyes to see unclearly. That's what I wanted, to show - unclarity, possiblity.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-67824005423654555892009-10-10T16:51:38.224-04:002009-10-10T16:51:38.224-04:00Thank you, Anna. It is so good to watch you enjoyi...Thank you, <b>Anna</b>. It is so good to watch you enjoying Matthew every moment.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-30127774411992575732009-10-10T16:46:30.655-04:002009-10-10T16:46:30.655-04:00Hello there, DS. Ah, such value you bring to my bl...Hello there, <b>DS</b>. Ah, such value you bring to my blog, you sight-in so well (that's my made up verb for the noun <i>insight</i>). I had not thought so much consciously about the moon as you have written, but I guess it is there in me anyway. Thank you for finding it.<br /><br />Yes, the poor small photo of the bugler is busy and not great, but I do love that shiny guy.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-54773548494697407892009-10-10T16:40:40.398-04:002009-10-10T16:40:40.398-04:00Shaista, "moon-lit blanket" - I like tha...<b>Shaista</b>, "moon-lit blanket" - I like that.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-37717761561937707392009-10-10T16:37:53.614-04:002009-10-10T16:37:53.614-04:00Hi, Pat, it's been a deep week, and this is wh...Hi, <b>Pat</b>, it's been a deep week, and this is what I could do.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-85243529546502807122009-10-10T13:05:34.800-04:002009-10-10T13:05:34.800-04:00The picture looks like you are up to some mischief...The picture looks like you are up to some mischief Ruth.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-26740227232810895132009-10-10T12:47:58.484-04:002009-10-10T12:47:58.484-04:00Very interesting. I liked your comment about the r...Very interesting. I liked your comment about the rocks being alive - so true.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.com