tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post616382005880967742..comments2023-10-04T06:02:35.168-05:00Comments on Smiling Heart: After the RainJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-81100647624131618292010-05-07T19:41:00.503-05:002010-05-07T19:41:00.503-05:00Thanks Jo! You always make every online page seem ...Thanks Jo! You always make every online page seem so warm and so much like home!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-45356453815409494962010-05-05T22:53:27.803-05:002010-05-05T22:53:27.803-05:00Nancy, I hope we can count on you for ocassional c...Nancy, I hope we can count on you for ocassional contributions in the way of poetry or songs...and of course, your insightful comments. <br /><br />Much love to you.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-59769610716718586082010-05-05T15:14:37.931-05:002010-05-05T15:14:37.931-05:00Dubby, thank you for the invitation...I thought it...Dubby, thank you for the invitation...I thought it over, but just cannot commit any more computer time to my life right now - or it would be official - I would not have a life beyond the computer. I can't tell you how thrilled I was to be asked - and I do hope that more Ruskinites join in to write their thoughts.<br /><br />I think that was Jr.HS English, Ms.Chapman's class debate about billboards, and if they should be outlawed? If so, then you followed me down the hall afterwards asking if I was mad at you? I wasn't - it was just that I was in shock after seeing the entire classroom change opinions so easily - show of hands for me one minute, then the next nothing! I went through a period of time later arguing my points of reasoning against emotion/emotional reactions - and really didn't like myself. Eventually I learned that I did not have to 'win' when factual information was trumped by emotional reaction. I still have to sit on myself from time to time - but really we are all emotional and intellectual - thank goodness! I learned to appreciate 'both sides now'.<br /><br />Thanks again for the invitation, just not right for me now (I did like the leaving the light on!).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717765872277844871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-80483877600862792010-05-05T14:52:27.718-05:002010-05-05T14:52:27.718-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717765872277844871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-68688987228578595582010-05-01T10:33:45.231-05:002010-05-01T10:33:45.231-05:00hey Nancy...it would be like old times (what class...hey Nancy...it would be like old times (what class was that?) but instead of debate, we'll collaborate. We've got an opening and are leaving the light on for ya...Winston Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660986634479086490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-11940295136236721472010-04-30T19:37:12.493-05:002010-04-30T19:37:12.493-05:00Yes! It's like they are sometimes at the lowe...Yes! It's like they are sometimes at the lowest common denominator...if you remove one, the entire meaning changes - just doesn't pulse. I feel like I am watching authors in progress here!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245150593056952534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-37730932920922576552010-04-30T13:54:06.742-05:002010-04-30T13:54:06.742-05:00Edit: 'wisdom'Edit: 'wisdom'Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-31889656368123900082010-04-30T13:53:21.537-05:002010-04-30T13:53:21.537-05:00Thank you, Nancy! I feel the same way about words ...Thank you, Nancy! I feel the same way about words and their placement...like each one has a soul of its own, expressing one tiny piece of infinite wisdome on its own.<br /><br />Thanks for the beautiful examples!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-17594243855764341022010-04-29T17:19:12.248-05:002010-04-29T17:19:12.248-05:00Jo I was so inspired by some of your "picture...Jo I was so inspired by some of your "picture" sentences - and very glad to peek in on such beautiful writings!<br /><br />Your piece reminded me of a time driving to work and half listening to the book on tape, when I found words that were so incredibly descriptive I just had to memorize them, study them, BASK in the clever way a few sentences can capture a whole scene. I want to share this from Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (pg 762)Web: http://www.archive.org/stream/barnabyrudgeande00dickrich#page/762/mode/2up/search/shutters<br /><br />"...until at midnight when the streets are empty the storm goes thundering along them, rattling at all the latches, tearing at all the shutters, as if warning the people to get up and fly with it, rather than have the roofs brought down upon their brains. <br /><br />Still the red light is steady, nothing is steady but the red light.<br /><br />All through the night the wind blows and abates not. But early in the morning when there is barely enough light in the east to dim the stars, it begins to lull. From that time, with occasional wild charges,like a wounded monster dying, it drops and sinks; and at full daylight it is dead."Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245150593056952534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-86373046148396704632010-04-29T17:17:42.798-05:002010-04-29T17:17:42.798-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245150593056952534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-69825630138127611912010-04-24T12:33:52.091-05:002010-04-24T12:33:52.091-05:00THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS:
Honeysuckle: Spirit visi...THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS:<br /><br />Honeysuckle: Spirit vision; The bond of love; Devoted love; Fidelity<br />Generous and devoted affectionJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.com