tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post2224147282775728167..comments2024-02-16T18:19:13.539-08:00Comments on Ramblings From Yet Another Stranger on the Bus: I Don't Cry Any MoreLeslie Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-68972267853415325402011-05-09T04:47:55.185-07:002011-05-09T04:47:55.185-07:00@ Rachel ~ It pleases me to see you popping up all...@ Rachel ~ It pleases me to see you popping up all over, having read the posts, etc. A wee blub is nice, and accepted in the spirit blubbed. At certain times in life, I'd have had a full-on "works" over myself and what I wrote. But today I'm grinning. I'll know what tomorrow brings when it gets here. And I've told you before, the British don't fool me for a minute with all that stiff-upper-lip stuff.<br /><br />You just proved my theory about the use of metaphor, allegory, analogy. If one tells her story the way it feels, the way it almost could have been, toss in a character (or dog) or two . . . and others will relate more deeply than if one only uses dry, crispy, factual, report-style words. We should put this forth as a tried and proven wonder of the world! BTW, to my sorrow - and I'm not being a clown here - some people are so phlegmatic they feel the use of any color in a story told is "lying". Yikes. Those folks don't work for me. Where are their souls and whimsy?<br /><br />I have also, literally, been taken down by a dog I don't even know. Rarely has it been with evil intent. Mostly, I am greeted by a happy, outgoing, smelly beast at quarters too close for my taste. Mostly, there is some happy human owner standing nearby, grinning inanely. "Oh, Bosco is so cute," one can almost hear them exclaim. Yeah, Bosco may be cute, but I'd like to have met him from a distance of 6 inches.<br /><br />Your description of shelling on the beach with the children took me off to my many happy trips to Sanibel Island, Florida, recognized as one of the world's top shelling destinations. My kid would paddle in the Gulf of Mexico for hours, water only a foot deep and VERY warm. I'd look out to sea every minute or so, making certain of her round rear end, her upstanding snorkel, and nothing else protruding from the water's surface. She was scouting for shells on the bottom, while mom scanned the beach.<br /><br />I'd come to your library to listen to your stories, Rachel, because you ARE that interesting!Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-21968440935847137052011-05-09T01:55:34.514-07:002011-05-09T01:55:34.514-07:00This was a beautiful post, Les. And I had a wee bl...This was a beautiful post, Les. And I had a wee blub - not the works, you understand - British and all that - but I little dust in the eye perhaps and a twitch of a nerve in the chin...all under control now!<br /><br />Huge congratulations on your 6 month chip - 6months! - I'm so proud of you. You just keep on keeping on and that's brill!<br /><br />You mentioned a labrador puppy - well, karma must have had a reason for delaying my reading of this post - I was at the beach this aft with the kids - Beanie off looking for cats' eyes and me and Rooster examinig the fine shell for worn glass pebbles..blah blah..getting to it..when whumph! Slobbber! A year or so old labrador tide-swiped me to the shingle! How rude and the ownder had walked by us repeatedly and was, I believe, using her dog as a means of starting a conversation!<br /><br />What happened to just saying hullo?<br /><br /><br />Anyway, if you were in my library, I'd be telling you that...'cause I'm that interesting!<br /><br />x Boobs xRachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-3582877773440494692011-05-06T16:01:08.592-07:002011-05-06T16:01:08.592-07:00@ Artymess ~ Thank you, Lorna, so much! It's b...@ Artymess ~ Thank you, Lorna, so much! It's beautifully blue, too - matches the eyes. I must say I also admire people who will show their emotions, rather than show nothing. I can relate with/to almost any emotion from the most admirable to the blackest of intent. I have more trouble relating to n-o-t-h-i-n-g. Sometimes, I just get tired of waiting to find out what a person is made of and I move on. I hate that, as I want to know something about everyone I meet. I GET it about tearing up for those to whom you've given guidance or instruction. Next to writing, I love to train or teach. I may or may not be good at it, but I love it. And I am touched by those who get some small snippet of what I've tried to share with them. Bless you and Jim and your lovely family.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-33273058095380744152011-05-06T14:27:55.498-07:002011-05-06T14:27:55.498-07:00Good on you for your 6 month chip ....i'm a bl...Good on you for your 6 month chip ....i'm a blubber too .......it suddenly comes without warning so is Jim he cries at anything ....he got all emotional this morning when one of the kids from school brought in his final art piece from home .........and we knew what he had gone through to complete that piece of work .....and i got all goey yesterday when I told my class of textile exam students how proud I was of them when they had finished their exam and they had done amazing stuff...I will post up some of their work next week by the way.....so you are in good company ..its good to show your emotions it shows we are human ...unlike some people I work with ...but I won't go off on another one about that !!....have a great weekend ....xxartymesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798834736698500712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-36761123145634570462011-05-06T14:10:16.581-07:002011-05-06T14:10:16.581-07:00@ Tag ~ Aw, that is lovely. I believe I'll pri...@ Tag ~ Aw, that is lovely. I believe I'll print it and take it to a meeting now I've formed an army of Bukowski-ites. Hey, I'm just doing the next right thing, Tag. It all works out in the end.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-15191537989520000312011-05-06T13:23:25.801-07:002011-05-06T13:23:25.801-07:00I had a nice little poem all worked out
on the occ...I had a nice little poem all worked out<br />on the occasion of your achievement<br />but like the Bukowski <br />I just dropped into the<br />returns slot<br />at the pretlow branch library<br />it just disappeared<br />every milestone along your AA<br />journey is important until<br />they are not meanwhile<br />one day at a time and<br />one foot in front of<br />the other.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533184345345882921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-37127617853204537402011-05-06T13:01:00.473-07:002011-05-06T13:01:00.473-07:00@ Kirk - OMG, I had one hand placed correctly and ...@ Kirk - OMG, I had one hand placed correctly and one off-kilter. I nearly typed "Jurk"! Let's see, the shortest way . . . despite my long, dire warnings, those I'm writing for wanted me to try to sidestep some things, fly beneath certain radar. "I don't like this," said I. Oh, yes, I am now a Wiki outlaw. <br /><br />So, my meeting was grand. I used a voice loud enough to be heard. I kept my temper. I did not cry or drink. I offered alternative forms of action to pull the fat out of the fire, so to speak, and I came home with a handsome - oh, handsome - bonus. Didn't need a shield in that shitfight beyond what I already had in my own possession. "Learn new stuff, Les." "OK!"Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-60752746117980507722011-05-06T12:53:34.680-07:002011-05-06T12:53:34.680-07:00@ CramCake ~ Maybe with the moral of the story bei...@ CramCake ~ Maybe with the moral of the story being one can teach an old Pomeranian new tricks? I think I'd make a dandy Pomeranian, all orangish and hair standing on end all over me.<br /><br />I'm learning every day! Have I mentioned I like to learn new things?Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-16874022432450658032011-05-06T12:43:28.821-07:002011-05-06T12:43:28.821-07:00"These are the things I was concerned about a..."These are the things I was concerned about and mentioned to you early on."<br /><br />I can only guess at what you're talking about, but I hope this has earned you credibility with the shitstormtroopers.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-18454139002869774272011-05-06T10:18:06.721-07:002011-05-06T10:18:06.721-07:00Beautiful cactus! I'm going to call it "...Beautiful cactus! I'm going to call it "Lipstick Cactus". Nothing seasonal or Hallmark-holiday about that!<br />Congratulations on your chip, and on your use of new skills. Very nicely done.MoreCakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997966214729747678noreply@blogger.com