tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post2680354676538483511..comments2023-04-16T06:52:21.163-07:00Comments on somewhere i have never travelled: Sorry, Edna, but Charles has won...Daphnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-8878526197266225512010-01-20T09:09:12.311-08:002010-01-20T09:09:12.311-08:00once you start savage beauty you won't be able...once you start savage beauty you won't be able to stop -- you will dream edna...the book was so powerful for me -- i felt like i was channeling her -- the coolest...artfoodsoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305971744806531535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-46510789819608685342009-02-15T23:59:00.000-08:002009-02-15T23:59:00.000-08:00I encourage you to read the Edna bio... my reading...I encourage you to read the Edna bio... my reading partner [a real for-real Edna-devotee] raved about it.<BR/>I can only speak for Edna's poetry, and say that I very much love her work.<BR/>Your post is so interesting to me.<BR/>Charles de Lint lives right here, in my hometown.<BR/>Your dad is a living hero. Someone to be proud if.Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-78042809021346074852009-02-13T09:40:00.000-08:002009-02-13T09:40:00.000-08:00It sounds like you are wanting to make your life b...It sounds like you are wanting to make your life be meaningful, which involves having it include what we love. At least, that's what I've found so far. Writing is hard work though like you, when it goes well, there is nothing like it in the world, and I am not here, I am away somewhere in the writing, and it is pure magic and wonder. I've been reviewing my life too, trying to find where i can make more time to write, because it seems to get crowded out by everything else. <BR/><BR/> Your post is really thoughtful and your Dad is inspiring! He makes me determined that I will find time to write,that for me, for the pure pleasure of creating, there is nothing like it in the world. And that makes it worth my time. <BR/><BR/>So thank you, your post is so encouraging to me, too! <BR/><BR/>Fables...yikes, I'd be hardpressed to write a fable about my life,though if I approach it like a fairy tale, that might be fun..... :-DSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-62470044623353962922009-02-13T09:18:00.000-08:002009-02-13T09:18:00.000-08:00Eva- ooh, I wonder what you are going to change to...Eva- ooh, I wonder what you are going to change to? Change is good. Unless it's bad. That's a universal rule you can count on. :)<BR/><BR/>Stefanie: thanks -- my dad is pretty amazing (so is my mom). And thanks for hte little confidence boost. I'm working on it. <BR/><BR/>bibliomama: I wish there were a good life-editor! I need one of those too.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-47339443280492231732009-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:002009-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:00Cool post. Cool Dad. Writing the fable of your l...Cool post. Cool Dad. Writing the fable of your life is a lovely idea, although the way I write I'm afraid the fable of my life is destined to be screwy, surreal, speckled with overblown adjectives and funny only when it's not meant to be. Is there some way to get a good editor for the fable of your life? :)Bibliomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-67496073319915003412009-02-11T13:59:00.000-08:002009-02-11T13:59:00.000-08:00Cool post. Cool Dad. Writing the fable of your o...Cool post. Cool Dad. Writing the fable of your own life is a lovely idea -- although I'm a bit nervous that, the way I write, the fable of my life will always turn out screwy, surreal, speckled with too many overblown adjectives and funny only when it's not trying to be. Is there any way to get a good editor for the fable of your life? :)Bibliomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-85001167730794697812009-02-11T06:28:00.000-08:002009-02-11T06:28:00.000-08:00What an awesome photo of your Dad and what an insp...What an awesome photo of your Dad and what an inspiring example he is. I think you have the talent and the desire for your art, you just need to work on the confidence. Confidence is always the hardest part. Have a little faith in yourself and see what happens. And if your pole snaps, just get back up and try again :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-54170866224829938072009-02-10T22:24:00.000-08:002009-02-10T22:24:00.000-08:00Your dad sounds really cool! And I like the fable...Your dad sounds really cool! And I like the fable perspective too; I've been going through lots of self-examination recently, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to make a radical 'career change' (really, grad school change).Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com