tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post2156522791988409973..comments2023-10-31T07:54:06.440-07:00Comments on Amazing Voyages of the <i>Turtle</i>: Sandra Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-24426564400355118572009-08-08T03:21:43.587-07:002009-08-08T03:21:43.587-07:00Don't think so, but I'm sure that line is ...Don't think so, but I'm sure that line is used <i>somewhere</i> in a song, you betcha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-55256854486574304122009-08-07T20:30:19.176-07:002009-08-07T20:30:19.176-07:00Sure - but he didn't say "Baby, you set m...Sure - but he didn't say "Baby, you set my innards on fire!" Or did he?Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-9435107380030483242009-08-06T19:01:24.753-07:002009-08-06T19:01:24.753-07:00Sandra, I dunno...Tommy Roe came pretty close in h...Sandra, I dunno...Tommy Roe came pretty close in his song, "Dizzy"...<br /><br />I'm so dizzy my head is spinnin'<br />Like a whirl-wind it never ends<br />And it's you girl, makin' it spin<br />You're makin' me dizzy....<br /><br />And that's just the chorus, wot? Makes me wonder if Tommy read that Goethe work....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-74203761366002039152009-08-06T11:25:08.783-07:002009-08-06T11:25:08.783-07:00Oh, my. Thank you to Leah, Kimy, and everyone, for...Oh, my. Thank you to Leah, Kimy, and everyone, for your kind and thoughtful responses. I get the feeling that there's a lot of <i>Sehnsucht</i> out there.<br /><br />Eejit - I am delighted to see that you are well enough to surf. That's a very good sign.<br /><br />Willow, no - I didn't know that. Let me see - that makes 3 degrees of separation between me and Joshua, right? ;>)<br /><br />Subby, only in German (I hope) would a poet even consider saying something like "I feel dizzy, and it burns my insides". Oy.<br /><br />Kathryn, seeing photos and videos taken from your porch, I get the feeling that you live surrounded by magic. I hope you get lots of chances to just sit and take it in.<br /><br />Reya - that makes sense, the staging. On the other hand, I doubt that it was anything personal. They could have staged it in the New York subway, or the Toronto subway, at a similar time and got the same results. The story has made me think twice, though, whenever I'm rushing past a busker.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-47212244415811701392009-08-06T10:10:15.358-07:002009-08-06T10:10:15.358-07:00This is gorgeous...really!This is gorgeous...really!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-57534481716015121702009-08-06T08:25:12.559-07:002009-08-06T08:25:12.559-07:00Longing is a bitch, isn't it? I think all the ...Longing is a bitch, isn't it? I think all the old theories about grief, the bargaining, denial, anger, etc. isn't as true as longing for the departed one. To me that is the essence of grief.<br /><br />As for the Joshua Bell story, it was completely contrived to make us look like a bunch of jerks. They very carefully chose a subway station and a time of day (just before 9:00) when no one would have time to listen. They could have put Joshua Bell in dozens of other stations in which a large crowd of admirers would have gathered. It was total crap.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-65844686617395451242009-08-06T08:19:04.237-07:002009-08-06T08:19:04.237-07:00I love this post.
I am feeling a longing right no...I love this post.<br /><br />I am feeling a longing right now. For just a moment, I want to stop what I am doing, this circle of novels and booksignings and etc etc etc and go outside, sit on my porch, and stare out at my beloved smoky mountains, listen to the silence save for the creek rushing and the critters calling . . . walk along my cove road and hear the ghosts of men and women who once lived here...to pinch a flower from a stalk and leave the rest alone . . . to inhale everthing into my marrow where it will stay there, a memory seeped into my bones.<br /><br />thank you.Kathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-36813684929373681132009-08-06T07:42:36.582-07:002009-08-06T07:42:36.582-07:00Sandra, there must have been a time...and you'...Sandra, there <i>must</i> have been a time...and you're right; it reads better in the German :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-6678521358646627882009-08-06T07:01:03.876-07:002009-08-06T07:01:03.876-07:00"all the children,
all of them,
waded into th..."all the children,<br />all of them,<br />waded into the music<br />as if it were water"<br /><br />Oh, this is lovely. Wonderful post. I adore Joshua Bell and his magic. Did you know he studied at Indiana University? That's where my daughter did her undergrad work.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-26602375396987894752009-08-06T06:58:19.653-07:002009-08-06T06:58:19.653-07:00I don't remember hearing about joshua bell and...I don't remember hearing about joshua bell and the experiment. what a story!!!!<br /><br />thanks for the link <br /><br />pearls before swine indeed! what a perfect header! <br /><br />thanks for the marvelous post....all of it, now I really have to get to work!mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-74905953121799157772009-08-06T05:03:55.056-07:002009-08-06T05:03:55.056-07:00Love your last paragrapht there, sandra, I'm s...Love your last paragrapht there, sandra, I'm sure we all feel the same :) I agree with John Hayes too. And thank you so much for all your well wishes and humour,I'm sure they helped.I really smiled at your husbands great lines bout 'The coffin they carry you off in' Thank you.TFE.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-63483695833279602002009-08-06T01:19:51.581-07:002009-08-06T01:19:51.581-07:00What an absolutely beautiful post. Really.What an absolutely beautiful post. Really.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-89683010501092650842009-08-05T21:38:34.589-07:002009-08-05T21:38:34.589-07:00John and Brian - thank you. It's a matter of l...John and Brian - thank you. It's a matter of loosening up and letting it happen, I think. Maybe I need a little quality time with Wilson. ;>)Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-79086394116696075612009-08-05T20:24:41.859-07:002009-08-05T20:24:41.859-07:00it still happens...it still happens...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-15376541705362517052009-08-05T19:54:04.288-07:002009-08-05T19:54:04.288-07:00Lovely post--I believe you can still do it.Lovely post--I believe you can still do it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-37021378056024353692009-08-05T19:28:56.173-07:002009-08-05T19:28:56.173-07:00Thanks, Kimmi.Thanks, Kimmi.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-43810208100186166342009-08-05T19:10:30.595-07:002009-08-05T19:10:30.595-07:00Sweet and poignant post, Sandra, hugsSweet and poignant post, Sandra, hugsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com