tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post4767950615687391904..comments2023-12-16T23:54:45.620+13:00Comments on . . . All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude . . . : Trickily chargedClaire Beynonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-71509314576415597142010-04-12T21:36:40.008+12:002010-04-12T21:36:40.008+12:00oh, Claire,
yes, I do want to participate, but it ...oh, Claire,<br />yes, I do want to participate, but it may not be tomorow since I'm still trying to pick myself up physically...<br />but I'll get there soon..<br />and please, I'd love the story about chickens and sunflower seeds. I'd been rabidly interested in those three chicks you found...<br /><br />oh, dear, I suppose that gorgeous old hog isn't going to appear again, but it's fixed in my memory.<br />thank you...melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-14111761285744744022010-04-12T19:11:00.475+12:002010-04-12T19:11:00.475+12:00Dear Vespersparrow
I would dearly like to live li...Dear Vespersparrow <br />I would dearly like to live life primarily according to a 'currency of exchange' - this is the way communities used to do things, not all that long ago, either... It's interesting to note that in today's world, people tend to talk more about 'societies' than they do 'communities'... perhaps change begins with greater awareness of the subtle yet profound differences contained within words such as these. Your care with language and your celebration of it, continues to open me to new ways of seeing. Thank you.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-13358352634679587872010-04-12T19:03:59.857+12:002010-04-12T19:03:59.857+12:00Dear Melissa
Thank you! I'm hoping the hog is...Dear Melissa <br />Thank you! I'm hoping the hog is here to stay; chances are he's on the lookout for a few last grubs before finding himself a warm, leafy nest to burrow into for the winter! I must remember to tell you a funny (well, kind of funny) story about chickens and sunflower seeds sometime...<br />I love that you printed out Baxter the cat's story for your friends, Melissa! They will have been delighted, for sure. (Did you know that one of NZ's all time greatest poet's name was James K. Baxter?) As a child, I thought it would be interesting to transcribe my cat's piano playing into readable sheet music - I really wanted to accompany him when he 'played.' <br /><br />To be consumed and enlivened by one's work has surely to be the best motivation and sustenance of all? We are fortunate indeed to do work that we are passionate about - all else follows? <br /><br />I am looking forward to reading one of your poems tomorrow, it being Tuesday! (I hope it was alright for me to let Mary, who's coordinating the whole circle, know that you're intending to join in... she has included a link to your blog from the new Poetry site... Please let me know that this is okay with you?).<br /><br />L, C xClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-77555232527018277702010-04-12T18:46:25.755+12:002010-04-12T18:46:25.755+12:00PS. Pen, 'practising generosity was/is always ...PS. Pen, 'practising generosity was/is always a smart way out of a narrow strait...' Always, indeed. xClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-55335925183774205222010-04-12T12:45:04.697+12:002010-04-12T12:45:04.697+12:00Dear Pen --- the citrine was there to dazzle the h...Dear Pen --- the citrine was there to dazzle the hedgehog and coax the mail I'd been anticipating to land in my mailbox. It worked. The hedgehog seems at home and the mail that should by rights have taken weeeeks to arrive took less than a handful of days. Some snails have wings, it seems xClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-64346889943501487062010-04-12T06:51:24.717+12:002010-04-12T06:51:24.717+12:00Hyde's book and the idea of a barter economy i...Hyde's book and the idea of a barter economy is so appealing. There have always been groups of people who have moved away inside capitalistic cultures. And Sarton's painful cry about not being able to give one's gift to those one most loves--heartbreaking, C.Melissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-50910206034232813672010-04-10T23:25:57.264+12:002010-04-10T23:25:57.264+12:00Oh, I'm so glad you're back!
Now, if the ...Oh, I'm so glad you're back!<br />Now, if the hog appears, I will be in total joy. But news of the chickens would be good, also.<br /><br />I love the sleep-entry...<br />When I was visiting friends in Tucson years ago, their cat, Baxter, walked across the computer I was using and left quite a marvelous story that I later printed out and made into a little pamphlet for them. They had never been quite sure of what he was yowling about, but all those repeated letters gave them some idea..<br /><br />The nice thing about being the kind of "artist" (I don't like that word,but for want of a better one) that I am is that nothing ever sells, but I keep working. I am consumed and enlivened by work.<br /><br />Thank you for your ideas and insights!!!melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-73272154912769919302010-04-10T16:43:22.199+12:002010-04-10T16:43:22.199+12:00Was the citrine to repel the hedgehog which was ea...Was the citrine to repel the hedgehog which was eating the snail(male)? Much to ponder in that wisdom, Claire. I wonder if one path is to start erasing the division between what is earning and what is done for joy — easier worked on by those of us whose time is fluid, who aren't accountable to a department. Well, practising generosity was always a smart way out of a narrow strait...So I remind myself. Thanks, C xxPenhttp://www.penelopetodd.co.nznoreply@blogger.com