From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

I just put <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.05.09.02.09.29962">The Ruins and Remains of Us</a> on the subs page. It's sooooooooooo NOT done, but it was screaming for some air!  LOL!<BR>
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Riggs~ I've missed you. You've had some fantastic work here in the past, and I see nothing has changed!<BR>
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Harem~ you seem to be growing by leaps and bounds! I'm glad that you are here, getting it all out, in such a way as to benefit all of us readers too!<BR>
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Ali~ you amaze me girl! Write on!<BR>
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There's others that I wanted to comment on, but can't remember their names right now...dang! Must post later!<BR>
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Deep Peace of the Gentle Earth to You All,<BR>
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Teej
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

LOL!!  <BR>
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Riggs~ for some reason, I mistook a poem for one of yours. Ah, now I REALLY miss your postings! Write sometime!<BR>
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Natalia~ thank you for your comment on 'Right Here'. Get nekkid girl! I'll check out the news at 11!!<BR>
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Teej
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

Thanks Nat.... (I figure you mean my paintings.)<BR>
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I mailed Kirk about posting paintings with no poetry attached, I've always thought of the blender as a place for romantic poetry, however Kirk pointed out that on the new subs page there is nothing that says the work posted must be poetry... just romance related....<BR>
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My art doesn't have to inspire poetry.... it stands alone.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=16">kevin urenda</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

Deevaa-<BR>
but what is to say that your art won't inspire poetry?  I find your work of late to be very poetic already...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

To Kirk - The Blender Keeper ~<BR>
Just thought I would drop a line, to let you know that the new way you have the blender set up, seems to be much clearer, and easier... At least for me... *Sigh...<BR>
I like it.  Thank you so much for taking the time to straighten things out... Your work and efforts are very noticeable...  BIG  THANKS. ! ! !<BR>
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   ~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

To Ali `<BR>
Thank you so much for your continued support...<BR>
 *Sigh<BR>
I am full of sighs today...  giggle... need a spare one..?<BR>
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Snort - Giggle ! ! !<BR>
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  ~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

It was an easy back porch Sunday evening, and I stepped out into heavy dusk. Gazing across the lake, squinting through the light mist skimming the top, I thought I saw him...then lonely strands of his music lilted in the still night air, wafting to my porch to wrap me like a throw...<BR>
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Thanks Riggs.<BR>
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Teej 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=9">Madison</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

Oh my – I’m truly blushed.  The power’s been out here overnight (there’s something nicely old-world about depending on candles once in a while – keeps it all real) and the [almost] first place I hit when the lights came back was you guessed it, the Blender.  Electricity and such positive feedback from natalia and delilah all in the same 5 minutes.  I’m stunned.  Your intuition was right on “he said he loves” natalia; that moment was a real one, transported straight from a phone conversation to the keyboard.  My answer to the question above:  I like to say my stuff is not always real (some part of me loves anonymity), but a lot of reality does seep through -  reshaped, rewoven or handcolored in some way.    Now... anxious to go read what I’ve missed in the dark, looks like everyone’s been busy!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

TJ~ Hey dearie! Thanks for the praise...Caused a major grin...so, thanks...OH! And, I read the unfinished 'The Ruins and Remains of Us'...WOW...great beginning...I can't wait for the finished product!! Love and smiles, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

Kevin, thanks handsome... I've got the guilt's for not posting any poetry... I guess I felt like I had to justify myself.<BR>
The art is doing really well at the moment though, I've just posted off 5 that I've sold and/or giving to people I love, the woman who works in the post office here gives me those suspicious looks each time I go in there with parcel. Probably thinks I'm a smuggler of some sort.<BR>
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take care of your hearts,<BR>
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dee
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=79">shalini</a><BR>
Date: 9 May 2001<P>

Hi Natalia,<BR>
Ihanks so much for the compliment.  The Blender has some of the most talented people I've ever encountered, and I stand with a gaping mouth in "awe" most of the time.  You all give me words to express feelings that need an escape route.<BR>
Tricia T.
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