From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=345">vampirehunterdez</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Mandee - I loved "haven't found them yet"  It really close to home and I thank you for it
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=313">Blue Angel</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Rhetoric:<BR>
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Why, yes, my blender-handle does come, in part, from the Marlene Dietrich movie. But also, I am a big fan of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, and they have a kick-ass song called Blue Angel, on their "Hot" cd. And don't worry!!  I don't feel at all that you are being nosey!!  I enjoy talking about myself..doesn't everyone???   :o)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Blue Angel:<BR>
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   Very Cool.  Marlene is a hottie.  I don't know much about The Zippers, but a friend put one thier songs on a tape for me : I Raise Hell.  I love that tune.  Thanks for the response...you can talk all about yourself Blue.<BR>
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Rhetoric
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Michael T ~ You SO captured a familiar moment!! My hubby cooks for my day & night, and yours is such a true portrayal. I loved it. But you know who is going to get wound up... (shhh...it's BK) 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=313">Blue Angel</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Stephen:<BR>
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Great Jeannie in the bottle!!!  How long did that take you to do????
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=91">flash</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Mirabeau - Kites... great!!  Kites always make me think of when i was a kid... we didn't have money, but kites were cheap, and i would imagine it was me up there, flying on the breeze, my heart and mind free to imagine.  i love how you applied that image to the feeling of falling in love...  thanks!<BR>
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peace,<BR>
~flash
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=9">Madison</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Blue Angel, just have to tell you:  Very readable, very real is <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.06.11.51.1405">Another Day</a>.  Thanks for posting it.  Seems like everyone woke up writing or sending in some very good stuff in the last few days -  nice words, everyone.    
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=91">flash</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

lorena - "waiting for you" is awesome... so sensual...  i can't speak of the images that it brought to my mind... at least not in prose... mmmmm.  thanks,<BR>
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peace<BR>
~flash
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Blue Angel:<BR>
  I adore Another Day.  You are so expressive and your words have obvious purpose.  The phrase Cordon Sanitaire:  (a buffer organized around a nation considered ideologically dangerous or potentially hostile) does not allude to present day situations, or does it?  The Blender can be a buffer for all those who seek sanctity in its pages. <BR>
    I hope for peace and returned jovial encounters between enemies - but these are dangerous times and care must be taken to preserve a friendship that is in peril.  You are not dangerous, and I offer words to assure you that neither am I.  Maybe I read too much into metaphors of dissappointment and hurt.  Three Little Birds, we will be, one day - Another Day.<BR>
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Your Darlin Rhet<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=313">Blue Angel</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Cordon Sanitaire is a barrier that prevents disease from spreading, as per my understanding. Lovely how words can have dual meanings!!!<BR>
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Thank you for your kind comments!!! You are an interesting sort, aren't you?? 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=313">Blue Angel</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Madison:  Thank you for your observation of my poem. You're right...there have been some really good postings lately. I find myself getting lost and spending too much time reading over them. They are always nice, but it appears as if everyone is taking their Ginkgo and getting extra brain power!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=9">Madison</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

re: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.06.17.47.30696">In my mind</a> <BR>
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Wow that journal entry was poignant.  What’s powerful to finally learn is that if you decide you don’t like yourself anymore, then you CAN leave yourself.  You can leave the self you don’t like behind (say bye-bye) and become the person you love and admire, and never have to leave the privacy of your own body.<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Blue Angel:<BR>
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    YES - Cordon Sanitaire does traditionally refer to disease - but I took the meaning from its alternate definition.  Once again, I find myself reading too much into anothers words. <BR>
   I also assumed that you would pay closer attention to my comment.  Ah, the inability to express what one wants is so difficult at times.  That is why I am so glad to have access to such magnificent writers on this site.  So many are talented and willing to share.<BR>
   Blue Angel, I am an odd bird, you see.  I try to gather the meaning behind words too often - rather than taking them on their merit.  Sometimes that can be both a hinderance and a blessing to me. Can I ask what your motivation for that particular piece was?  I am curious if I am on the same page as you.  I may be totally off base.<BR>
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And as for the Darlin - well, someone here called me Darlin, and I suppose it just stuck.<BR>
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Have a great day,<BR>
Rhetoric<BR>
    
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=109">Stephen</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Blue Angel,<BR>
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I previously made the girl like a year ago... I finally decided to use it...So I just added the bottle.. and that didn't take that long. Thanks for appreciating "I just wanted to Ask..."  <BR>
"Another Day" was really good, I especially liked:<BR>
"I fear your tumult; envy the impending calm.<BR>
This nebulous entertainment feeds me bittersweet morsels"<BR>
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very good work! ;-)<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Gala:<BR>
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     I was looking around at your site and loved it.  Very well put together.  I like the fact that I could read your Bio - it gives me more perspective into your writing now that I know a bit more about you than before.  So many new works by poets who I only know from The Blender - tres frais.<BR>
    Also, deeva, I saw a piece of your artwork on Gala's site: Copper is amazing.  The long red hair, the curve of the hip and waist, the simple look on her face are so very, very well done.  You are most certainly talented in visual arts as well and the written word. I am starting to snoop around these other sites (girlswrite.com, etc) I read some of you mentioning and I am amazed at the quality of work.  Madi, Mira, deeva, BK, and SO many more of you that are posting different works from here.  I am getting my Blender juice and now I must keep up with those as well.<BR>
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I am humbled.  I have never considered myself a writer - I am a reader.  I become more intent on going back to college for creative writing (even though I just got my Masters, finally) each time I read a work here that moves me.  To read poetry is to strive to know oneself - I am beginning that journey.  Poetry is a release that comes out flowing like a banner of truth - and nothing that soften the edge of truth.<BR>
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Enough dribble and gushing - <BR>
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I must attend to my family - my honey and my cat!<BR>
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Rhetoric<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=71">Me aka Niki</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

 2 Courtney~ Wow I just loved "In my mind"i read it like 3 times over and over again...I don't know why...but I' hooked..thank you..<BR>
Nice job!:)<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Rhet,<BR>
thankyou for your comment on Copper, it was fought over by several people, including the framer  and the model when my exhibition opened last September.<BR>
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The guy who organised the show got it in the end.<BR>
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I think I have one print left, not sure.<BR>
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and as for girlswrite.com... not me there, I've never posted there.... my art is in paint, not words.<BR>
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take care of your heart,<BR>
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dee
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

Deeva:<BR>
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I had no idea that you had mainly sent in paintings.  I read directions and fat on spring smugness rather recently and I didn't go back to look at all your previous entries.  You have some amazing work.  Good Luck in the art community.  It appears that you may be having a BIG break soon - once you sell a painting or two, it all comes together.  I mentioned your name with the others attesting to the diversity of this group - you are a shining example of that.  fat on spring smugness is a great piece - I thought your medium was words.  I stand corrected - loud and proud in my office/hole.  Either way, I enjoy your   work(s).<BR>
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Rhetoric
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 6 September 2001<P>

thanks Rhet,<BR>
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the Sept show was a good one, sold out all bar one painting, a tryptech which probably was abit pricey.<BR>
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dee
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