From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

Renni - Thankyou for your compliments. I rarely comment on your work - it is so well commented on and you are obviously an accomplished poet. I enjoy all of them and could only hope to aspire to your level. I actually feel like I've been writing crap lately (which is better than not writing at all, lol), but then it's when I feel like I've written crap that I sometimes get comments and the like... when my crap hits the digest, I just about go crimson with embarassment! 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

and Leamus - I believe it is 'The Spy Who Came In From the Cold'
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">tj holland</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

Chances ~ I'm sure you had the best intentions when you corrected Leamas on his spelling. I don't know if you noticed or not, but if we look at his latest work and assume that it reflects his present state of mind, he seems a tad depressed. He even indicated on his work that he didn't CARE if anything was spelled wrong... "I was not of the right frame of mind=a bit from Pearl Jam- and I don't know if everything is spelled or read right, and frankly I don't care." The fact that you knew what book he was referring to means that he was clear enough to be understood. <BR>
You may not have thought, but it seems cruel for you to point out his mistakes considering the circumstances. Kick a man when he's down? Shame on you.<BR>
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-Teej
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

TJ,<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.04.10.00.27.4432">The Soul Always Goes Home</a> hit home in a sense...also, i like the way you jumped right in to defend on the board...Reminded me and I have heard it said that a true friend tells you the truth, although, sometimes you don't want to hear it...<BR>
Rennie,<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.04.09.15.12.13695">WHAT THE WORLD KNOWS OF US</a> ... so clever the way you mix wisdom and wit!  I also like your comment challenge...too cute!<BR>
Jim,<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.04.09.04.35.11411">Dad's House</a> .... also, i can relate...because MOM/Queen as DAD/KING is one in the same...also i liked your submission of the challenge, too!<BR>
Pam<BR>
Pam
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

Cryingshame58,<BR>
<BR>
I see we are practically neighbors.  Thanks for your comments, I'm glad you like them.  They have been a little more fun to write than some of my previous stuff.  I'm getting ready to try to meet new friends, so am prepping mentally for the exertion.  Two bad relationships in a row have made me kind of gunshy, and it takes a while to clear out the garbage.  But spring brings hope to even the emotionally destitute. Life and hope spring eternal, the rituals of spring predate written history.  I look forward to the dance.<BR>
<BR>
Jim
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

Jim,<BR>
I agree with you about Spring...I love the change of seasons, but this spring is especially bringing me  regeneration,too...A great time to meet new friends!  I envy you for where you live...I live in Shreveport and visit your state annually...my family takes a big group on a canoe trip at the Caddo River the weekend before memorial day...(Not sure when)A couple of my friends and I are planning to meet in Hot Springs for a chick retreat soon...I am a LSU football fan and missed the big game in Little Rock for the SEC Championship :(...would have loved to have been there. It was football at it's best!  <BR>
Pam
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=962">Lulu</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

sarahsehee- I love miles...wow...I can really relate to what your saying...or at least I think I can..Thanks for sharing.<BR>
~*Lulu*~ 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=962">Lulu</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

sarahsehee- I loved miles...wow...I can really relate to what your saying...or at least I think I can..Thanks for sharing.<BR>
~*Lulu*~ 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1184">pierced_seduction</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

lula.... I wrote this after I re-read your story about cutting... I have many physical scars and even more emoitonal scars to carry with me for the rest of my life.. but as I have come to understand.. I am still living and if I have to carry them for 100 years I will do so gladly as long as I am still living<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

Oh kase,<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.04.10.19.14.1108">Cry Alone</a> this is the most painful thng I've ever known, the "There's someone else,<BR>
I can tell."  The lying there knowing and being afraid to ask..... Sucks --  Well said, thanks.<BR>
<BR>
Jim
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1184">pierced_seduction</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

Cry Alone.... that was a very touching piece... I have been there and you pin pointed it perfectly.. great work<BR>
Pierced_seduction
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">tj holland</a><BR>
Date: 10 April 2003<P>

CryingShame ~ I'm glad that something I wrote was able to touch you in some way. I think that is a writer's desire often times. I'm curious as to how it did so. :-) But then, I'm ALWAYS curious! <BR>
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-Teej
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