From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Congrats to all the front pagers on the digest this month (bit slow on catching up). <BR>
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Michael T - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.07.07.21.48.22494">That's when I met her</a> - really liked this, not sure why, but I think this pulled me in -<BR>
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   there's a feeling<BR>
   where the air is desert dry<BR>
   A.C. kisses like a lie<BR>
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Butterfly03 - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.07.07.22.45.600">Enlightenment</a> - I enjoyed its simplicity.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Pam~ well, I didn't sleep...makes two of us :). But I was awake for an early morning live performance by MercyMe of "I Can Only Imagine" ... enjoyed hearing that soothing Dove Award / rock-n-roll crossover group sing before the sun came up. Seems my dove is AWOL outside this morning. Mother is recovering. ;-) We've both quit shopping for a black dress. Seems she has infection after surgery and a "mild virus" .. so her ticker isn't giving out as it seemed. Thanks for the kind remarks and e-s. I enjoy seeing you and Dana work through pieces recently.<BR>
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Jim~ glad to see ya back and tossing out those lines again. I am almost afraid to bump ya :)<BR>
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Chances~ I am glad to see you back again.<BR>
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Tanq and echolocation~ I've always enjoyed seeing your subs and bumps over the years.<BR>
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Gala~ you and the gunner are awol here. Yeah, yeah! I know you're busy. Congrats again to the two of you on books and awards...lots of hard work, and you do deserve the kudos for it.<BR>
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B.K.~ bless you for all the time you've kept me laughing. I want a signed and numbered first edition of your book of love poems.<BR>
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kindred~ the heartache is painful ... still, I go back and read again.<BR>
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Meredith~ I read your entire account recently. I love the friendship-to-love journey, especially the way you've written it.<BR>
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Darwin~ I am a fan<BR>
lupschada~ ditto<BR>
Violet~ ditto<BR>
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Butterfly~ I've gone back and read your work again recently. Some of your lines are intriguing :)<BR>
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Kev~ please post some additional work here ... you and Misti keep me busy running to xanga to read when I don't get enough here of ya. I've enjoyed your comments there immensely. I've always enjoyed your poetry here ... ditto on this to squeen.<BR>
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wolfscreamer~ I've enjoyed your prose observations from the start here.<BR>
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Kirk~ the "paint by numbers" photos are great...but I also see them as stain glass works when I view them. This is a very good way to create works like that. I spent weeks taking a stained glass course years ago. Putting the pattern together on an original work was the hardest. The technique you are using would seem to be a really good one for that process of glass creation. Okay, back to trying to read and catch-up again ..... Rennie<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Vixen81,<BR>
i think of an old tune to sing the next lyrics...<BR>
i call it <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.07.08.21.56.20883">Temble</a>, <BR>
you call it <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.07.09.08.02.8205">Tremble</a>,<BR>
Temble, Tremble...<BR>
Please don't stop just on account of a mis-spelled word!<BR>
Sometimes our best work is late or early...when the muse arrives it's always the right time...I know I can relate to your last submission and hope there is someone in everyone's past that causes us to tremble... good work!<BR>
CS58
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Vixen...By the way...<BR>
the tune was to "Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off" by George and Ira Gershwin)...but don't call the poems off...okay?<BR>
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Rennie...always good to know what is going on there...thanks for the info!<BR>
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Jim...a good rule in any relationship is...Say what you mean and mean what you say, I live by it  :)...but also this rule goes with another rule which is sometimes even more difficult...be still and listen...  :)<BR>
CS58<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

acid47rain,<BR>
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Three interesting pieces.  Do I know you?  If not, welcome.<BR>
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Jim<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1293">acid47rain</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

i've been reading at this site for a good 3 years or so.  I posted a few things a while ago...2 years or something..but then misplaced my feeling to write...attempting to do so again...and thanks for the welcome...much appreciated
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1285">beansbaby03</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Acid47rain, <BR>
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JUmbled is awesome...it relates to my life right now...<BR>
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Everyone, <BR>
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reading what you all write is very theraputic for my aching heart. so thank you for the free therapy
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1293">acid47rain</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

beansbaby-*blush* thanks....just got out of a long term relationship that was way too chaotic for one sensitive emotional person to endure..
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1285">beansbaby03</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

I feel like im 10 feet from reality or something, like I know whats going on in my life, but im just an innocent by stander, getting hit the stray bullets...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

acid47rain,<BR>
welcome back...sounds like you quit writing about the time i showed up...you have a great way with words/expression!<BR>
sometimes it takes way too much energy to keep trying to make a relationship WORK...hope your brokenheart is on the mend...<BR>
CS58
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1174">Dana</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Pam: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.07.07.02.52.397">Tick Tock</a> was this the clock piece you've been referring to? It was great. - Dana
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1174">Dana</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

la mariposa: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.07.07.16.33.1916">rolling down my cheek</a> beautifully written. I can relate. I feel like this everyday of my life. - Dana
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1293">acid47rain</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

it's okay beansbaby i feel the same way sometimes..i *THINK* it's normal..and cryingshame thanks so much for the compliment and yes my heart is on the mend..i've actually been reading your stuff here for a while now...like a lil spy...you definetely have a way with words..a way to vocalize things most people can only begin to feel.<BR>
Dana( know there's another dana...but that's my name too)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1174">Dana</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

acid47rain: just read all your latest posts, beautifully written. - Dana
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1260">Speaking For The Rest Of The Group</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

my bad - yes, kirk, please delete "all of us"  <BR>
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adios, mi amigo!<BR>
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sftrotg
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Dana,<BR>
your expression of depression in "Storm in my Heart" left me sad, but was relieved when you backed it up with "Smile"...Left my heart with hope...I admire your talent...thanks for recognizing the clock piece, but I still don't think I got it right...ya know how sometimes you work on something and it's not exactly the way you want to leave it?  I just thought of it too long in my head...thinking about going back to improve it somehow....Hope the work outside the home is profitable this weekend...I hope you buy yourself something pretty with some of it...you deserve it...<BR>
Pam<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">Cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Hey John...<BR>
Sports bras don't lie in the cold of winter either...lol<BR>
liked your latest...<BR>
another fan,<BR>
Pam
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

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Jon..sorry about misspelling your name..<BR>
sorry...i boobooed..<BR>
Pam
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

mcnabb~ as a "former-entertainer" (any entertainer knows those two words make-up an oxymoron), let me make a suggestion: "gotmark?" (like "got milk") and just stick around with a few wisdoms now and then. I've dealt with creative souls all my life. All work best in some supportive community. We upset the folks who don't understand the drama and old theatre green room antics here ... playing off-the-wall is a way of generating some creative steam, folks. I've never gotten miffed at you except for a brief time I thought you were messing with the identity of some family. Kirk can tell ya, I pitched a real snit over that in e-mail to him. I wanted to put on a ghillie suit and put you in the crosshairs for it. I deal with a Duke blue devil daily, a neighbor is from West Virginia, an old friend wrote an exposé on Appalachia that got him a Pulitzer. But I've never stalked ya. I don't know ya, but you might be another fun person just to know a bit. Dealing with a break-up is painful, as evidenced by the writing here every day. Okay, you are out of the closet and happy with supporting other talent like the White Stripes. Yeah! There is nothing wrong with actually knowing rich or famous folks. I live in an area, and travel other areas, where I couldn't throw a rock without hitting one of these folks. All these folks eat, sleep and worry just like everyone else. <BR>
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Old leamas is a former 'Nam vet, and isn't really gonna scare us any more than Stephen King. Behave, leam, or I'll find your XO and report ya AWOL :). You are still pissed over too few cherries in those c-rats, aren't ya? I write and work with a whole bunch of guys just like you. Nasty as you want to be, I'll still point out the tripwires for ya. You know we love the drama on the board, we thrive on it. Go read Bob Mason's "Weapon" ... you probably read his "Chickenhawk" and saw the adaptation of his "Solo" book as a movie. You need help as a former vet, his wife puts out the Post Traumatic Stress Gazette. I know I've plugged it enough through www.sidran.org for you guys here. <BR>
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I know for a fact, that no matter how famous someone gets as a writer, they still have to really work at being a poet...so we are ALL equal here. Love is an on-going process, Blender gives us an idea of all the variations of that process. One of the most interesting aspects of that process is acceptance and friendship. The ability to make friends also helps us in the ability to accept friendships that won't become love and marriage...and to recognize love that is good for us. I read work here every single day that helps me in accepting what life tosses my way. Thanks for that. I'd like to comment on every single line or general thought that moves me, but I don't. Please accept that I do get something from all of you who post here. There is no "club" in my mind here. I am just not willing to close my mind and limit the possibilities like that ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

sush~ (da otter one) I've read Pound for years. Fish Merchant's Wife was a fav, and also why I wanted more of Turquoise Trader's Wife. I enjoyed your ability to use that and give it your own spin. I'd love to see more ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1285">Beansbaby03</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Hey everyone, <BR>
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www.xanga.com/behindmysmile
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Kindred Spirit; I love your Poetry too!<BR>
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Rens; We're so glad to have you around here. Your kindness shows in everything you do. Hope all is well with you today. Glad to hear mom's doing better than you thought. I loved the pet the dragon poem. It's very well done.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=436">Jon</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

Pam: I think so too. ;-). Thanks.<BR>
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Congrats to all of the front pagers, great feature this month Kirk, I've been experimenting with Photo Shop lately.<BR>
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Take care and all that neato stuff<BR>
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-Jon
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 9 July 2003<P>

hummmmm, these do raise interesting questions on what a hammer is: <BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.02.02.11.54.26783">Ah, Poetry!</a> <BR>
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<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.07.09.22.48.14994">Silence is a Hammer</a>
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