tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post1531618809512937063..comments2023-10-20T08:28:27.175-07:00Comments on Writerquake: that's what you get for lovin' meLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-37759620445222008522012-05-29T03:52:53.806-07:002012-05-29T03:52:53.806-07:00jane~ Lovely surprise to have a new comment, and e...jane~ Lovely surprise to have a new comment, and especially fun that it came from you. Thanks for finding this post and for your kind comments.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-19512733956675004272012-05-28T07:00:17.528-07:002012-05-28T07:00:17.528-07:00I came to read your Mag and spotted some heading, ...I came to read your Mag and spotted some heading, which may have been here a while but I hadn't noticed them before.<br /><br />You have told a very sad story beautifully. Hey I hope you get an e-mail notification of this message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-52102102147281123102011-07-15T20:30:52.626-07:002011-07-15T20:30:52.626-07:00Roxana~ Your comment means so much to me. Certainl...Roxana~ Your comment means so much to me. Certainly you said thank you with a beautiful sentence that contains this stunning phrase:<br />. . . <em>somehow rendered 'fictional' by the introspective ways of memory</em> <br />I will not forget those words.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-80396956268512460802011-07-15T07:32:35.937-07:002011-07-15T07:32:35.937-07:00i came here to this old post, and i am overwhelmed...i came here to this old post, and i am overwhelmed with... can i say beauty? there is a strange beauty in this, not only in the writing, but also the gentle and melancholy yet accepting look back, at another self of our self, which now still lives inside our present soul and mind, yet is already different, and somehow rendered 'fictional' by the introspective ways of memory... so much here to identify with... i don't know how to say thank you ---Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-34997188427478798542010-01-24T00:50:37.452-08:002010-01-24T00:50:37.452-08:00Ben- Well, here you are at another one of my older...Ben- Well, here you are at another one of my older posts! Thank you! This one is a favorite of mine and I'm glad your comment is now a part of what made it meaningful.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-81938539137654312932010-01-23T15:46:01.847-08:002010-01-23T15:46:01.847-08:00I didn't know that about your story. That mus...I didn't know that about your story. That must have been really tough. I'm sorry you had to go through all that.Benhttp://planb-publishing.com/AuthorsBlog/category/romantic-thoughtsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-27981591478957740782009-06-11T15:17:08.566-07:002009-06-11T15:17:08.566-07:00@koe whitton-williams- After receiving your commen...@koe whitton-williams- After receiving your comment I read through the post and all the other comments again. You're right that it worked as art because there is so much heart shared here. Thank you for you thoughts that add to the entirety in a meaningful way.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-33165364704077300292009-06-11T14:37:10.575-07:002009-06-11T14:37:10.575-07:00Lydia - this posting and all of the comments are, ...Lydia - this posting and all of the comments are, taken together, a work of art. So touching. I'm sorry you had to live it in order to tell it. It's so hard to believe. I'd never heard the peter, paul and mary song before - When I hear it again, I'll always think of what you've written here.koe whitton-williamshttp://www.thehalflifeoflinoleum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-62048323311376021132009-06-05T16:12:54.090-07:002009-06-05T16:12:54.090-07:00Just left you a comment with link regarding Hug......Just left you a comment with link regarding Hug...lotsa fun!<br />These similarities are quite special indeed. :)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-52433123026659312802009-06-05T15:55:21.522-07:002009-06-05T15:55:21.522-07:00You and I have so much in common! I was married yo...You and I have so much in common! I was married young - right out of high school (Hug '71 BTW), saved one bottle of champagne, which we drank on the night of our divorce five years later. Tears. <br /><br />Who knew you could get married at the Fleischman Planetarium??Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-5718956875814730492009-06-04T13:53:33.492-07:002009-06-04T13:53:33.492-07:00@Jennifer- Thanks so much for the comments. It'...@Jennifer- Thanks so much for the comments. It's interesting how many of us here have empathy for one another in this regard.<br />Lisa at Lisa's Spot (in my blogroll) has the saddest post today. Her husband just walked out on her...When rotten things like that happen to such lovely people I get all riled up.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-27827064832142787242009-06-04T06:45:23.054-07:002009-06-04T06:45:23.054-07:00Wow. What a beautifully written post (and what a f...Wow. What a beautifully written post (and what a fantastic sounding wedding -- even with the emotional underpinnings of doubt). "Tumultuous sexual frenzy and intellectual archery" works for a little while, anyway, and can masquerade as the real thing for a while.<br /><br />You really tried, too, which is more than I can say about my first marriage, where I had a lot of doubt going in and ended it without much angst 2 1/2 years later. Well, ok, there was a lot of angst, but I think it was more about my emotional stability than about trying to make the relationship work.jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07959874504681715396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-63439978550170571332009-06-02T22:24:13.583-07:002009-06-02T22:24:13.583-07:00@Melinda- If I made you cry and come to a determin...@Melinda- If I made you cry and come to a determination to do something special for your hubby today then my job with this post is completed!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-15088151721092817572009-06-02T11:31:13.614-07:002009-06-02T11:31:13.614-07:00Lydia,
This post just blew me away! And you made ...Lydia,<br /><br />This post just blew me away! And you made me cry (I am such a sentimental fool).<br /><br />It was beautiful, loving, and so sad (even tragic) at the same time. It makes me realize how important it is to feed and nurture our relationships--they don't remain strong on their own. <br /><br />I think I will do something special for my beloved husband today . . . <br /><br />MelindaMelindahttp://blog.melindaville.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-33469517025023952282009-06-02T01:08:30.917-07:002009-06-02T01:08:30.917-07:00@earth to holly- Thanks for looking at this post. ...@earth to holly- Thanks for looking at this post. I'm so happy to learn that you are taking your life in your own time!<br /><br />@Pixies- Your comments were fun to read and an honor to receive. Great observation at the end...thanks for that too.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-42955056047674474222009-06-01T07:27:44.490-07:002009-06-01T07:27:44.490-07:00Totally
absolutely
wonderfully
brilliantly writ...Totally<br /><br />absolutely<br /><br />wonderfully<br /><br />brilliantly written. so personal and touching. Thank you so much for sharing this xxx<br /><br />The thing is - whatever you gained from this experience has helped you to build the love that lasted - whether you knew it or not at the timeDon't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-1153495620399168542009-06-01T05:50:22.055-07:002009-06-01T05:50:22.055-07:00Hi Lydia,
What a beautiful recounting of such a b...Hi Lydia,<br /><br />What a beautiful recounting of such a bittersweet time for you. And the video and your story all came together so nicely. I can identify with your feelings of "should've known better" but unlike you, don't have the guts to go there...yet.earthtohollyhttp://earthtoholly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-29891897546003398342009-06-01T01:15:58.885-07:002009-06-01T01:15:58.885-07:00@the watercats- I'm glad you like the story and I ...@the watercats- I'm glad you like the story and I truly appreciate your comments. :)<br /><br />@Erin- I agree, it's a great one that deserves to be dusted off...<br /><br />@Citizen of Earth- Again, my friend, you have left a gift in comments. Don't know how you this, but it is unique, wonderful, and appreciated.<br /><br />@robin- Just think how different your life at 24 is from mine at 24. Let's see: Sober and on your way to a prestigious art school for advanced studies in one of the countries great cities...<EM>or</EM> Functioning alcoholic, selling insurance to assist a guy through law school only to learn afterward that he thinks we should move to Texas, a place you know in your heart is not the place for you.....YOU WIN!!!<br /><br />@Hattie- Thanks. It really is a glimpse back to the styles, music, tone of the time. <br /><br />@Indigo- You are right: the beauty did lay in the hope that it would work out. There are times in life when you have to just go for it, and I think that any marriage at any age has in its periphery certain risk involved, but more so for the young ones. <br />I also think that planetariums are a great place for weddings. I did send an email to the current Fleischmann Planetarium director with the link here. Who know, maybe it'll happen again. :)<br /><br />@Friko- We were "full of hope and youth and good intentions," weren't we? Thanks for putting it that way and thanks for being here.<br /><br />@Roxanne- My bluntness used to get me into trouble in my youth. At least I've learned to corral it into an honesty that good people like you understand and appreciate. :)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-85309965882854563812009-05-31T20:05:35.730-07:002009-05-31T20:05:35.730-07:00Lydia, I'm always so amazed at how you delve into ...Lydia, I'm always so amazed at how you delve into life's most sensitive moments with such bravery and fearfulness ... and the lessons you share are a reminder of why it's good to do that. Thanks for sharing with us.Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370629307564806889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-89154145510030204202009-05-31T14:14:59.406-07:002009-05-31T14:14:59.406-07:00You are brave and wise and very sweet.
You painted...You are brave and wise and very sweet.<br />You painted a bittersweet picture of a time when so many of us were full of hope and youth and good intentions. Alas, I didn't work for me either.<br />Like you, I found I knew better the second time around.<br /><br />Thanks you for a lovely post.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-83181319456299337212009-05-31T13:47:16.727-07:002009-05-31T13:47:16.727-07:00I read the eloquence in your words, emotions broug...I read the eloquence in your words, emotions brought into play so early in your life. Loving someone so much you want it to be true...finding the difficulty in admitting it wasn't to be. The knowing - yet hoping you could carry it off anyway. The beauty lay in the hope...<br /><br />The video brought it all home...<br /><br />I loved the idea of the planetorium for the wedding. It's too bad they won't do them anymore.<br />(Hugs)IndigoSage Ravenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143502548162174269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-50015671767061328752009-05-31T11:37:47.851-07:002009-05-31T11:37:47.851-07:00Very interesting video, which captures the mood of...Very interesting video, which captures the mood of the times perfectly.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-82915625755743027692009-05-31T11:11:11.163-07:002009-05-31T11:11:11.163-07:00oh Lydia...
I will be stewing over this post for ...oh Lydia...<br /><br />I will be stewing over this post for the rest of the day... you at 24 - I am 24 right now - again you amaze me with your wisdom and grace. it's so perfect, beneath the artificial yet breathtaking skies of a planetarium, hopeful and too perfect.<br /><br /><3 happy non-wedding anniversary, friend.robin ann mcintoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044109073424903154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-89804028209126657142009-05-31T10:18:42.150-07:002009-05-31T10:18:42.150-07:00Beautiful
Loving
Sad
Life
Living
Lessons
Learning...Beautiful<br />Loving<br />Sad<br /><br />Life<br />Living<br />Lessons<br />Learning<br />Loving <br />Losing...<br /><br />Down and out<br />Up and coming<br /><br />A journey both <br />Strange<br />Confusing<br />Difficult<br /><br />Necessary, perhaps<br />To get you to a better place<br />Make you who you are today<br /><br />This piece strikes close to home<br />But I will not here<br />Unloose the ocean<br />That is the sorrow of my first marriage<br />Lest I drown in it<br /><br />Another time perhaps<br /><br />Yet I appreciate your strength & courage<br />To take the time to remember and to write about it<br /><br />Life it seems<br />Is filled with departures<br />And separations<br /><br />A difficult lesson<br />Learning to let go<br />This I know<br /><br />This I knnow...Citizen of Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725229459557808120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-59721669015311436402009-05-31T09:46:07.737-07:002009-05-31T09:46:07.737-07:00Lydia, I love Minstrel of the Dawn! I haven't hea...Lydia, I love Minstrel of the Dawn! I haven't heard that one in quite a while.Erin Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428693832930474044noreply@blogger.com