tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189321271545893193.post2936220554097937021..comments2023-06-30T16:07:17.325+01:00Comments on What now?: Seeing things in a new lightJ-in-Waleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02390582364341730481noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189321271545893193.post-85259827212444607212010-03-22T22:41:46.435+00:002010-03-22T22:41:46.435+00:00@WnS: I love little twinkly lights, but you will n...@WnS: I love little twinkly lights, but you will not be surprised to learn that R didn't! I am pretty sure they would cause him to don his head torch again!<br /><br />@WitM: Yes, a little vent every now and again is very therapeutic. And I love the idea of the knitted snowdrops - what a lovely project to keep you going until the days get longer (or have the clocks already changed in the US?)<br /><br />@Anonymous: Thank you so much for your lovely comment. It really means a lot to me. <br />I have thought a lot about how difficult it must be to find oneself alone suddenly for reasons other than bereavement. I have had so much support from people and have often wondered whether it would have been equally forthcoming if R and I had separated. Probably not. In fact I am pretty sure it wouldn't.<br /><br />@Supa: Hey, have you been looking inside my house? Or at least at my lightbulb shelf!<br />Yard sales aren't so popular here. We do have car boot sales, but I would rather pull out my own fingernails than go to one. I do have a very entrepreneurial niece - perhaps I could agree some sort of commission arrangement with her!J-in-Waleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390582364341730481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189321271545893193.post-17060996304668593962010-03-22T15:15:41.033+00:002010-03-22T15:15:41.033+00:00hahahahahaa I can picture all the lightbulbs and o...hahahahahaa I can picture all the lightbulbs and one fixture of each type and all mixed up... it's a game that could go on forever.<br /><br />Is there such a thing as a yard sale out there in the countryside?<br /><br />Hugs!<br /><br />SupaSupa Dupa Freshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659738264922395349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189321271545893193.post-34499648235664458712010-03-20T19:04:14.345+00:002010-03-20T19:04:14.345+00:00I have so enjoyed your writing and have often want...I have so enjoyed your writing and have often wanted to Comment...about the aloneness, about your honest sharing, about the depths of your love for R. But today you hit on the reason I have not written...I am not a widow but divorced; I envy your relationship and wonder what it would be like to experience such a connection. <br /><br />Thank you for acknowledging the similarities...at least in terms of aloneness and frustration with maintenance! And for illustrating how it is possible to have a happy, successful, long term partnership. <br /><br />I am often buoyed by your efforts to keep up your home and property, to work when it's hard, to take pleasure in little things, and most recently to share your visits to places I'd love to visit too.<br /><br />Please be encouraged that your writing has touched someone in the U.S. Pacific Northwest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189321271545893193.post-42263189225298088542010-03-11T16:27:48.497+00:002010-03-11T16:27:48.497+00:00I get so darn frustrated and irritated at those wh...I get so darn frustrated and irritated at those who tell me to stop complaining, be grateful, all that bunk. There are times that just require crying or cursing, complaining or saying thanks. I'm not allowed to complain because of the poor people in Africa? Please!<br /><br />You told me about moderation and balance in all things. So we complain a little, get it off our chests and feel better. The next day it is not such a big deal. As long as I'm not complaining 24/7 I should be able to have a few moments when I can vent. <br /><br />And, I got a knitting pattern book at the library with one for snowdrops and that will be one of my spring projects - to whip up a bunch to put out in a little vase!Widow in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189321271545893193.post-13459978247126837742010-03-10T18:45:30.227+00:002010-03-10T18:45:30.227+00:00it's not the big things that get to us; someti...it's not the big things that get to us; sometimes it's accumulation of all the little things that chip away. aggravating, annoying, perplexing. <br /><br />i love your mismatched assortment of bulbs and R's obsession. it's so unique. my Dragon had to get used to twinkle lights. i keep strings of them and wind them around driftwood, the headboard to the bed, around doorways, or around where the ceiling meets the walls. he grew to love it. now when i need lighting so soften my angst, i reach down and plug them in.<br /><br />it is your blog. you complain about anything you want. we are always here with you through thick and thin, or light and dark as it were.abandonedsoulshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020499806998154330noreply@blogger.com