tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post7456280011880607415..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Summer Morningmaterfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-74817528068829796752012-07-21T15:32:18.221-07:002012-07-21T15:32:18.221-07:00This must sound very enviable from your perspectiv...This must sound very enviable from your perspective, as you embark on such a huge move, with so little free time in an entire summer -- when I think of your schedule over the past few months, I'm exhausted! Take care on your big adventure. . .materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-32159652217093861532012-07-20T16:14:18.151-07:002012-07-20T16:14:18.151-07:00Sipping tea, reading a book, and admiring all that...Sipping tea, reading a book, and admiring all that nature has to offer sounds like such a beautiful way to spend an early morning when sleep can no longer be found. You live in such an enchanting place.Raquelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138113830990586689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-72542902693743727042012-07-20T06:56:31.183-07:002012-07-20T06:56:31.183-07:00I hope you manage some "you time" in St ...I hope you manage some "you time" in St Ives --- perhaps you'll get out with your camera again and share the results with us. I really want to get there some day. Meanwhile, I have a jungle to hack through as well . . . in time for the wedding next month!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-90572936069872403342012-07-20T06:54:46.282-07:002012-07-20T06:54:46.282-07:00It's quite a few years since I read it. My fav...It's quite a few years since I read it. My favourite Mistry is still perhaps his short story cycle, Tales from Firozsha Baag, although I also really like Such a Long Journey.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-29077263739607923722012-07-20T06:53:13.560-07:002012-07-20T06:53:13.560-07:00Elle, I'm so moved that you would take the tim...Elle, I'm so moved that you would take the time to share this wonderful poem (which I've passed along as my #todayspoem on Twitter). I must be doing something right if I'm gathering such thoughtful readers. Thank you!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-16685034139463382542012-07-20T06:51:34.942-07:002012-07-20T06:51:34.942-07:00It's a pretty strong message, isn't it!?It's a pretty strong message, isn't it!?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-84763915801865524132012-07-20T06:51:13.999-07:002012-07-20T06:51:13.999-07:00Thanks, Terri -- glad you enjoyed the photos.Thanks, Terri -- glad you enjoyed the photos.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-85453491961195972362012-07-20T06:01:12.907-07:002012-07-20T06:01:12.907-07:00So I was supposed to go up town for some ‘me’ time...So I was supposed to go up town for some ‘me’ time and then having just logged off received a phone call demanding I press print on behalf of Emin, and still I think yes, I can do this and then I got a bunch of effing flowers. Pink one! Ugh, so instead of a solo meander I have just read your older posts and I do empathise with waking up early, I tend to when I have a lot whirling around my head, which was pretty much daily the last two weeks. I also find that sleeping without blinds can impact on a lie in. However now all the immediate stress has all but dissipated I have slept a lot better.<br />How you ever drag yourself away from that view I will never know, it kept on raining since I commented last so the first week of this holiday will be spent as Dora the Explorer as I hack through the jungle to reclaim my garden. <br />I am now very much looking forward to my main holiday in St Ives, but I have decided to keep blogging despite the paucity of readers as It is always nice to look back.indigo16https://www.blogger.com/profile/16982477144454205765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15345574522400553002012-07-20T05:39:22.760-07:002012-07-20T05:39:22.760-07:00That sounds like an ideal morning: book at beach. ...That sounds like an ideal morning: book at beach. Am rereading Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance at the moment. Have you ever?Miss Cavendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461488799928956875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-89065939381294364432012-07-19T22:49:24.477-07:002012-07-19T22:49:24.477-07:00Your Gertrude Stein quote brings to mind Tess Gall...Your Gertrude Stein quote brings to mind Tess Gallagher's "Refusing Silence":<br /><br />Heartbeat trembling<br />your kingdom<br />of leaves<br />near the ceremony of water. I never<br />insisted on you. I admit<br />I delayed. I was the Empress<br />of Delay. But it can't be <br />put off now. On the sacred branch<br />of my only voice--I insist.<br />Insist for us all,<br />which is the job<br />of the voice, and especially<br />of the poet. Else<br />what am I for, what use<br />am I if I don't <br />insist?<br />There are messages to send.<br />Gatherings and songs.<br />Because we need<br />to insist. Else what are we <br />for? What use<br />are we?<br /><br />Have been soaking in your posts for some time with great appreciation. This at the end of the day, with the blue heron just now leaving--<br /><br />Thanks for your generous sharing--ElleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-23931032814333312342012-07-19T21:35:42.999-07:002012-07-19T21:35:42.999-07:00The teeter-tottering installation at the shore is ...The teeter-tottering installation at the shore is surely a message - one I'm sure you picked up and stored for future, less inspiring mornings.<br />I love that quote!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-49069109472147360882012-07-19T21:06:51.225-07:002012-07-19T21:06:51.225-07:00I for one am glad that you stepped away from the c...I for one am glad that you stepped away from the computer to capture the teeter totter and then returned to share the photos and the lovely description of the tea pot just before it screams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-25574101989894079232012-07-19T19:29:58.139-07:002012-07-19T19:29:58.139-07:00Nicely put, Susan. They are rather witty, aren'...Nicely put, Susan. They are rather witty, aren't they?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-5857188310678577452012-07-19T19:29:35.599-07:002012-07-19T19:29:35.599-07:00Oh, you'll have to check it out in November. ....Oh, you'll have to check it out in November. . . or February. Not so vacation-y. But right now, oh yes! And it delivers me wise metaphors. Crazy, eh?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-8198113027593911202012-07-19T19:28:55.748-07:002012-07-19T19:28:55.748-07:00I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. A diff...I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. A difficult time to find pleasure in the world, but it's so necessary that I'm glad to see your appreciative and attentive observations. May they bring you solace.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-71700317054524883672012-07-19T19:27:48.325-07:002012-07-19T19:27:48.325-07:00You're welcome! And thanks for commenting.You're welcome! And thanks for commenting.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-22471025186024204252012-07-19T19:27:32.878-07:002012-07-19T19:27:32.878-07:00It was such an affirmation, seeing that log balanc...It was such an affirmation, seeing that log balancing there, a message from the Natural World!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-79537460108706651342012-07-19T17:09:21.973-07:002012-07-19T17:09:21.973-07:00I love it that your tides have a sense of humor!I love it that your tides have a sense of humor!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711792521348799922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-41055552945987903442012-07-19T15:29:15.423-07:002012-07-19T15:29:15.423-07:00Truly, it's like you're on vacation every ...Truly, it's like you're on vacation every day of the year at that house! And I LOVE the teeter totter thing in the ocean. Very metaphoric, IMO.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-35191396116263129162012-07-19T14:52:33.525-07:002012-07-19T14:52:33.525-07:00If I wake around 3 or 4, I can usually get back to...If I wake around 3 or 4, I can usually get back to sleep eventually, but this morning 4:15 stretched stubbornly 'til 5:15, and I gave up . . . I have no little one at home, though, and classes are out now, so I have the option of an afternoon nap -- s'pose you don't get that luxury, or if you do, you don't often splurge it on sleep. . .materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-89980417211502474432012-07-19T14:50:49.309-07:002012-07-19T14:50:49.309-07:00Wedding excitement -- no wonder you're waking ...Wedding excitement -- no wonder you're waking early! We have that ahead of us, at the end of the summer, so I look forward to hearing more about your experience. I hope you find time to savour the joys, despite the craziness. . .materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-42028821583398246312012-07-19T14:48:47.794-07:002012-07-19T14:48:47.794-07:00I'll nod your way, tomorrow morning. . . we...I'll nod your way, tomorrow morning. . . we'll enjoy our matutitinal solitude togethermaterfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-36662200144645007402012-07-19T14:39:09.898-07:002012-07-19T14:39:09.898-07:00"Summer mornings are limited"...I suppos..."Summer mornings are limited"...I suppose one could interpret that literally, that in this year, this summer, there will only be so many such mornings but in pensive mood, I enjoy such precious gifts as your beach-scape with an eye to the overall arc of life. A friend, like me also just entering her fifth decade, with 3 young children age 6, 4, and 2, is dying. Perhaps a few weeks left. It reminds me anew that very scrap of beauty available to us on any given day is such an inestimable privilege, to be noted and appreciated. I potter around my garden at dawn taking focussed pleasure in low-key, diurnal beauty such as a poppy petal softly dropping, light dancing through feathery grasses, a restorative, rustling stillness before the world at large crashes awake. It is deeply wise to never become complacent or unseeing of the loveliness all around us, wherever we find ourselves.<br />HesterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-37561150734725160942012-07-19T10:52:32.079-07:002012-07-19T10:52:32.079-07:00What a lovely way to start the day. Thanks for sh...What a lovely way to start the day. Thanks for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-7435077296497620682012-07-19T09:19:18.677-07:002012-07-19T09:19:18.677-07:00I woke early to a kitten jumping on my bed very ne...I woke early to a kitten jumping on my bed very near to my face.<br />I love the image of the log on the rock <br />'very balanced" like your comments...<br />such a peaceful part of the world you live in makes me want to live on the ocean.hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.com