tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post4131182724659289838..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: Writers' Colony37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-60267248551767417622017-04-19T01:10:34.227-04:002017-04-19T01:10:34.227-04:00Thank you for this! I'm about to spend a few ...Thank you for this! I'm about to spend a few weeks at Yaddo, where luckily my family will be able to visit me. I would *LOVE* to read a novel about a homeless mother and child and a young young hustler – I'm sorry your past editor was so dismissive of it and I hope you consider resurrecting it.Kala Piersonhttp://kalapierson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-9909709967062244832011-08-03T12:06:53.160-04:002011-08-03T12:06:53.160-04:00Maggie May, writing is such an individual process,...Maggie May, writing is such an individual process, whatever way works for you is the right way, because your writing is just extraordinary.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-57717581918359437372011-07-02T14:37:28.434-04:002011-07-02T14:37:28.434-04:00Angella i'm so glad you had this. I am a stran...Angella i'm so glad you had this. I am a strange kind in that the thought of being surrounded by nothing but other writers makes me shudder. I have never wanted to do any writer's groups, retreats, etc. I am a bit of a hermit with my writing process, although obviously not with my actual writing.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-9158920005389738622011-06-17T08:36:38.972-04:002011-06-17T08:36:38.972-04:00ellen, i love love love hearing about your process...ellen, i love love love hearing about your process, and i love more than anything that you're loving it.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-34930353315828998652011-06-14T14:00:04.578-04:002011-06-14T14:00:04.578-04:00I am not nearly a good enough writer to explain ho...I am not nearly a good enough writer to explain how much this post affected me. I've been thinking about it since you posted it over a week ago, and I still don't really know what to say.<br /><br />I've begun working on my second novel, and knowing I have you as my cheerleader makes more of a difference than you'll ever know.<br /><br />Thank you for everything.~ellen~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00315658592077559215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-22262639599106162442011-06-13T09:20:05.828-04:002011-06-13T09:20:05.828-04:00Debra, you are rght, dear soul. I am a mother firs...Debra, you are rght, dear soul. I am a mother first, but very close after that I am a writer, in the sense that I need to write to make sense of things, of my life. there is something so healing to a psyche battered by the demands of the everyday to be around people who have the same introspective rhythms, who see your core self and understand. I feel that from you. I always have. Love to you.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-31598437905902962822011-06-13T09:19:44.984-04:002011-06-13T09:19:44.984-04:00Kathleen, blissful dreaming indeed! Nice to see yo...Kathleen, blissful dreaming indeed! Nice to see you. I'm headed over to your neighborhood now to catch up with your beautiful family, and your lovely art. Hugs.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-19681553786149358402011-06-11T23:00:24.801-04:002011-06-11T23:00:24.801-04:00Oh dear one, if only we could combine all of our &...Oh dear one, if only we could combine all of our "lives" into one. I went on a writing retreat the year before my beloved brother died, twice. It was the first time that I had ever left my family and it was both scary and exciting. The first time, I took a class with a NY Times Notable writer who has several books out and I fell in love. Back in love with the writing, in love with this beautiful place in Mexico, and in love with the author who taught the class. I felt renewed and encouraged and supported and was almost ready to sit down to begin writing my book. It was not long after that that my brother passed and life took on a very different meaning for me, for us. It was no longer time to branch out, but a time to furl back into my husband and our children. I still correspond with my writer friend and I know that someday, she will play an integral part in my writing life, if and when...<br /><br />Your recounting of your incredible experience connected my soul with yours on yet another level. You are a writer. It has been evident to me from the very start, and yet, you are more of a mother, which is what connected me to you in the first place.<br /><br />When you come to California, we will walk on the beach and talk about our babies. If I come to New York before that, you will get to choose.<br /><br />So much love, dear heart. So much love...Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05328458241519464529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-42132563619392660552011-06-10T21:35:47.221-04:002011-06-10T21:35:47.221-04:00Heaven. Absolute heaven. So very glad you had th...Heaven. Absolute heaven. So very glad you had the experience and brought it back to share with us. I am going to take these memories to bed with me. Blissful dreaming. Thank you!Kathleen Botsfordhttp://kathleenbotsford.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-45441297874046958762011-06-08T08:39:48.557-04:002011-06-08T08:39:48.557-04:00Mark, sometimes with blogging, you even find famil...Mark, sometimes with blogging, you even find family! Love to you, dear brother.<br /><br />koshercritter, you're so right. this hectic new york raise-em-right life is definitely a challenging head space. always nice to see you here.<br /><br />Gary, i know you're famous, so that's not quite nobody. :) my heart beats faster just remembering being there. whoever made that possible, i whisper thanks all the time.<br /><br />Beth, it was my dream too. I still seems unbelievable that I lived it for a brief moment. Some of the artists stayed months, even a full year! Welcome. I think this is the first time you've commented here. I hope you visit again often. <br /><br />Rachel, you are such a bright light, so gracefully scaffolded by kindness. i love coming to your corner of these internets. i love reading you. i love knowing you.<br /><br />Marylinn, it is such a simple idea, to bear witness, and yet the result on the other is so profound. thank you, dear one.<br /><br />Susan, yes!!! I felt the same way about the place! perhaps you and I should one day start an artists' colony of our own. That is another fantasy I have, quiet as it's kept. <br /><br />Dierdre, is it my imagination or do you seem a couple of degrees freer and more exuberant when you write under anonymous? Or maybe it's Paris. I love it, and you.<br /><br />deb, I am speechless when I read it back, too. It is one of those perfect memories in a life. Thank you for feeling it. So much love.<br /><br />Elizabeth, I don't know what's going on with blogger as I've left comments that didn't go through, too. But this one of yours came through, and I'm glad. As for being envious, can one be envious of oneself? I wish I could go to that place at will, but my life is simply not set up that way. Nothing to do but embrace what is. My "what is" is also pretty damn awesome. I try to remember that. I love you, dear woman.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-5756572539445682262011-06-08T03:30:57.859-04:002011-06-08T03:30:57.859-04:00I know I left a comment here yesterday, but I don&...I know I left a comment here yesterday, but I don't see it! I loved this piece, Angela -- it reflects so perfectly the beauty of blogging. I am only slightly envious :) of your experience at Yaddo -- my god, that must have been awesome!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-88956975956804936072011-06-07T15:37:32.773-04:002011-06-07T15:37:32.773-04:00I am speechless .
At all of it.
And in tears.
A...I am speechless . <br />At all of it. <br /><br />And in tears.<br />And full of hope.<br /><br />you so rock , Angella. <br /><br />sighAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-12224158292871264372011-06-07T12:20:43.761-04:002011-06-07T12:20:43.761-04:00Oh thank you for this. It's perfect and tantal...Oh thank you for this. It's perfect and tantalizing, I have an urge now to read that sad hustler novel. <br />I was thinking today, how can I get teh name of those novels out of that woman - if you ever want to tell me... <br />and damn i'm back to anonymous, I don't know what's going on with blogger...<br />DeirdreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-87603577529480297772011-06-07T11:56:43.320-04:002011-06-07T11:56:43.320-04:00you were already, but now you are truly a princess...you were already, but now you are truly a princess in my mind. YADDO! you dont know the yearnings i've had to go there or macdowell, places i only know of from years of reading about the people who went. oh my...i cant imagine such splendor. for me, it's never been the love affairs or high jinx that you hear about betw the artists and writers; it's just the sheer luxury of carving out that space. oh how wonderful that you did that; that you'll always have that. if only we could all do that for ourselves...susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-11081473444130546872011-06-07T11:29:44.282-04:002011-06-07T11:29:44.282-04:00A friend, an art therapist, speaks of how essentia...A friend, an art therapist, speaks of how essential it is that we become "enlightened witnesses" for each other. It may be as simple as a nod of the head, a silent acknowledgment of the process and product of a kindred soul. We are so fortunate to have found that encouragement here in our unlikely, virtual retreat. My mind seems to wander no matter how much everyday life cries for attention.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-72913142517476271552011-06-07T10:14:15.146-04:002011-06-07T10:14:15.146-04:00This is beautiful. Thank you for reminding me how ...This is beautiful. Thank you for reminding me how connected we all are, even if we are not "connected" in the physical sense. It makes me feel as if I'm doing something right. It makes me want to keep going. <br />xoRachelVBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312736736551027564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-91111410315172903832011-06-06T22:40:01.017-04:002011-06-06T22:40:01.017-04:00My dream. Your description makes me feel it with a...My dream. Your description makes me feel it with an impossible nostalgia for something that has never been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-14951039104126979472011-06-06T20:10:58.061-04:002011-06-06T20:10:58.061-04:00I feel the same way about myself, like I am famous...I feel the same way about myself, like I am famous only nobody knows it - or rather the people that matter know it and that is enough for me. <br /><br />I love your description of the creative company of writers. Life is certainly about the day to day trappings but when we can step away from all of that and let our imaginations and minds wander off a bit the heart beats a little faster and we live a little longer.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715784900659276067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-75206330712599302522011-06-06T16:08:12.389-04:002011-06-06T16:08:12.389-04:00This place looks amazing….truly magical. I find th...This place looks amazing….truly magical. I find that there is much to be said about being in the right "head space" to write and environment along with mood has much to do with that. <br /><br />Funny, mommy and I were mentioning you last week and your book came up! I must read it now :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-77184717114541351292011-06-06T10:41:37.241-04:002011-06-06T10:41:37.241-04:00Yes, I can tell you are a writer. It's all ma...Yes, I can tell you are a writer. It's all making sense now. And you're right, blogging is like being with supportive friends. It's nice.<br />Your Friend, m.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049586061176648341noreply@blogger.com