tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post722904978995200406..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: In the pause37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-90569188578737941922018-08-15T10:29:05.528-04:002018-08-15T10:29:05.528-04:00I remember reading about your husband's ordeal...I remember reading about your husband's ordeal last summer and how worried I was for the whole family. Such a time that was. I'm so glad now that a whole year has passed and things are going well. <br /><br />It is unbelievable that the subject of your book lives in fear for her life. How is it that we have come to this? It is heartbreaking. You will do her story justice, my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-78037269082606214062018-08-14T21:37:16.828-04:002018-08-14T21:37:16.828-04:00I remember clearly when you wrote about open heart...I remember clearly when you wrote about open heart surgery and how terrible it was. It was just terrifying. I am so happy for you both that the true cause was discovered and fixed. Who knew a problem with a heart valve would manifest as back spasms? Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-17906205135561269802018-08-14T19:42:37.625-04:002018-08-14T19:42:37.625-04:00It's been a year indeed. I can't imagine ...It's been a year indeed. I can't imagine living as your social rights activist lives, with death threats. I am thankful though that there are people who are that strong. <br /><br />The summer has been hot for the most part. It's seems to have flown by somehow. The garden is getting ready for fall now, the trees are just starting to turn color and a few leaves have fallen already. The annuals are leggy and looking worn out. The big guy are going to the mountains next week for a few days which will be nice.<br /><br />My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-21622440221137039492018-08-14T17:41:32.529-04:002018-08-14T17:41:32.529-04:00Thanks for the beautiful thoughts on mid summer or...Thanks for the beautiful thoughts on mid summer or end of summer as it seems for those of us thinking about getting back to school in the next couple of weeks. I have complained way to much this summer about the heat and humidity. When the ice storms come I will wish for it. I just returned from central park with my granddaughter. Even though we were soaked to the bone because we were caught in the downpour somehow I didn't even mind the packed train ride home because being wet felt good - but a clean shower at home was even better. claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912499044834182007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-13606503644366028282018-08-14T17:36:58.212-04:002018-08-14T17:36:58.212-04:00I'm confident you will do her story justice. I...I'm confident you will do her story justice. It pains me so that there is so much toxic hate and that your client's fear is real. That makes the words even more important. I'm so glad your husband is better. Reading of the love here helps me realize the world isn't all awful.<br />Xoxo<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-19003106048085599122018-08-14T16:55:24.074-04:002018-08-14T16:55:24.074-04:00Carry on, you are doing good and important work. I...Carry on, you are doing good and important work. I fear for the author! Love and wishes for hearty health for you and your beloveds! Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-64047769654414615502018-08-14T16:09:30.100-04:002018-08-14T16:09:30.100-04:00Reading this and remembering your posts from last ...Reading this and remembering your posts from last summer makes me catch my breath. How fragile life is and how much of our wellbeing depends on the right people at the right moment.<br /><br />My summer so far has been wonderful and awful in equal measure, happiness always trying to outsmart the downsides. My family's closeness is what sustains me. I managed two days back at work after four weeks ill at home and suddenly, the world is bright(er).Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-67885248332042852742018-08-14T16:05:10.317-04:002018-08-14T16:05:10.317-04:00Has it really been a year? How does time go so fas...Has it really been a year? How does time go so fast? I am so grateful he is still here, loving you, loving your children and all of you loving him. <br /><br />I am really excited to read your newest book! I will be sending you that package soon. Our mail system is notoriously slow. <br /><br />The quote at the beginning of this post is beautiful. I read it earlier and have been thinking about it all day. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-88869014430789940052018-08-14T15:26:30.111-04:002018-08-14T15:26:30.111-04:00There are so many tricks the human body has up its...There are so many tricks the human body has up its proverbial sleeve which we never see coming which can send us off. I am SO glad that it is this year, a year later, and not last when everything looked so dire. But I am mostly glad that between the science and art of medicine and the powerful love of your family, your man is back, hale and hearty. <br />May the subject of this book not be taken out. May you help her get the words out that need to be said. <br />What a strange and frightening world we live in. I guess all we can do is keep on doing whatever we can to shine light into the darkest corners. And to witness. And that is exactly what you're doing. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-39719435946347382042018-08-14T14:44:24.668-04:002018-08-14T14:44:24.668-04:00It is such a relief, isn't it, to be able to l...It is such a relief, isn't it, to be able to look back and give thanks that "now" is good. I'm glad it worked out okay.<br /><br />I love the quote about the first week of August, especially the comparison to being at the top of the Ferris wheel. It expresses just how I feel when the calendar turns to this month. A bit melancholy, too, to be truthful, because as much as I mind the heat and humidity of July, August is the beginning of summer being over. The sunlight changes, the sound of the wind in the trees changes, the smells in the air change, too.<br /><br />Sending you supportive wishes as you work on this book. How sad and terrifying to live with death threats only because she is doing good things for the world. I hope for her safety. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-31571417043641156062018-08-14T13:14:00.552-04:002018-08-14T13:14:00.552-04:00I can't fathom thinking my work will get me &#...I can't fathom thinking my work will get me 'taken out.' That alone makes me cry. Blessings on your friend/heroine and good juju on you as you tell her story.<br />As for osteomyelitis....it's evil!! My hubby's left thumb kept getting infected. He was a painter all his life (not the artistic kind; the kind that paints buildings, houses, bridges, and water towers), and the recurrent infection made it impossible to wor sometimes. He went through several antibiotics and three surgeries, each time cutting a little slice of his thhumb off. The fourth surgery was amputation at the first knuckle. I can't imagine having this horrible infection in your spine!!!! Catrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408495829569772826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-1721342244373112712018-08-14T13:06:37.424-04:002018-08-14T13:06:37.424-04:00The love that you and your husband share moves me ...The love that you and your husband share moves me deeply. Thank you for making the vast past, present, and future that we call August so real and immediate with your writing today. Your photograph evokes hope in me.<br /><br />For most of this summer I have been grateful that our sky has been clear and that I have had a growing sense of beloved community. My sense of beloved community has been expanding in the context of good times as well as difficult times. Although the region of the world where I live with millions of other people has been filled with smoke much of this summer, the air in the corner of that region where I live has only grown unhealthy in the past few days as a result of smoke drifting south from out-of-control fires in British Columbia. As I wrote that, I realized that smoke doesn't recognize arbitrary national borders. The smoke goes where it will. Right now there is a community of those who are breathing unhealthy air and looking at a red sun. No one here can completely avoid this experience.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to the end of the 2018 fire season on the West Coast. I'm looking forward to the season of rainy days and rainy nights. I'm looking forward to seeing Orion rising and crossing the eastern sky in the coming months on the occasions when there is no heavy cloud cover. I'm looking forward to my 69th birthday in October and, further on, turning 70 in 2019.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-65001872303724688652018-08-14T12:05:12.508-04:002018-08-14T12:05:12.508-04:00What a scary time that was...Blessings on you both...What a scary time that was...Blessings on you both. Your family is such a beautiful light on this planet. <br />Our summer so far has been far too busy for my liking. I'm hoping for a "slower" fall. XXOOplantingalongtheverge.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899341805908954700noreply@blogger.com