tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post115695188436638126..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Pre-aphoristic moodMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1157026721537278752006-08-31T08:18:00.000-04:002006-08-31T08:18:00.000-04:00Aphorisms: yes, I should be racking my brain, shou...Aphorisms: yes, I should be racking my brain, shouldn't I? Eh, I'm hoping for careless, offhanded elegance.<BR/><BR/>I suppose we should just be glad that little Sara had no desire for a tiara and earrings...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1157018291303624532006-08-31T05:58:00.000-04:002006-08-31T05:58:00.000-04:00Well, I'll be. A ringworm on the wrist. They were ...Well, I'll be. A ringworm on the wrist. They were resourceful in the search for accessories back in the day, weren't they? I can't wait for your aphorisms, by the way, and I'm sorry about the despoiling of your particular part of the planet. It has, unfortunately, plenty of company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1156984854275151022006-08-30T20:40:00.000-04:002006-08-30T20:40:00.000-04:00Yes, I know it's a dratted fungus!Yes, I know it's a dratted fungus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1156968953410026362006-08-30T16:15:00.000-04:002006-08-30T16:15:00.000-04:00Halloo, Clare--I've always loved that picture, in ...Halloo, Clare--<BR/><BR/>I've always loved that picture, in great part because of the 'wristwatch.' <BR/><BR/>Ah, stomach bugs! I once was bitten on the stomach by a spider, and grew a nightmarish egg. The women in my family all have spider trouble. My daughter went to camp and came home peppered with 14 spider bites: only child in camp with a bite. My mother met a brown recluse, and the little Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1156966799208635262006-08-30T15:39:00.000-04:002006-08-30T15:39:00.000-04:00Aww. Cute kidlets. I love old family photos.But I ...Aww. Cute kidlets. I love old family photos.<BR/>But I am sad to hear of changes in your area, the very sound of "development" was surely invented in Hell.<BR/>We are chatting with officials about our bear, hoping to plead for more humane removal than they are planning (I checked the regs; what they plan is actually not in accordance with California regulations, unless this is a repeat-offender jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1156959241286921452006-08-30T13:34:00.000-04:002006-08-30T13:34:00.000-04:00I love the detail about the ringworm - amazing how...I love the detail about the ringworm - amazing how it circled the wrist - just like a bracelet. <BR/><BR/>When I was a child I remember a perfect O appearing on my stomach. It was as if someone had painted it there in quite an attractive shade of pink. In some ways it seemed a shame to paint stuff on it to make it go away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1156958620529991612006-08-30T13:23:00.000-04:002006-08-30T13:23:00.000-04:00Yes, all the special bits are being woofed up by t...Yes, all the special bits are being woofed up by the demon dawg of slathering development. <BR/><BR/>None of us will come from anywhere soon, because where we came from will be so altered. Neutered. Etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1156956614578130252006-08-30T12:50:00.000-04:002006-08-30T12:50:00.000-04:00my journal entry today was about how the bigger ci...my journal entry today was about how the bigger city of Huntsville is maybe definitely annexing our little slice of life that really is not a village or a town, just countryside. It makes me very sad.<BR/><BR/>I did keep on trudging with my paper and broke through the wall. Hope to be getting out from under it soon. I'm such a drama queen :o)<BR/><BR/>P.S. loved your quote. that really did help. Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.com