tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post1660569312903327722..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The news of poetry--Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2235353187725210342012-02-19T17:47:43.112-05:002012-02-19T17:47:43.112-05:00Ah, well, that is nice. An "extra," thou...Ah, well, that is nice. An "extra," though not required.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-67001085520135417562012-02-19T14:10:31.812-05:002012-02-19T14:10:31.812-05:00bbeiYes, you're right. I didn't show it to...bbeiYes, you're right. I didn't show it to him until this past year, actually. He expressed an interest in knowing what I was doing, so I showed him.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-37037648130999792052012-02-19T12:31:10.584-05:002012-02-19T12:31:10.584-05:00And it does not matter, really, what he does or do...And it does not matter, really, what he does or does not think of it. Children need a mother, not a writer!marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-12995130211435092522012-02-19T08:42:42.254-05:002012-02-19T08:42:42.254-05:00You're quite right. Jeremy does glance at my w...You're quite right. Jeremy does glance at my writing occasionally, but I'm not sure what he makes of it.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-78913047895416447532012-02-18T20:17:20.584-05:002012-02-18T20:17:20.584-05:00Most amusing.
One of my facebook friends loves to...Most amusing.<br /><br />One of my facebook friends loves to get my goat by referring to my residence in the frozen North and how I must be a Yank by now...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-83411608724915846232012-02-18T20:06:46.838-05:002012-02-18T20:06:46.838-05:00Marly, native Oregonian and erstwhile member of th...Marly, native Oregonian and erstwhile member of the second incarnation of the James G. Blaine Society (motto: "Vague But Sinister") which supposedly strove to stem the inrush of Californians into Oregon. In practice, this usually amounted to saying something mildly disparaging about LA before enthusiastically taking your Californian friends up to see Multnomah Falls or Agate Beach.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-40558212699311550512012-02-18T18:08:26.255-05:002012-02-18T18:08:26.255-05:00p. s. to Robbi--
It was probably enlightening to ...p. s. to Robbi--<br /><br />It was probably enlightening to him. After all, this is not at all how we talk to our children! <br /><br />Just as I didn't give birth in increase my readership, he didn't arrive on the planet in order to enjoy my writing or my identity as a writer but my identity as his very own mother.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3622832901802176642012-02-18T17:55:42.281-05:002012-02-18T17:55:42.281-05:00Dale: And now it seems perfectly obvious that you...Dale: And now it seems perfectly obvious that you are an Oregonian and belong in a state with Agate Beach, so I don't know what came over me. Must be Robbi's influence.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-90654240083676082742012-02-18T17:46:30.388-05:002012-02-18T17:46:30.388-05:00Robbi,
Yes, I know Yolanda quite well and so it w...Robbi,<br /><br />Yes, I know Yolanda quite well and so it was an easy thing to organize.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26119142778197455772012-02-18T17:45:38.794-05:002012-02-18T17:45:38.794-05:00Dale,
Am I mad? Are you in Oregon now? Why have I...Dale,<br /><br />Am I mad? Are you in Oregon now? Why have I been fabulating you as a Californian?<br /><br />Shall fix!<br /><br />XDMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14034838781331548632012-02-18T17:06:27.200-05:002012-02-18T17:06:27.200-05:00Dale, I could feel you bristling from here in CA!
...Dale, I could feel you bristling from here in CA!<br />Marly, These sound like quite wonderful collaborations!Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-40353188855531470272012-02-18T12:38:10.334-05:002012-02-18T12:38:10.334-05:00Thanks for the plug, Marly! But oh dear, you must ...Thanks for the plug, Marly! But oh dear, you must never describe an Oregonian as a Californian! That's like calling a Scot an Englishman :-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com