tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post291638291123327425..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The words, the world, the birthday--Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26702026835054789312011-03-18T08:57:46.348-04:002011-03-18T08:57:46.348-04:00Gigi,
The memory of your mother means a lot to me...Gigi,<br /><br />The memory of your mother means a lot to me--even though she is caught in time at a place I can't reach, I think of her often.<br /><br />Jin is so much fun! I am already having a grand time. Lauren had to stay (too much work left), but we hope she will come in a few days.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-64962808916532730722011-03-18T08:54:09.907-04:002011-03-18T08:54:09.907-04:00I was thrilled to read this post in honor of your ...I was thrilled to read this post in honor of your sweet Mother. She is so precious to me & to our family. I will always be grateful we were next door neighbors & that our Mothers were such good friends. Much love to your sweet Mother & joyous celebration! Enjoy the laughter & joy of the college age women in your home-they grow up way too fast!Giginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-31410964253531833892011-03-18T08:49:14.485-04:002011-03-18T08:49:14.485-04:00zephyr,
Oops, I missed the wafting spring zephyr!...zephyr,<br /><br />Oops, I missed the wafting spring zephyr! All efforts to bring on spring are welcomed!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-36248690156714962842011-03-18T08:47:57.087-04:002011-03-18T08:47:57.087-04:00Robbi,
I do have about 40 of them out or accepted...Robbi,<br /><br />I do have about 40 of them out or accepted... probably that was it. I've just been startled by how easily they find homes. But I have lots more not ready to go yet.<br /><br />Hello, Hannah!<br /><br />And I have just spent a riotous evening with the visitors, and then stayed up till almost three talking with my daughter... <br /><br />Elsa Louise,<br /><br />That sounds Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-58354630747592978472011-03-18T01:42:14.012-04:002011-03-18T01:42:14.012-04:00Watching the blue morpho is a study in patience, a...Watching the blue morpho is a study in patience, and it helps to be ever ready with a camera. Your comment about their wobbly nature is quite true, made manifest in their raggedy wing-tips. Their behavior is so unlike that of many other butterflies, some of which will even alight on quiet humans. Not the morpho.<br /><br />The other issue, of course, is when the morphos finally do pause, they Elsa Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399605625701167269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86803211036313555662011-03-17T22:11:33.893-04:002011-03-17T22:11:33.893-04:00i'm trying my best! Tomorrow may do it?i'm trying my best! Tomorrow may do it?zephyrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-80815821197897155232011-03-17T19:18:39.349-04:002011-03-17T19:18:39.349-04:00So thrilled to see this sweet post in honor of you...So thrilled to see this sweet post in honor of your precious Mother. I will always be grateful we were next door neighbors & that our Mothers were such good friends. Joyous celebration to your sweet Mother! Enjoy the college age women in your home- such fun & they grow up way too fast!<br />7:16 PM, March 17, 2011Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495434800665007469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47390564564673436902011-03-17T19:12:24.230-04:002011-03-17T19:12:24.230-04:00I was thrilled to read this post in honor of your ...I was thrilled to read this post in honor of your sweet Mother. She is so precious to me & to our family. I will always be grateful we were next door neighbors & that our Mothers were such good friends. Much love to your sweet Mother & joyous celebration! Enjoy the laughter & joy of the college age women in your home-they grow up way too fast!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495434800665007469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-70943115088860965012011-03-17T18:56:00.248-04:002011-03-17T18:56:00.248-04:00So much joy and celebration in your words.So much joy and celebration in your words.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3252598180810912382011-03-17T18:38:36.310-04:002011-03-17T18:38:36.310-04:00Hm. I must be delusional (what else is new?),as I ...Hm. I must be delusional (what else is new?),as I thought you said someone accepted it already for publication.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-27274546898336139052011-03-17T18:27:12.081-04:002011-03-17T18:27:12.081-04:00marja-leena,
Shall have to see what you are up to...marja-leena,<br /><br />Shall have to see what you are up to once I get through the current excitement. Our daughter just decided we should come and get her right now! Off goes my husband while I scramble around to clean.<br /><br />Robbi,<br /><br />I must be confusing at this point. I do have six books coming out, but I have not yet sent "The Book of the Red King" anywhere. He's Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-17613999009320322102011-03-17T18:24:41.041-04:002011-03-17T18:24:41.041-04:00Gary,
What a good note to send back! Thank you. ...Gary, <br /><br />What a good note to send back! Thank you. And I certainly believe that goodness stands like a torch in the midst of the dark of evil.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-29116655276321655882011-03-17T16:02:25.853-04:002011-03-17T16:02:25.853-04:00Happy birthday to your mother, and will you send t...Happy birthday to your mother, and will you send the publisher who just accepted your Red King book this poem too?<br />Enjoy having the girls at your home, which will ease the heartbreak of what is happening right now across the globe.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-52918712136081614302011-03-17T15:58:22.985-04:002011-03-17T15:58:22.985-04:00Thank you for this beautifu and at the same time h...Thank you for this beautifu and at the same time heartbreaking post and comments. May this day bring you and your mother those incredible and evanescent spots of joy and hope!marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-40873923219122270732011-03-17T15:30:55.984-04:002011-03-17T15:30:55.984-04:00Marly,
Happy Birthday to your mom and have fun wi...Marly,<br /><br />Happy Birthday to your mom and have fun with the children over.<br /><br />As horrible as some world events paint humanity, there is hope.<br /><br />I say a prayer for the young person who didn't flee -who couldn't flee - and held the hand of his elderly grandfather when the water started to flow in through broken windows and wash their house away. <br /><br />For the Gary Dietzhttp://www.6by7reports.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-765043023391688822011-03-17T15:15:53.664-04:002011-03-17T15:15:53.664-04:00zephyr,
Thanks for flitting by on our first warmi...zephyr,<br /><br />Thanks for flitting by on our first warmish day! You must have brought the weather. Now I'm hoping it will melt the snow.<br /><br />Elsa Louise,<br /><br />Now there's a name combination I haven't seen. Very pretty. <br /><br />You know, it is said that the morpho butterflies are more fragile in butterfly houses because their flight is so wobbly. I guess they get aMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-15912055305618095552011-03-17T13:44:50.857-04:002011-03-17T13:44:50.857-04:00Birthday greetings to your mother. May she celebra...Birthday greetings to your mother. May she celebrate in whichever way she finds most pleasing.<br /><br />I have seen the blue morpho. My home is near a butterfly garden, which features them each summer season. Such exquisite, skittish, shy creatures.<br /><br />Much like some poets.Elsa Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399605625701167269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47198934964493146912011-03-17T13:23:00.175-04:002011-03-17T13:23:00.175-04:00Oh, Happy Day to your Mother!!
And how fun for you...Oh, Happy Day to your Mother!!<br />And how fun for you to have your house full of exciting young women.zephyrnoreply@blogger.com