tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post113577969978516135..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: WikiTikiTavi Templeton!Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1136009534646273292005-12-31T01:12:00.000-05:002005-12-31T01:12:00.000-05:00That landscape reminds me of something out of Lorn...That landscape reminds me of something out of <I>Lorna Doone</I> somehow--excessive, dangerous, romantic, but with violets peeping out. I have a child who fears the wind around the corner of the house...<BR/><BR/>I am impressed! You are reading me with a vengeance! That's a full half of what I've published in book form. ("Catherwood"--out of print after HarperCollins ate the Bard imprint & all ofMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1135986497248627022005-12-30T18:48:00.000-05:002005-12-30T18:48:00.000-05:00No, the violets may be spring (they are too early ...No, the violets may be spring (they are too early this year) but the roadslides are winter. We get our rain in the winter months, in great curtains and buckets. Right now it is blowing from the south, sideways, and my youngest, who hates the wind, is very troubled. The area in which I live is known as the Lost Coast, and for good reason. When the hills slide we are cut off for days, and once in ajarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1135952975722943422005-12-30T09:29:00.000-05:002005-12-30T09:29:00.000-05:00I do my parents an injustice to suggest that there...I do my parents an injustice to suggest that there were few books at our house--but since my mother was a librarian, most of the ones I read didn't <I>live</I> at our house! But I do think that there wasn't such a mania to "possess" books, and that the ones a child owned were greatly cherished--like yours.<BR/><BR/>Once upon a time I owned many books--still do, by most standards--and now that I Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1135906212389290032005-12-29T20:30:00.000-05:002005-12-29T20:30:00.000-05:00Happy fourth day of Christmas to you. And here's t...Happy fourth day of Christmas to you. And here's to the preservation of eggheads. I wish I could sample those pistachio and chocolate marzipan treats myself.<BR/>As to your former post, I thought "what a visual soul she is" (and you are) but reading at last some of your books realize (not that there was a doubt) you have a fine ear as well.<BR/>Few books in my childhood homes as well. I had your jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1135799547013981852005-12-28T14:52:00.000-05:002005-12-28T14:52:00.000-05:00BUG found: if you preview a comment, click on Publ...BUG found: if you preview a comment, click on <I>Publish Your Comment</I> back in the original "Leave your comment" column. That is, not in the comment-in-preview box. Otherwise you may lose the comment. Suppose such shenanigans will be fixed by Them ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1135799021947945192005-12-28T14:43:00.000-05:002005-12-28T14:43:00.000-05:00Hugh MacDougall, Cooperstown mastermind of The Jam...Hugh MacDougall, Cooperstown mastermind of The James Fenimore Cooper Society, has reported via email that he could not add a comment to this post. Therefore, I, the Palace Testing Girl, will attempt to check the system by adding a comment--this comment, in fact.<BR/><BR/>P. S. Happy 4th Day of Christmas. On the Beggar Queen's schedule today at the Palace: complete story; take children to Narnia Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com