tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post282857074826689019..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Aphoristic morning Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13450852537138115482013-12-05T18:10:50.052-05:002013-12-05T18:10:50.052-05:00Yes, me too! I do keep thinking she is here, somew...Yes, me too! I do keep thinking she is here, somewhere...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19742890492885761092013-12-05T17:54:17.484-05:002013-12-05T17:54:17.484-05:00So sorry about the dog. I do rather like the idea ...So sorry about the dog. I do rather like the idea of ghostly toenails, gently haunting.Alisahttp://www.alering.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-32480627946673408172013-12-04T16:58:30.189-05:002013-12-04T16:58:30.189-05:00She was a slender but mighty chocolate lab, famous...She was a slender but mighty chocolate lab, famous for swimming across the lake to retrieve ducks. And sweet.<br /><br />I am having a melancholy fall in all sorts of ways, but shall consider it in the light of Democritus Junior as grist for the word mill!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-64670933273532349342013-12-04T16:49:11.757-05:002013-12-04T16:49:11.757-05:00I think I understand your sadness. I also recently...I think I understand your sadness. I also recently lost a good friend when my dachshund left me. Your poignant comment about "toenails clicking on the floor" brings me to the verge of tears.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18410757994484113882013-12-04T16:43:57.296-05:002013-12-04T16:43:57.296-05:00It was kind and even sweet, but it was the final v...It was kind and even sweet, but it was the final visit. I keep hearing her toenails clicking on the floor.<br /><br />Yes, listen to your own inner voice; it may be wrong at times, but at least it is your own wrong, and you'll learn from its mistakes. And your inner voice will tell you when it's good to listen to somebody else, and who, I think.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85508055329658331202013-12-04T16:05:39.658-05:002013-12-04T16:05:39.658-05:00I hope the vet visit went well (poor doggie). As y...I hope the vet visit went well (poor doggie). As you know, this writing thing can resemble being lost in the woods. I grope for guidance and end up listening to the wrong voices. Alisahttp://www.alering.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-53329244582017594392013-12-03T15:15:42.159-05:002013-12-03T15:15:42.159-05:00Hi Alisa--
That's a lovely thing to say! And ...Hi Alisa--<br /><br />That's a lovely thing to say! And I'm having a dreadful day (our doggie--vet coming), so I needed it.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50213611197249172862013-12-03T13:36:05.608-05:002013-12-03T13:36:05.608-05:00I should spend more time listening to you.I should spend more time listening to you.Alisahttp://www.alering.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-53913824554409815462013-12-03T07:40:21.279-05:002013-12-03T07:40:21.279-05:00Ah, now I know! Talk about conceal and reveal!Ah, now I know! Talk about conceal and reveal!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16094216238998977982013-12-03T07:38:56.901-05:002013-12-03T07:38:56.901-05:00Hi there, Tuckabold--I don't think I remember ...Hi there, Tuckabold--I don't think I remember seeing you here before...<br /><br />Reveal in concealing... conceal in revealing. Revelation of mystery without being a pedant and tearing it to pieces is certainly both revealing and concealing.<br /><br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16398269073600938302013-12-03T06:52:49.455-05:002013-12-03T06:52:49.455-05:00"Guard the mysteries; constantly reveal them...."Guard the mysteries; constantly reveal them." - Lew WelchJohn P. O'Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15253399132697023428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24136009301839525312013-12-02T17:08:19.977-05:002013-12-02T17:08:19.977-05:00I suppose that I ought to reread it, then. I was a...I suppose that I ought to reread it, then. I was absolutely over the moon about O'Connor in high school and college, and it has been a long time since I read the novels.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-63305302265596299262013-12-02T16:41:27.646-05:002013-12-02T16:41:27.646-05:00Beyond current content, on Wednesday, I begin a se...Beyond current content, on Wednesday, I begin a serialization of an essay about Wise Blood. Do drop in from time to time. You can bring your critical writer's eye to my humble reading of one of America's most important novels.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-84939579862533387512013-12-02T16:32:31.709-05:002013-12-02T16:32:31.709-05:00R. T., you should write some of your own in honor ...R. T., you should write some of your own in honor of your new blogging activities and in honor of proper criticism! <br /><br />And I shall hop over and see what is happening...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-7494208048275018152013-12-02T15:22:41.886-05:002013-12-02T15:22:41.886-05:00Postscript:
BTW, I have moved all of my blogging ...Postscript: <br />BTW, I have moved all of my blogging activities to one new site: http://acommonplacefromeastrod.blogspot.com/R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-52007311503888848692013-12-02T15:18:35.804-05:002013-12-02T15:18:35.804-05:00Oh, I very much like those--especially the first o...Oh, I very much like those--especially the first one! Writing is certainly very much an extension and expansion of the self. As I have claimed elsewhere, I often do not know what I think until I have written it down somewhere. That is not narcissistic navel-gazing (as some would insist) but instead is personal development. Well done! After all, there is always room for more aphorisms--especially R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-55522287822015807992013-12-02T13:26:53.062-05:002013-12-02T13:26:53.062-05:00Hi Marja-Leena,
Just spent the last couple of hou...Hi Marja-Leena,<br /><br />Just spent the last couple of hours talking with a painter friend, so now I'm ready to write some more!<br /><br />Hello, Scott--<br /><br />Yes, I want to peer through "a glass darkly" and glimpse a new world... Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-72637379035503055592013-12-02T13:18:45.598-05:002013-12-02T13:18:45.598-05:00Yes, mystery! Too often I'm reading (or watchi...Yes, mystery! Too often I'm reading (or watching or listening) to some work and I find myself thinking, "That's <i>it?</i> That's all you're doing with this? I can see the surface for myself; why don't you show me something I don't see already?" I don't come to art to have my prejudices confirmed.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1882154325191445532013-12-02T12:04:51.613-05:002013-12-02T12:04:51.613-05:00A great list, Marly, and I agree with mystery bein...A great list, Marly, and I agree with mystery being an important element in creative work.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com