tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post3596717676496073421..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: At Mezzo CamminMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-87529073260280006742016-01-12T23:31:24.318-05:002016-01-12T23:31:24.318-05:00Thanks, Marja-Leena! I'm glad you liked it--an...Thanks, Marja-Leena! I'm glad you liked it--and yes, I liked those stories as a child.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-12640299945246456562016-01-12T21:56:24.669-05:002016-01-12T21:56:24.669-05:00Wonderful story and then your poem of spider silk ...Wonderful story and then your poem of spider silk weaving! Something about it, the repetition of increasing years I think, make me think of those wonderful old Russian tales like Baba Yaga etc.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-66396646278029236262016-01-11T08:49:11.374-05:002016-01-11T08:49:11.374-05:00We used to be Yeomans--certainly when four brother...We used to be Yeomans--certainly when four brothers migrated to the states before the Revolution. I think my great-grandfather Nathaniel Yeomans/Youmans was the one to alter the spelling. Must have gotten on some document and shifted... Or else spelling reform finally arrived, and the Yeomans clan couldn't spell. But we can still pronounce!<br /><br />The Welsh Marches always sound alluring. Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-30944914427219176432016-01-11T02:11:14.894-05:002016-01-11T02:11:14.894-05:00No apologies necessary; it's enough for me to ...No apologies necessary; it's enough for me to wallow unrestrained in the rarefied stretches of Chez Youmans. I was surprised at the pronunciation: here in Hereford Yeomans is a bus company. Become much older, take up residency here in the Welsh Marches, change your nationality and you can travel free on buses carrying a version of your surname.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39544782562606565312016-01-09T08:57:40.450-05:002016-01-09T08:57:40.450-05:00p. s. Good luck with your seven years of gold coll...p. s. Good luck with your seven years of gold collection! Singing is a happy kind of gold to work on.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-79640653389062919292016-01-09T08:56:36.807-05:002016-01-09T08:56:36.807-05:00Sounds wondrous--well, I hope it sounds so, or wil...Sounds wondrous--well, I hope it sounds so, or will very soon!--and challenging! I have a good friend who is a painter and also sings with Glimmerglass Opera in the summers, so I know how much work goes into such efforts.<br /><br />I tend to get comments on the blog at links elsewhere, Facebook usually, or sometimes twitter. And I don't go e-visiting in return much, as I've gotten too Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-57401776532651911782016-01-09T03:22:13.215-05:002016-01-09T03:22:13.215-05:00Oh look: No comments. It's like going off-pist...Oh look: No comments. It's like going off-piste and being the first to lay down tracks in one of the back bowls. <br /><br />Now I have my (invisible) licence I am perversely drawn to conciseness. And to:<br /><br /><i>Seven years we toiled, collecting the orb<br />Spiders at dawn, coaxing the spinnerets</i><br /><br />How sly of you to tempt me in that delicious way. But I'm presently Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com