tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post3692442941096585145..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Slush Pile BabyMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62374314199783278262007-05-30T18:32:00.000-04:002007-05-30T18:32:00.000-04:00Hi Donna,Yes, Timothy was a sport and a sprite! I ...Hi Donna,<BR/><BR/>Yes, Timothy was a sport and a sprite! I often think of that week because of his raku pot--gleaming on a shelf in my living room.<BR/><BR/>I'll be over to see what you're up to once I master company and parties and so on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-37544209173413211672007-05-30T10:59:00.000-04:002007-05-30T10:59:00.000-04:00Hey Marly,Sometimes Vanessa stops by the blog, but...Hey Marly,<BR/><BR/>Sometimes Vanessa stops by the blog, but other than that, nope.<BR/><BR/>I e-mailed everyone to let them know about my blog, but no one else showed up. I sure do miss some of them, especially Timothy.<BR/><BR/>His holding court in the common room of the dorm was a cool thing.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I meant that as a compliment. I just remember that you had time for us lowly blog queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229423128584570391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86772876739903406532007-05-30T10:40:00.000-04:002007-05-30T10:40:00.000-04:00Alas, not me, Susanna: I am scurrying about (like ...Alas, not me, Susanna: I am scurrying about (like an electrified squirrel, hair on end) to get ready for company and finish up on the party for my youngest... I'm overbooked through Sunday night. Then I shall be better at paying visits.<BR/><BR/>"Wonderful eccentrics" sounds so much nicer than "zanies," doesn't it? Hello, all you "wonderful eccentrics" out there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-34564214614335817082007-05-29T22:01:00.000-04:002007-05-29T22:01:00.000-04:00What great a fusion of comments. I remember once w...What great a fusion of comments. I remember once when you said that your momma thought all the wonderful eccentrics wanted to be your best friends (something to that effect) and I think you have amassed a nice group!<BR/><BR/>Were you the one who saw the magical cricket on the wall of my storm shelter pictures. I just assumed it was you, and reading the word magical so many times made me think ofSusannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-64109537012810407932007-05-29T17:51:00.000-04:002007-05-29T17:51:00.000-04:00Eastern Tennessee? Definitely there. Just make sur...Eastern Tennessee? Definitely there. Just make sure it's the real thing, and not some karo-syrup cut clover honey. It's rather light in color.<BR/><BR/>My mother decided to try some "hay bale" plots, and her bear seems to have been mightily interested in them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-15827843607358279192007-05-29T15:09:00.000-04:002007-05-29T15:09:00.000-04:00Marly...you make me smile!!Yes, i am most certainl...Marly...you make me smile!!<BR/>Yes, i am most certainly becoming one dark, pudgy cloud! i just don't know if i can draw more to join me and huddle over my little piece of ground for a few hours.<BR/><BR/>Our NJ bears like to eat our compost...and tackle our bird feeder poles...so we bring the feeders in every night...and waste our kitchen peelings in the woods to keep him or her up there.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-38629607374348021442007-05-29T08:23:00.000-04:002007-05-29T08:23:00.000-04:00zephyr,Perhaps you need to take a break from all t...zephyr,<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you need to take a break from all this focus on light western breezes and spend a week as a little black rain cloud!<BR/><BR/>Laura probably ordered up perfect weather a long time ago. She seems an organized sort of woman.<BR/><BR/>A lot of bee hives around here fell victim to a rampaging bear in early fall. (My mother also has one who visits her mountaintop and frolics Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-71221178954579354822007-05-29T06:32:00.000-04:002007-05-29T06:32:00.000-04:00Hi Marly, I'll be visiting more often. I've decide...Hi Marly, I'll be visiting more often. I've decided on a change of scenery, and yours is a blog I've neglected for too long.<BR/><BR/>I don't criticise anyone else for seeking publication, BTW, and never say <I>never</I> ...Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2319286487316573742007-05-29T06:08:00.000-04:002007-05-29T06:08:00.000-04:00Oh Marly!...the havoc wrought by our very bizarre ...Oh Marly!...the havoc wrought by our very bizarre winter weather...so strange...what was lost and what thrives. And my bee-keeping friends say that their honey bees are coming back to the hive with greater stores of nectar and pollen than they have seen in years.<BR/><BR/>i take the weather all too personally...my garden site needs rain regularly and i must bite my tongue 'til it bleeds whenever Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-58170565261644462272007-05-28T14:25:00.000-04:002007-05-28T14:25:00.000-04:00Oof.I guess that is a compliment... Probably I was...Oof.<BR/><BR/>I guess that is a compliment... Probably I was just maimed in youth! If I were growing up today, I would be inoculated with gigantic American syringes loaded with Self Esteem.<BR/><BR/>And yes, it is Too Early. <BR/><BR/>See you there, queen of blogs. Heard from anybody in the seminar of late? What a pleasant group that was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-22843432183322188642007-05-28T14:16:00.000-04:002007-05-28T14:16:00.000-04:00Okay, so I wrote a post but blogger ate it. So a s...Okay, so I wrote a post but blogger ate it. So a second attempt.<BR/><BR/>I do love this story about getting published. By the way, I think you are one fo the most humble, down to earth people I know. <BR/><BR/>Can you share the name of the new novel, or is it still too early?<BR/><BR/>I've been out creating, see my blog for an update, but hope I'm back.blog queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229423128584570391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50916832019741391112007-05-28T13:22:00.000-04:002007-05-28T13:22:00.000-04:00Jan, actually it was my husband and the youngest c...Jan, actually it was my husband and the youngest child. But we have three. All absolutely perfect, of course. I love stories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-22592583388388135282007-05-28T11:12:00.000-04:002007-05-28T11:12:00.000-04:00"Two of mine" ( I quote you)....'ow ever many 'ave..."Two of mine" ( I quote you)....<BR/>'ow ever many 'ave you got??Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-56571782436386291092007-05-28T08:59:00.000-04:002007-05-28T08:59:00.000-04:00zephyr,It is interesting what plants liked the agg...zephyr,<BR/><BR/>It is interesting what plants liked the aggravating winter just past--my bellwort makes a mound three times bigger than before. The monarda croaked mightily. Trillium look happy, and cohosh is already up in green towers...<BR/><BR/>Hi lee,<BR/><BR/>Good to see you! Yes, lee, you are one of those people remaking the idea of publication, and doing a good job at reaching an audienceMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-45144681115749224832007-05-28T05:50:00.000-04:002007-05-28T05:50:00.000-04:00Good to hear you again, Marly!Your writing is SO y...Good to hear you again, Marly!<BR/>Your writing is SO your own...<BR/>Who else " percolates fairy thoughts...." in their blog?Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-67504847490110547792007-05-28T04:27:00.000-04:002007-05-28T04:27:00.000-04:00I'm one of those who has little interest in the sl...I'm one of those who has little interest in the slush pile, and in fact in publication in general. Isn't it enough to do the work, and to keep trying to do it better? I'm grateful when I write a sentence which tastes right, sounds right, speaks right - a rare enough occurence.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-89904004182861750112007-05-27T19:24:00.000-04:002007-05-27T19:24:00.000-04:00oh yes...i love coming across those pretty little ...oh yes...i love coming across those pretty little yellow bells!...and my shade garden is the only photogenic spot until we get some soaking rain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-52113292919406363182007-05-27T17:28:00.000-04:002007-05-27T17:28:00.000-04:00Hi there, wafting zephyr--Aw! That's so sweet! Tha...Hi there, wafting zephyr--<BR/><BR/>Aw! That's so sweet! Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I'm always thinking of my mind as a pot of alphabet soup, full of dissolved books.<BR/><BR/>I just caught a tourist taking pictures of my shade garden. And showed him my Uvularia perfoliata (I know you'll know that's not naughty!) and how the stem goes right through the leaf, and zigs and zags...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-81961120731286961692007-05-27T15:27:00.000-04:002007-05-27T15:27:00.000-04:00i'm so glad you are home againselfish little blog ...i'm so glad you are home again<BR/>selfish little blog surfer that i am!<BR/><BR/>Little Jordan is now on my favorites list<BR/>it is a book i will give my best friend<BR/>it is the only fiction i've read so far this year (because i feel i'm so far behind in learning all the hort and botanical stuff i should know) and it is one of those that helps me remember...you know, alphabet soup stuff that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-51104748745010007582007-05-27T15:23:00.000-04:002007-05-27T15:23:00.000-04:00In the increasingly-mythical "good old days," one ...In the increasingly-mythical "good old days," one was secure after the second book. Now one is always a cat tapdancing on a hot tin roof.<BR/><BR/>All the same, I have a feeling that "Clare Dudman" will appear on the spine of a good many more books!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-15923299198056787272007-05-27T09:02:00.000-04:002007-05-27T09:02:00.000-04:00Lovely story, Marly - and so glad that it happened...Lovely story, Marly - and so glad that it happened in the nick of time - that makes it even more memorable. Your seventh book! That is such an achievement...yet more birthdays to add to all the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-65624700021785361532007-05-26T16:49:00.000-04:002007-05-26T16:49:00.000-04:00It's always about to be a birthday around here... ...It's always about to be a birthday around here... I'm working on a little boy party with laser tag, golf, gem panning, and eats!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for thinking it "fitting," jarvenpa! I'd forgotten that "Wrinkle" story. Strange how something can go unseen for so long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-82260806467256961492007-05-26T14:31:00.000-04:002007-05-26T14:31:00.000-04:00It is a lovely tale. Your "if not published by my ...It is a lovely tale. Your "if not published by my birthday" moment reminds me of what Madeleine L'Engle reports of her writing career. You probably know the story (I think she tells it in one of her three original autobiographical books, the first one--shamefully, the name of that book escapes me). In her case I think it was her 40th birthday dawning before The Wrinkle in Time finally found a jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-81160337262400906072007-05-26T09:12:00.000-04:002007-05-26T09:12:00.000-04:00Sadi--That sounds fine! And fabulating Borges was ...Sadi--<BR/><BR/>That sounds fine! And fabulating Borges was right; we really do have an infinite library! I'll see you there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-8501771612061415352007-05-26T08:22:00.000-04:002007-05-26T08:22:00.000-04:00hi marly - i just stumbled across this and found n...hi marly - i just stumbled across this and found note of my name (and a fine mention as well, so thanks for that. <BR/><BR/>If you want to be in touch, visit <BR/><BR/>http://www.tantmieux.squarespace.com and use the contact editor link (rather not post email) and you can email if the spirit moves you...<BR/><BR/>i'm glad to see and hear you are doing so well.<BR/><BR/>For me, i'm busy working onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com