tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post4984887936436478070..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Mezzo CamminMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18096100396703162462007-06-21T11:03:00.000-04:002007-06-21T11:03:00.000-04:00zephyr,I, too, have picked "garden" after "drama" ...zephyr,<BR/><BR/>I, too, have picked "garden" after "drama" and saved the "drama" for books. Gardens I like in books, too.<BR/><BR/>You will never be escorted out by Mack! I doubt than he can even see a zephyr.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24734351375570729272007-06-21T09:11:00.000-04:002007-06-21T09:11:00.000-04:00Sinister Mack...oh...i've not run into him yet, th...Sinister Mack...oh...i've not run into him yet, thank goodness.<BR/><BR/>looking back, it seems i was on the brink of madness far too often, worrying about others opinions and influence. Oh such drama i created for myself and others! (shuddering, she goes back to re-read your poems, take a breath, then slip out to the garden before the phone rings)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-91994386806051909292007-06-21T07:58:00.000-04:002007-06-21T07:58:00.000-04:00Oh, he'll be back. (Did you see somebody who neede...Oh, he'll be back. (Did you see somebody who needed to be kicked out?) <BR/><BR/>So will the book-reviewing attorney, now recovering from his last volume.<BR/><BR/>There are lots of useful people about, although I can't get them to clean my house...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-11323625994402265812007-06-21T06:23:00.000-04:002007-06-21T06:23:00.000-04:00Just remarked over at Zephyr's Long grass page, wh...Just remarked over at Zephyr's Long grass page, what happened to Mack the Sinister Footman?Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47792843809101786252007-06-20T20:06:00.000-04:002007-06-20T20:06:00.000-04:00"just live and do the work"Very pithy, zephyr!The ..."just live and do the work"<BR/><BR/>Very pithy, zephyr!<BR/><BR/>The Pot Boy is uncontrollable. I'm sure he will show up, Susanna...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-11854005458834964372007-06-20T19:27:00.000-04:002007-06-20T19:27:00.000-04:00"an archive is a dangerous place to be for a girl ..."an archive is a dangerous place to be for a girl who can wear so many hats."<BR/><BR/>I have gone completely over the top hat. check out my hat slide show.<BR/><BR/>you must allow the pot boy out to go to the show.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-27840457681570510162007-06-20T11:23:00.000-04:002007-06-20T11:23:00.000-04:00this snippet of your story mixes emotions... "too ...this snippet of your story mixes emotions...<BR/><BR/> "too busy for madness"<BR/>oh my<BR/>ah yes<BR/>just live and do the workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14020659363003566522007-06-19T19:35:00.000-04:002007-06-19T19:35:00.000-04:00Oh, that is a very cheering burst of compliment!Th...Oh, that is a very cheering burst of compliment!<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Jan--<BR/><BR/>When I was little, I remember lying on my bed, daydreaming intensely. And I was always verbal--talked in little paragraphs before I turned one. That was a year of trials in our family, so maybe I was trying to get somebody's attention! And I was a great reader as a child. A bathtub reader. An under-the-covers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-82762602895033764712007-06-19T17:56:00.000-04:002007-06-19T17:56:00.000-04:00WHAT an imagination you have, Marly. When did it s...WHAT an imagination you have, Marly. <BR/>When did it start? <BR/>Did you always make up stuff?<BR/>You really take folk to amazing wonderful places..Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-74358339022142202222007-06-19T13:25:00.000-04:002007-06-19T13:25:00.000-04:00We're officially 4, though my neighbors--splendid ...We're officially 4, though my neighbors--splendid gardeners--suggested treating the back as zone 3. And they're had a semi-formal garden with cottage leanings for decades here, so I have taken their advice. <BR/><BR/>We're having a highly unusual summer, very pleasant. Enough said. No jinxing it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47289666185901055072007-06-19T11:45:00.000-04:002007-06-19T11:45:00.000-04:00OOOffffff Zone 3...!makes my teeth chatter just t...<I>OOOffffff Zone 3...!</I><BR/>makes my teeth chatter just to think about it.<BR/>i just consulted a map and did not realize Cooperstown was so <I>far</I> north<BR/><BR/><I>Mercy</I>... now i appreaciate your Southern Soul yearnings even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-80262470194042122882007-06-19T10:19:00.000-04:002007-06-19T10:19:00.000-04:00How silly!I realize that I have Renee's Garden see...How silly!<BR/><BR/>I realize that I have Renee's Garden seed packets in my garden sink. My mother sent me some, and I recognized the Love-lies-bleeding painting immediately...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-58522438591874969502007-06-19T10:11:00.000-04:002007-06-19T10:11:00.000-04:00I've seen the Select Seeds in my mother's (the rea...I've seen the Select Seeds in my mother's (the real gardener's) heap of catalogues. I have used Shepherd's but didn't know about Renee's Garden, and will go look.<BR/><BR/>Yes, do write about these useful things!<BR/><BR/>I need poppies. They do really well here. My front is zone 4, but I think the back (thanks to un-zephyrous winds off the lake) is more dicey, maybe 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-81604160674376417552007-06-19T09:53:00.000-04:002007-06-19T09:53:00.000-04:00We just put down some very nice pebbles harvested ...We just put down some very nice pebbles harvested from the dredging of the Delaware River...and i'm mulling over plans for a pebble mosaic in the garden...and am going out looking for lanterns today.<BR/><BR/>Seeds: yes, Pine Tree is truly a bargain and an interesting list...and T&M is someplace i also look for uncommon things. A few years ago i came across a wonderful catalog for heirloom Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26538348518841978512007-06-19T09:06:00.000-04:002007-06-19T09:06:00.000-04:00I laid down a winding pebble path yesterday, sprin...I laid down a winding pebble path yesterday, sprinkled it with glass moons and moon-drops, made stone thresholds, and then added the lanterns. And we've all corkscrewed through the jungle more than once, and lit the Chinese lanterns. <BR/><BR/>The bamboo slashed for the path became greenswords and saw good battle--the best kind, with much laughter.<BR/><BR/>zephyr, what's your favorite place for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62683477647227115672007-06-19T08:36:00.000-04:002007-06-19T08:36:00.000-04:00Oh yes! lanterns in the tunnel will truly add to t...Oh yes! lanterns in the tunnel will truly add to the magic garden. <BR/><BR/>i think you...we...have spurred me to order foxglove seed. 'Sutton's apricot' is one of my favorites...and they do come back a couple of years before giving up the ghost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-42824328607586512012007-06-18T14:51:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:51:00.000-04:00Best wishes for sharp scalpels and quick recovery!...Best wishes for sharp scalpels and quick recovery! Good cheer--<BR/><BR/>(Donna was a summer seminar student of mine, and she is an elementary school art teacher--having switched from teaching English. Once in a blue moon I teach a summer class. But no more than that.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-27689275994647532492007-06-18T14:05:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:05:00.000-04:00I love the poems. I actually like the second one b...I love the poems. I actually like the second one best, but to each his own. I love the site as well, very pretty, it seems to mirror you and your personality.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by my site. I'll post again after I wake up from surgery tomorrow.blog queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229423128584570391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33630557201408050122007-06-18T08:32:00.000-04:002007-06-18T08:32:00.000-04:00galiquan Susanna,Thank you, and I'm glad you found...galiquan Susanna,<BR/><BR/>Thank you, and I'm glad you found that peaceful time in the maelstrom of your days!<BR/><BR/>Lucy,<BR/><BR/>I'm nothing if not obsessive, though I wish the days were longer. I just have a desire for a heavenly wilderness in my back yard, but my husband has a beloved chocolate lab who is against the idea.<BR/><BR/>Ah yes, I dimly remember being impertinent about a fungalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-516954876133213482007-06-18T07:46:00.000-04:002007-06-18T07:46:00.000-04:00Ain't that the truth!! (digging being a tonic for ...Ain't that the truth!! (digging being a tonic for writer's back)<BR/><BR/>your secret garden has me conjuring up all sorts of wonderful visions...'tis a magic garden Marly digs and grows. i finally have a cozy alcove amidst our ancient lilacs that i can slip into as needed...with my cup of tea or glass of cold elderflower nectar. <BR/><BR/>heart-shaped bamboo leaves...do you know its name?<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-89092074496457107052007-06-18T00:33:00.000-04:002007-06-18T00:33:00.000-04:00As someone who can get lost in old treestumps, I e...As someone who can get lost in old treestumps, I especially love the last one, the birch dragon.<BR/>It's a pretty site too, isn't it?Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-29869799516413871452007-06-18T00:23:00.000-04:002007-06-18T00:23:00.000-04:00AND she finds time for gardening, you can go off p...AND she finds time for gardening, you can go off people you know...<BR/>Like to hear you teasing Dave about his snaily beard!<BR/>I'm off to read the poems now.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-32174672051986154142007-06-17T18:01:00.000-04:002007-06-17T18:01:00.000-04:00I found a quiet moment while everybody was napping...I found a quiet moment while everybody was napping today to read your poems and I think they are charming and lovely. <BR/><BR/>very niceSusannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47732317451064697532007-06-16T21:15:00.000-04:002007-06-16T21:15:00.000-04:00zephyr,It's 9:05, and I'm about to eat dinner by t...zephyr,<BR/><BR/>It's 9:05, and I'm about to eat dinner by torchlight in my little secret garden. It now has an ancient lilac, much bamboo with big heart-shaped leaves (a popular variety from the last century that is still with us) through which I've cut a winding tunnel for N, a wall of rosa rugosa with archway, eighteen giant ferns, and violets at their feet. A good day's work. Meanwhile my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24351312071023209562007-06-16T13:45:00.000-04:002007-06-16T13:45:00.000-04:00Will investigate as soon as stable Internet comes....Will investigate as soon as stable Internet comes...with a departure from Italy. Sigh. Yes. I will read you to cheer myself on the lonely eastern coast of another country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com