tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post8494872504640014884..comments2024-03-01T03:58:21.808-05:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Guest-editing "qarrtsiluni" with poet Ivy AlvarezMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33969532210264425432007-11-13T08:34:00.000-05:002007-11-13T08:34:00.000-05:00Hey, Miss galiquan Susanna--Shall have to go inspe...Hey, Miss galiquan Susanna--<BR/><BR/>Shall have to go inspect the hats. One needs a proper hat for the giving of thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-36081799145946725452007-11-12T12:22:00.000-05:002007-11-12T12:22:00.000-05:00rying to pic out a good Thanksgiving hat picture o...rying to pic out a good Thanksgiving hat picture on my blog. You should vote. So far, Flight of the Turkey Hat is winning.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54935851660468780422007-11-11T22:54:00.000-05:002007-11-11T22:54:00.000-05:00Clive,My socks have been knocked off a mile or mor...Clive,<BR/><BR/>My socks have been knocked off a mile or more, flown off to some distant wood where wild chocolate-scented mice are snuggling down in the knitted heels and toes for an autumn nap! I am so, so ridiculously pleased by this surprise. This is my very favorite thing about the web... <BR/><BR/>Though I've never seen your work "in the flesh," I had that wonderful "kindred" feeling when IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-72922750396041299902007-11-11T05:05:00.000-05:002007-11-11T05:05:00.000-05:00Marly, this is an embarassing confession. I was id...Marly, this is an embarassing confession. I was idly 'Googling' my name... yes I know that's a hideously nerdy thing to have done, and it truly only happens infrequently... when I came across a brief reference to me you left on Chris Miller's site. (Not a fan of mine it would appear! But he's very entertaining and maybe one day I may win him round.) Curiosity aroused, I came to visit your blog, clixchixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033885327929699217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3790842716981126822007-11-10T15:46:00.000-05:002007-11-10T15:46:00.000-05:00Hi b. q.,Nope, haven't. Should I?Lucy,Thanks for t...Hi b. q.,<BR/><BR/>Nope, haven't. Should I?<BR/><BR/>Lucy,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliments; I like working with Ivy. And it's good working with somebody else because then the other person can make the final decision on people you know. It's also interesting to see another person's evaluation and compare it.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we do have more submissions than they have had in the past, according toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86454383660348012672007-11-10T13:06:00.000-05:002007-11-10T13:06:00.000-05:00Enjoying reading Marly, including Earl of Huntingd...Enjoying reading Marly, including Earl of Huntingdon in flouncy bloomers, I've never satisfactorily established what those things were called, there's doublet and hose but what about the nether garments between?<BR/>Am resisting commenting about q. editorship as I've submitted already, and have the impression it is exceptionally inundated owing to the astonishing popularity of both its editors Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-71283237200763890572007-11-10T12:47:00.000-05:002007-11-10T12:47:00.000-05:00Speaking of insects, have you seen the movie "Bug"...Speaking of insects, have you seen the movie "Bug" with Ashley Judd? It's a thriller with a twist ending. Makes you think of the little critters in a whole new way...blog queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229423128584570391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-88172405137136778642007-11-10T12:13:00.000-05:002007-11-10T12:13:00.000-05:00Yes, it's good to get poems just right, as they're...Yes, it's good to get poems just right, as they're perishable creatures. Thank you for that flourish of Hood-no-ing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-43379808958842040882007-11-09T14:43:00.000-05:002007-11-09T14:43:00.000-05:00I'll do an internet purchase then before I go!But ...I'll do an internet purchase then before I go!<BR/><BR/>But how awful to have got it wrong- November- I mean. It was the insects and Novemeber that sparked it in the first place.<BR/><BR/>No butterflies--no bees etc.<BR/><BR/>I have righted it for you though with the full version!!!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533678970029159873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-91268145437333528782007-11-09T08:19:00.000-05:002007-11-09T08:19:00.000-05:00Well, good luck finding one!Here books that are ca...Well, good luck finding one!<BR/><BR/>Here books that are called "literary" (which mine have the fortune, good or ill, to be called) don't stay on the bookstore shelves very long--it used to be a 3-month window before returns and sales were considered at an end. I suppose the online bookstore is good for the "midlist" writer...<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the dedication. I shall go peek, despite the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54972534690059553162007-11-09T04:33:00.000-05:002007-11-09T04:33:00.000-05:00I have dedicated a "Happy Memories" poem to you Ma...I have dedicated a "Happy Memories" poem to you Marly. The memories are of standing in front of a thousand people reciting that poem at a rather tender age!<BR/><BR/>The best moment was the relief when it was over!!!<BR/><BR/>So when your poems are recited you will now know the moment when it is most appreciated!<BR/><BR/>I tease, I am looking forward to buying one of your books in London later Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533678970029159873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26422678624361029002007-11-09T04:27:00.000-05:002007-11-09T04:27:00.000-05:00I have dedicated a "Happy Memories" poem to you Ma...I have dedicated a "Happy Memories" poem to you Marly. The memories are of standing in front of a thousand people reciting that poem at a rather tender age!<BR/><BR/>The best moment was the relief when it was over!!!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533678970029159873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-83464808049507487892007-11-08T12:34:00.000-05:002007-11-08T12:34:00.000-05:00There are many weird tiny things in the grass...Ye...There are many weird tiny things in the grass...<BR/><BR/>Yes, do, zephyr.<BR/><BR/>And for all you thinking about it but not leaving a message to say so (and for those who did), Dave Bonta has an essay about qarrtsiluni up here: <A>http://www.bloggingblog.org/2007/11/blogs-as-a-medi.html</A>.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54513489593655982242007-11-08T10:03:00.000-05:002007-11-08T10:03:00.000-05:00Yikes...what a group blog that would make...The Cl...Yikes...what a group blog that would make...The Club of the Bitten. Your family's saga is somethin'!! Bugs...and their remarkable sizes...are one of the things my sister liked least about living in Florida.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, spiders aren't bugs...but since i never saw what it was that bit, i keep wondering: bug or spider?...whatever it was, it had to be tiny not to be felt in that very tight place Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-67661423896415641832007-11-08T08:57:00.000-05:002007-11-08T08:57:00.000-05:00Arachnids aren't insects, don't forget!My family h...Arachnids aren't insects, don't forget!<BR/><BR/>My family has a 3-generation spider war going. My mother was bitten by a brown recluse, and the doctors thought her years of allergy shots saved her arm--black to the shoulder. Then I had a sneaky one crawl inside my nightgown and bite me, and the bite metamorphosed into a big cyst, my personal grade-a Large egg. And my daughter was bitten 14 timesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-78583559551411120142007-11-08T07:59:00.000-05:002007-11-08T07:59:00.000-05:00Gee, would you like a horror story about a bug i n...Gee, would you like a horror story about a bug i never felt or saw but nonetheless laid me low and scared me for life? Actually, it's quite boring: i simply "got bit", on my wee little toe by--everyone assumes it was a spider even though they tested me for all kinds of other things like Lyme's--and i ended up flat on my back for a month with my swollen foot in the air, sporting ugly little ViennaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86535484390026147422007-11-07T11:05:00.000-05:002007-11-07T11:05:00.000-05:00Hey Susanna--Always glad to see you passing throug...Hey Susanna--<BR/>Always glad to see you passing through... We're going to put up an image today at qarrtsiluni. And have some acceptances piled up awaiting final letters. So there will be more to look at soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-5011278100495874282007-11-06T22:05:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:05:00.000-05:00I thought I had commented on this post. Now I am ...I thought I had commented on this post. Now I am going to have to reread it to see what I was going to say.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-20475148156486233032007-11-06T10:56:00.000-05:002007-11-06T10:56:00.000-05:00Come one, come all!That was an interesting-soundin...Come one, come all!<BR/><BR/>That was an interesting-sounding set of workshops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-4187488166319991662007-11-05T23:14:00.000-05:002007-11-05T23:14:00.000-05:00Hey Marly,I just posted on my blog about the DÍA D...Hey Marly,<BR/><BR/>I just posted on my blog about the DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS celebration we had at our local arts council. Coincidentaly my mask has a dragon fly on it. <BR/><BR/>I may try to submit something later as well.blog queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229423128584570391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19747456953490686832007-11-05T18:30:00.000-05:002007-11-05T18:30:00.000-05:00Hi Jan--Now maybe you can tell us what it means! T...Hi Jan--<BR/><BR/>Now maybe you can tell us what it means! That seemed to be the most daunting part of the description I wrote, so I tossed it out. But I'm glad you like it.<BR/><BR/>Hello, dear cuz--<BR/><BR/>Will do. You are an expert bug photographer yourself, but I didn't issue an invitation because: a. I didn't issue any except this; and b., you are my cousin, and I didn't want to commit Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-23066920079174495902007-11-05T18:18:00.000-05:002007-11-05T18:18:00.000-05:00Nice bugs! No, really. This link is to a wonderf...Nice bugs! No, really. This link is to a wonderful site I bumped into a couple years ago concerning dragonflies; these guys are pros.<BR/><BR/>http://www.dragonflies.org/<BR/><BR/>See the Dragonfly catalog section (and enlargements)<BR/><BR/>Frank MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24016898273470218382007-11-05T06:56:00.000-05:002007-11-05T06:56:00.000-05:00I love the comparing of shapes of creatures with p...I love the comparing of shapes of creatures with poetry...<BR/>Thanks for the thought on a Monday morning..Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47047766724758536682007-11-04T21:24:00.000-05:002007-11-04T21:24:00.000-05:00Yes, do, Laura!I'm looking forward to hearing abou...Yes, do, Laura!<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to hearing about your travel books in France. And seeing what you see vicariously.<BR/><BR/>Robert,<BR/><BR/>I'm glad she's kind to dead grasshoppers...<BR/><BR/>"The Frenchmen didn't come because the buddleia flowered too early." What does that mean? Do they come to see buddleia? I shall have to pay a visit and find out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-8182236435072175212007-11-04T16:31:00.000-05:002007-11-04T16:31:00.000-05:00Younger daughter has just pulled a leg off a type ...Younger daughter has just pulled a leg off a type of grasshopper which is unmoved and attached to our ceiling. This upset her a lot until I pointed out that is was already dead and if she hadn't touched it would have fallen off eventually. It is actually rather a pretty one, bright green and more like an overgrown aphid. It was last seen alive in the bathroom and made a very successful escape. <Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533678970029159873noreply@blogger.com