tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post2858681508634223689..comments2023-08-29T06:28:14.152-05:00Comments on Dragonfly's Poetry & Prolixity: Longing by BashoMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-83419897618380880352009-09-18T22:47:40.895-05:002009-09-18T22:47:40.895-05:00Marion, to be somewhere and yet long for somewhere...Marion, to be somewhere and yet long for somewhere else, is that the human condition, I wonder? Can we ever be truly sated? In a moment, but even then, it is wavering.<br /><br />Yikes! I'd puke with vertigo and then fall off!Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-18345311338776634772009-09-17T06:07:14.611-05:002009-09-17T06:07:14.611-05:00Thank you, Angela. Love back to you! Blessings!Thank you, Angela. Love back to you! Blessings!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-63908988346919075352009-09-16T10:07:44.332-05:002009-09-16T10:07:44.332-05:00Such a beautiful post, Marion. The image of the m...Such a beautiful post, Marion. The image of the monastery is one I've seen before. Breathtaking, isn't it? I'm really embracing all things wabi sabi these days. <br /><br />Hugs and love,<br />Angelaangela recadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171018304392191669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-3541335324489076672009-09-16T08:36:57.807-05:002009-09-16T08:36:57.807-05:00Judith, you're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed...Judith, you're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed the post. Blessings!<br /><br />Renee, YES, what a perfect metaphor for life!! I thought of a little poem I love when you said that:<br /><br />Christopher LOGUE<br />English poet (1926- )<br /><br />Come to the edge.<br />We might fall.<br />Come to the edge.<br />It’s too high!<br />COME TO THE EDGE!<br />And they came,<br />and he pushed,<br />and they flew.<br /><br />Saraha, I think they'd let us both in. Ha! I'd love to live there in the clouds away from all 'modern' conveniences for a while. Thanks for stopping by. Blessings!!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-25527630664125111832009-09-16T02:07:11.991-05:002009-09-16T02:07:11.991-05:00I want to go live there. Do you think if I knock, ...I want to go live there. Do you think if I knock, they will let a crazy/mad woman in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-76403674535817454522009-09-15T21:14:34.479-05:002009-09-15T21:14:34.479-05:00Marion it is just like life, living on the edge.
...Marion it is just like life, living on the edge.<br /><br />Love Renee xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-69978808388000043712009-09-15T18:28:23.110-05:002009-09-15T18:28:23.110-05:00This is an incredibly beautiful photo and what won...This is an incredibly beautiful photo and what wonderful words. Thank you, Marion.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-17458951380412028802009-09-15T17:33:49.096-05:002009-09-15T17:33:49.096-05:00Margaret, it does look precariously perched there ...Margaret, it does look precariously perched there on that cliff, doesn't it? Thanks for stopping by. Blessings!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-28466275612261615982009-09-15T16:53:49.314-05:002009-09-15T16:53:49.314-05:00Hi Marion~
In the tiger's lair
Resides my grea...Hi Marion~<br />In the tiger's lair<br />Resides my great fear of heights.<br />There it lies for now.Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-58439118943595911522009-09-15T10:48:13.142-05:002009-09-15T10:48:13.142-05:00Delwyn, how wonderful to have visited Kyoto! I...Delwyn, how wonderful to have visited Kyoto! I'll have to look up the book. I'm sure it's the same author. Blessings!<br /><br />SJ, glad I can make you chuckle. :-) Blessings!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-60578829728995346112009-09-15T09:34:49.506-05:002009-09-15T09:34:49.506-05:00I do remember 'doonies.' Still makes me c...I do remember 'doonies.' Still makes me chuckle every time I hear it.:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-1547479767819269522009-09-15T05:01:56.122-05:002009-09-15T05:01:56.122-05:00Hi Marion
in front of me I have a book by Diane D...Hi Marion<br /><br />in front of me I have a book by Diane Durston called 'Old Kyoto'. I bought it in Kyoto last time I was there. She tell of all the old shops and businesses, artisans... that are worthy of visiting in the city.<br /><br />I am presuming that 'wabi sabi' is by the same Diane Durston...<br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-57972203086629964302009-09-14T22:08:33.960-05:002009-09-14T22:08:33.960-05:00Karen, me too. I love haiku. It's a very und...Karen, me too. I love haiku. It's a very under-appreciated form. Blessings!<br /><br />SJ, you remember 'doonies' don't you? I know I told my Princess friends about them. ;-O Thanks for stopping by. Blessings!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-2238431781382507862009-09-14T21:28:30.699-05:002009-09-14T21:28:30.699-05:00What a breath-takingly spectacular place. I'd...What a breath-takingly spectacular place. I'd have to be sedated for fear of falling off the edge, but I'd love to see it up close and personal.<br /><br />Doonies? LOL.:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-26274943860421615932009-09-14T19:00:19.677-05:002009-09-14T19:00:19.677-05:00The photo is breathtaking! I always bow to haiku.The photo is breathtaking! I always bow to haiku.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-71318772427752531922009-09-14T18:38:33.713-05:002009-09-14T18:38:33.713-05:00Thank for stopping by, A.J. It's awesome, isn...Thank for stopping by, A.J. It's awesome, isn't it? Blessings!<br /><br />Annie, if we managed to make it up the side of that mountain on our mules, I say we stay a couple of months, how 'bout it? LOL! Blessings!<br /><br />Rick, I got my clean doonies in my purse. Let's go! (That means undies, for the rest of the world but my family says doonies---don't ask.) No tomatoes, I promise....The hippie chick is slowly fading away...I agree those are some powerful 9 words. I think of them often. Blessings!!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-33089892711665884442009-09-14T18:16:00.906-05:002009-09-14T18:16:00.906-05:00Marion-how could nine words say so much? and so ma...Marion-how could nine words say so much? and so many words could be substituted in there. Cool castle, also. Let's go! Shall we? Tomorrow. I'll pick you up at nine. Don't bring the tomatoes. ~rick (hey! I notice I gotta scroll farther and farther down to see that cute hippie chick. What gives?)Rikkijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933627704520555139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-13118754306260667822009-09-14T17:58:31.860-05:002009-09-14T17:58:31.860-05:00This is so beautiful, like a dream. What a weekend...This is so beautiful, like a dream. What a weekend it would be if we could spend the weekend there in silence and candle light (because how could there be electricity there!) We'll just look at each other and smile in the knowing that the time is special, and the people more so.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-41039943684711486922009-09-14T16:59:41.291-05:002009-09-14T16:59:41.291-05:00That snap is staggering!That snap is staggering!Opaquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673267899145564334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-69022789437875053962009-09-14T16:42:18.475-05:002009-09-14T16:42:18.475-05:00Exactly, Char! I can't recall how I came abou...Exactly, Char! I can't recall how I came about finding the picture, but it still amazes me each time I look at it. Blessings!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-86779864613942998882009-09-14T16:40:12.276-05:002009-09-14T16:40:12.276-05:00What an enchanting picture. Who wouldn't want...What an enchanting picture. Who wouldn't want to go there.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721202924711744684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-55495434852923242122009-09-14T16:39:38.757-05:002009-09-14T16:39:38.757-05:00Thanks, Phoenix. Yes, I know what this haiku mean...Thanks, Phoenix. Yes, I know what this haiku means to me---to be in a moment, yet knowing the moment won't last and longing for it before it's even gone by. It could be a place or a person or a moment in time. I'm glad you enjoyed your visit. Blessings!<br /><br />Christopher, that is a total bummer about your passport. I hope you're able to get it resolved....I didn't know you were a world traveler! How wonderful to have visited so many different places. What blows my mind about The Tiger's Nest is imagining how difficult it must have been to build that magnificent monastery in such a perilous place, perched there on that mountain's side. Thanks for stopping by. Blessings!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-30226056413002810372009-09-14T14:48:42.321-05:002009-09-14T14:48:42.321-05:00Bhutan is quite primitive. It is one of the out o...Bhutan is quite primitive. It is one of the out of the way corners of the world. I was in Bangladesh for two years. Kashmir, India, Nepal. Not Bhutan. If I had it to do today I would insist on a side trip to Bhutan, I think. But I seem to remember it is not that easy to get permission.<br /><br />Right now Homeland Security has messed with me. My birth name is not my walk around name. Even though my SS Card and driver's license are in my walk around name, I can't get a passport, or even get a new driver's license without legally changing my name to my walk around name. This was never an issue before 9/11. I was raised by my step-dad and at age eight I chose to take his name, but never legally had to change it from my birth name. I even got a passport in my twenties without changing my name. My name was just an alias in those days, and so long as no "fraud" was intended, it didn't matter. That was part of the black print of the law. Bastards!christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-15467364255152764952009-09-14T14:40:36.380-05:002009-09-14T14:40:36.380-05:00gorgeous photo, beautiful haiku. Isn't it so t...gorgeous photo, beautiful haiku. Isn't it so true that we fall in love with the ideals of a city rather than the city itself? We fall for what a city stands for and sometimes the distance between the two is heartbreaking.<br /><br />As always, thanks for posting -- this blog is my daily treat :)Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477498671080132176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-46817104242027045482009-09-14T14:22:28.720-05:002009-09-14T14:22:28.720-05:00I know, Kelly. I'd love to visit that temple,...I know, Kelly. I'd love to visit that temple, too. I didn't know you were afraid of heights. The heights wouldn't bother me, but I doubt my bad back would survive the mule ride. LOL! Yes, we got 2 days of rain with more predicted today, but I like it. Blessings!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com