tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post6131832538083910231..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: How many grapes go into a single bottle of wine?Ellen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-70375297036504372982007-01-18T09:21:00.000-05:002007-01-18T09:21:00.000-05:00Thanks, Tom (and John, too). There is indeed a Ph...Thanks, Tom (and John, too). There is indeed a Philip Larkin poem about this. It's called "The Mower."<br /><br />The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found<br />A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,<br />Killed. It had been in the long grass.<br /><br />I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.<br />Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world<br />Unmendably. Burial was no help:<br /><br />Next morning I got up and it did not.<br />The first day after a death, the new absence<br />Is always the same; we should be careful<br /><br />Of each other, we should be kind<br />While there is still time.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-22273025571185221492007-01-18T08:56:00.000-05:002007-01-18T08:56:00.000-05:00Dear Ellen:
Sorry not to have caught this post ti...Dear Ellen:<br /><br />Sorry not to have caught this post till this AM. Sorry for your sadness and loss, what more to say? My heart goes out to you. <br /><br />Isn't there a Philip Larkin poem about this sentiment? Shouldn't there be? (I'm talking about the persistence of grief--though another emotion to capture would also be that horrible pang when you want to comfort someone close to you who really can't, shouldn't, be comforted...)<br /><br />XO<br />TomTom Ehrenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631646873808799064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-3927138341934249172007-01-17T15:21:00.000-05:002007-01-17T15:21:00.000-05:00Yeah, and there was that pawnshop in New Albany, M...Yeah, and there was that pawnshop in New Albany, MS whose window said "GUNS & GUITARS," too...Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-22900823545310720912007-01-17T11:52:00.000-05:002007-01-17T11:52:00.000-05:00Here's the whole song for the curious and the dips...Here's the whole song for the curious and the dipsomaniacal. Definitely words to live by every now and then.<br /><br />Plus, my sister and I once saw a store in Logan, Utah, advertising Liquor, Guns & Pawn. Wal-Mart eat your heart out.<br /><br />Ed<br /><br />+++++++++<br /><br />_Whiskey Bottle_<br /><br />Persuaded paraded inebriated <br />In doubt <br />Still aware of everything life carries on without <br />There is one too many faces <br />With dollar sign smiles <br />Gotta find the shortest path to the bar <br /><br />For a while <br />A long way from happiness <br />In a three-hour-away town<br />Whiskey bottle over jesus<br />Not forever<br />Just for now <br />Not forever, but just for now<br /><br />There's a trouble around<br />It's never far away<br />The same trouble has been around<br />For a life and a day<br />I can't forget the sound <br />Cause it's here to stay <br />The sound of people chasing money<br />And money getting away<br /><br />A long way from happiness<br />In a three-hour-away town <br />Whiskey bottle <br />Over jesus <br />Not forever <br />Just for now <br />Not forever but just for now <br /><br />In between the dirt and disgust <br />There must be <br />Some air to breathe in <br />Something to believe <br />“Liquor and Guns”<br />The sign says quite plain <br />Somehow life goes on in a place so insane <br /><br />A long way from happiness <br />In a three-hour-away town <br />Whiskey bottle over jesus <br />Not forever <br />Just for now <br />Not forever but just for nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-22848549776091062132007-01-17T11:08:00.000-05:002007-01-17T11:08:00.000-05:00May I suggest ... THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD for yo...May I suggest ... THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD for your playlist?<br /><br />Sending a hug for you, Clair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com