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I wish I could do WDC on my Palm... screen too small and ...well, I'm all thumbs...
Like  •  Comment  •  Dec 31, 2011 at 4:17pm EST
Happy New Year!
Like  •  Dec 31, 2011 at 6:35pm EST
Happy new year to you and your thumbs.
Like  •  Dec 31, 2011 at 6:45pm EST
Happy new year to the fingers, as well as the thumbs Smile
Like  •  Jan 1, 2012 at 1:45am EST
I'll be in Costa Rica for three months. This time I hope to relax and have more free time to write.

Like  •  Comment  •  Dec 6, 2011 at 2:47pm EST
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enjoy your journey! (I imagine you will!)
Like  •  Dec 6, 2011 at 5:11pm EST
3 months?!! I'm jealous. *Envy* Have a wonderful time!
Like  •  Dec 6, 2011 at 7:21pm EST
I'm thinking how I can change this into a children's story and for what age: "In the bathtub the water turns red"  A somewhat strange blog entry. *Bigsmile*
Like  •  Comment  •  Nov 10, 2011 at 4:30pm EST
It's great the way it is, Kåre. Why adopt it for children? They would think the red water is because you're bleeding to death without knowing it. Or it's your last bath. Slit wrist style. Of course those of us who know you would laugh at this thought, but children's minds would run wild with the image of red water.
2 Like  •  Nov 10, 2011 at 5:02pm EST
I decided to do prose poem letters this November. I need to do 60-90 to make it worthwhile. I've done 5 in two days. The word count won't be impressive and the emotions may overwhelm. We'll see...

I'm titling the collection "In November" after a poem by that title written by Alan Feldman. The ending inspired me to write offering #4 yesterday.
Like  •  Comment  •  Nov 3, 2011 at 6:03pm EDT
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Good luck with it!
Like  •  Nov 4, 2011 at 5:49pm EDT
Has anyone ever submitted to the Iowa Review? I just sent 5 poems off yesterday. I wish I were part of a "submissions" club. So hard to figure where to send what...
Like  •  Comment  •  Oct 29, 2011 at 7:29pm EDT
Join us!!! Join the "Swiss Group" (temporary name, of course!). We have a submission forum.
1 Like  •  Nov 4, 2011 at 12:28pm EDT
Two poems submitted... I think... couldn't find send button at their web-site on THEIR submission form. Hope the alternative way I did it worked. Today? Three more to edit and send off. My nerves are gone. Frown Wish me luck.
Like  •  Comment  •  Oct 15, 2011 at 3:40pm EDT
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Good luck but don't let nerves (or technology!) get you down.
Like  •  Oct 15, 2011 at 7:39pm EDT
It's so awesome that you are submitting! I really need to do that again but it's been a long time and I don't think I'm ready for it. I wish you the best of luck, I'm sure they'll love your work!
Like  •  Oct 15, 2011 at 9:19pm EDT
5 poems submitted and emails stating they got them! Looking for my next "victim". Wink
Like  •  Oct 18, 2011 at 8:14pm EDT
I'm slogging through my photos of England. Getting lots of "likes" at facebook and many a comment.

However... if I write something or make a link to writing I get little or no feedback. Has anyone else had this problem?

Maybe my friends prefer what I see to what I say...
Like  •  Comment  •  Oct 4, 2011 at 1:55am EDT
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...I don't know any wdc member who thinks they get "enough" feedback. I know myself well enough to know that I don't send feedback even just to say I enjoyed something.... I will try to be more mindful of this. I typically only comment when I really agree or feel like I have something to contribute. I will have to be more vocal, I guess!
1 Like  •  Oct 4, 2011 at 9:19am EDT
I think people are there (FB) to play and not to read... If I read and/or comment it is from here not there... though I do like seeing the post there to remind me to read here... this is sounding Seuess-ish *Rolleyes*
1 Like  •  Oct 7, 2011 at 11:39am EDT
I read a lot at FB. "Like" a lot (not everything). I try to comment when I can/am inspired to. I try to be supportive rather than argumentative (but I can be). Most of my friends are NOT writers. But it is surprising how many read what I write...
Like  •  Oct 8, 2011 at 2:26am EDT
I will need to choose the best photos of England and write a narrative. 100 should suffice! My favorite so far is the picture I took of Mavis Moog's two dogs, Roger and Crispin, at Eccles Pike. I won't be finished much before November. Got more photos off my cellphone today. Need to work on Costa Rica as well. Have 800 on-line. It's a matter of choosing one of many stories and finding the appropriate photo. Wish Mandy Maxfield Howe were here to help. Photo journalism is her area of expertise.
Like  •  Comment  •  Sep 25, 2011 at 12:36am EDT
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What HAS happened to our pink photo friend since being forced to move in with her inlaws?
1 Like  •  Sep 25, 2011 at 3:24am EDT
If I had them ready now I could present the idea at Bernice's. They hang new local artwork on their brick walls every month.
Like  •  Sep 26, 2011 at 2:55am EDT
So I'm reading the poetry of Rolf Jacobsen (Norwegian, 1907-1994) and being inspired. I believe that getting out of one's own culture zone helps with looking at the world with new eyes/ears/heart/hand. Also finished reading Semezdin Mehmedinovic's "Nine Alexandrias" (trans. from the Bosnian). What are your favorite authors from other countries/cultures?
Like  •  Comment  •  Sep 16, 2011 at 11:04pm EDT
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Alessandro Barricco from Turin, Italy. I'd give a kidney or some other semi-vital organ or body part to write like him.
Like  •  Sep 21, 2011 at 2:51am EDT
Does anyone read Norwegian writers like Ibsen, Unset, Nesbø, Vesaas (1897-1970)? I'm re-reading Tarjei Vesaas' poetry. His connection with his landscape and culture thrill and perplex me. Jo Nesbø? Read "Devil Star" about 10 days ago. Need to read more. I find that reading authors who come from a different language/cultural perspective helps my writing. Thoughts?
Like  •  Comment  •  Sep 14, 2011 at 5:02pm EDT
I have no idea how this works, so... I went to England. Muse went on snooze. I return and suddenly find myself exhausted. Then... Muse decides to wake up and play. Not worried or concerned (other than my lack of energy), just "amused".
Like  •  Comment  •  Sep 10, 2011 at 7:49pm EDT
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wait so that's where you've been? I was wondering. Smile
1 Like  •  Sep 10, 2011 at 7:51pm EDT
Consider yourself lucky that when your Muse wants to play the he doesn't have claws like my Gao!
1 Like  •  Sep 11, 2011 at 5:08am EDT
Those muses seem to have a mind of their own. I know my tornadoes decide when to spew, I don't. And Alfred, is Gao now your muse?
Like  •  Sep 16, 2011 at 8:24am EDT
I have no idea what this is all about! Will need to check it out. Not having a good day so far.
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 26, 2010 at 4:03pm EDT
Summer is faster than me, because all she does is Scribble!!!! // (that means paragraph because we can't make them in these here boxes, so no properly presented RAOPs either!) Here's welcoming you to your own WDC Wall, à la FarceBrook, a NoteBook where we can all follow our messages to each other. At least that's the digs./// Archaeology, you know. Never know what you'll find!
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 11:31am EDT
Scribble...Scribble..Scribble! Wishing you a wonderful day there!!!
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 11:23am EDT
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