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Isn't it sad when you write 20+ poems, then go back for revisions, and find every one of them complete crap? *sigh*
Like  •  Comment  •  May 3, 2012 at 8:55pm EDT
Does anyone know why I cannot respond to an e-mail using my iPad? I can use it for every other writing action here on WDC but responding to e-mails. All help appreciated.
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 23, 2012 at 6:34am EDT
I used to be able to when I used an iPad. WDC needs an app for the interface. I would try a reset and clearing of your browser and try again.
Like  •  Apr 23, 2012 at 1:50pm EDT
@alfredboothpoet on Twitter.
Every writer should belong there because the stupid 140 character limit is an excellent exercise in conciseness.
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 22, 2012 at 10:51am EDT
I think I'm following you now. I don't use twitter much for anything other than blog posts though, as I don't have it on my phone. :)
Like  •  Apr 23, 2012 at 3:36am EDT
Don't usually like to plug, but in this case, since my P.(tree)Log is not my true blog, it won't show up on the general blog list here.

I felt like writing. The end is rough. I'll edit it tomorrow, but for those of you around and interested in my rusty poetry, here's a link:

http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1489243-Scattered-leaves-with-p oetic-imprints
Like  •  Comment  •  Mar 18, 2012 at 5:41pm EDT
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I have more than one blog. Might want to link them... at the top and occasionally in the text. One does what one can.
Like  •  Mar 19, 2012 at 5:20pm EDT
Is anyone here writing for The River of Stones? If so, please send me your contact info so I can read them. I don't have a lot of following within the Writing Our Way Home community as yet and am feeling rather isolated. Thanks!
Like  •  Comment  •  Jan 12, 2012 at 4:32pm EST
Your post made me visit the blog. Looks interesting enough. I think I couldn't find your contribuiton, if you made one, in the guest posts for a particular day. Is this a community for every one who lives 'abroad'???
Like  •  Jan 13, 2012 at 11:41am EST
Don't know who'll get this, but Happy Holidays to All! It seems to me that few people in my circle of WDC friends use these little updates. So, let's make a common New Year's resolution to update our lives a bit more frequently. Peace and Love to all. Cheers to the hot toddy and eggnog drinkers among us!!!
Like  •  Comment  •  Dec 23, 2011 at 4:17am EST
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Happy Holidays, Alfred!
Like  •  Dec 24, 2011 at 12:47pm EST
Peace, love, and happy writing to you in the New Year!
Like  •  Dec 24, 2011 at 5:06pm EST
Happy Holidays to you too Alfred......
Like  •  Jan 5, 2012 at 10:37am EST
I've begun writing for the Writer's Digest online contest, 2011 November PAD Chapbook Challenge. Started yesterday and am only three poems behind. AND my wrist is not a happy camper at the current rate I'm using it.

Oh, and I'm visiting the Eiffel Tower Sunday morning with part of Pierre's family who arrive tomorrow morning for the long Vet Day week-end.
Like  •  Comment  •  Nov 10, 2011 at 5:05pm EST
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I saw the picture - lovely...

wish you the best on the challenge...sometimes really great writing comes from these efforts!
Like  •  Nov 15, 2011 at 8:42am EST
Finally a new poem, perhaps too long, but it says what it needs to say. I'm so happy to have written something convincing.

Here's the link: "the moment respite is lost" 
Like  •  Comment  •  Nov 6, 2011 at 6:00am EST
This after my class recital at the conservatory went well. Except that I have one of my more serious migraines. Needless to say, even though my hand was feeling OK, I didn't grace the audience with anything. Tomorrow's another day. And I'm here blathering about it because I've got two parties in the building. One below, one next door. Sleep and/or silence is impossible. Am I jinxed or what!
Like  •  Comment  •  Oct 15, 2011 at 3:35pm EDT
Greg and I are so lucky, either our building is incredibly well built or no one has any social life here.
Like  •  Oct 15, 2011 at 4:54pm EDT
After three weeks, the new anti-inflammatory pills bought from a US internet company are certainly helping my tendinitis. My hand takes a LOT less time recuperating from my daily activities. Now I just need a reason to convince my muse that there are things worth writing about. I feel like a fake lately.
Like  •  Comment  •  Oct 13, 2011 at 2:48am EDT
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Alfred, what did you find? My aches/flareups are mostly gone this week...the relief from pain is amazing!!
Like  •  Oct 13, 2011 at 10:06am EDT
this is certainly good news! Can you convince my muse too?
1 Like  •  Oct 13, 2011 at 11:38am EDT
Sheila. I found the "Anti-Inflammatory Support" compound from WholeHealth.com. Did I not send you that info? In general my hand is better, but today for some strange reason it's been uncommonly painful. Just the day I announced in public that things seem to be better.
Like  •  Oct 13, 2011 at 4:40pm EDT
Brilliant late Indian Summer in France. My writing days seem to be dwindling to early autumn firewood as I am not moved in the least to poetic composition. Life is simple lately, my students who all inspire me with no exception, a soon-to-be six-month-old Gao Cat and more communication with Pierre. Maybe I don't need writing any more...?
Like  •  Comment  •  Oct 2, 2011 at 4:01am EDT
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Similar weather and feelings about writing. Can't say life is ever simple however! It would be a sadder world without your poetry.
Like  •  Oct 2, 2011 at 6:06am EDT
I'm the opposite and don't want to write or edit anything during the hot months. During that time I become extremely morose, such that I dare not post my dark thoughts online. My hibernating imagination runs freely again only after our rainy season in northern California starts. Because this is what I get each summer, anyone know the opposite of the condition named SAD?
Like  •  Oct 2, 2011 at 11:13am EDT
Dear Sir;
You're right. Rather than leave a comment that could be construed as a nicety, making the author wonder what indeed was referred to and thereby perhaps starting a dialogue that might lead to elaboration on the original comment, I should have instead done nothing.
The piece I commented on has long since faded into obscurity in my mind for a melange of reasons, so forgive me if I do not reply in more detail. Good luck with your writing.
Nobody ever built a statue of a critic.
Like  •  Comment  •  Sep 26, 2011 at 7:42am EDT
I'll try. After 10 weeks of summer break, I resume teaching in four days; I can't wait! Gao put a nasty gash in my right thumb so the piano is out again; my hand is so-so. I've little to say, so my poetry seems to have evaporated. Pierre and I have begun to truly communicate so my heart in light once again.
Like  •  Comment  •  Sep 17, 2011 at 3:53am EDT
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Ah kitties!
1 Like  •  Sep 18, 2011 at 5:25am EDT
She sold the wick? That's a cool expression...
Like  •  Comment  •  Sep 7, 2010 at 2:50pm EDT
Peace and love, Alfred Smile
Like  •  Comment  •  Aug 19, 2010 at 2:36pm EDT
... surely gentlemen can have boudoirs too - as long as they wear smoking jackets...
Like  •  Comment  •  Jul 19, 2010 at 4:56pm EDT
lovely views... peaceful solitude... clothes-optional afternoons ...(as long as his mother is not around Bigsmile)
Like  •  Comment  •  Jul 19, 2010 at 2:50pm EDT
My My Mr Butler...What a lot of fans you have scribbling on your wall. I can see I shall have to get into the habit but then you know what a flighty madam I am. *Wink*
Like  •  Comment  •  Jul 3, 2010 at 6:06pm EDT
Almost one year wiser....
Like  •  Comment  •  May 21, 2010 at 10:30am EDT
I just discovered this neat little area in Ports. Wanted to stop and wave.
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 29, 2010 at 9:19am EDT
Good heavens! This looks like a Facebook wall! Thanks for visiting my notebook Alfred - away from here for a few days and the entire site changes! Hope you are well, dear friend. *Heart*
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 29, 2010 at 8:31am EDT
Such a delight when sounds of friendship make music in words! Thanks for the visit, Alfred.
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 28, 2010 at 6:13am EDT
To return your facebook style note ;) Which I tried to comment on in my port, but it didn't work for some reasons - anxiety hasn't lessened - actually it's now worse (which explains my absence recently). And I'm still computerless.

Hope the rehearsal went well inspite of the migraine. I always hated rehearsals with migraines, there's nothing to do but sit there and pray you don't vomit all over your instrument.

Such an uplifting note!
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 27, 2010 at 9:12am EDT
Simply could not get out of the house last night for the rehearsal. I cancelled. They don't appreciate me for the most part anyway!

Sorry to hear you're still under the weather.
Like  •  Apr 27, 2010 at 10:26am EDT
I was completely unable to leave the house last night because of the pain, so stayed home. Movement of any kind always makes the head worse. Today it's better, but I'm in Lyon without a minute's sleep last night.

Sorry to hear you are still suffering. Wish there was something I could do to help.
Like  •  Apr 27, 2010 at 10:43am EDT
I had a vision this morning... and predict the Troubadour will receive a not so random poem this week...
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 27, 2010 at 8:21am EDT
I wish I could have opted for the purple fleece blanket or writing...What a crazy day Sunday turned out to be! I hope you're feeling much improved...Don't overdo with that exercise ball!!!!
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 26, 2010 at 10:06pm EDT
I see your notebook is being well scribbled on already. I'm afraid it could take far more years and brain cells than I have to conquer all these new changes. At least I know what a notebook is. When I visited the US I discovered Sliders are tiny burgers...now I'm confused again.

Thanks for visiting my wall...erm Notebook.
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 26, 2010 at 5:41am EDT
Friendship is all about Scribbling, Scarlett. And I had no idea that Sliders are tiny burgers. You sure you didn't hear buggers? Slipping and sliding from your nose? YUCK. GROSS (not a quantity). REPULSIVE. Yep, that's me.

Migraine day. My excuse.
Like  •  Apr 26, 2010 at 10:57am EDT
I've not used the new settings yet, so thought I'd stop by your notebook first! x
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 6:28pm EDT
How did Mandy make a paragraph change. Two taps of the return key?

Will this solution be THE solution?
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 3:20pm EDT
Yep.

Two taps of the return key does what I wanted. Won't work for poetry though. Expanded poems, maybe.
Like  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 3:21pm EDT
And if I leave a second comment, will it be in chronological order somehow? I wonder if anyone will be around to read these silly musings about paragraphs.
Like  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 3:22pm EDT
A twenty-fifth hour? I could surely add another five to my day and still not find time to twiddle my thumbs.

Today it is truly April though. With a chill in the air and cleansing showers, it's a good day to sip peppermint tea, read a few blogs, and send a few hugs across the pond. ((( *Heart* )))
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 2:28pm EDT
Ponds are swimmable! Although I'll accept the affectionate term for The Atlantic! Peppermint tea? Me, it's been sencha today. Lots of sunshine but the air is still cool. No rain yet. We need it.
Like  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 2:45pm EDT
merde! more crap to learn... and keep up with... non, NOVAcat will not keep a "real" blog... she likes being a woman of mystery Wink ... if you didn't catch FB....I'm down at my mom's house... we went shopping...I took her out to dinner... I've also had a couple of wonderful evenings at the beach, too...
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 1:10pm EDT
Now why go to FB when we have everything right here on WDC, including a Scribble Wall! I mean really...what more can one ask for? Whenever you have a bad day Wanbli..always remember you have friends here who love and care for you on WDC!
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 9:05am EDT
Now, I wonder Summer, whether you'll get this response to your lovely supportive Scribble on my SP (that's troubadour talk for Scribble Page). I got an e-mail notification that you had scribbled on my SP. Did you also get an e-mail notifying your of my earlier Scribble? Hope you have a lovely day. Here's it's hazy with patches of blue.
Like  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 10:13am EDT
My dear Brother....I send you blessings in this scribble here. Yes, I have seen your scribble on my wall, and thank you for always thinking of me as you do!!! You are loved by many, and whenever you are feeling down, perhaps it will serve you wise to look on this little scribble board and see just how much you are thought of and loved!!! *Heart*
Like  •  May 11, 2010 at 8:07pm EDT
Note to self: Reorganize this silly port, now that the SM has forced changed upon us. When? Where? How? Eternal questions for which time needs to find a few answers. Or a twenty-fifth hour in the day. Now surely that's not too much to ask for?
Like  •  Comment  •  Apr 25, 2010 at 4:19am EDT
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