tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post1714971352570862251..comments2023-05-04T06:40:37.488-07:00Comments on AstonishMe: My Summer of FlyingGlimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-84615375253456706522010-02-04T20:07:41.209-08:002010-02-04T20:07:41.209-08:00Syd: Thank you. I appreciate, always, your encoura...Syd: Thank you. I appreciate, always, your encouragement. I was never one to let logic get in the way of one of my notions. My projects were usually good for a laugh, anyway.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-26395274424382553072010-02-04T17:46:35.254-08:002010-02-04T17:46:35.254-08:00I like to read about your childhood adventures. Yo...I like to read about your childhood adventures. You had a great idea to try so hard to fly. I never tried that. My floating was done on the water.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-12054647632850749262010-02-03T11:45:18.054-08:002010-02-03T11:45:18.054-08:00Bethany: I recently read that Stephen King said wr...Bethany: I recently read that Stephen King said writing is really time travel. Maybe that's what I-we are doing, I am going there and you are going with me? You are starting to let the writing take you with it, too, you know. Keep going.<br /><br />And thank you for taking the time and the trouble to tell me. That means so much.<br /><br />Maggie: I was a delirious little girl, an apt description. So much so that I wore myself, and others, out. It's fun to channel it again, sometimes.<br /><br />Shannon: I agree re trying to fly. And your blog is sweet light.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-30259381840171605652010-02-02T19:35:43.486-08:002010-02-02T19:35:43.486-08:00I just love this post. So very inspirational. Tha...I just love this post. So very inspirational. Thank you Carole. May we all never stop trying to fly :) xoxo<br /><br />And thank you for your encouraging words on my blog. It means the world to me! *HUG*Shannon of HAPPINESS IShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554831683149229655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-89517652106391437002010-02-01T20:52:52.138-08:002010-02-01T20:52:52.138-08:00ooo i love Ray Bradbury, and your writing is delir...ooo i love Ray Bradbury, and your writing is deliriousMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-60321852608166641412010-02-01T17:30:26.288-08:002010-02-01T17:30:26.288-08:00Been saving this.
Wow.
You yourself are magical, ...Been saving this. <br />Wow.<br />You yourself are magical, somehow full of this special way of seeing and feeling that just lifts anyone who is lucky enough to read your memories and thoughts.<br />I was floating through this, arms out.<br />I love your love of capes, with you still.<br />I love your love of flying.<br />Your friends.<br />Your family. Childhood. Wishes. Dreams. Hope. How you SHOW it all, with your balloons and wagon and trying.<br />Loved this:<br />That's when those days feel so close I can stretch arm into the dark and almost pull them back to me.<br />I love how it seems like you're talking directly to me in the end, whispering something I need to remember and believe in. <br />I wish I could.<br />I'm trying.<br />Thank you.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510823788662848522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-38479464127051131942010-02-01T08:22:14.233-08:002010-02-01T08:22:14.233-08:00Ellen: I didn't think of that, a metaphor for ...Ellen: I didn't think of that, a metaphor for life. Trying to capture a moment like to find a way to just keep trying. Thank you!<br /><br />TKW: I have a recurrent dream that I am flying. I love those dreams the most and don't want to wake up. Maybe that's why, maybe I set them in motion by "flying" off the wellhouse. Never thought of that either!<br /><br />SB: Of course we would have been great buds, wilding in the deep South. I would have given you the bullwhip as a loaner. I can see us now, up a tree, chunking pine cones and mouthing off: "They aint taking us alive."Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-31112653726953434372010-02-01T07:15:19.883-08:002010-02-01T07:15:19.883-08:00Your words blow me away. I loved reading this. We ...Your words blow me away. I loved reading this. We would have been fast friends as children. I was always doing something semi-dangerous for fun.<br /><br />Love you, Glimmer.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-27097348144671289122010-01-31T18:46:09.235-08:002010-01-31T18:46:09.235-08:00You are a beautiful writer. I, too, wanted to fly ...You are a beautiful writer. I, too, wanted to fly when I was a child. Flying just seems like the free-est feeling of all.TKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409505008377005185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-79012401448796175152010-01-31T16:35:39.461-08:002010-01-31T16:35:39.461-08:00I saw you in my mind standing on that well house.....I saw you in my mind standing on that well house...I could see the wind in your hair, your arms outstretched...it is like childhood, ever so fleeting...we can visit it while watching a child even taste the dirt on our hands when we fall...try again, and again..all our lives we can keep trying...Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912709342270151365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-44849686370601124702010-01-31T13:43:46.533-08:002010-01-31T13:43:46.533-08:00You honor me, Ms. Moon. I did fly -- you saw it to...You honor me, Ms. Moon. I did fly -- you saw it too. That's the real gift, the gift of this space and the people who come here and read and comment. It enables me, it lets me go back there, briefly, once in a while. To BE there.<br /><br />SJ: For a few years I felt "deprived." No ballet lessons at age 3. Too late when we found out in high school that I had a talent for gymnastics. But I wouldn't trade any of it now. None of it. Because those feelings last a lifetime.<br /><br />Little Guitar: HA! You're right! It did feel that way. And I argued pretty strenuously with the ones who reported that they didn't feel a thing.<br /><br />Danielle: I'm glad. It hit home, then. And I'm happy.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-76664551450898636272010-01-31T12:36:52.362-08:002010-01-31T12:36:52.362-08:00shot..like an arrow through my heart..thats all i ...shot..like an arrow through my heart..thats all i can say now...Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437792304668178783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-5677471047484631932010-01-31T11:18:24.096-08:002010-01-31T11:18:24.096-08:00great tale. reminds of the line from the song in &...great tale. reminds of the line from the song in 'crazy heart' -- 'funny how falling feels like flying ... for a little while.'ALittleGuitarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042890087015084321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-18223815355638799342010-01-31T10:00:43.658-08:002010-01-31T10:00:43.658-08:00I loved this post :) And I loved those feelings of...I loved this post :) And I loved those feelings of innocence and faith that it stirred in me.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174193133138897712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-6609983107476068662010-01-31T07:41:01.512-08:002010-01-31T07:41:01.512-08:00Thank you B. Mother was laughing when she talked a...Thank you B. Mother was laughing when she talked about it. I can never remember "jokes" but make people laugh for decades anyway!Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-26543606066222621012010-01-31T07:35:53.214-08:002010-01-31T07:35:53.214-08:00This reminds me so much of Ray Bradbury. You have ...This reminds me so much of Ray Bradbury. You have such a gift with words, such an amazing ability to capture moments in time and give them the breath of life. You did fly, didn't you? You flew the entire distance of a summer. Ah, lah. This was beautiful.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-53552141924091855112010-01-31T04:28:01.418-08:002010-01-31T04:28:01.418-08:00Love this - it speaks of all that innocent child h...Love this - it speaks of all that innocent child hope that we used to have!blognuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161713516407124717noreply@blogger.com