tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post2083243834541974509..comments2024-03-27T22:21:57.519-04:00Comments on :::More whiffs, glimmers & left oeuvres:::: night skatingDeb Lacativahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-74232452553905394802012-01-16T15:24:09.037-05:002012-01-16T15:24:09.037-05:00Dee - I have to admit there are underlying terrors...Dee - I have to admit there are underlying terrors here that I did not address but doing it was flying in the face of both - A. getting caught and reaping parental grief and B. Skating into the dark required a measure of faith, faith in something as ephemeral as frozen water. <br /><br />and thanksDeb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-77874723300403121012012-01-16T15:12:00.494-05:002012-01-16T15:12:00.494-05:00a beautifully detailed description... I'll adm...a beautifully detailed description... I'll admit to feeling scared reading it, not expansive and joyful, like the writer... but that's me! I could hear the skater, hear the ice, hear the furnace, feel the cold snowflakes... such excellent writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-54218388230893350602011-12-22T12:17:05.959-05:002011-12-22T12:17:05.959-05:00Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Yes.Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Yes.Terry Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650965451863656517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-85486218912112716502011-12-21T16:57:02.370-05:002011-12-21T16:57:02.370-05:00I felt right there, with you - thankyou for this b...I felt right there, with you - thankyou for this beautiful, virtual experience.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865935238557234504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-20095254981643547222011-12-21T14:20:04.770-05:002011-12-21T14:20:04.770-05:00Thank you for taking me skating with you. It has b...Thank you for taking me skating with you. It has been cold enough for ice to form on the edges of the river, but the water is to high and swift to freeze solid. So, I will read and re-read this post, close my eyes, and skate along with you. ThanksJeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367949314724875797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-69365838413205180242011-12-21T12:43:14.790-05:002011-12-21T12:43:14.790-05:00so Terri.. you know that sound I tried to write ab...so Terri.. you know that sound I tried to write about. My grampa used to say the ice was yawning.Deb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-13814631946785457402011-12-21T12:02:52.518-05:002011-12-21T12:02:52.518-05:00brilliant wordsmithing, you took me all the way fr...brilliant wordsmithing, you took me all the way from a hot summer night here in sunny Sydney to skating on the frozen pond behind my grandmother's place in Quebec when I was 13.. but never at night... oh never at night... that was always just a dream....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-33155283934164657972011-12-21T10:45:10.130-05:002011-12-21T10:45:10.130-05:00flyingflyinggrace Forrest~Maestashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853978388902544613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-61841684113268477332011-12-21T00:49:32.969-05:002011-12-21T00:49:32.969-05:00now that is beautiful.now that is beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-38348248898382651932011-12-21T00:33:55.643-05:002011-12-21T00:33:55.643-05:00WOW!WOW!Sherrie Spanglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com