tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post126338194078487115..comments2024-03-28T12:04:28.088-04:00Comments on Susan's Poetry: Big Earth BallSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-71162520110544169102012-09-13T08:45:17.189-04:002012-09-13T08:45:17.189-04:00Certainty cuts us off from a less than certain wor...Certainty cuts us off from a less than certain world. So sometimes darkness is a good thing. All our cherished beliefs taken from us we begin to see what's really there. To see we have to pass through blindness. "Sight from blindness grows as clarity from confusion". I feel it is a tough road ahead.<br /><br />I've always wanted one of those army jackets. Very cool, Susan!<br /><br />Thank you for this journey; a moment long, much like eternity.Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129547380377962436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-24251682061090663052012-08-11T11:46:20.291-04:002012-08-11T11:46:20.291-04:00Thank you Mrs. Thank you very much. I don't ...Thank you Mrs. Thank you very much. I don't know why it was so important to me that you read this particular one, but it was. I am glad to know that you went into the army as a protest! as a gift. I hope you will reveal more of those times as you continue writing--or perhaps lead me to where I can read what you have already written about that.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-22290550001448316062012-08-09T04:08:27.599-04:002012-08-09T04:08:27.599-04:00Whew, I have been working to try and get blogger t...Whew, I have been working to try and get blogger to stop freezing up. I have been running so many different scans, deleting programs here and there, and so far I was able to add Mr. Linky, add a few links and then come here without it freezing. Keeping my fingers crossed. I have my iPad but grandkids have been here and all of them keep taking it to watch vids. Plus it is not much easier to write comments then my iPhone. I am trying to learn the audio writer program but it is so slow and only understands half of what I say, I think I talk too fast for it to understand me and I think I talk slow. Thought it had to do with living in southern CA and it being so hot. Also if someone has word verification on then the comment window covers it up and cannot see to write it.<br /><br />Anyway I really enjoyed this poem and all the other additions. Funny how we can remember watching the landing on the moon, the protests, and the draft. My husband went into the Army in 1970 along with his twin. Luckily because he brother was in Europe for four years my hubby never actually made it to Vietnam. I went into the Army a few years later as my form of protest to save at least one young man from being drafted. Not sure if that ever worked but at least in my mind I think I saved one guy. Still not sure what the Disco thing was. We were out of the country during that time. I remember Saturday Night Fever and after watching it we had no idea that it was a lifestyle in the U.S.A. You know I have never asked my brothers and sisters if they got into it. Maybe some things are better kept quiet. LOL<br /><br />You seem to have had a lot of interesting experiences during that time and I have to say that if you had straight hair then you have made me totally jealous of you. I cannot even count the hours that I spent trying to get my hair to go straight during those years. The funniest one is rolling my hair with orange juice cans at night and then sleeping sitting up all night so as to not squish the cans. Oh if only the blow dryer had been invented back then. Heck we were so excited to find a hair conditioner. <br /><br />I think you are so correct about your post bringing up recollections. But new ones are nice too.<br /><br />Thank you for being concerned about where I had gone off too. I know the problem was with blogger and something connected to it. All of my other programs worked just fine. And my Adobe Flash kept crashing and hence the connection, at least I hope so.<br /><br />If I get locked out again I may just be using that sledge hammer.<br /><br />This was a great confusing confusion Theme Thursday.<br /><br />God bless.Mrsupolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563854387767106508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-2239610920295296442012-08-08T12:41:12.186-04:002012-08-08T12:41:12.186-04:00Grin! Stick around. I'm just getting started...Grin! Stick around. I'm just getting started! And new protest--or non-protest--stories would be a gift to me!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-23547446590006248972012-08-08T12:38:31.580-04:002012-08-08T12:38:31.580-04:00Oh, you should write about it too!Oh, you should write about it too!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-54630616193470383252012-08-08T12:38:04.697-04:002012-08-08T12:38:04.697-04:00Thank you, ds, for commenting. That line embodies...Thank you, ds, for commenting. That line embodies major contradiction in being civilized.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-52576209697360956572012-08-06T02:43:26.783-04:002012-08-06T02:43:26.783-04:00Susan, this is such a refreshing piece. Thank you ...Susan, this is such a refreshing piece. Thank you for sharing a time of pure revolt and a mark of change in history. I love the picture of you in the long skirt, swooping dance, and inner harmony. "Sight from blindness grows as clarity from confusion", so much strength in this voice. We have protest stories in our home too, but they are new ones, with my own children these days. I would love to hear your other story!Archna Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14838906796617874529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-50195415202990606992012-08-06T00:10:49.792-04:002012-08-06T00:10:49.792-04:00Remember this so well. Especially the moon walk. I...Remember this so well. Especially the moon walk. I was taking care of a friend/patient in the hospital. One of those moments we remember exactly where we were and what we were doing! Well-portrayed, Susan.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-3361000221215390012012-08-05T21:49:19.843-04:002012-08-05T21:49:19.843-04:00Wow. "We build things to destroy people and w...Wow. "We build things to destroy people and we walk in space!" My favorite line (of so many) in my favorite stanza. Powerful stuff, that. Extraordinary times, those. A lot came back from this. Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-91696160765594316402012-08-05T15:48:12.258-04:002012-08-05T15:48:12.258-04:00. . . music by the people, of the people and for t.... . . music by the people, of the people and for the people . . .Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-68437141431195832482012-08-05T15:47:23.302-04:002012-08-05T15:47:23.302-04:00(Maybe.) Thanks for coming by and adding to the c...(Maybe.) Thanks for coming by and adding to the conversation.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-20356044530369441672012-08-05T15:46:12.275-04:002012-08-05T15:46:12.275-04:00Thank you for that "fiery magnifying glass&qu...Thank you for that "fiery magnifying glass"! Definitely need our canes to protest, but I hope there will be so many people out there that I can just watch and write . . .Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-61332482789708023912012-08-05T15:41:33.917-04:002012-08-05T15:41:33.917-04:00Adriene! You visited! I am very excited to see y...Adriene! You visited! I am very excited to see you here and read your comment of praise. That means a lot. Do you think "we" will recognize the life on Mars if we see it?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-4921848412258645262012-08-05T15:19:55.238-04:002012-08-05T15:19:55.238-04:00I have learned "the rules," but maybe no...I have learned "the rules," but maybe not the ones you are speaking of. Living them is another story.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-82733509820888264232012-08-05T15:17:56.338-04:002012-08-05T15:17:56.338-04:00Thanks, and thanks for stopping by.Thanks, and thanks for stopping by.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-26738086898021505392012-08-05T15:17:03.813-04:002012-08-05T15:17:03.813-04:002 hours. By car.2 hours. By car.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-19643748942331180372012-08-05T14:47:12.762-04:002012-08-05T14:47:12.762-04:00Really!!! I thought by 1990 that Sartre had been ...Really!!! I thought by 1990 that Sartre had been abandoned! Did you try to live as an authentic existentialist? I moved on to Camus, but did not have the courage for quantity over quality-- Thank you for "exquisite"!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-40381719724798979172012-08-05T14:44:52.310-04:002012-08-05T14:44:52.310-04:00Thank you, Claudia, I'm glad you enjoyed the p...Thank you, Claudia, I'm glad you enjoyed the poem--and even got all of its references. I agree that 1970 is not unique in making the world change course--but it is one that I know something about from experience--and I am sure it changed me and my family irrevocably.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-38771002000733991232012-08-05T14:41:30.922-04:002012-08-05T14:41:30.922-04:00Thanks, John. I never made it to the festival eit...Thanks, John. I never made it to the festival either. I was near Woodstock, but the Festival itself was about 32 hours down state.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-17854894061038600792012-08-05T14:40:20.567-04:002012-08-05T14:40:20.567-04:00On missing this--do you think something is wrong w...On missing this--do you think something is wrong with mrsupole?--haven't heard from her either and I note that the comments have no responses. <br /><br />About the Solar Eclipse--I cannot even say what it was all about and how the free speech movement became a move-away-from-the-hypocrisy movement and all of the music and poetry and war protest and all that followed. It must have just been time after 1968 when Parisian students blew up and revolutions happened in the Balkans and etc. Just bloody time.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-86108006664209985972012-08-05T14:31:56.433-04:002012-08-05T14:31:56.433-04:00Do all of us have a rebel age?Do all of us have a rebel age?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-69355392494435579642012-08-05T14:30:50.374-04:002012-08-05T14:30:50.374-04:00I'm pretty sure that Ghandi would not agree th...I'm pretty sure that Ghandi would not agree that you need a war, but that does not mean no one will die and that the villains will easily cede their power and money. <br /><br />It's neat that we both watched the moon landing together! I turned 18 in Summer 1969.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-62656015979422033662012-08-05T14:27:09.989-04:002012-08-05T14:27:09.989-04:00Thanks, Sreeja. This is so totally the USA contin...Thanks, Sreeja. This is so totally the USA continent in 1970, that if you got some of it, you are doing well. The links will give you a sense, too, of those turbulent times. I think the protests were actually affective eventually.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-9464282880426900072012-08-05T14:25:26.126-04:002012-08-05T14:25:26.126-04:00Have you read it?Have you read it?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-24061493754104362862012-08-05T14:25:10.798-04:002012-08-05T14:25:10.798-04:00Do not envy! I've just shown you one day of i...Do not envy! I've just shown you one day of it! I hope you got to hear the music even if you weren't on campus.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.com