tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post7686172816893123316..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: How We Metchristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-50597291461687185972010-09-06T01:53:36.595-07:002010-09-06T01:53:36.595-07:00in the case of eloquent silence, there is little d...in the case of eloquent silence, there is little distinction between a man and his familiarschristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-26256315727651439042010-09-06T01:52:37.496-07:002010-09-06T01:52:37.496-07:00Jozien, that's the way it is. Most are not to...Jozien, that's the way it is. Most are not too interested, no?<br /><br />and of course Don says who's Christopher?christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-74862644306554712152010-09-06T00:26:10.821-07:002010-09-06T00:26:10.821-07:00The quiet of non speaking is a gift between animal...The quiet of non speaking is a gift between animal and man...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-72359220100789369372010-09-05T18:39:40.495-07:002010-09-05T18:39:40.495-07:00kissingkissingjozienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212900310477832041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-12483622602022729842010-09-05T18:37:48.499-07:002010-09-05T18:37:48.499-07:00Hmmm lots of things happening her, while i recite ...Hmmm lots of things happening her, while i recite your poem. I thought it so beautiful and Don and i just told Faith how he and i met. Christopher i have to admit my audience was not too interested, Faith keeps talking about how our cat is kising her(she was raised by a dog and likes licking) and Don's says, who Christopher? Which one is that,.....?jozienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212900310477832041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-81808847503484751492010-09-05T15:47:31.215-07:002010-09-05T15:47:31.215-07:00Joseph, wow. Thank you for that. You are right a...Joseph, wow. Thank you for that. You are right about taking the poem apart and the three pieces still work. Guess I was at the top of my game. Namastechristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-17448553296864067872010-09-05T11:23:44.864-07:002010-09-05T11:23:44.864-07:00At least you had such a long time to know each oth...At least you had such a long time to know each other, and as you said, if it was going to be anyone to do it by accident, it was best that it was you. As for the poem: you could cut it into three haiku, and they would still be perfect in their beauty (especially that last one). I'm reading it again and again.Joseph Harkerhttp://namingconstellations.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-27180471724310949852010-09-05T06:04:39.529-07:002010-09-05T06:04:39.529-07:00Thank you, my friend. We all have burdens, I thin...Thank you, my friend. We all have burdens, I think. It is true that my old cat gave me a special joy.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-17424272305674706282010-09-05T05:35:55.686-07:002010-09-05T05:35:55.686-07:00Mmmmm. Such a graceful way to meet. I look forwa...Mmmmm. Such a graceful way to meet. I look forward to a time when I am just a little quieter (although the quieting is beginning - although I do have a long way to go!) and I might meet someone important like this.<br /><br />I'm sad for you, Christopher, but greatly happy for you, too, for all those years in between that you shared.<br /><br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-36019382695686956462010-09-05T04:40:05.153-07:002010-09-05T04:40:05.153-07:00I am largely over the sharpness of this passage. ...I am largely over the sharpness of this passage. It was an out and out loss. There is no way that any justification lessens the magnitude of the act even though the cat herself largely governed what happened. In the last days I was forced into getting out of the car several times just to get in the driveway because she would not stay in sight once I moved her. It was as if she was trying to die.<br /><br />I couldn't do that even if she wanted it. It had to happen by accident.<br /><br />In the meantime, there is a younger cat I have been feeding for quite a while now, a cat who used to live next door but was moved across the street to another neighbor when those next door people moved out. So in this sense of things I already had that cat before mine passed.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-62162995945583392802010-09-05T00:04:39.393-07:002010-09-05T00:04:39.393-07:00I am so sorry about your cat, Christopher, it must...I am so sorry about your cat, Christopher, it must have been sickening to do that, though coldly and rationally one could say it was a way for the matter to be resolved.<br /><br />Sometimes living through an animal's ageing like that can be heavy on the spirit, can make you feel prematurely old and mortal. Don't rule out having another cat some time, not necessarily a kitten but a younger fitter puss with a few years ahead of him or her, it might offer a lift and a fresh lease of life. Though I know you'll need to grieve for now. Go easy on the guilt, though.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com