tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10613195.post112028681657866513..comments2023-11-05T02:58:15.563-08:00Comments on Bliss and the Color Pink: What I Do BestAdriana Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120973373594320270noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10613195.post-1120719460686664592005-07-06T23:57:00.000-07:002005-07-06T23:57:00.000-07:00Thank you, Richard, you've eased my mind a bit. I ...Thank you, Richard, you've eased my mind a bit. I suppose the bad part is if I want to write fiction. I think the trouble is the "post" is easy writing. Fiction is harder, require much more thought. I find that I'll not do the hard work, choosing the easier route. <BR/><BR/>You've said it well: the tragic sense of generations slipping away with their real histories, their intimate stories, forever lost. <BR/><BR/>I'm really bothered by this idea - all that energy, all the time worrying and working...all gone in an instant. Where does it go? To what purpose? My atheism flickers at this question - I cannot believe the sheer amount of energy we spend in living and thinking simply <I>goes away.</I>Adriana Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120973373594320270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10613195.post-1120657355547023022005-07-06T06:42:00.000-07:002005-07-06T06:42:00.000-07:00Adriana, you've tricked yourself into writing a re...Adriana, you've tricked yourself into writing a really fine post by complaining about blogging. There's so much here I identify with: watching a beloved relative decline in old age; focusing too much on life's negative side; and the tragic sense of generations slipping away with their real histories, their intimate stories, forever lost. I love the image of the positive tapping her foot and crossing her arms, and then your list of brief but precious summer pleasures. I too wonder if blogging is bad for me (blogging too much, anyway, so I've been slowing down lately), but when I read something like this, I can't believe that's the case.Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10613195.post-1120606860439021992005-07-05T16:41:00.000-07:002005-07-05T16:41:00.000-07:00Thank you, Lori and hokkaidoabbey, I appreciate it...Thank you, Lori and hokkaidoabbey, I appreciate it. Perhaps the hard part of this is that she's been so active. Only recently have I even begun at all to see her as "old." She's always looked the same to me. The hardest part will be the transition from home-owner to assisted-living. Leaving her home of 35 years will be very difficult for her and my grandfather (who's not doing so well either).<BR/><BR/>Lori, a little chuckle on the worrying...I knew you and I became best buds for a reason. :)<BR/><BR/>On the writing, you're right, it's a matter of balance. Just like everything else in life: all should be taken in moderation.Adriana Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120973373594320270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10613195.post-1120460302207272092005-07-03T23:58:00.000-07:002005-07-03T23:58:00.000-07:00I hear ya on worrying, bud. I'm a champion worrie...I hear ya on worrying, bud. I'm a champion worrier myself. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about your grandmom...it must be so hard on you and your family. I know how terrible it is to see a loved one on that downhill slide, where you just know that it's not something they'll recover from. I guess all you can do is cherish the time left, even though it's so hard to deal with. <BR/><BR/>My thoughts and prayers are with you and your grandmom.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878511381035535885noreply@blogger.com