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Tony, sometimes we do
re-visit - I had one comment today from a few weeks back. If you look under 'write,' you can view new comments, I expect you've worked that out already though.
PS I replied to your email. Nice to meet you.
posted by
mneme
on October 14, 2006 at 12:52 AM
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Tony
The fire of imagination that one must get out of the hustle-bustle of daily routine and be alone somewhere on a lonely beach and do some soul-searching, has been properly stoked. C'mon Tony, be a less provocative! Hahaha
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on October 13, 2006 at 9:18 PM
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Tonyzonit, I really like your work. I am retired. It came around much faster than I thought it would. It is nice, but I don't go and do nearly as much as I thought I would.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 12, 2006 at 11:53 AM
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Tony
Great work. I like this one a lot. Office work is truly a narcotic sapping us of our dreams.
Again, good stuff.
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on October 12, 2006 at 10:51 AM
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Merci beaucoup mes amis!
Can't resist replying to Mneme - will probably do it by email, cos after this long, I don't spose anyone revisits these threads, do they? Do they?
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 12, 2006 at 10:43 AM
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Truths told Tony
Excellent, in the way you capture reality through the window, of tomorrows dreams for some of us, or most round my neck of the woods. Well wrote and told sir. Mike
posted by
lionladroar
on October 12, 2006 at 9:58 AM
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Great poem, Tony. Gritty realism in this one. I liked the notes too.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on October 12, 2006 at 9:24 AM
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A tad Marxist today, Tony
I don't work for anyone else, and still can't do the things I want to.
PS - Virginia Woolf also said you need 500 pounds a year, and she committed suicide, so I wouldn't listen to her. (I'm glad none of us aspiring writers are at the point of expiring). I know I'm odd, but I miss the old British winters.
posted by
mneme
on October 12, 2006 at 8:54 AM
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Nice verse;keep blogging!
posted by
Sabsline
on October 12, 2006 at 6:49 AM
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Thanks for stopping by!
NC - Oh no, that's a rather gloomy thought. Mind you, my Dad did a fair bit of travelling in his later years. It can be done but as you say, you have to budget for it right through the rest of the year.
Najwa - Happy birthday. I'll pop over to your site to wish it you again!
ST - It's ages since I've been to a museum. A ruin - yes, come to think of it, a ruined castle this summer in Northern Ireland. Suntan, yes, i got sunburned for the first time in ages this year. Oh what fun!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 11, 2006 at 3:57 PM
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Yeah. . .
Virginia Woolfe said that every writer needs a room of her (his) own, lots of books to read, cultural experiences and extensive travel. Your poem reminds me just how long it has been since I went somewhere offerint a museum, a ruin or a suntan.
posted by
stbond
on October 11, 2006 at 3:22 PM
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SO REAL.....
.... AND full with true insipration as you wrote...
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thank you for the comment on my birth day.....
........najwa
posted by
NAJWA
on October 11, 2006 at 2:09 PM
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Even in retirement you still can't do the things unless you can afford it..
.....I always think that in that situation it is better to do day trips etc then the treats are split up and last longer. I would hate to go without for a whole year just to have a couple of weeks abroad. I can never see the point in that.
posted by
nonconformist
on October 11, 2006 at 1:47 PM
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Yes, winter's onset does make you nostalgic for summer hols.
And nowadays the answer to this for many is to have a winter holiday as well. So it becomes more and more addictive!
M-C, thanks! I'd love to come over. Like you, i do continually enjoy travelling round GB, but I don't get abroad as often as I'd like.
Thanks all!!!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 11, 2006 at 1:46 PM
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Oh, the plight of the working man/woman – to sink into day to dayness dreaming of the next mini adventure. How true that the rains of fall or hints of winter approaching can emphasize these hopes and dreams. Good post, Tony.
posted by
Troosha
on October 11, 2006 at 1:31 PM
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dreams are free...you are right make the best of what you have available to
you. I am stuck on the other side of the world, and it is just as well I love it where I am otherwise I would make my life a misery. Here is like being on a permanent holiday with two beaches within ten minutes of my house...the mountains and forests withing easy reach too. I feel very lucky, I don't mean to make you jealous, Britain is a lovely quaint old place too. I must be due for a visit 25 years is a long time ago. When you win Loto, come check this place out. You are on the list of invitations, and it is growing, I invite everyone on Blogit as long as they don't all turn up at once!
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 11, 2006 at 12:34 PM
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Tony, you are so right. My wife and I talk about it all the time.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on October 11, 2006 at 11:51 AM
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you are right
posted by
star4sky5
on October 11, 2006 at 11:48 AM
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