tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post5443825465825571793..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Blog JamWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-32676484831990115562017-05-12T04:36:05.960-02:302017-05-12T04:36:05.960-02:30Love your joke. Would enjoy reading your proposal...Love your joke. Would enjoy reading your proposal stories -- they sound interesting.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82499581451236581252017-04-10T01:51:03.411-02:302017-04-10T01:51:03.411-02:30Well yes I know that. I just meant, for this book....Well yes I know that. I just meant, for this book. I always think periodical are better than books which few can afford anyway even before digital. Periodicals offer thousands of readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-75858851127207184112017-04-09T11:14:19.135-02:302017-04-09T11:14:19.135-02:30I have been published many times. But thank you fo...I have been published many times. But thank you for your words of support.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20434119530537121972017-04-09T11:13:30.943-02:302017-04-09T11:13:30.943-02:30Thank you so much Linda. Very insightful and helpf...Thank you so much Linda. Very insightful and helpful. I've been jotting down ideas like I normally do since I was about 6. Yes I will send them out again, ma'am. I hope you're doing well in your endeavours.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82892563097315802222017-04-09T11:11:55.480-02:302017-04-09T11:11:55.480-02:30LOL Ramana - I must. Particularly in light of the ...LOL Ramana - I must. Particularly in light of the fact I make the very worst spousal material, traditionally speaking.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-2246167535069839822017-04-09T11:11:03.985-02:302017-04-09T11:11:03.985-02:30History comes into it, I think. And compassion. An...History comes into it, I think. And compassion. And I truly despise how I feel afterwards.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45183890266425325102017-04-09T11:10:12.315-02:302017-04-09T11:10:12.315-02:30I do believe you're correct Hattie. And of cou...I do believe you're correct Hattie. And of course it is a self-fulfilling prophecy, the more we believe we are lonely and unattended, the more we live it.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-35188534024415161252017-04-09T08:22:03.851-02:302017-04-09T08:22:03.851-02:30I've never had this experience, but if I did, ...I've never had this experience, but if I did, I would query the local daily paper about buying a couple stories (if it's short stories) or excerpts. This would gain a reading audience (because you're good!) and can be presented with future publishing house queries. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28151757964031444892017-04-08T19:25:47.005-02:302017-04-08T19:25:47.005-02:30Here's how I handle rejection letters: I allow...Here's how I handle rejection letters: I allow myself a day of wallowing in sorrow and lamentations. Next I move straight into I'll-show-them mode. And, occasionally, when I'm preparing the manuscript to be submitted elsewhere again, I find ways to make it better, after all.<br /><br />I read a profile of a new editor at a publishing house that focused on non-fiction. She said that she loved books about cats but would return any manuscripts she received about dogs. She wasn't a dog person and didn't want to spend all that time ushering a book about dogs through the editing and publication process. Reading that comment helped me move away from feeling personally rejected. I once had an agent with a stellar firm. She loved my books, and she sold them. When she left after being offered an editor's job for a regional magazine, the replacement agent hated my work and dropped me from the agency. Manuscripts are rejected because they're not good enough, but they're also rejected when the editor fears that the writer won't take editing suggestions well, the publishing house has just accepted a similar book, and for all kinds of other reasons that might not have anything to do with the quality of the writing. You are sending them out again, right? And, meanwhile, working on your next plays, books, articles or poems?Linda P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71163536295347272842017-04-08T12:29:34.116-02:302017-04-08T12:29:34.116-02:30All the very best in your new set up.
Don't t...All the very best in your new set up.<br /><br />Don't take too long to write about the marriage proposals. Sounds very interesting.Rummuserhttp://rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48144278628867002112017-04-07T21:55:23.516-02:302017-04-07T21:55:23.516-02:30I don't know - there are some friendships not ...I don't know - there are some friendships not worth maintaining.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46582350528644894492017-04-07T16:12:53.754-02:302017-04-07T16:12:53.754-02:30I have a friend who is struggling with issues arou...I have a friend who is struggling with issues around her helpless, demanding neighbor. This neighbor has a son who does nothing for her. The demands come about, I think, because the person who is really wanted does not help, and the default caregiver gets all the flack. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-15663627925337741632017-04-07T15:16:15.082-02:302017-04-07T15:16:15.082-02:30What other way is there to take it? LOL.
I knoe e...What other way is there to take it? LOL.<br /><br />I knoe especially when one feels it's really good stuff.....<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84462347422089694502017-04-07T00:12:55.387-02:302017-04-07T00:12:55.387-02:30Rejection and writing go together like pepper and ...Rejection and writing go together like pepper and salt, like Bonnie and Clyde, like ... well you get the point. It's always disappointing, but don't take it personally.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-40427132166182055012017-04-06T23:34:53.152-02:302017-04-06T23:34:53.152-02:30No she's always been like this. She was nastie...No she's always been like this. She was nastier pre-stroke. Truly.thecstrojecsoftened her a bit but not enough.<br />Harsh? Yeah. But true.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37001176182284468732017-04-06T23:32:48.261-02:302017-04-06T23:32:48.261-02:30No I'm selling up. Clean break.
It gets much ...No I'm selling up. Clean break.<br /><br />It gets much more lonely when you lose a child as very few understand and thstsxwhst they're up against with others. I have a missing daughter who could be dead so I know it never leaves. Ever.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48747284312671783562017-04-06T23:30:02.723-02:302017-04-06T23:30:02.723-02:30I'm with you Ernestine. Hate using my cane. I ...I'm with you Ernestine. Hate using my cane. I feel I am less me. Not a vanity thing at all but a different shape to my personality.<br /><br />Gawd we are feisty against this dying of the light.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7034006805102030872017-04-06T16:40:37.305-02:302017-04-06T16:40:37.305-02:30This surely must be dementia caused by her stroke....This surely must be dementia caused by her stroke. Losing all colour in one's speech, inability to communicate easily, vocabulary limited, lack of interest. Passivity too. Many people think if you have stroke and dementia you get aggressive. Not always so. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-14093240708784895022017-04-06T16:35:13.514-02:302017-04-06T16:35:13.514-02:30Now I'm thinking since you're vacating it,...Now I'm thinking since you're vacating it, I shouild rent it? Oh wouldn't that be wonderful. Such a dream. Thank goodness I still have em. <br /><br />I can't even fathom the pain of your friends who've lost their daughter. What courage it will take to 'live' the rest of their lives in constant mourning, even when they pretend hard not to be I'm sure. I never knew fear until I had my child. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49360597419723919922017-04-06T14:31:47.652-02:302017-04-06T14:31:47.652-02:30a film crew arrived at my old farm house about 35 ...a film crew arrived at my old farm house about 35 years ago<br />interesting but a mess but did clean up. a movie with Reba<br />best wishes on your eventual move. I am planning but hopefully can stay here with limited help. With another fall<br />2 days ago - do not know what the future holds. told to use<br />walker - and I do not want to :(My Journey To Mindfulnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743386000772274656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49148174956607488902017-04-06T08:37:32.915-02:302017-04-06T08:37:32.915-02:30The lack of self awareness is what gets me Nick. A...The lack of self awareness is what gets me Nick. And for such a long post I'm trying to work it out. I declined her and her hubbie's coming to visit me for a week several years back as he would be golfing all the time leaving me (he has a pattern) to cope.She has no curiosity. At all.<br />But I'll be kinder.<br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41188476511795509652017-04-06T08:29:41.613-02:302017-04-06T08:29:41.613-02:30Those people who are endlessly demanding and peste...Those people who are endlessly demanding and pestering are a pain in the neck, but for the reasons you give, hard to break free of. But I think somehow you need to break free, because people like that just end up sucking the life out of you.<br /><br />I like the joke about the old couple!nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66862330163205942062017-04-06T08:29:02.033-02:302017-04-06T08:29:02.033-02:30E I neglected to mention pre-stroke she was like t...E I neglected to mention pre-stroke she was like this too, perhaps worse in many ways.<br /><br />Thank you for your reflection on the situation. She must be desperately lonely and completely unaware of how she impacts others. Though she is long time married. But. I will be kinder. It costs nothing. Knit away while she's on speaker. Good for the soul.<br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-62858422774686994712017-04-06T05:27:46.033-02:302017-04-06T05:27:46.033-02:30Perhaps her persistence and strange behavior stem ...Perhaps her persistence and strange behavior stem in part from the stroke but also from knowing that she could trust you, deeper connection not withstanding? I have discovered that at this point, many of my deeper connections have died, leaving me somewhat reluctant to form new ones...and what is a deep connection for one may not be so for another. I hope you love your new home and find nurturance and comfort there.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.com