Comments on Element 22: Writing with my feet.

So, like, are you just sorta, kinda waitin' fo...

2012-01-24T21:57:38.555Z

So, like, are you just sorta, kinda waitin' for us all to beg for a follow up of how the tournie went? Cuz if you are, then count me as beggin' mate!

Anyone you lose over this post wasn't worth ke...

2012-01-18T00:13:58.862Z

Anyone you lose over this post wasn't worth keeping anyway, which I'm sure you already knew. I'll be pulling for both of you in the tourney! Way to go, Des! And keep up the great posts, Ti!

Words that don't come from the heart aren'...

2012-01-17T21:56:23.894Z

Words that don't come from the heart aren't worth reading. Clumsy or not, what you write is honest. And that is why I keep coming back for more.

Also, go Des!

"Sometimes, the only way down is UP." I...

2012-01-17T18:40:14.864Z

"Sometimes, the only way down is UP." I loved this- picked it out, for me, this says so very much.

This is a new year with new fights to pick and old shadows to illuminate (and dispell). I look forward to every post you write and I particularly like the baggy, clumsy, shaggy feel of this one- honest, bold and above all true. Choppy is beautiful.

You have a small voice cheering for ya'll in SC! Go get em! :)

I like very much that you have the word "Endu...

2012-01-16T22:08:12.940Z

I like very much that you have the word "Endure" on your foot as you write this life. I find what I'm made of only by reaching deep and dragging it out when what I face is much too big. There are many forms of courage when you're willing to remain alert. I'm sustained by the bravery of imperfect people.

In my enthusiasm for the entire post, Ti, I forgot...

2012-01-16T19:54:39.258Z

In my enthusiasm for the entire post, Ti, I forgot to mention the cool photo treatment, or compliment Des, and lots of other things. Beautifully done— the whole and the sum of the parts.

Writing with your feet, great illustration! doubt ...

2012-01-15T23:47:13.152Z

Writing with your feet, great illustration! doubt you will lose followers, this is what your blog is all about. Good luck with the fund-raiser!

Eh. Who needs glamour when the temps fall way belo...

2012-01-15T00:25:48.560Z

Eh. Who needs glamour when the temps fall way below zero F or -18'?

You and Des are the real deal—adventurers and 'doers'! We just returned from getting a bit of exercise with Toklat, playing fetch in peaceful proximity with a moose (gender uncertain, to us, that is). Bit of sun, exercise, an ungulate in the burbs, record-breaking snowfall and low temps—I love it.

And now to read your post about you and Des, pushing the boundaries even further. Sweet!

It's hard work, as a Mom, instilling those att...

2012-01-14T22:43:21.874Z

It's hard work, as a Mom, instilling those attitudes in a child, most of the time they learn it by watching. She has been watching you, and you've done a good thing!

Dave, you're just full of The Awesome. Always....

2012-01-14T21:35:18.590Z

Dave, you're just full of The Awesome. Always. Tautology or not, the 'ever' stands.

Thanks, mate.

I thought this was one of your best posts ever. ...

2012-01-14T21:32:14.496Z

I thought this was one of your best posts ever.

(Or would adding the "ever" be a tautology? Heck, you tell me, you're the writer!)

It's a great cause that you and your daughter are fighting for, in every sense of the word.

Have fun at the tournie,
cheers from Oz,
dave

@Wendryn: big hugs to you! Thank you. @PJ: I don...

2012-01-14T17:34:47.037Z

@Wendryn: big hugs to you! Thank you.

@PJ: I don't think I could stop. I just sort of happen. And then words fall out.

@Gaelyn: yeah, I own it. It's even got a Titanium stamp on it.

@PattiKen: it seems to be a trend, lately- when I write the rough edges, the process, the underside of the tapestry- it makes people uncomfortable. Life's like that.

@Brian: *grins* I'll do that. Have a feeling they'll stop short of running off at the mouth at you, mostly on account of your mohawk.

@Tam: you're a special, wonderful person and you can stalk me any ole time!

@JTC: hmmmm. check your inbox. :)

Also, pursuit of happiness is simply a different form of suffering. What is good now may be bad later; what is bad now may be good later. Things are never exactly as they seem, especially when we're in the middle of a situation.

First of all, I love your writing. I read your pos...

2012-01-14T16:40:50.651Z

First of all, I love your writing. I read your posts, and begin to think I'm crazy for even thinking I could write.

You're right, Facebook is glossy, well, for some anyway. Teens have no problem expressing every single feeling they have on there. For others though, I think the gloss is a much needed escape from all of those words you threw out there.... stress, frustration, pain. People, humans... we don't like those things, and I do believe everyone's major life goal is to be happy, and free of those ties that bind and blind us.

I agree, you have to have those things in order to have the good things... right now we have great things, but they didn't come without a cost.

What I want/wanted to do now, would have caused stress, and frustration. If it were just me who would be feeling it, I wouldn't be so quick to give up, but the wife's body doesn't handle the stress and frustration well. So, I gave up, and now here I sit, trying to do something worthwhile. Take care of her... volunteer... try to make a difference somewhere, because that's all I really want to do, mainly because so many people have made a difference in my life.

Now I get to ask a stupid question, right? I loved your post about your Nana. Beautiful... but, why no abdominal muscles? I've read your profile, your childhood sounds amazing, and wonderful, and different.... but maybe I missed something?

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes! As long as you use it to moti...

2012-01-14T06:45:59.969Z

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes! As long as you use it to motivate you to do what you have to do, you're doing it right. I still love you (in a non-stalker not creepy kind of way :D)

rock on ti...you are doing a great thing...and if ...

2012-01-14T05:19:16.437Z

rock on ti...you are doing a great thing...and if anyone has a problem with that, send them my way...ha...followers come and go aint nothing but a thing...

Why would you lose followers? If readers were to r...

2012-01-14T04:43:28.104Z

Why would you lose followers? If readers were to run because a blogger spoke truth, many of us would be ssentially silenced. If anyone leaves, you're better off without them. But I don't believe anyone will leave.

I know you say you don't write for anyone to read. I'm not sure that's always the case. Sometimes you write what needs to be said, what must be said, what people need to read. And that's a good thing.

You just have to own the anger. Please do keep te...

2012-01-14T04:05:56.339Z

You just have to own the anger.
Please do keep telling it like it is.

Well said. I believe writing is first and foremos...

2012-01-14T03:32:47.633Z

Well said.

I believe writing is first and foremost for the writer. If not, then the words fall out empty onto the page. Might as well be invisible ink. Your words are never empty because they come from the real you, not a facade or shell of a person.

Thank you for being real. Donʻt ever stop, please.

"A good attitude is one the drives you to DO ...

2012-01-14T03:28:05.340Z

"A good attitude is one the drives you to DO what must be done. To BE."

Yes. Absolutely.

:)