tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post3399661105677638772..comments2024-03-07T07:47:38.595-08:00Comments on The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italy: Literary GiantsThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-77756668773558162482012-09-23T23:09:34.664-07:002012-09-23T23:09:34.664-07:00Dear Lisa, So glad this post popped up at the righ...Dear Lisa, So glad this post popped up at the right time for you. It was so inspiring - if frightening - for me. Best of luck with your book! Such a daunting enterprise, almost like a new love affair, always simmering away. From the looks of your blog I'm sure it will be full of passion and beauty! Love cat xThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-20290792725924501592012-09-21T02:21:05.905-07:002012-09-21T02:21:05.905-07:00Catherine how perfectly timed it was to open this ...Catherine how perfectly timed it was to open this post. Thank you! I have just started writing my very first book, of course all those thoughts go through my mind yet I keep writing. I do love the thought of those six degrees of separation! <br />ciao for now<br />love lisa xlisa | renovating italyhttp://www.renovatingitaly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-76096034440491948152012-09-19T06:22:54.001-07:002012-09-19T06:22:54.001-07:00What great thoughts Teri! You are so right - Toni...What great thoughts Teri! You are so right - Toni Morrison probably does put on her trousers one leg at a time, but the way simple thoughts were expressed, even to a broad audience, you could hear there was a great mind at work.<br /><br />I love Joan Didion's line. So true indeed.The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-60044914539490837432012-09-17T14:39:49.970-07:002012-09-17T14:39:49.970-07:00Oh my, Cat, this is some list! I do believe I'...Oh my, Cat, this is some list! I do believe I'd be speechless. I know Toni Morrison puts her pants on one leg at a time, just like me, but lordhavemercy I would just stand there in awe of her. <br /><br />How often do all of us ask ourselves, "why are we bothering?" and "there are so many great books, what do I really have to say?" But the reality is, none of us know what we have to say until we sit down and try to say it. <br /><br />I have to remind myself that I believe in the Joan Didion line, "I write to find out what I think." Never once has an essay or story ended up the way I thought it would. If I didn't write, I'd have no idea who I am.Terihttp://tericarter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-7961799555430420352012-09-12T05:51:42.659-07:002012-09-12T05:51:42.659-07:00Yairs. Amazing what my offspring come out with. Th...Yairs. Amazing what my offspring come out with. There is an English writer whose book is called Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops. I think I could compile one of Insane Text Messages my Teens Have Sent to Me.<br /><br />It was a big festival. I only saw one Italian writer because I am very lazy and enjoy reading in English too much - so I haven't really developed any favourite Italian writers. But that better change quickly - I am joining a panel including two Italian writers this month in Matera and haven't read their books yet!!<br /><br />As for excelling in what we love. Mmm. Why do we do things? In my family we are pretty driven and it has been great to take several sports and passions to a certain level. I understand paralysis before something great, but I also think that we are not here for long enough to let this detract from - yes - what we love to do. Make sense? Gosh I'm still on Voss with his very big thoughts.The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-32872184453994066522012-09-12T05:41:11.910-07:002012-09-12T05:41:11.910-07:00Yes! Siga-siga - I like this one too! Sometimes th...Yes! Siga-siga - I like this one too! Sometimes the steps do feel too small but so long as they are going forward not backwards! Ciao ciao xcatThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-15500217696441605592012-09-12T05:39:17.273-07:002012-09-12T05:39:17.273-07:00Early November, will let you know well in advance ...Early November, will let you know well in advance so we can order some rain-free weather this time!The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-87141489948410199162012-09-12T05:37:47.095-07:002012-09-12T05:37:47.095-07:00So glad a smile came out of this. Thanks so much f...So glad a smile came out of this. Thanks so much for the compliments. There are many times when I feel like the most useless, under-accomplished person I know. And I love your blog and your gritty style of writing. Very raw and heartfelt, just how I like it!The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-56976998064049036652012-09-11T02:29:45.344-07:002012-09-11T02:29:45.344-07:00Do you have the email of that woman I'M workin...Do you have the email of that woman I'M working for next week! Priceless, Catherine. What a wonderful experience. Was it a big packed festival?<br /><br />But, Toni Morrison ... How wonderful is that?<br /><br />As for being paralyzed, I reckon that can happen to people in many walks of life. Why make quilts when I could never do one as beautiful as those award winning ones? Why swim if I'll never be Michael Phelps? Why be a doctor if I'll never be Christian Barnard. And so on. The art is finding what you love and keep doing it to the best of your ability. If you fon't do that, then I guess you don't really love it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-26734722339650082982012-09-10T18:11:48.713-07:002012-09-10T18:11:48.713-07:00Piccoli Passi - my new mantra - I love it - thank ...Piccoli Passi - my new mantra - I love it - thank you. I use the Greek saying "σιγά-σιγά" - Siga-siga - slowly slowly. Now I might just combine the two! Ciao F xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022569419713163845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-6576904428619917332012-09-10T15:24:39.783-07:002012-09-10T15:24:39.783-07:00Let me know when you do!Let me know when you do!Downithhttp://www.writeitdownith.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-35108422962476825982012-09-10T06:10:49.486-07:002012-09-10T06:10:49.486-07:00I'm smiling now. You make poetry out of someth...I'm smiling now. You make poetry out of something as simple as 'reply'. Bliss!<br />I do admire your writing style. You don't need me to say 'It's good' - I am just compelled to. There is a familiarity in it too - your's is the type of style I've been feeling my way to. Thank you for the compliment. I enjoy the blog-writing. The posts are my only outlet at the moment - the new day job is a little less demanding than the old and I'm finding myself desperate to write.<br />sansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-5410967200467662312012-09-10T02:53:47.767-07:002012-09-10T02:53:47.767-07:00Glad you enjoyed and hope the summer went well for...Glad you enjoyed and hope the summer went well for you. Hoping to pop over soon.<br /><br />Yeah, small steps. I had some mountain men here. The second part of it was, And watch where you place your feet. Sage advice for the slippery terrain we're all on!The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-28767824792850440482012-09-10T02:50:35.579-07:002012-09-10T02:50:35.579-07:00Oh yes, when unrushed time unfurls like an open ro...Oh yes, when unrushed time unfurls like an open road I am willing and able... But also terrified !<br /><br />Thank goodness school starts here this week so I can figure out the silence. That is where the luxury starts and my to-do list falls away.The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-67074354996898516622012-09-10T02:02:52.491-07:002012-09-10T02:02:52.491-07:00Thank you for this wonderful post Cat.
Piccoli pa...Thank you for this wonderful post Cat.<br /><br />Piccoli passi - Indeed.Downithhttp://www.writeitdownith.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-42196394846672796292012-09-10T02:01:45.326-07:002012-09-10T02:01:45.326-07:00Oh, dear, yes, a question I too want to avoid thin...Oh, dear, yes, a question I too want to avoid thinking about too often. But I have to write, no matter how bad it is - I know that with my conscious mind. My unconscious mind, however, constantly casts distractions and must-do lists my way. I too need solitude and the feeling of unrushed time to write... but who has the luxury of that?Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-3707170614447181532012-09-10T01:30:34.384-07:002012-09-10T01:30:34.384-07:00Oh please don't cry! I mean, do cry, we have t...Oh please don't cry! I mean, do cry, we have to, but let the crying end and something come of it. I am all for turning questions around, making the slipper fit. And then - like in the mountains - 'piccoli passi'. Small steps.<br /><br />Translate that to small stories with a punch? Great blog posts (which yours are)? Gritty non-fiction to make the daily horrors make sense?<br /><br />There always has to be delivery, I think this.The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-61691376245132004492012-09-09T13:56:23.726-07:002012-09-09T13:56:23.726-07:00ah. This post so affected me that I first sought d...ah. This post so affected me that I first sought distraction. Clean the pots, empty the washing machine, scrub the toilet - anything but think about what you were saying. And then the tears began to flow. I have asked myself that question so often. And always felt crushed by it. Defeated. <br />I need to change the question. Maybe it is 'why not? Why don't you write?' Thanks...sansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.com