Hi!
Well, this week wasn't as productive for journaling as
other weeks. I skipped several days.
But, have ben scratching around on a story. Not read
any books. I tried the other hand exercise. I was
surprised what it had to say. It insited on printing
not cursive writing. I tried writing cursive and it
wasn't legible. Hummmm.
Patty
--- chikkapea_2001 <chikkapea_thatsme@
wrote:
> I didn't know Fulgrum had a website. I really enjoy
> his writing so
> I'll have to check that one out. You mentioned that
> you have shared
> many letters with a friend who isn't in good
> health...if I
> understood that correctly??? One of my favorite
> movies is "Tuesdays
> with Morrie" because of the wonderful philosophies
> and insights
> about dying presented in the script. Even if
> somebody is just
> having health problems, severe or otherwise, I think
> the movie would
> still be meaningful.
>
> --- In JournalWriting@
> <westernslopeacupun
> >
> > --- JournalWriting@
> >
> > > > thus the check in.
> >
> > I'm here. <waving hand!>
> >
> > > How is your writing?
> >
> > I actually did two journal entries this week!
> That
> > may not sound like much to some of you, but for me
> > that's fantastic! I also wrote a friend who is
> very
> > ill and far away. She's often too ill to write me
> > additionally, she has uncertain, old and slow
> internet
> > access, so it's difficult to write to her because
> I
> > don't know where she's "at" on any level, but I
> want
> > her to know I am keeping her in mind/heart.
> Perhaps
> > we could call that another journal entry because I
> am
> > basically talking to myself, until I hear from
> her.
> >
> > Speaking of printing emails and list posts (as
> journal
> > entries as a different automated reminder to this
> list
> > does...) my conversations with my friend, I will
> call
> > her "K", which are hundreds of pages now, have
> been
> > the most insightful writing of my life. K and I
> have
> > been communicating for a few years during her
> health
> > downturn. She and I are interested in the same
> kinds
> > of alternative healing modalities and the deep
> > philosophies of them, as well as similar spiritual
> > paths. I have saved all our correspondence and
> have
> > reread it more than once. I am always surprised
> at
> > the depth of our communication.
> >
> > > Read any books you could recommend.
> >
> > Listened to the 15th anniversary edition of All I
> Need
> > To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, but Robert
> Fulghum.
> > I liked it. I like the original (book form,
> didn't
> > have the audio). He's kind of like Prozac for me,
> > without the side effects. Whenever I feel down,
> or
> > hopeless, I read Fulghum. He's got a blog now.
> Some
> > entries as good as his book essays, not all, but
> > come'on it's a blog.
> >
> > Also listened to The Sharper Your Knife, The Less
> You
> > Cry. It was very entertaining. Would highly
> > recommend it for a road trip. For a road-trip you
> > need something that's entertaining but not too
> deep.
> > IMHO, if it's too deep you miss a lot, if you get
> too
> > into it, you endanger yourself and your fellows.
> >
> > Listened to Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on
> > Mortality, by Chen. I wasn't very happy with it.
> I
> > found myself talking back to her a LOT. She read
> it
> > herself which is sometimes a mistake, depends on
> the
> > author's ability to perform as a reader. That
> was
> > not the problem in this case. I found myself
> > incredulous at her ignorance and the length of
> time
> > she took to begin to come out of it. OTOH,
> perhaps
> > she's bowing to the culture of Surgery in Western
> > Orthodox Medicine and not saying what she really
> > thinks and when she thought it. If so what use is
> > this book? If not---WOW---
> > otherwise critically thinking, super-educated
> woman an
> > almost unbelievably long time to awaken to the
> problem
> > that what passes for "care" in Orthodox Medicine
> is
> > truly, deeply flawed at the very least. And that,
> > IMHO again, the seat of it is really fear, leading
> to
> > inflated egotism and blind raging, uncontrolled
> > arrogance. I cannot say I don't recommend this
> for
> > others, especially those who are not versed in the
> > problems of philosophy in Allopathic a/k/a
> Standard
> > Orthodox Western Medicine, but for me it simply
> made
> > me sad.
> >
> > Read an advance copy of Passion on the Vine by
> > Espisito. It was good, not great, but worth the
> time
> > spent reading it if one needs a little bit of
> > entertainment. A memoir of the author's life from
> > birth in a rough suburb of Naples through
> emigration
> > to Buffalo, NY, and on to become a wine educator
> and
> > marketer. It was entertaining especially if you
> are a
> > foodie as I am. However, if you like the idea of
> a
> > story about Italian wines and want a better one
> than
> > this one, I recommend: A Vineyard in Tuscany: A
> Wine
> > Lover's Dream by Ferenc Mate. And the interview
> with
> > the author at
> > http://www.metrofar
> Show
> > #568: A VINEYARD IN TUSCANY - 09-12-2007 (you will
> > have to scroll down the available program podcasts
> to
> > click on the appropriate link)
> >
> > > Tried any new writing methods? Yeah. This!
> Seems
> > to be working ;-)
> >
> > C
> >
> > > > Step up for roll call........
> >
> > > > Dorene> JournalWriting Co-owner>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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