http://coolplums.wordpress.com NOTE: IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO THE BOTTOM AND CLICK ON "OLDER POSTS" THEN VIEW THESE IN REVERSE ORDER FROM THE BOTTOM (THE DATES ARE AT THE TOP OF EACH POST UNDER ITS TITLE). Wed, 14 May 2008 10:04:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://coolplums.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-real-subject/#comment-41 Dorisjb Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:35:44 +0000 http://coolplums.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-41 well done, man well done, man

]]> http://coolplums.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/a-simple-secret-2/#comment-8 aporia24 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:52:12 +0000 http://coolplums.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/a-simple-secret-2/#comment-8 That was insightful and interesting. Thanks for sharing. That was insightful and interesting. Thanks for sharing.

]]> http://coolplums.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/hello-world/#comment-4 sylviacaldwell Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:17:10 +0000 #comment-4 It must be fate that I came across this website. I Can totally relate to what you said in your introduction that we all need to share our feelings, especially when they’re strong, either with someone or through writing. I recently experienced some marital upset in my life that was so intense and disturbing for me that I hardly recognized myself while I was going through it. I was emotionally spent, sick and out so out of sorts that communicating it was difficult, and so I journaled, and journaled and journaled some more, with the knowing that I didn’t have to go back and read it, I just had to get it out. And while I did communicate some of this with friends, who listened politely, i think, but really didn’t want to hear about it, because, come on, who wants or needs to hear about other peoples problems. It was the act of writing that saved me. Fortunately, in my situation, my husband and I did reconcil our love, realizing that it was much too important to us both to throw away over a budding flirtation. In fact, in all honesty, it was the flirtation that ultimately enhanced and renewed our relationship, and so nothing is lost, especially our great love. My husband and I have become great communicators who are wholly honest about it all, while still processing our feelings. Best of all, the experience has made for many poems, lots of co-journaling, with more writing to come. May we all cultivate the writers in us that we are, and discover more and more about ourselves through the writing process. It must be fate that I came across this website. I Can totally relate to what you said in your introduction that we all need to share our feelings, especially when they’re strong, either with someone or through writing. I recently experienced some marital upset in my life that was so intense and disturbing for me that I hardly recognized myself while I was going through it. I was emotionally spent, sick and out so out of sorts that communicating it was difficult, and so I journaled, and journaled and journaled some more, with the knowing that I didn’t have to go back and read it, I just had to get it out. And while I did communicate some of this with friends, who listened politely, i think, but really didn’t want to hear about it, because, come on, who wants or needs to hear about other peoples problems. It was the act of writing that saved me. Fortunately, in my situation, my husband and I did reconcil our love, realizing that it was much too important to us both to throw away over a budding flirtation. In fact, in all honesty, it was the flirtation that ultimately enhanced and renewed our relationship, and so nothing is lost, especially our great love. My husband and I have become great communicators who are wholly honest about it all, while still processing our feelings. Best of all, the experience has made for many poems, lots of co-journaling, with more writing to come. May we all cultivate the writers in us that we are, and discover more and more about ourselves through the writing process.

]]> http://coolplums.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/hello-world/#comment-3 Bob Wake Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:43:55 +0000 #comment-3 Off to a great start, John. I really like the Herbert Huncke quote. I recently picked up a used copy of "The Herbert Huncke Reader." He's like the patron saint of bottom-feeding junky beatnik lowlifes. Tuschen was a Boy Scout compared to Huncke. Off to a great start, John. I really like the Herbert Huncke quote. I recently picked up a used copy of “The Herbert Huncke Reader.” He’s like the patron saint of bottom-feeding junky beatnik lowlifes. Tuschen was a Boy Scout compared to Huncke.

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