tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post158417703394207546..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Growing softJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-47396390630276321972008-08-31T15:29:00.000+01:002008-08-31T15:29:00.000+01:00And the sadness that it's harder to ask those ques...And the sadness that it's harder to ask those questions and answer them honestly, when they've become so much more urgent. I suppose we mind each other's privacy rather.<BR/><BR/>Like Dale, I feel I've got off lightly, but disappointment and compromise, and the fear that it's slipping away without having really got it sorted out, all seem to stalk. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if it might be possible to be a soft sweet battle-axe?!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-25323564190717670532008-08-31T02:00:00.000+01:002008-08-31T02:00:00.000+01:00Beautifully said, Jean. I love your answer to the ...Beautifully said, Jean. I love your answer to the question that wasn't asked.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-59029410089230679402008-08-29T15:09:00.000+01:002008-08-29T15:09:00.000+01:00A fine piece of writing. A lot to enjoy there.A fine piece of writing. A lot to enjoy there.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-47542181138318994252008-08-29T00:42:00.000+01:002008-08-29T00:42:00.000+01:00Wow. Very nice, Jean.Probably it's different for d...Wow. Very nice, Jean.<BR/><BR/>Probably it's different for different people. I tried harder things when I was younger; too many burnt fingers testing out hot stoves can make you retreat. But you also discover many things to love that you never valued before, so there's richness there.lesleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127872882510411387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-33076515492403145632008-08-29T00:25:00.000+01:002008-08-29T00:25:00.000+01:00I don't think it just keeps getting harder, though...I don't think it just keeps getting harder, though. I think you keep trying harder and harder things.<BR/><BR/>My sense of it, for what it's worth, is that you've come further and faster than you think, and that you're through the hardest part. <BR/><BR/>But anyway. Yes. It's hard. Life is very hard. I was marveling the other day, thinking, I've led such a protected and eerily fortunate life -- and even <EM>this</EM> life is terribly hard, sometimes.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-49975681459540079032008-08-28T00:29:00.000+01:002008-08-28T00:29:00.000+01:00Perhaps, after all, that is what death is for. An...Perhaps, after all, that is what death is for. An end to suffering, in great age, when the capacity to cope and the amount of difficulty can no longer keep apace. But, knowing the race was well run, the joy always a step or two ahead, or no more than a step or two behind, makes it worth the struggle.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-91826241888666050022008-08-27T22:54:00.000+01:002008-08-27T22:54:00.000+01:00That was a beautiful piece of writing, and it has ...That was a beautiful piece of writing, and it has a lot of resonance for me. But maybe they read between the lines after all?<BR/><BR/>JanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-9419812721821023122008-08-27T22:14:00.000+01:002008-08-27T22:14:00.000+01:00I would like to be able to say that I am becoming ...I would like to be able to say that I am becoming softer and sweeter as I age but it is not so.These days, I wont take any nonsense from anyone, as I used to in my insecure youth, but I have love to give as well. I wouldnt say I was sorted though...the abyss is never very far away...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-57146580820326839512008-08-27T16:45:00.000+01:002008-08-27T16:45:00.000+01:00(o)(o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-32892583359120287142008-08-27T14:03:00.000+01:002008-08-27T14:03:00.000+01:00That's what I might say. Look in my eyes. Watch ...That's what I might say. Look in my eyes. Watch me dance.<BR/><BR/>FAYourFireAnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696noreply@blogger.com