tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post239140182033579536..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Tigers and elephantsJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-18115692170052795572010-06-14T17:53:28.454+01:002010-06-14T17:53:28.454+01:00After some days, or parts of days spent not exactl...After some days, or parts of days spent not exactly staggering, but heavy-hearted, slow, in an odd kind of pointlessness and near despair, and wondering why I can't shake this... I ponder, reading this. <br /><br />I live in pleasant, quiet surroundings in a pleasant quiet way, I don't feel the same struggle that you describe from living in an urban setting, which I can remember. I know I am fortunate, yet people give way to despair here too; I've known of far too many suicides since we've livedher - 'et in Arcadia ego'. <br /><br />I won't be destroyed by it, but despondency has different forms, I think, according to its setting. The things to keep mindful of, the blessings to count, are perhaps slightly different, but mindfulness is still the key, I guess.<br /><br />Thanks for all that you share.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-6946405263398020522010-06-06T08:30:21.974+01:002010-06-06T08:30:21.974+01:00Knowing that what you characterise as 'not an ...Knowing that what you characterise as 'not an uncommon feeling' unites us all must help a little too. That commonality of sometime despair and wretchedness creates empathy.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-44824581495872111482010-06-05T22:21:56.699+01:002010-06-05T22:21:56.699+01:00Yes, one can get down sometimes. A cockney woman w...Yes, one can get down sometimes. A cockney woman was once overheard calling this state "goin' fru a phrase"... Makes it slightly better if you think of it like that! They do get better. Very good blog.Viviennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-66976755943085715472010-06-05T16:40:29.940+01:002010-06-05T16:40:29.940+01:00Beautiful photos and I so loved your observation a...Beautiful photos and I so loved your observation about the stripes. It made me look closer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-79579256618433288932010-06-05T05:59:13.476+01:002010-06-05T05:59:13.476+01:00Lovely photos! It is so true that simple things ar...Lovely photos! It is so true that simple things are the best in life.Arlehttp://kurkistuskaleidoskooppiin.blogit.fi/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-42980134043677563372010-06-05T05:15:59.774+01:002010-06-05T05:15:59.774+01:00Oh, Jean, that damn ocean and continent separating...Oh, Jean, that damn ocean and continent separating us. Hugs, you.<br /><br />xoxoDalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-9226652971163961232010-06-05T01:20:05.269+01:002010-06-05T01:20:05.269+01:00The hard acts, especially of kindness and peaceful...The hard acts, especially of kindness and peacefulness, are the only ones worth doing. Can't go cheap, never helps.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-48277851169301126352010-06-04T18:19:02.810+01:002010-06-04T18:19:02.810+01:00(o) You've certainly given us a moment of beau...(o) You've certainly given us a moment of beauty to look at today, Jean. These are gorgeous photographs.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-53886233167504273602010-06-04T15:29:24.258+01:002010-06-04T15:29:24.258+01:00dear Jean, thinking of youdear Jean, thinking of youFire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.com