tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post4562184855628027162..comments2023-09-19T07:18:43.566-07:00Comments on mental tesserae: What if. . . none were enough?Julie Q.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13737557893649934725noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-74979341836227282632012-06-07T17:53:00.914-07:002012-06-07T17:53:00.914-07:00Lovely. Thanks for putting this into words.Lovely. Thanks for putting this into words.Rebecca J. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-30093123859520250962010-03-19T06:08:14.525-07:002010-03-19T06:08:14.525-07:00Please see my comment to "wanting things"...Please see my comment to "wanting things". Only donkeys covet hay.<br /> <br />Another brilliant post, by the way.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549611599235556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-76069328842524146752008-02-15T14:30:00.000-07:002008-02-15T14:30:00.000-07:00I was just going to write 'amen', but I see someon...I was just going to write 'amen', but I see someone beat me to it. The older I get, the more the mall makes me crazy. And let's not even talk about the moms who drop their tweens and teens off to hang out there! Like they need encouragement!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015165553390298826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-38932605526581052102008-02-12T13:37:00.000-07:002008-02-12T13:37:00.000-07:00This is one of your best, JQ: really well done.I l...This is one of your best, JQ: really well done.<BR/><BR/>I laughed out loud at "What if the subjunctive tense were optional?" <BR/><BR/>Because we lived in Manhattan at the time, Hope was three before she ever saw the inside of a mall. We stopped in one to do a quick errand once not long after we moved to the country. We walked in, she saw all of the merchandise behind glass, she stretched out her arms, and cried, "Is this all for ME?"<BR/><BR/>This reinforced my determination never to return there if at all possible. I love the idea of mall as exercise circuit, though. It's a practical, silver lining to the dark cloud of materialism.Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-6152510352563999652008-02-11T22:50:00.000-07:002008-02-11T22:50:00.000-07:00I am loving your blog! So intelligent, I'm glad I ...I am loving your blog! So intelligent, I'm glad I found you.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15577283756881666335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-61092168555895914082008-02-11T19:56:00.000-07:002008-02-11T19:56:00.000-07:00What a lovely post. I think I'm going to use your...What a lovely post. I think I'm going to use your line, "It's all just hay."Ice Creamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720267761985766740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-12762879065500320592008-02-11T17:12:00.000-07:002008-02-11T17:12:00.000-07:00Wow. I really have missed visiting this blog. I ...Wow. I really have missed visiting this blog. I stopped coming by when you took a bit of a break a while back and it just wasn't habit any more. I discovered it again today in my favorites. Time to work it back into my daily blog run. Your posts are always so beautiful and insightful. I love the way you introduce art and give it real meaning for life.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483309441288822407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-89744724910309616732008-02-11T11:02:00.000-07:002008-02-11T11:02:00.000-07:00Guess what our daughters have in common?Beautifull...Guess what our daughters have in common?<BR/>Beautifully, beautifully written.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-53379784066323951932008-02-11T09:29:00.000-07:002008-02-11T09:29:00.000-07:00Here from Kelly @ Love Well...You have beautifully...Here from Kelly @ Love Well...<BR/><BR/>You have beautifully expressed what I have attempted to express, but not nearly-so-beautifully. The things of this world that we chase after with such fervency are, in the end, wood, hay and stubble. <BR/><BR/>Well said. <BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>LisaLisa Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990706355525884593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-32078175673600867462008-02-10T20:12:00.000-07:002008-02-10T20:12:00.000-07:00Beautifully written post. I couldn't agree more. M...Beautifully written post. I couldn't agree more. My husband and I have taken a "buy nothing new" pact for this year in order to purge ourselves of the hay grabbing obsession.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442423656095589793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-10604496557305311252008-02-10T19:18:00.000-07:002008-02-10T19:18:00.000-07:00I thought I'd let you know - I'm so impressed by y...I thought I'd let you know - I'm so impressed by your writing, from this post and others, that I wrote about you on my blog! I recommended that my readers come visit.Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729009123366337211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-68751997993869920352008-02-10T18:56:00.000-07:002008-02-10T18:56:00.000-07:00What a well-worded commentary on the state of our ...What a well-worded commentary on the state of our culture! I completely agree, it's all hay.Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729009123366337211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-33552849376496064442008-02-09T20:47:00.000-07:002008-02-09T20:47:00.000-07:00I found this from another blog I frequent. I LOVE...I found this from another blog I frequent. I LOVE your thoughts here. They are beautifully penned. You put into words so much of my feelings about the overabundance of STUFF in this world. And the clamor to attain it. From now on I'm going to call it HAY!A mother hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766853933459270549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-14483806265023858212008-02-09T03:43:00.000-07:002008-02-09T03:43:00.000-07:00I usually lurk but I have to tell you -- this post...I usually lurk but I have to tell you -- this post is beautifully written. So true too.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944668643752070291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-7445787513487802812008-02-09T01:38:00.000-07:002008-02-09T01:38:00.000-07:00Oh I LOVE this post! I wholeheartedly concur. I ac...Oh I LOVE this post! I wholeheartedly concur. I actually avoid the mall as much as possible--it breeds discontent in me, creates desires for stuff I didn't even know existed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-40581215546043242092008-02-08T21:11:00.000-07:002008-02-08T21:11:00.000-07:00I hope this one is going to end up in Still Life w...I hope this one is going to end up in Still Life with Penguins. It is so well written and such a useful realization for us all. Now I find myself examining my life to make sure that I'm not expending resources in pursuit of hay.Sandra Taylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893923477979525131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-29460085128523847482008-02-08T09:45:00.000-07:002008-02-08T09:45:00.000-07:00When the pile of hay is moving down the road and m...When the pile of hay is moving down the road and mobbed with attention is the hardest time--but the most critical--for a passer-by to discern that it is only hay. Usually we do not recognize it as such until we have wasted our resources in the procession alongside and the climb to the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-4236008759961222942008-02-08T09:23:00.000-07:002008-02-08T09:23:00.000-07:00Sorry, I just realized how rude the last part of m...Sorry, I just realized how rude the last part of my comment sounded so I had to delete it. <BR/><BR/>I echo an above comment...this essay is a piece of art. Funny, I have just been thinking along the same lines. I just posted about the things we worship (although not as eloquently). I'm tired of all the hay cluttering up my home.mindyluwhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443030788449986652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-80918647111075725142008-02-08T09:03:00.000-07:002008-02-08T09:03:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.mindyluwhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443030788449986652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-91854896399175348542008-02-08T08:06:00.000-07:002008-02-08T08:06:00.000-07:00Absolutely amazingly perfect post! Thank you!Absolutely amazingly perfect post! Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-42121435675111073132008-02-07T20:47:00.000-07:002008-02-07T20:47:00.000-07:00This is now one of my favorites of yours. At firs...This is now one of my favorites of yours. At first I thought the mountainous pile that you never get to the end of was laundry until I saw that the pile represented something you actually <I>wanted</I> to have.<BR/><BR/>The scary thing is that associate probably actually thought $48 was a bargain.Pale Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470288973292309050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-27197478332898594672008-02-07T19:46:00.000-07:002008-02-07T19:46:00.000-07:00Thanks for the reminder that I'm not the only one ...Thanks for the reminder that I'm not the only one in the world who looks at a bag as just a place to put things. Yep, the one I already own IS enough. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-50172401069871472192008-02-07T18:31:00.000-07:002008-02-07T18:31:00.000-07:00Now instead of calling it Stuff I can just call it...Now instead of calling it Stuff I can just call it Hay. What are you saving this Hay for? Do we really need all this Hay cluttering up the place?Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518442124374879454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-30372896402105375822008-02-07T17:43:00.000-07:002008-02-07T17:43:00.000-07:00Beautiful post.I avoid the mall for this very reas...Beautiful post.<BR/><BR/>I avoid the mall for this very reason.Terri B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12215878121282668358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-42479052312462066522008-02-07T07:42:00.000-07:002008-02-07T07:42:00.000-07:00so true.so true.Allyshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638969631863483061noreply@blogger.com