tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post3877096342149658860..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: destinationTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-89686392978546300122011-08-22T11:53:40.860-04:002011-08-22T11:53:40.860-04:00Dear Tess: Everyone of your words is loaded with m...Dear Tess: Everyone of your words is loaded with memory triggers of raising the children whilst painting over those memories never erased. Excellent way you have with words; so creative and fresh!chiccorealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834462795623856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-35959758517722873792011-08-21T14:34:18.877-04:002011-08-21T14:34:18.877-04:00Tess - I get it. It's just that sound is such...Tess - I get it. It's just that sound is such a rich, wonderfully wide medium. <br /><br />The whole point of reading something aloud is to expand the hearer's experience of the words, not just to "print" them with your voice. <br /><br />I was thinking what great variations, moods, and layers you could add to each poem by creating it with different choices in pronunciation, pitch, and maybe even sounds in the background.<br /><br />Of course, those are just ideas that came to me while reading your blog, which is why I put them in the comments. If commenters only praise you and stroke you and never urge you to stretch and do different things, they do you a disservice.<br /><br />P.S. I have been looking for my folder of poems and can't find it. When I do, I will post and record some!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-44676654205054934932011-08-21T13:56:58.007-04:002011-08-21T13:56:58.007-04:00Love the transferable graffiti--and the first daug...Love the transferable graffiti--and the first daughter to first daughter. <br />This is marvelous; thank you. And thank you for the most interesting prompt (which is now past, ideas come too late).dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-38476647073307942632011-08-19T10:43:33.667-04:002011-08-19T10:43:33.667-04:00Way back in the dawn of time I remember reading th...Way back in the dawn of time I remember reading the 'Clan of the Cave Bear' series of books... There was something in there about inherited memories from generations before... Anyway, this poem brought be back to that - and that was a good memory! Thank you so much for both the poem and the Mag prompt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-3438968970566628762011-08-18T06:05:57.748-04:002011-08-18T06:05:57.748-04:00This delighted me!
When my husband took out a fau...This delighted me! <br />When my husband took out a faux wall in the bathroom of our old house (built in 1910) a few years ago we found the original wood siding with writing and some old news clippings stapled onto it. They didn't mean anything of great importance...at least to us, but we kept them there and added our own notes before he installed sheetrock for the remodeling.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-33916904312549529092011-08-18T01:32:04.037-04:002011-08-18T01:32:04.037-04:00I've painted some walls and my mom kept some g...I've painted some walls and my mom kept some graffiti's intact..she still looks at them and smiles at our innocence then...<br /><br />What a wonderful magpie Tess, you truly know how to bring back some lovely memories!Erratic Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852558150033296079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-75478677706564759662011-08-17T14:03:13.433-04:002011-08-17T14:03:13.433-04:00Angella, they are running several weeks behind...s...Angella, they are running several weeks behind...soon now!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-51006516882080882822011-08-17T13:22:05.749-04:002011-08-17T13:22:05.749-04:00saddle up and ride!
tess, i ordered your poetry b...saddle up and ride!<br /><br />tess, i ordered your poetry book but have never received it. should it have come by now?37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-54151295331168452632011-08-17T09:45:29.217-04:002011-08-17T09:45:29.217-04:00Great rollerwork!Great rollerwork!Trellissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283663872471564907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-9495315514126912962011-08-17T08:31:55.722-04:002011-08-17T08:31:55.722-04:00tess
as always you create dreams
and rich visuals...tess<br />as always you create dreams<br />and rich visuals with your delicate words.<br /><br />i can relate to the fantasy world david and his brother created.<br />i think he should rush over and take pictures that he can keep forever.<br />someday the walls WILL be painted over....and it will be as if it were never there.<br />he will be happy in 30 yrs that he has them.<br />he can show his own children. no?<br /><br />xxxRenée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-39605172272335176962011-08-17T05:32:49.998-04:002011-08-17T05:32:49.998-04:00Wonderful words Tess, wonderful.
Anna :o]Wonderful words Tess, wonderful.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-20823893515915987322011-08-17T04:31:03.334-04:002011-08-17T04:31:03.334-04:00I always had a secret place (out of sight) where I...I always had a secret place (out of sight) where I scratched tiny pictures - hieroglyphs full of secret meaning known only to me...<br />This brought back memories, thanks.Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-762543126419061772011-08-17T04:30:45.333-04:002011-08-17T04:30:45.333-04:00'transferable writings between generations'...'transferable writings between generations'..love this line,Tess.<br />Have been just been given copies of old pantomime scripts my father once wrote ..very precious and treasured.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353700576663217563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-43244208576592824702011-08-17T02:27:27.208-04:002011-08-17T02:27:27.208-04:00The passage of time etched in the walls of a home....The passage of time etched in the walls of a home. My childhood home is still one of wonder (however old and crumbling stucco it is!).<br /><br />Hope you're having a lovely summer, Tess!*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-26895692673647511762011-08-17T02:18:07.656-04:002011-08-17T02:18:07.656-04:00As accomplished as usualAs accomplished as usualDoctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-20539395521105454502011-08-16T19:49:52.179-04:002011-08-16T19:49:52.179-04:00Distinctive, intriguing word choices and flow - wo...Distinctive, intriguing word choices and flow - wonderful stuff.Steve Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162341357622058518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-49564637966950222142011-08-16T17:29:58.828-04:002011-08-16T17:29:58.828-04:00I enjoyed this Tess -- the password concept struck...I enjoyed this Tess -- the password concept struck me as the 'key' to unlock the mystery and true identity of each who inhabited the room...robkistnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166835029205143266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-6692020629488471102011-08-16T15:27:32.302-04:002011-08-16T15:27:32.302-04:00Anonymous, a few years ago, I visited the house in...Anonymous, a few years ago, I visited the house in rural Indiana were my grandparents once lived. The current owners were kind enough to let me in for a peek. It was astonishing how the living room had become a closet. Lovely poem, thank you.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-25457492678544516072011-08-16T14:59:56.064-04:002011-08-16T14:59:56.064-04:00Delightful poem. My kids never wrote on the walls ...Delightful poem. My kids never wrote on the walls though, nor did I as a kid. I love the words "cave writings".Ann Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501522748426995035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-75960519745626798182011-08-16T10:44:18.217-04:002011-08-16T10:44:18.217-04:00Tess,
Beautiful write and no wonder it brought for...Tess,<br />Beautiful write and no wonder it brought forth so many memories. It also brought out one of mine-finding my own name written inside a drawer of my childhood dresser, way in the back, when I was painting it for my own daughter. I left it there.Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-24321865955865318042011-08-16T10:16:51.471-04:002011-08-16T10:16:51.471-04:00My ride comes furnished
in cave like pics
early ...My ride comes furnished<br />in cave like pics<br /> <br />early songs<br />brothers sisters <br />share at dawn <br />and after midnight<br /><br />when eloquent sounds <br />that ordanarize in light<br />transform <br />whispers<br />to<br />prayers<br /><br />remembered distortedly <br />as adults<br />the big tree<br />a sappling<br />the giant room<br />a closetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-34896379209850668422011-08-16T08:58:53.200-04:002011-08-16T08:58:53.200-04:00I love the cave writing analogy, Tess.I love the cave writing analogy, Tess.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-29362230559366804772011-08-16T08:17:00.454-04:002011-08-16T08:17:00.454-04:00Tess, my daughter put stickers on everything. Her ...Tess, my daughter put stickers on everything. Her way of making her room her own. (Really hard to get off the walls and doors.) When my granddaughter started decorating the 'kid room' with stickers, her dad and stepmom scolded her, but goo remover is at the store when the time comes. David's comment touched my heart. Sounds like he had a good mom.Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842711799199331211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-25997162438998819642011-08-15T23:16:41.915-04:002011-08-15T23:16:41.915-04:00Wonderfully filled with pictographs and warmth. I&...Wonderfully filled with pictographs and warmth. I'm wondering how to save the heights marked on a kitchen wall.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-60275753312945071222011-08-15T21:32:33.893-04:002011-08-15T21:32:33.893-04:00Very nice, Tess. We, too, have secrets left on wal...Very nice, Tess. We, too, have secrets left on walls, covered now by others' secrets. Love this one.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com