tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post8884032507252764482..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: tag saleTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-75541548524930525772010-11-18T09:00:04.793-05:002010-11-18T09:00:04.793-05:00Willow, reading your poem made me feel very uncomf...Willow, reading your poem made me feel very uncomfortable. You have captured a feeling I have experienced before.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47086252222943549412010-11-17T20:17:21.698-05:002010-11-17T20:17:21.698-05:00This one. This one I absolutely love.This one. This one I absolutely love.Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-87745370836096858282010-11-17T12:21:43.336-05:002010-11-17T12:21:43.336-05:00Yes, i did get what you were referring to here. ni...Yes, i did get what you were referring to here. nicely put indeed. If it didn't seem right, then best to have left! you have enough ghosts as it is! :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712046924863763290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-52275628317025078382010-11-17T11:33:31.936-05:002010-11-17T11:33:31.936-05:00Aw, I so get this. No doubt you're sensing un...Aw, I so get this. No doubt you're sensing unfinished business in that home? <br /><br />Nevertheless, beautifully expressed, I admire your self-awareness and the postitive thing you did with it.Jenniferhttp://www.jensrealia.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-45362701954186830382010-11-17T08:03:10.742-05:002010-11-17T08:03:10.742-05:00Sorry about that. Changed it. Again. :^)Sorry about that. Changed it. Again. :^)Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-31374520220724580932010-11-17T07:57:36.953-05:002010-11-17T07:57:36.953-05:00Willow, I wanted to see the picture that is showin...Willow, I wanted to see the picture that is showing up as your avatar on your comments, but when I click it, the link takes me to your profile, and the photo showing on your profile is some chick with a blindfold on.... not the same picture that's your avatar here.<br /><br />What gives?Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-1502453330014322312010-11-17T07:03:33.758-05:002010-11-17T07:03:33.758-05:00yes, reminds me of the auction of the old widowers...yes, reminds me of the auction of the old widowers belongings at the end of my drive the other day. He had just recently died. I couldn't bear to go to look through his things. I usually love auctions and vintage sales too... <br />I have enjoyed your blog recently, and found you via your Magpie Tales...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-6241091621743280612010-11-16T19:21:37.566-05:002010-11-16T19:21:37.566-05:00I think that whatever the feeling that was hoverin...I think that whatever the feeling that was hovering..it helped to produce this poem..grateful for that!!Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985979258848310351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-50949219171660896382010-11-16T19:19:35.317-05:002010-11-16T19:19:35.317-05:00That is really lovely. I think where you chose to...That is really lovely. I think where you chose to end each line really added to the 'unsettled' feeling. Bravo.Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-85279520767204607182010-11-16T18:02:11.258-05:002010-11-16T18:02:11.258-05:00Willow, ah yes....I have felt this way at certain ...Willow, ah yes....I have felt this way at certain sales - who can explain why - except we must trust those "psychic" feelings....and leave. You did the right thing - but the poem is lovely....and, I did catch the "Hamlet" reference!<br /><br />Hugs,<br /><br />♥ Robin ♥Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247046205493711677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-14041891692727541932010-11-16T17:43:22.036-05:002010-11-16T17:43:22.036-05:00An auction room offers several degrees of separati...An auction room offers several degrees of separation but a sale in someone's home must feel strange, especially where personal items are concerned rather than, say, furniture. A telling poem, Willow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-75257261974115477852010-11-16T14:03:33.511-05:002010-11-16T14:03:33.511-05:00Marcheline, it's the last line, of course. I&#...Marcheline, it's the last line, of course. I'm a huge fan of Hamlet. I'm glad you noticed! <br /><br />The exact quote is this, when Hamlet says, "The cat will mew and every dog will have his day."Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-39016934992230962452010-11-16T13:27:32.204-05:002010-11-16T13:27:32.204-05:00I've felt just the same way in sales. You depi...I've felt just the same way in sales. You depict the sudden apprehension of the previous life that inhabited the place and now haunts the artifacts so well.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-89169343082461587502010-11-16T13:09:20.835-05:002010-11-16T13:09:20.835-05:00Can you find the Hamlet reference in this poem?Can you find the Hamlet reference in this poem?Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-40453552294171606652010-11-16T11:52:28.663-05:002010-11-16T11:52:28.663-05:00I've gotten those bad vibes before too. Very ...I've gotten those bad vibes before too. Very unsettling...Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-75138010434897334562010-11-16T09:06:27.802-05:002010-11-16T09:06:27.802-05:00This is one of the reasons I love tag sales...the ...This is one of the reasons I love tag sales...the history of the people that wore or used the items yet...their circumstances are oftentimes so very sad or lonely. Excellent piece.<br /><br />I LOVE the word chiaroscuro. LOVE IT. Perfect word picture.Jill from Killeny Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639521470702814007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47134003651564393592010-11-16T06:04:46.436-05:002010-11-16T06:04:46.436-05:00Who would be a fly on the wall when you were at th...Who would be a fly on the wall when you were at that tag sale? Just to know what made you write this:<br /><br />'I realize I’ve left<br />my sense of humor<br />in my other purse'<br /><br />It's sad. But beautiful. Thanks for your birthday wishes. Very welcome.<br /><br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-46217642389353646222010-11-15T20:10:13.698-05:002010-11-15T20:10:13.698-05:00I know what you mean. It's the uninvited shari...I know what you mean. It's the uninvited sharing of a life.<br /><br />Great image of the leaves in your previous post.david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-2361102975457446232010-11-15T17:55:52.730-05:002010-11-15T17:55:52.730-05:00Vicki, I think that was a lot of what I was feelin...Vicki, I think that was a lot of what I was feeling yesterday, as well.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-58332253729622155412010-11-15T17:53:53.976-05:002010-11-15T17:53:53.976-05:00For me it's the feeling that someday it could ...For me it's the feeling that someday it could be MY belongings that strangers are picking over...Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-5959096957286010022010-11-15T17:51:34.002-05:002010-11-15T17:51:34.002-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-33377704459463269772010-11-15T15:40:18.398-05:002010-11-15T15:40:18.398-05:00I'm a big tag sale/estate sale fan myself but ...I'm a big tag sale/estate sale fan myself but I hear you about being unsettled sometimes. I wonder if it's a smell or a familiar piece of furniture that triggers it.Kate Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089480767005955018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-37537072020527005892010-11-15T15:10:53.275-05:002010-11-15T15:10:53.275-05:00Willow,
Funny that; maybe there were unfriendly sp...Willow,<br />Funny that; maybe there were unfriendly spirits there abouts.<br />relrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-18809713364767845472010-11-15T14:38:30.412-05:002010-11-15T14:38:30.412-05:00Perhaps the sale had a component that triggered so...Perhaps the sale had a component that triggered some past emotion from your mind that sent you home -- not so much that it was folks that were going through materials that once belonged to someone? -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-65981721668111708592010-11-15T14:03:08.189-05:002010-11-15T14:03:08.189-05:00...the ghost of a dress...my sense of humor in ano......the ghost of a dress...my sense of humor in another purse....oh my...what writing...leaves me speechless....wonderful. and YES....it reminded me about going trough my mother's things. took me one year after she died to do it...<br /><br />i know what you mean about leaving feeling unsettled too...<br /><br />cranberry walnut shortbread cookies should help...let me know how you liked them...so simple..so good...<br /><br />happy to visit with you today, my friend,<br />kary<br />xxxMy Farmhouse Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594238190107766755noreply@blogger.com