tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post1543561787860355227..comments2023-05-01T04:51:15.777-07:00Comments on Gladsome Lights: Mountain Air - smoke and writingGretchenJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-5446029938376466042013-09-16T20:55:57.797-07:002013-09-16T20:55:57.797-07:00A friend sent me pictures of fires in CO while the...A friend sent me pictures of fires in CO while they were vacationing earlier this summer. It was horrific. I am so sorry to hear about the destruction. Such a loss...Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-85753092413506025282013-09-15T20:00:56.374-07:002013-09-15T20:00:56.374-07:00I wonder if you were able to see the stars amidst ...I wonder if you were able to see the stars amidst the smokey air? I love swimming holes like the one you showed from long ago. There are a few around here that the state hasn't cemented over.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-47839544231733909482013-09-15T14:25:09.178-07:002013-09-15T14:25:09.178-07:00Inner dialogue...it is shocking that not everyone ...Inner dialogue...it is shocking that not everyone has this experience. When I want my brain to be still and it won't...when my heart is needing rest...this is the only time I wish for the voice to be a little softer. I envy your retreat...maybe someday!mandysextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866974860533442174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-63055517432827215562013-09-15T05:24:17.560-07:002013-09-15T05:24:17.560-07:00I'm so sorry for the loss of so many beautiful...I'm so sorry for the loss of so many beautiful places there, and the seeming loss of years of memories and significance. Very sad.<br /><br />It sounds to me like you have the condition that many good writers have, GJ -- a constant, running voice in your head, speaking, thinking, churning, "writing." It's the voice that initiates all the eventual words on pages. MFK Fisher had such a voice and discussed it in her books. Those who have this writer's inner voice find it shocking and unusual that other people don't have this inner dialogue, but most people don't. Keep writing :)M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-41615864218444679352013-09-14T18:15:02.680-07:002013-09-14T18:15:02.680-07:00PS... your retreat sounds lovely. and I seem to r...PS... your retreat sounds lovely. and I seem to relate to your thoughts about writing, and scribbling away to sort your own thoughts and reflections. I say I have lots of ideas for articles and books, but in the end, I write to process my own heart and life.<br /><br />I like the sentence 'no one is clamoring for a discussion of the things in my pocket or the interrelatedness of the last ten books I read.' <br /><br /><br /> Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-38385875782135122662013-09-14T18:12:37.028-07:002013-09-14T18:12:37.028-07:00Oh I am so sorry to hear the news about the fires ...Oh I am so sorry to hear the news about the fires in/around the Yosemite. I've never been there, I've seen some photos, which I know can never do it justice, but I hate to think of this piece of paradise hit by fire.<br /><br />We pray for healing of the land and its restoration to beauty and life.<br /><br />Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-3229460264544728572013-09-14T14:22:47.343-07:002013-09-14T14:22:47.343-07:00Five days alone in a cabin away from the city/town...Five days alone in a cabin away from the city/town sounds like a lovely retreat. Did you return home with your soul restored, in spite of the smokey air?Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-34455155182605891522013-09-14T09:23:27.091-07:002013-09-14T09:23:27.091-07:00The smoke has been horrid. Our skies have been red...The smoke has been horrid. Our skies have been red all day every day for a week, <br />I am so glad you had time to get away. It reminds me of Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Gift from the Sea.<br />I understand what you say about writing, I am the same way about it.<br />I am sorry about the camp. Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-5376809881960221652013-09-14T05:35:23.049-07:002013-09-14T05:35:23.049-07:00Hi GJ! I like your thoughts concerning writing a ...Hi GJ! I like your thoughts concerning writing a book. We ARE always writing because we are always thinking and it's a great gift to use our pens to process our journeys.<br />The Sierras are beautiful. Breathtaking. Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.com