tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post1240250436304367762..comments2023-10-31T07:36:24.964-07:00Comments on Thrift Candy: Poems Strung Like BeadsMissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13893666876164237431noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-89805084230956812042012-10-30T09:55:49.092-07:002012-10-30T09:55:49.092-07:00Looking for posts on your hens and found this amaz...Looking for posts on your hens and found this amazing outfit!!! :D SO CUTE!!!! On to look for your hensNickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484406166071504488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-59593713689053813162011-10-26T12:11:20.617-07:002011-10-26T12:11:20.617-07:00Oh! You lovely and lucky you. I'm so happy you...Oh! You lovely and lucky you. I'm so happy you got to see her, and so sad Mary did not, but love the story of Jeff being so thoughtful about it. That, to me is at the heart of Ms. Oliver's poems, thoughtfulness, pause at wonder of this world. The miracle of its existence. I feel very thankful for being part of this lovely post.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02078509975778101344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-54135908325330725772011-10-25T08:15:23.575-07:002011-10-25T08:15:23.575-07:00What wonderful words, thanks for sharing! Now I h...What wonderful words, thanks for sharing! Now I have more books to add to my ever-growing list. And the jam looks just luscious. This recipe for fig jam looks easy:<br /><br />http://www.pickyourown.org/figjam.htmAlexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620047890183845437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-82987366029845567622011-10-21T22:54:18.118-07:002011-10-21T22:54:18.118-07:00i, too, love mary oliver's poetry. it's li...i, too, love mary oliver's poetry. it's like a salve that protects from the roughness of the world. so happy you got to see her. and you look so gorgeous in the dress and with your belt and earrings! so very happy you are making good use of them. <3sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833279739246232946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-80337071328426701012011-10-20T16:04:50.614-07:002011-10-20T16:04:50.614-07:00What a gift, Thank you for sharing all this, I can...What a gift, Thank you for sharing all this, I can feel the inspiration come right off my screen. I first heard of Mary Oliver when I visited the states a few years ago, she was nestled right in my heart in minutes. I love her poems and find her such a medicine at times. I imagine one day when I am older, I will cut my hair and be simply dressed, settle into the older part of life full of her words and all the heart that goes with them. <br /><br />I wonder does she ever cross the ocean for such talks, I am sure she must, thats got me thinking that I need to check. <br /><br />Thank you and your white dress is beautiful and eloquent and simple like these poems. xxElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058413435300593737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-8383054866778162502011-10-20T16:01:16.231-07:002011-10-20T16:01:16.231-07:00Missa, the dress is beautiful on you and I love ho...Missa, the dress is beautiful on you and I love how you accessorized it! I should have ripped it out of my closet and given it to you ages ago (I never wore it). Thank you for sharing the poetry, I am going to the library drink in more of her lovely words:)Laura janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192864831019844213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-7284197793886962702011-10-20T08:53:23.999-07:002011-10-20T08:53:23.999-07:00beautiful. the poems, dress, grapes, sunset...beautiful. the poems, dress, grapes, sunset...annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230558089276610469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-80791032444671220112011-10-19T22:59:37.680-07:002011-10-19T22:59:37.680-07:00awwww so glad you got to see mary oliver and hear ...awwww so glad you got to see mary oliver and hear her voice in person; what a beautiful experience that must have been. i have been moved by her poetry since a tender age, when i got a job in at Rivendell books (long defunct) and met an old poet soul booklover named Joel Porter who introduced me to many of my still-favorite poets. He would send me home with slim first edition volumes like little pomegranate jewels just for the pure joy of watching a 17 year old girl fall in giddy love with poetry. all those things that happen when you are 17 last forever i think. <br /><br />anyway the selections you chose here, and the grapes and jam and dress and milla and forest all collage together the most soothing experience for my soul tonight and for that i thank you deeply. i was just on facebook and everything i was looking at was disturbing, negative, angsty, argumentative, sad. then i come here, read your words, see what i love, and remember most of all to go into the forest, to walk the soft paths, to let the wild animal of my body love what it loves (i know i'm not quoting her correctly but with the right spirit). ahhhh peace. poetry, beauty, friendship, and joy. sweet missa i thank you.moonshinejunkyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401889178583608877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-40233225742206583412011-10-19T19:57:29.582-07:002011-10-19T19:57:29.582-07:00dresses + poems! You know this post is right up my...dresses + poems! You know this post is right up my alley :)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931148046937718412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-33945366073686606602011-10-19T14:38:08.666-07:002011-10-19T14:38:08.666-07:00THAT DRESS!!!!!!!!!THAT DRESS!!!!!!!!!bonfire of my vanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107950410071603461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-34084419950272113262011-10-19T14:24:51.271-07:002011-10-19T14:24:51.271-07:00i just got teary eyed and cried out to jeff, "...i just got teary eyed and cried out to jeff, "jeff! mary oliver was in town! i didn't know and we missed her!" and jeff replied, "i DID know. i didn't tell you because i tried to get us tickets and it was sold out.". that is a tiny bit of solace, as is your beautiful apparition. thank you for sharing oliver here...whenever i read her, no matter how heavy my heart with the world, i am always uplifted because she KNOWS, she GETS IT. and i thus feel much less alone. i'm so glad you love her too, and that you got to see her. xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-58176052401284209952011-10-19T14:24:21.564-07:002011-10-19T14:24:21.564-07:00Wow. Those poems, that sky and that dress take my ...Wow. Those poems, that sky and that dress take my breath away. Thank you for sharing. <br /><br />That jam looks right out of a cookbook.! I also use a few freshly picked grapes in my sourdough bread starter. The white stuff is yeast that kickstarts the dough. <br /><br />Thank you again for sharing. I enjoy your blog very, very much.Nicholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404052398398405704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-26813459787468690642011-10-19T13:41:48.262-07:002011-10-19T13:41:48.262-07:00I'm not a poetry person, but these are beautif...I'm not a poetry person, but these are beautiful! as is your lovely dress!Francahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495421838862275042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-66046625644758651042011-10-19T12:59:56.432-07:002011-10-19T12:59:56.432-07:00Thank Milla for me too! I had not heard of her poe...Thank Milla for me too! I had not heard of her poetry. I think I'm going to start with American Primitive. I have a great book of canning recipes called Putting Up With Honey that has a great-sounding recipe for Honey-Fig Jam. I can email it to you if you like. And I love the dress! I don't know how well that would work for me though, living on the farm as we do. Thanks for sharing. Blessings.jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16786541258960254743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-70683545341557129022011-10-19T12:19:37.421-07:002011-10-19T12:19:37.421-07:00Oh, that dress looks absolutely amazing on you. Yo...Oh, that dress looks absolutely amazing on you. You look so lovely. And what sweet poems, right up my alley. Thanks for sharing, and lucky you hearing her poems in person.Celhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871879969054133260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708635780557529859.post-86095930200946949542011-10-19T12:07:08.160-07:002011-10-19T12:07:08.160-07:00It's been such a long time since I read any po...It's been such a long time since I read any poetry. And these were peaceful and so restful to read....so thank you! You have no idea how long I've been trying to find a cutwork dress! Yours is lovely. Hey, how do you find wearing white when you have a jammy handed toddler around? hehehe.Teenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681405757848141786noreply@blogger.com