tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post2757657280472780774..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: How We Do It, Part XVIII in a seriesElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-60719152780468465412012-11-09T09:18:45.676-08:002012-11-09T09:18:45.676-08:00If it's possible to love violence, I love your...If it's possible to love violence, I love yours.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-89829851902095738502012-11-01T15:03:57.577-07:002012-11-01T15:03:57.577-07:00Vesuvius is right, this is magnificent. Every time...Vesuvius is right, this is magnificent. Every time i read it my heart beats like a war drum <i>allegro</i> and <i>staccato</i> in my chest. <br /><br />I wish you could bask in the lot of us cheering Bravo! as we did in our minds upon reading this.<br /><br />Hold me back! No, forget that, let me at that fucking meter maid twit. She deserves a knuckle sandwich and a bowl of my-boot-in-her-ass soup.<br /><br />Also, that picture is so emotive. It conveys such anguish so perfectly. Sheesh.Ajaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272210468592329126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-51905279970227244612012-10-19T08:27:19.628-07:002012-10-19T08:27:19.628-07:00It's difficult sometimes because you write so ...It's difficult sometimes because you write so magnificently about these broken down moments. This piece of writing was truly a feat. But I am so sorry about that awful woman. She is the one who is going to get some interesting karma. I don't know why some people refuse to be human. But as for this piece, Bravo. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-57805897041319327192012-10-18T20:50:44.248-07:002012-10-18T20:50:44.248-07:00Oh Elizabeth.
I am so sorry. What a heartless wo...Oh Elizabeth. <br /><br />I am so sorry. What a heartless woman. <br /><br />I am so sorry Sophie has seizures. I am so sorry for what she goes through and what you and your family go through with her. That woman can't begin to know the love that you live and breathe and are. <br /><br />And the exquisiteness of your writing is mind boggling. fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-62469964990970320082012-10-18T08:42:39.548-07:002012-10-18T08:42:39.548-07:00I hope you did utter those words, because these be...I hope you did utter those words, because these beautiful ones you wrote for us (broadly speaking) would be wasted on her shriveled soul. What a bitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3726877884594021822012-10-18T07:32:55.523-07:002012-10-18T07:32:55.523-07:00i am so fired up right now!! i know this Rita... ...i am so fired up right now!! i know this Rita... i have MET this Rita - emotionally lobotomized, completely "not getting it" in the least. These types of people are the worst kind - they don't even know that what they are doing and saying is so... inhuman. There is no empathic compass. If i didn't loathe them so much, I'd feel sorry for them.<br /><br />Where I do feel my empathy is for you... having to go through all of this only to have this slap in the face. Im proud of you for going up and speaking with her... though it probably didn't make much of an impact on HER, you would have regretted it forever if you hadn't. <br /><br />so sorry... about it all.Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-34300479820265070662012-10-18T03:28:21.788-07:002012-10-18T03:28:21.788-07:00what comes to mind reading the incredible way you ...what comes to mind reading the incredible way you made music with your writing is "geniale". how you all do it - i just don't know.<br />Tom was invited to an author/writing/book festival a few weeks ago, and said that workshops, talks and book events with other authors and writers were one of the most inspiring experience as a writer. that's the circle of persons you should hook up with, and make something of your talent and writing. Baci.Francescahttp://www.fuoriborgo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-38345668129308849062012-10-18T01:46:25.610-07:002012-10-18T01:46:25.610-07:00The soaring of a human spirit is always a beautifu...The soaring of a human spirit is always a beautiful thing. The triumph of a spirit lifts us all. Send this piece to your favorite LA Times columnist. Send it somewhere. This needs to be seen. Balm for a weary world. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115519546987113537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-43001623590147257562012-10-17T23:27:46.120-07:002012-10-17T23:27:46.120-07:00Brilliant.
Stunning.
You should do a TED talk.
Brilliant.<br />Stunning.<br /><br />You should do a TED talk.<br />T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-25548756570765156722012-10-17T18:21:19.304-07:002012-10-17T18:21:19.304-07:00Your writing is so mesmerizing, so perfect, and I ...Your writing is so mesmerizing, so perfect, and I felt myself wanting to whack that nasty woman. So glad you did it for me! Are there no kind people out there anymore?Jacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675859669787572001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-40865237476830630712012-10-17T17:55:07.752-07:002012-10-17T17:55:07.752-07:00If YOU hadn't written this, I would probably h...If YOU hadn't written this, I would probably have had trouble believing that it was true. I thank God that He gave you the gift of words with which to release this horror, a sense of irony and a beautiful mind with which to shape those words, and a good community to support you. And I am so, so, so very sorry that this poor woman could not see and feel with her heart, but could only reply with sharp words and her little ticket book. You deserve so much better than that!<br />One would think that her boss would not want her to work in this fashion (but I wouldn't bother to find out, if I were you). <br />Sending much love to you, dear Elizabeth.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-78986173961664256502012-10-17T15:16:47.292-07:002012-10-17T15:16:47.292-07:00Yes, to the spinning gold from life. With clarity...Yes, to the spinning gold from life. With clarity, imagination, so much awareness. I think of you and Sophie making your way across a Cormac McCarthy version of Los Angeles. City of Angels, not exactly. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-69602256446209000322012-10-17T14:13:01.713-07:002012-10-17T14:13:01.713-07:00I really wanted that baton to grow in length and s...I really wanted that baton to grow in length and smack that bitch on the top of her head. I really did.<br /><br />I cannot imagine what must go on in her life that she closes herself off to humanity. But I know that your humanity encompasses all of hers and your fierce mother-love rings true in every moment. kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64448708655402167892012-10-17T11:51:10.174-07:002012-10-17T11:51:10.174-07:00You amaze me, the way you spin gold out of the dro...You amaze me, the way you spin gold out of the dross of life. I, too, see a book forming. Keep writing, Dear One. x0 N2N2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09508740809219902631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-32990938592729144462012-10-17T11:30:17.336-07:002012-10-17T11:30:17.336-07:00oh god and so perfectly written please submit this...oh god and so perfectly written please submit this somewhere I know JAMA takes poetry submissions. send this and call it poetry. that's how it stung me. that's how it made me cry. as poetry.<br />love<br />RebeccaRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-50854986357893224872012-10-17T09:57:35.330-07:002012-10-17T09:57:35.330-07:00Yes, there's a relationship, I think, but I...Yes, there's a relationship, I think, but I'm not certain. Sometimes the humming is a way for her to cope with stimuli -- and sometimes its intensity is such that we know a seizure is coming. For all I knew, she had a headache, a stomachache -- the list is long, and it's part of the extreme difficult of caring for a non-verbal kid -- and heart-breaking, to tell you the truth.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-74791878713848447802012-10-17T09:55:44.234-07:002012-10-17T09:55:44.234-07:00Thanks for your comment, Ken, but I can't imag...Thanks for your comment, Ken, but I can't imagine the LAPD having an interest in Italian operatic descriptions of their no-good loser traffic control folks.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-83181021957196613112012-10-17T09:54:52.843-07:002012-10-17T09:54:52.843-07:00I might have uttered those exact words, Denise, bu...I might have uttered those exact words, Denise, but I can't be sure. :)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-4720455333494669512012-10-17T09:54:24.707-07:002012-10-17T09:54:24.707-07:00Thanks for your kind words and thoughts, Colleen, ...Thanks for your kind words and thoughts, Colleen, and I would of course appreciate any advice on pursuing publication of my writing. The events I described did happen yesterday, actually, exactly as I told them with the exception of the Italian operatic ending.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-38647136914589071582012-10-17T09:50:50.201-07:002012-10-17T09:50:50.201-07:00My initial fantasy was that this is an imagined st...My initial fantasy was that this is an imagined story and could not have happened in real life as our fears of how horrible people might treat us are usually reserved for those special "spaces" in our brains and in our dreams, but I am certain that this did unfortunately happen to you in real life, somewhere in LA, in the recent past and for that I am completely sorry that this happened to you and Sophie.<br />Such beautiful writing....<br />Any thoughts about publishing in a university press? My doctor has published a book on therapeutic gardens at Yale University Press.. i could pick his brain as to how it all came together.... I have a couple connections that I need to feel out, but this is where my mind has been going lately..... colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329067973795030839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-60062173473677740212012-10-17T09:13:05.304-07:002012-10-17T09:13:05.304-07:00The not-lovely-Rita needs to behave more like a Me...The not-lovely-Rita needs to behave more like a Meter Maid and less like a sociopath. Offering you assistance seems like it would have been the more appropriate response. No? L. Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495560962339948104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13090244505983476492012-10-17T03:40:50.690-07:002012-10-17T03:40:50.690-07:00Gee, no "Do you require medical assistance? ...Gee, no "Do you require medical assistance? Can I help? Do you need me to call someone?" I do think you ought to notify the city where this occurred - they need to know. I'm jaded, so I'm not expecting they would do anything, but still. Or write a letter to the local paper.<br /><br />I love the final scene, you felling that heartless excuse for a human being with your baton. That is justice is so many ways.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-1912825189083347512012-10-17T01:10:18.097-07:002012-10-17T01:10:18.097-07:00I'm glad you confronted her. Insanity. Serio...I'm glad you confronted her. Insanity. Seriously. Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071740989565033354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13815251475183349582012-10-16T22:56:15.791-07:002012-10-16T22:56:15.791-07:00Wow. Just wow.
I'm sure you have to be a hard...Wow. Just wow.<br /><br />I'm sure you have to be a hard-ass to be a meter maid, but still.<br /><br />Does Sophie's humming intensify prior to a seizure? Is there a relationship between the two?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-22480255270011010472012-10-16T21:43:56.426-07:002012-10-16T21:43:56.426-07:00My first impulse and response was exactly what Den...My first impulse and response was exactly what Denise first said. Exactly.<br /><br />I am sorry my sweet friend. I am sorry my sweet Sophie.<br /><br />"Not your job to be a human being?"<br /><br />Seems like that is the crux of what's wrong with the world. Just my opinion <br /><br />And you reminded me, I need to get my sorry sef and my child to the orthotist. Way over due. Her feet have finally grown. I think at 5 she is just now and infant/toddler 4. Teeny tiny girl that she is. <br /><br />Now rest well and just keep breathing.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209967185741239050noreply@blogger.com