Comments on: If You Go Down To The Woods Today… http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/ To create, to engage, to inspire Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: amypalko http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3130 amypalko Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:36 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3130 Yvonne, just realised I overlooked your comment when replying before! I'd actually forgotten about the woods across from you. I think a trip with camera in tow is much needed! Yvonne, just realised I overlooked your comment when replying before! I’d actually forgotten about the woods across from you. I think a trip with camera in tow is much needed!

]]> By: amypalko http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3122 amypalko Thu, 08 May 2008 19:58:34 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3122 It's true isn't it, David? Bluebells really are quite magical, particularly en masse. Thank you so much for your thoughts on writing. I completely agree :-) Always, Sassy Mama Bear ;-) It is funny, isn't it, Bo? I love that we are connected in this way. Very special! Wow, Robyn! 50 acres of woodland sounds completely amazing. I'd love to see that birch although with your fabulous description, I feel as though I already have :-) Oh, I'm desperate to get to a beach, any beach, Daz. When I lived up north, I lived on a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12456452@N05/1288363166/" rel="nofollow"> kyle</a>, and I so miss that feeling of being close to the sea. You are always a most welcome guest here, Joanna! And thank you so much for your lovely words. I draw such strength from them :-) It’s true isn’t it, David? Bluebells really are quite magical, particularly en masse. Thank you so much for your thoughts on writing. I completely agree :-)

Always, Sassy Mama Bear ;-)

It is funny, isn’t it, Bo? I love that we are connected in this way. Very special!

Wow, Robyn! 50 acres of woodland sounds completely amazing. I’d love to see that birch although with your fabulous description, I feel as though I already have :-)

Oh, I’m desperate to get to a beach, any beach, Daz. When I lived up north, I lived on a kyle, and I so miss that feeling of being close to the sea.

You are always a most welcome guest here, Joanna! And thank you so much for your lovely words. I draw such strength from them :-)

]]> By: Joanna Young http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3119 Joanna Young Thu, 08 May 2008 11:22:30 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3119 Had to come back here again, what wonderful conversation goes on. Daz I was dreaming of the sea last night - I think that's where I need to be next, somewhere close to the sea. Robyn, I knew that was you when I read your words. I love the story about the animals in the tree. You could write a whole book about that! Makes me v. happy to see my favourite bloggers connecting up and finding their way to this treasure-trove of a blog. Joanna Had to come back here again, what wonderful conversation goes on. Daz I was dreaming of the sea last night – I think that’s where I need to be next, somewhere close to the sea.

Robyn, I knew that was you when I read your words. I love the story about the animals in the tree. You could write a whole book about that!

Makes me v. happy to see my favourite bloggers connecting up and finding their way to this treasure-trove of a blog.

Joanna

]]> By: Darren Daz Cox http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3117 Darren Daz Cox Thu, 08 May 2008 01:25:14 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3117 I haven't seen bluebells since I left the UK in the 70's *sigh*. But you love what you are near... I love the beach near my house and walk on it almost every day. I have a habit now of throwing the stranded crabs back in and they smell very strongly of the sea. I haven’t seen bluebells since I left the UK in the 70’s *sigh*.
But you love what you are near…
I love the beach near my house and walk on it almost every day. I have a habit now of throwing the stranded crabs back in and they smell very strongly of the sea.

]]> By: Robyn http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3116 Robyn Thu, 08 May 2008 00:31:23 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3116 Amy, it's great to find a blogger who loves nature. I am deeply moved by good literature and and nature as I understand from you... My husband and I have 50 acres of woods and it's my deep pleasure to introduce my grandsons to all the amazing things to be found within. We have an amazing ash tree there that has an amazing girth and has been hollowed out by animals who live within. On our last trip to the woods we discovered raccoons living within and they hissed at us and made us know it was their castle and we were not allowed! Here's just a bit of "Birches" by Frost that will keep us all invigorated: "So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be." Amy, it’s great to find a blogger who loves nature. I am deeply moved by good literature and and nature as I understand from you…

My husband and I have 50 acres of woods and it’s my deep pleasure to introduce my grandsons to all the amazing things to be found within. We have an amazing ash tree there that has an amazing girth and has been hollowed out by animals who live within. On our last trip to the woods we discovered raccoons living within and they hissed at us and made us know it was their castle and we were not allowed!

Here’s just a bit of “Birches” by Frost that will keep us all invigorated:

“So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be.”

]]> By: Bo http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3114 Bo Wed, 07 May 2008 22:13:55 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3114 I went walking in my woods in Wisconsin and also came across a stand of bluebells, though mine look nothing like your variety - well, a little bit. I'm posting my bluebells and my wood's walk tomorrow. So funny - so far away, and doing the same sorts of things. I went walking in my woods in Wisconsin and also came across a stand of bluebells, though mine look nothing like your variety – well, a little bit.
I’m posting my bluebells and my wood’s walk tomorrow. So funny – so far away, and doing the same sorts of things.

]]> By: Yvonne http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3109 Yvonne Wed, 07 May 2008 19:44:53 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3109 Amy, There are hosts of blubells and other wild things to photograph in the woods across the road from us. Amy,

There are hosts of blubells and other wild things to photograph in the woods across the road from us.

]]> By: Sassy Mama Bear http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3108 Sassy Mama Bear Wed, 07 May 2008 18:52:50 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3108 Miss me? I have been in the woods recently but had little time to stop and enjoy, this weekend however will be different and I will write on that next week. I need to get back into my writing, and this is a good assignment...sensory writing. Miss me?
I have been in the woods recently but had little time to stop and enjoy, this weekend however will be different and I will write on that next week. I need to get back into my writing, and this is a good assignment…sensory writing.

]]> By: David http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3107 David Wed, 07 May 2008 18:31:11 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3107 Such beautiful pictures. Bluebells give me hope. They have a magical presence, reminding me to look beyond myself. I think the key to good writing is humility. Good writing shouldn't be noticed by the reader; bad writing almost always is. Amazing writing should strike the depths of being, leaving the soul gasping for breath. Can we choose to write like that, or must it come from the core of who we are? True writing - like true art - falls upon us as a gift, arriving when it is least expected. Such beautiful pictures.

Bluebells give me hope. They have a magical presence, reminding me to look beyond myself.

I think the key to good writing is humility. Good writing shouldn’t be noticed by the reader; bad writing almost always is. Amazing writing should strike the depths of being, leaving the soul gasping for breath. Can we choose to write like that, or must it come from the core of who we are?

True writing – like true art – falls upon us as a gift, arriving when it is least expected.

]]> By: amypalko http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comment-3101 amypalko Wed, 07 May 2008 11:40:24 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/?p=342#comment-3101 In response to your first comment, Joanna, I'm so pleased that you enjoyed my post on powerful writing. As for the bluebells, I did make it to the bluebell wood only to find the forestry folks had decimated it. These bluebells snuck up on me at university yesterday! Secondly, Joanna, thank you so much for leaving such a beautiful comment that is so lyrical in its description. I love your comparison of being amongst the tall majestic trees to being in a cathedral! It perfectly captures that feeling of being somewhere sacred: a pantheistic temple. What a beautiful description, Claudia! Thank you so much for sharing it. I can really imagine myself in your shoes experiencing that profound silence. Wonderful! In response to your first comment, Joanna, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed my post on powerful writing. As for the bluebells, I did make it to the bluebell wood only to find the forestry folks had decimated it. These bluebells snuck up on me at university yesterday!

Secondly, Joanna, thank you so much for leaving such a beautiful comment that is so lyrical in its description. I love your comparison of being amongst the tall majestic trees to being in a cathedral! It perfectly captures that feeling of being somewhere sacred: a pantheistic temple.

What a beautiful description, Claudia! Thank you so much for sharing it. I can really imagine myself in your shoes experiencing that profound silence. Wonderful!

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