tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post113556660726936751..comments2023-10-10T10:09:48.794-05:00Comments on Letting me be . . . random wondering and philosophy: Out My Window"ME" Liz Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135770882928577592005-12-28T05:54:00.000-06:002005-12-28T05:54:00.000-06:00Hello Jozef,I hope you are doing well these days, ...Hello Jozef,<BR/>I hope you are doing well these days, enjoying your summer and searching for a reason for me to drink Australian coffee. Thank you for the compliments so artfully offered.<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135766596752329162005-12-28T04:43:00.000-06:002005-12-28T04:43:00.000-06:00Rousseau writes: Nothing is more depressing than t...Rousseau writes: Nothing is more depressing than the general fate of men. And yet they feel in themselves a consuming desire to become happy, and it makes them feel at every moment that they were born to be happy. So why are they not?<BR/><BR/>Indeed, 'being without thinking is heavenly' ;-)<BR/><BR/>CODA: 2005's 11 Sexiest Geeks (includes Letting me be ;-)<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,69907-0.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 " REL="nofollow"> The "mosaic" of wonderful bloggers </A>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135733455179961902005-12-27T19:30:00.000-06:002005-12-27T19:30:00.000-06:00Thank You Scot,It is a most vivid image in my migh...Thank You Scot,<BR/>It is a most vivid image in my might and was so easy for me to put it down on paper. I see it all so clearly. <BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135733361452883312005-12-27T19:29:00.000-06:002005-12-27T19:29:00.000-06:00Thanks Tree,I feel like doing a lot more of being ...Thanks Tree,<BR/>I feel like doing a lot more of being without thinking is just what I should be doing. :)<BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135730417031347072005-12-27T18:40:00.000-06:002005-12-27T18:40:00.000-06:00Liz,What a lovely, introspective image captured fr...Liz,<BR/>What a lovely, introspective image captured from childhood. Your word paintings have become quite vivid lately.<BR/>ScotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135647804341461142005-12-26T19:43:00.000-06:002005-12-26T19:43:00.000-06:00"Being without thinking"I could stand to do a litt..."Being without thinking"<BR/><BR/>I could stand to do a little more of this. Peace to you Liz. :-)Tréehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742129819547567342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135647770284994462005-12-26T19:42:00.000-06:002005-12-26T19:42:00.000-06:00Thank you Tree,I sure could stand to do a whole lo...Thank you Tree,<BR/>I sure could stand to do a whole lot more of that.<BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135632988753986622005-12-26T15:36:00.000-06:002005-12-26T15:36:00.000-06:00Hi Melly,No ned to feel sad. It was just wonderful...Hi Melly,<BR/>No ned to feel sad. It was just wonderful to have the time and beautiful night to look at.<BR/>Thank you a Merry Christmas to you as well. :)<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135632841268207802005-12-26T15:34:00.000-06:002005-12-26T15:34:00.000-06:00Liz, you paint such nice imagery, but I can't help...Liz, you paint such nice imagery, but I can't help to always feel a little sad for little Liz.<BR/>I don't know, maybe it's the melancholy of the piece.<BR/><BR/>ANyways, hope you had a good holiday :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135630988070327932005-12-26T15:03:00.000-06:002005-12-26T15:03:00.000-06:00Hi Betty,You're right there is no silence like tha...Hi Betty,<BR/>You're right there is no silence like that of a night covered wiht snow. It makes everything peacefully silent--unless you have to drive. :)<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135630805581959482005-12-26T15:00:00.000-06:002005-12-26T15:00:00.000-06:00Oh, how I'd love to "be" without thinking! Those ...Oh, how I'd love to "be" without thinking! Those moments really have been the most heavenly, no doubt, and I wish I knew how to bring them on. Your beautiful post made me glad, for a change, that I live where it snows. I long for those bygone days when snow brought only good. Worries of car wrecks, closings and cancellations are of the adult world. But if we really see, even adults can appreciate the gifts of winter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135621642581430232005-12-26T12:27:00.000-06:002005-12-26T12:27:00.000-06:00Hello Melissa,I was just thinking about you.Merry ...Hello Melissa,<BR/>I was just thinking about you.<BR/>Merry Christmas.<BR/>I hope you're finding a way to escape to somewhere lovely for the holidays.<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135620146555987562005-12-26T12:02:00.000-06:002005-12-26T12:02:00.000-06:00Hi Liz dear,Merry Christmas!!! May all your wishe...Hi Liz dear,<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas!!! <BR/><BR/>May all your wishes come true :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135606607739921512005-12-26T08:16:00.000-06:002005-12-26T08:16:00.000-06:00Hi Cheryl,It's like just being and leaving the bra...Hi Cheryl,<BR/>It's like just being and leaving the brain on auto pilot for a while. :P<BR/>Hope your Holidays are still going on and are the best.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135606505325161732005-12-26T08:15:00.000-06:002005-12-26T08:15:00.000-06:00Sounds like a lot of thought, actually - more like...Sounds like a lot of thought, actually - more like absorbing without calculating. But thats not poetic.<BR/><BR/>Lovely lovely image - thank you :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135579900295355182005-12-26T00:51:00.000-06:002005-12-26T00:51:00.000-06:00Hi Mergrl,Merry Christmas Day's end.I like this pa...Hi Mergrl,<BR/>Merry Christmas Day's end.<BR/>I like this part the best I think. When everyone's quiet and I can finally think or not think.<BR/>I like being alive.<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1135579728276246602005-12-26T00:48:00.000-06:002005-12-26T00:48:00.000-06:00I would be completely taken by my seeing—engaged, ...<I>I would be completely taken by my seeing—engaged, enchanted, unaware of even breathing, fully alive.<BR/><BR/>Being without thinking is heavenly.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>you paint such a beautiful scene for my mind's eye with your words Liz.<BR/><BR/>I have memories of standing on a snowy street, usually on Christmas Eve around midnight, its silent, eyes closed, just feeling the cold, feeling aive, and just being in the moment.<BR/><BR/>thank you for the beautiful memory (hugs)<BR/><BR/>hope you had a wonderful day my friend!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com