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Taps
you sound comfortable in your skin :) Like you, I am happy in my own company. Probably a good thing, because I have had a lot of it 
posted by
mneme
on August 4, 2006 at 5:28 AM
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YPunday, not at all...
It's fun :) will be back as soon as the muse strikes. At the moment I'm thinking... :)
posted by
mneme
on August 4, 2006 at 4:21 AM
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I hope my haku is not prventing you from writing...LOL
just dropped by to say thanks for playing haiku withus. Nice to take a haik with strangers, right?
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on August 3, 2006 at 3:46 PM
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mneme
It sounds like you are having a delicious, huggable type of evening, mneme. Enjoy!
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 3, 2006 at 2:19 PM
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posted by
MaggieMae
on August 3, 2006 at 9:23 AM
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mneme, I seem to need a lot of it. That's why I've never married again after my 30 year one timer ended.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 3, 2006 at 8:04 AM
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Saw that Dave..
and am, sadly, too old to remember Rainbows...:) Now, Playschool, Postman Pat 
(here's Jess)...fun with the littlies...
posted by
mneme
on August 3, 2006 at 4:06 AM
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I've done a couple this week. I did the rainbows one.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 3, 2006 at 2:07 AM
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I know Dave, just busy..:)
But I did do a couple of nights of haiku - YPunday is giving me lessons (hint also...)
posted by
mneme
on August 3, 2006 at 1:57 AM
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Come along Mneme. It was a hint - time to post again!
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 3, 2006 at 1:51 AM
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Muser, likewise
though I would like more time to write more of these. I read your "wish" post, both wistful and sensitive. As always, you strike so many chords.
posted by
mneme
on August 2, 2006 at 5:12 AM
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Thanks Taps
that's very nice of you... they almost wrote themselves, which rather surprised me.
posted by
mneme
on August 2, 2006 at 5:08 AM
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Dave
I'm pretty sure I did. If not, I would have used the water for a hottie, it being winter here and all.
posted by
mneme
on August 2, 2006 at 5:06 AM
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Did you ever make that cuppa? We need to know.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 2, 2006 at 4:56 AM
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mneme, What a pleasant, comfortable, relaxing post. I just enjoyed reading your wave haiku on YPunday's blog. Very nice.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 1, 2006 at 3:00 PM
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come join happiness in the hot tub, it's my latest poem just to prove to
you that I am not always gloomy.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 1, 2006 at 4:02 AM
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forgot to say nice haiking with you guys? glad of the competition, tired of
winning here, even by default. You are becoming serious about this, I am scared!!!
excellent ideas flying everywhere, I shall duck for cover in case they land on my head....
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 1, 2006 at 3:55 AM
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Hi Azur and Mneme, can you believe Azur came to swear at me?!
Just to show off her French, but I forgave her.
Azur Mneme, hi neighbours!
You just feel a little closer, at least we are awake at the same time as you say. Before I get steamed out of my bath, just a quick note to explain about my situation. In a very short time, over 5 years, I went through a divorce, another broken relationship, ( shortlived but unpleasant nonetheless) and the loss of my son through suicide 3 years ago, along with illness, meningitis healthcare on daughter but she is fine now. here is my life in a nut shell. My daughter has left home, and I am adjusting to an empty house, the sense of loss over my daughter leaving home is aggravated an compounded by the other tragic loss. I am saying it as it is. For now, my life is more or less normal, I live in Auckland in a lovely suburb with lots of lovely friends, I am not isolated as such, and I can go visit people and talk on the phone any time I like. So it is just the grief process taking its normal course, I can laugh and joke and have happy times despite the sadness in the background, one never leaving the other. Poetry is where I pour my heart out, I confide in strangers sometimes, too. Lets say, my heart has been broken many times, but God is with me and gets me through the worse. I go through different phases, sometimes really low but then I perk up again just like that. I do struggle but I still function normally, shed a few tears and get on with my day regardless. So this is where I am at. I have a lovely daughter whom I love dearly, and good friends, a precarious job but interesting. No guys involved, cannot handle anything too serious for the moment. Just having a few jokes on blogit, just don't look, ignore those two flirters. Okay ypun and swftfox have become good friends, and why not? It does not cost anything, and they are not going to hurt me and knock on my doorstep tomorrow! I dare them! I am glad you enjoy my poetry, it is so much fun. It takes my mind off my misery for now. I am looking for a online writing course so I can get up to publishing standard. any advice welcome, thanks everyone cheers.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 1, 2006 at 3:53 AM
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mneme...your Haiku are amazing! You are a master...I am humbled by your
your talent! I am so moved by your poetry, and marieclaire's...
posted by
muser
on August 1, 2006 at 3:50 AM
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Take care
posted by
Azur
on August 1, 2006 at 3:01 AM
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Azur, just keeping things neutral
Neither of us wants conflict, and I have been able to get on with my own work. So that's something. Feel less myself though. I did resign from my job, to have more time for other things, so I guess I will have to see how things go. Really would like that small cottage near my sister within a year. It's lack of options that make a person restless; nice to have some choice. For the meantime I can do very little, so I go from day to day and try to stay optimistic.
posted by
mneme
on July 30, 2006 at 5:51 AM
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Have you changed gear yet?
Yesterday I read through your posts to discover the background of the point you find yourself at now.
posted by
Azur
on July 29, 2006 at 11:02 PM
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marieclaire
I am not in NZ but over the ocean in Oz. Not that I want to be:) At least we are awake at the same times. My first post tells you a little bit about things. My daughter lives in the South and my son is staying with her for a while. This was the first time I had been in the house alone in all those years, not counting the daytimes when everyone would be at work or school. I was ok; I am never spooked by things like household noises late at night, and we do have neighbours. I am worried if you are so isolated and unhappy; have you thought about moving closer to town? Whatever it takes to make it easier for yourself.
posted by
mneme
on July 29, 2006 at 12:34 AM
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Why thank you Ypundy
and I thought I was just used to it :)
posted by
mneme
on July 28, 2006 at 7:53 PM
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Your mature response to autonomy and "unlonely isolation" in marriage is *$
I enjoyed the piece for the many tangents it offered me both for writing and thinking...perhaps because I may be a fellow-African, at least in a sense of loyalty & reverence for the earth and waters that noursihed my infant body, and those of my parents...anyway all Earth is ours, to revere, NOT to possess
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 28, 2006 at 7:15 PM
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marieclaire, you are very special! I don't tknow how you write a poem
every day...believe me, the quality is there! as for another's poem being better...what is that? it's all relative. each one speakss to another's heart differently...vive la differance!oui? o.k. that is about all of my french...imagine that in a very southern accent! LOL! i am so happy that you and mneme have met!
we are different
our hearts and minds are attuned
we are much the same
posted by
muser
on July 28, 2006 at 2:18 PM
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being alone is an imposition... not a choice but it gives me time to think
think think till I am on the brink of madness. Oh it rhymes. I think I just about think in verse these days. forgot what I meant to say. Enjoy your quiet time at home, reading between the lines, you have resigned yourself to a certain amoung of isolation, lack of support, underlying issues? none of my business. I am a happiness detector, rotten habit you see. Yeah I remember, you said you moved to the southern emisphere, are you living in my neck of the woods? anywhere near NZ? We are rather short of neighbours and cannot help but feel somewhat isolated at time. Is your daughter in France you said, which part, she could go say hi to my folks. Never mind. pure speculation. It is quite a task writing a poem a day keeps the love doctor away... I sit in front of the blank screen and force something out of my brain. You cannot expect quality from such sheer quantity. If I start comparing myself I am history, pathetic me always gets distraught when I see a poem better than mine. You do have a gift for writing, it is nicely done. It flows into an easy read and lovely style. Your hubby does not know how good you are at writing it seems. I must go or my bath will be cold again like last night. I had to run another one two hours later, at 1am. It is so damn cold in NZ. Are there any New Zealanders on this blog? Am I the only froggy here? One of a kind, I am, oh well it makes me feel quite special then. Enough said. I am in love with that stupid keyboard!
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 28, 2006 at 3:56 AM
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Azur
that made me smile :) He arrived home only a short while ago and seemed slightly surprised that I wasn't expecting him. Hope Muser reads this, as I wore that new sweater out to dinner with friends on Monday night and I'm happy to say the Sunday upset is well and truly forgotten :)
posted by
mneme
on July 28, 2006 at 3:48 AM
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I don't mind interludes of being home alone
with comfort food. Maybe there are things he does not need to know either
posted by
Azur
on July 28, 2006 at 3:44 AM
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BlondeAmbition,
you're very welcome :) as well as eating nursery junk food, I can stay up late too ( I have to, having spent a bit of my study time blogging....)
posted by
mneme
on July 27, 2006 at 6:40 AM
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MNEME
It is nice to relax and enjoy some simplicity amongst all of the complexities in this world. Thanks for reminding me how enjoyable mac and cheese is, especially while curled up watching a good flick or sit com.
posted by
BlondeAmbition007
on July 27, 2006 at 5:06 AM
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