tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post7310974409283054210..comments2023-09-26T03:53:17.142-04:00Comments on Pentimento: My FriendsPentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-29438825454364159312013-09-03T08:06:03.395-04:002013-09-03T08:06:03.395-04:00Also, I still have the same cell number as when we...Also, I still have the same cell number as when we were in NYC, if you have that.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-67703556341859360202013-09-03T08:05:16.030-04:002013-09-03T08:05:16.030-04:00Oh, Hala, I miss you too! Do you have my email add...Oh, Hala, I miss you too! Do you have my email address? It's still the same one.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-72103796298605898912013-09-02T20:29:30.779-04:002013-09-02T20:29:30.779-04:00Right around the time you were writing this post, ...Right around the time you were writing this post, I wrote you a letter in the depths of a really bleak depression. I just found it, moving into my new place in Salem, Massachussetts. I miss you a great deal and would love to be back in touch.Halahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450245703398180147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-64794037089794162442013-01-23T15:17:58.832-05:002013-01-23T15:17:58.832-05:00That's an excellent and interesting point, Liz...That's an excellent and interesting point, Lizzie, about all the choices available to one in a big city actually limiting one's understanding of what friendship is. That's not often mentioned and I'm going to be thinking about it.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-74370981394331345322013-01-23T13:36:40.700-05:002013-01-23T13:36:40.700-05:00What a fantastic post, Pentimento! This is so true...What a fantastic post, Pentimento! This is so true about idealising friendship and what we think it should look like. I have reflected on this since living in London - in a big city, you can choose exactly how to spend your time and who to spend it with which can really narrow your horizons and perspective of what true friendship is and what different people can bring to your life. <br />I grew up in a semi rural community and I look back on who my friends were and the people we hung out with and it was so much more varied than how my life is now. <br />I think local parish life is good for forming friendships with people who 'aren't like me'. <br />On the flip side, as Robotboy says, those soul friends who do have similar interests, a shared history with you etc. are so so precious.<br />God bless you and yours.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498026524299115795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-82921037242022527802013-01-23T11:47:17.071-05:002013-01-23T11:47:17.071-05:00I'm flattered, JMB. I also know what you mean...I'm flattered, JMB. I also know what you mean about cringing when you see people from your past everywhere. There's a certain freedom in going somewhere where you know no one and no one knows you.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-66280734444226356262013-01-23T11:08:19.180-05:002013-01-23T11:08:19.180-05:00Pentimento,
Please submit this to a magazine, like...Pentimento,<br />Please submit this to a magazine, like Real Simple "life lesson". Such good writing! My mom used to tell me all the time that friendship grows from proximity. I don't know if that is a cynical or realistic view of friendship, but the older I get, the more truth I see in it. I've lived in the tri-state area my entire life, and sometimes I secretly cringe when I run into an elementary school friend at the supermarket because I just don't want to go back to 3rd grade again. Make sense?JMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542004362101344466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-56684672834264997302013-01-22T13:20:53.856-05:002013-01-22T13:20:53.856-05:00Well, I never like to make people cry, Rodak, but,...Well, I never like to make people cry, Rodak, but, as Auden said, "In the deserts of the heart/Let the healing fountain start." xoPentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-66873616104434149852013-01-22T12:31:05.831-05:002013-01-22T12:31:05.831-05:00This left me sobbing, Pentimento. Or rather, since...This left me sobbing, Pentimento. Or rather, since I'm at work, suppressing my sobs. Thank you so much.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-12629542744478934812013-01-21T06:26:07.657-05:002013-01-21T06:26:07.657-05:00MIss you, Robotboy.MIss you, Robotboy.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-91984159965085901552013-01-21T01:47:14.119-05:002013-01-21T01:47:14.119-05:00Hey Kiddo
The strength of this is in your wisdom t...Hey Kiddo<br />The strength of this is in your wisdom that we can find friends who don't share the same aspirations that we do. (And the great details of life up there. You could write some great short stories...).<br />That said, those soul friends that you've found remain, and are important. Twenty-six years now, my dear, and counting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-9658452358423716732013-01-20T07:43:22.468-05:002013-01-20T07:43:22.468-05:00Thanks, BD. I think you would love the novel, by t...Thanks, BD. I think you would love the novel, by the way.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-87141539158822395802013-01-20T00:09:15.566-05:002013-01-20T00:09:15.566-05:00This is so right on, and also, beautifully reflect...This is so right on, and also, beautifully reflective.BettyDuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130418609022759086noreply@blogger.com