tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post698932887762428123..comments2023-12-24T18:38:29.947-08:00Comments on Writing Down the Words: WE'RE REALLY ONLY WORDS APART...Paulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-33647004493229841142007-07-09T00:17:00.000-07:002007-07-09T00:17:00.000-07:00yes pauline,you 'see' it ..... you really do. (a...yes pauline,<BR/><BR/>you<B><I> 'see' </B></I> it ..... you really do. <BR/><BR/>(am I beginning to sound like Sally Field's oscar acceptance speech ????)<BR/><BR/>redAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-7012254910542023512007-07-08T10:22:00.000-07:002007-07-08T10:22:00.000-07:00Barbara, I was trying more for a way of perception...Barbara, I was trying more for a way of perception rather than judgement; perhaps, "How do you characterize people?" would have been a better question...<BR/><BR/>RDG - ah, interesting. Distant, close, aloof, warm, and that element of surprise when you finally let someone get closer...Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-30503439584111469442007-07-08T09:54:00.000-07:002007-07-08T09:54:00.000-07:00hi pauline,hmmmm - i had to think about this one f...hi pauline,<BR/><BR/>hmmmm - i had to think about this one for a bit. it is a good question. i tend to think about people in terms of distance. i don't know why. could be the biological dad i never knew until my twenties ... could be the fact that i studied, degreed as a landscape architect - so spatial relationships are an innate way of my 'seeing'.<BR/><BR/>or maybe it is because i view my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-81990705668928279522007-07-08T08:50:00.000-07:002007-07-08T08:50:00.000-07:00I've thought about this a lot this week as I conte...I've thought about this a lot this week as I contemplated my failed friendship. Just as in romantic relationships, we sometimes ignore the clues that could warn us about the ultimate outcome, favoring qualities like fun, interesting, unusual over just plain nice, caring, considerate. Concern for others stands out as the best way to judge other people, at least in my opinion.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-52159650405932220332007-07-07T08:17:00.000-07:002007-07-07T08:17:00.000-07:00Pauline,Usually with my eyes. ;-)relPauline,<BR/>Usually with my eyes. ;-)<BR/>relrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-36849846863960999782007-07-06T19:08:00.000-07:002007-07-06T19:08:00.000-07:00I suppose it all comes down, in the end, to "them"...I suppose it all comes down, in the end, to "them" and "us."<BR/><BR/>LillieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-29087670063049748652007-07-06T10:14:00.000-07:002007-07-06T10:14:00.000-07:00Pauline, enjoyed this, here are a few from this ne...Pauline, enjoyed this, here are a few from this neck of the woods....<BR/><BR/>"A fine burd" said in the thickest agricultural accent you can muster<BR/>or<BR/>"A bit of a ganderer" (not very complimentary reference to goosey goosey)<BR/>or<BR/>"A bull of a man" (could be construed as complimentary?)<BR/>or<BR/>"A bit of a baa-baa" (also not very complimentary)<BR/>or<BR/>"A heifer of a woman" (riseoutofmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900369522350465257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-30803635759383306392007-07-06T03:07:00.000-07:002007-07-06T03:07:00.000-07:00TICA - love our mutual admiration society :)anon: ...TICA - love our mutual admiration society :)<BR/><BR/>anon: and how do you know for sure that you can or can't? And thank you; come back anytime.<BR/><BR/>MOI - will go read your poem. I've had that same experience but a cat was not the image I came up with ;)<BR/><BR/>Me, too meggie!<BR/><BR/>Well-rounded is a good term. I think people can be that even if they haven't traveled far, as long as Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-50335001222203514592007-07-06T00:26:00.000-07:002007-07-06T00:26:00.000-07:00Generally I see people as boosters or drainers. Gu...Generally I see people as boosters or drainers. Guess which ones I avoid.Peter Bryentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581859685728207325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-34075729575784202662007-07-05T21:36:00.000-07:002007-07-05T21:36:00.000-07:00pauline, I certainly love the title you gave this ...pauline, I certainly love the title you gave this post. I tend to gravitate away from 'flat' people and in thinking about those I gravitate to, I have no word for them. It is not well-rounded, cause that seems to insinuate well-educated and traveled and that is not the case. I guess the people- without-an-appropriate-label that I prefer are people that are imaginative. People more intrigued Roberta Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032348890093502999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-23003294031531364332007-07-05T21:25:00.000-07:002007-07-05T21:25:00.000-07:00I see people in animal plant & colour terms. By th...I see people in animal plant & colour terms. By that I mean some are animals, some plants etc.<BR/>I love to sit & watch people. I love to invent a story for them.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-17268955752097402962007-07-05T19:16:00.000-07:002007-07-05T19:16:00.000-07:00One way is if they're warm and fuzzy or cold and p...One way is if they're warm and fuzzy or cold and prickly. Maybe if they're sincere and genuine,or all for show and covering up something. Whether they sincerely connect with you in a lasting way, or just do the surface stuff, perhaps use you and move on, leaving you a tad miffed. (For Poety Friday,I posted a poem about a stray cat but it was really about a person who was a user and very Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-15763084656574382402007-07-05T17:13:00.000-07:002007-07-05T17:13:00.000-07:00To trust or not?That is always my question.Love yo...To trust or not?<BR/>That is always my question.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-6166107847418533912007-07-05T03:26:00.000-07:002007-07-05T03:26:00.000-07:00Interesting post...comparing people as a cherry on...Interesting post...comparing people as a cherry on the cake or as real dogs. <BR/>You are a shining star in my book.<BR/><BR/>I have friends who are easy going,<BR/>complicated, and very much the arty farty type!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com