tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637577035521955477.post3793284571727344718..comments2024-03-15T09:27:43.093-07:00Comments on keeper of wild places: wordsjozienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212900310477832041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637577035521955477.post-81037794502361316522011-12-21T11:54:38.246-08:002011-12-21T11:54:38.246-08:00I an not working anymore thus am far removed from ...I an not working anymore thus am far removed from the working world of conflict and compromise.<br /><br />I am innocent of books but rich in lore of fields and brooks.<br /><br />My time is better spent watching the chicadees, nuthatches and pine grosbeaks at the feeder and building more feeders for them.<br /><br />Late nights and late mornings are the norm this time of year as is the occassional low spirit which I think comes with the declining photoperiod.<br /><br />Let the call of a chicadee and the warmth of the wood stove bolster your spirit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637577035521955477.post-74402104993430929682011-12-20T04:45:53.693-08:002011-12-20T04:45:53.693-08:00Sweetheart, you have demonstrated very well how it...Sweetheart, you have demonstrated very well how it all fits together in someone's life and then you cross over to someone else's life and it all fits together there too even though so different.<br /><br />Yes, I cannot in my house do wood heat. My fireplace is idle, was idle in my mother's time here too, because it needs ripping out and replacing. But even if it was functional, I would not want to "lose all that time" because that is what that feels like to me.<br /><br />And wood heat stands as a metaphor for all sorts of things, some being choices and lifestyle and some being larger forms and constraints and many things besides. I live alone. Lots of things don't get handled the way they would were I part of a partnership. That is not entirely a choice.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.com