Comments on: New Years m(_ _)m

By: coffeesister

coffeesister — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:51:07 +0000

I did write of my Tazzy.. Thank you for the prompting, especially via the empathy & particularly for the love. |_|) “There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.” ~ Dan Greenberg

By: Omyword

Omyword — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:24:34 +0000

Dorian - I just wanted to send you some love. I'm so sorry you lost your kitty. Both me and That Guy cried when we read Rhodester's post. We've both been through it. If you feel like it, write to us, in your beautiful voice, about loss, it will be healing for all of us.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:02:50 +0000

This was a very good post, mainly because I refuse to grow old myself, so it rings true! I will forever be a perpetual kid playin in the snow and eatin Oreo cookies... Hey, I could use some milk right about now... *Scratches chin* LOL Anyway, great post, and I'm so glad you're back at full strength! Peace and white light, Nick

That “full strength” has waned of late but the coffee's brewin'..
Are Oreos as good dunked in snow as milk? Bet Nutter Butters are good dunked in coffee!
Dorian |_|) “Youth has no age.” ~ Pablo Picasso

By: Your Rattiest Brother

Your Rattiest Brother — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:04:29 +0000

Faced with the mounting challenges & seemingly life-diluting issues I've encountered these last couple years, my brother's turbulent journey (as long as I've known about it ;-]) has put my own problems into perspective. I've not only seen greater problems overcome, but by someone who shares much of the same smattering of genes that I happen to be working with. Thanks bro!

And thank you, my only sister, for your tho't inducing words...

Now I'm off to flaunt my newfound rattiness.

Jordan is inspiring.. While what genes we all share seem to provide a predisposition to make the most of potentially difficult lives, he is making the most of himself as well.
“Life-diluting” is all too aptly put. Perhaps if we keep our coffee, beer & spirits strong we'll maintain full-flavored lives.
a doubly proud sister |_|) The Wood Rat -- inquisitive, intuitive, apprehensive, adaptable, is motivated by diligence and is not very conventional.

By: Lorna

Lorna — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:50:54 +0000

My brother's birthday today too---he's been 39 for lo these many years.

Hope your brother had the happiest of repeating 39th birthdays.. Part of the fun of being 39 is having people wonder if it's my first time.
Dorian |_|) “Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.” ~ Jack Benny

By: Sparky

*Sparky* — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:23:18 +0000

As most of yours do, this post struck me on many levels - including issues with age, sibling support vs. sibling rivalry, and because I was born in the Year of the Rat... 1972.

Thanks for the thought-triggers this morning. It was a pleasure having my morning coffee with you.

*Sparky*

“Thought-triggers”.. TOO awesome! I hope we'll have coffee together more often!?
Sibling support vs rivalry intrigues me as, being either separated or significantly older than any siblings, I've not had rivalry per se. Yet, the question remains, is a lack of support a form of rivalry?
Enjoy your year, Your Rattiness!! [A term finally recognized as the compliment it should be?!]
Dorian |_|) “The rat rules!” ~ Templeton, 'Charlotte's Web'

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:44:53 +0000

Love the Proverb. Also the fact that we love Lavender as well as the consumption of caffeine and the Scottishness of us helps us in our looking youthful. That and a young heart. So no we will never act our age. Love You! xoxo

Kung Hey Fat Choy!

A Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year to All!

Here’s to NOT growing old gracefully.. (|_| *cheers* |_|)

“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
…
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
…
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.”
~ Jenny Joseph