tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post208115103308043022..comments2023-05-21T06:26:04.527-04:00Comments on Threading the Dog: The Fabric of My LifeJulie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-38947255958907030632013-04-14T08:49:28.622-04:002013-04-14T08:49:28.622-04:00pages--many many pages. i don't think i could...pages--many many pages. i don't think i could get a fire hot enough to burn the books. it will be good.patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044885094876093512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-46877719814485808492013-04-14T08:23:11.546-04:002013-04-14T08:23:11.546-04:00That cracks me up that you were kidnapped and take...That cracks me up that you were kidnapped and taken here, of all places! (I think hitting "subscribe by email" below gets autoposting started). Anyway, isn't it weird how just having the baggage haunts our dreams? Forget the silver bullet, just get a glass of red wine and go slowly and gently and remember, with each little act. Are you feeding pages or BOOKS to the fire????Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-36474960211024962402013-04-14T06:42:48.661-04:002013-04-14T06:42:48.661-04:00hi Julie. have no idea why i'm just getting h...hi Julie. have no idea why i'm just getting here--to your blog. but here i am and so glad. will need to figure out a way to get auto posting notices. but about these journals. did you do it? did you burn or purge? i have boxes of these things laying around. sometimes wake up in the night, almost in a cold sweat, wondering why i haven't disposed of them. you're right, there are some things better left unread by others--real things, real emotions, real reactions--but the realness could also cause loved ones discomfort to say the least, and a lot of pain at worst. so i think tonight i will start that bonfire. Sunday night here. if the weather is good and the sky is clear. and i'll just bite the silver bullet and purge. thanks for reminding me of this necessary task. love xoxoxpatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044885094876093512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-30504946772803872402013-03-29T16:17:23.994-04:002013-03-29T16:17:23.994-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sweetpeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000313813136860758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-45344834533873665352013-03-29T16:04:57.409-04:002013-03-29T16:04:57.409-04:00OHH, Julie. My gosh, this is BRILLIANT! Your wor...OHH, Julie. My gosh, this is BRILLIANT! Your words, the photos, just everything.<br />And I read so much of myself here, so many vintage thoughts. whew.<br /><br />Lovely to *meet* you through what-iffing.... ;>]]Sweetpeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000313813136860758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-53431686719733708002013-03-25T11:13:40.659-04:002013-03-25T11:13:40.659-04:00Hey Linda (glad you are not anonymous!), feels gre...Hey Linda (glad you are not anonymous!), feels great that you stopped by. I too have been spending time on all the What If blogs,I feel like I found a bottomless treasure chest. Taking a side, exactly what I was trying to express! See ya in the forum.Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-929226690431852232013-03-25T11:04:20.871-04:002013-03-25T11:04:20.871-04:00hey julie i am trying to get around a few of the w...hey julie i am trying to get around a few of the what if class blogs, so many great ones ! i love your journal quilt here, and i love what you said in an earlier post about loving your lollipop quilt ( yummy) And hand stitched recycled fabric ( those piecesof yours are lovely too ) . I too, have two Sorts of stashes and love of all kinds of quilt and colour and sometimes feel a little confused like i need to take a side...well of course, this And that. Thank you ! (lindamorris)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-22001986283092032662013-03-22T16:51:39.102-04:002013-03-22T16:51:39.102-04:00I always wanted one of those diaries but my mom di...I always wanted one of those diaries but my mom didn't spend that kind of money on feelings. I also remember leaving mine out, hoping she would read it, since we never talked about real feelings much. Both your memories and mine, how opposite and how poignant. <br /><br />Was it wasted? I don't think so...its kind of like throwing up, there's no real value in the end product but the process sure is important. I probably would have been picking (more)fights with those around me or engaging in the myriad of self-harming behaviors in my youthful repetoire Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-17917140997416279782013-03-22T16:42:17.901-04:002013-03-22T16:42:17.901-04:00Julie...a beautifully written entry into the "...Julie...a beautifully written entry into the "log". was all that <br />wasted? i have asked myself that same question many times. i didn't<br />write when i was young. my father gave me a box with a combination<br />on it, you know, the ones you dial in the numbers, and then i found<br />it open when i got home from school. i guess 7th grade? and all<br />those diarys with the tiny brass key lock? same<br />but undaunted i wrote. all my adult life till not all that long ago.<br />back to the original question...was it wasted? <br />its that question What am I supposed to know<br />how beautifully you put that....<br />such just an elegant post and to put the notebooks like this, and for<br />me to know something so much more about your quilt squares now...<br />I just love this. just so so tender how we keep working it out.<br />Thank you for this. so much. <br />grace Forrest~Maestashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853978388902544613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-59888281723328815152013-03-22T16:25:27.521-04:002013-03-22T16:25:27.521-04:00So great to have you comment, Saskia, I am such an...So great to have you comment, Saskia, I am such an admirer of your work. And your dancing Bird! I have more tolerance for the adolescent turmoil than I do for the excessive emotional drooling of the rest of the years, that's for sure. But its all cloth, ain't it?Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-64441552315196145492013-03-22T16:23:40.855-04:002013-03-22T16:23:40.855-04:00Yes to "worried about me"....I understan...Yes to "worried about me"....I understand the value of writing it all but think, in the end, I might have been better served by volunteering to help someone else and get out of my own head. Cuts down on the paper, too. Thanks for coming, Mo'a! Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-10419743892072587472013-03-22T10:46:31.317-04:002013-03-22T10:46:31.317-04:00fantastic quilt! and also your looking at yourself...fantastic quilt! and also your looking at yourself, at your thoughts and feelings, the turmoil in a (young person's ) life and now you are here, sharing this: I appreciate your willingness to share, the ramblings as well as the history Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891893665236545238.post-84047980524107452882013-03-22T10:36:17.019-04:002013-03-22T10:36:17.019-04:00A lovely story and well told...without the dirty p...A lovely story and well told...without the dirty parts *smile*<br />I did morning pages for many years...and each time I finished a journal I shredded the whole thing...or so I though. I came across one lone journal the other day...read it and became worried about me...quickly shredded it also as not to worry others that might cross it's path.<br />See you in "What If" Mo'aMoahttp://www.moaromigboyles.comnoreply@blogger.com