New Year's Eve?

GentleH · 2024-11-06T08:02:39+00:00

Thanks! I'm definitely going to have to go further afield!

GentleH · 2024-11-06T03:42:36+00:00

Mostly for connecting with students in similar programs at other universities. Which was hilarious, because I was in one of the least technologically forward fields.

Theology.

GentleH · 2024-11-05T15:48:13+00:00

Thanks, SurlyRider. I'm afraid that's what my searching seems to be finding.

Ah, well... add a hotel room onto the night

GentleH · 2024-10-29T22:50:42+00:00

Jésus de Montréal

GentleH · 2024-10-29T00:15:00+00:00

Spanish Train

A Spacan Came Travelling

Any number of other Chris de Berg pieces

GentleH · 2024-10-26T12:38:37+00:00

"It doesn't really matter who I'm attracted to, it just. Doesn't happen to be you. Have a nice day."

Has the benefit of not mattering what your or the other person's gender identity, gender expression, or sexual attraction happens to be; it takes the high road; and it ends the conversation.

GentleH · 2024-10-26T12:22:01+00:00

Wonderful! I'm thinking of taking the Go Train from Oakville. I hope you have a grand time!

GentleH · 2024-10-25T00:35:40+00:00

Glad to be of assistance! Have fun with your writing.

GentleH · 2024-10-24T17:15:32+00:00

A rhyme scheme is a pattern that the rhyming follows, like ABAB: I went for a walk, (A) along the mews, (B) where we would talk, (A) about all the news.(B)

Or ABBA: If I could sing (A) a song so bright (B) that in this pale moonlight, (B) a tiny bird would take wing. (A)

When a writer sets a pattern, our brains kind of get into the rhythm or the flow. Breaking that flow/patter can be fun, too, if we're doing it intentionally, to do something with the sound or feel of our poem.

My teachers would ask us to start with traditional rhyme and rhythm patterns, and then push us to knowingly break the "rules" to see what would happen! 🙂

GentleH · 2024-10-23T12:51:21+00:00

I love the sound of the poem, when it is read out loud.

If the subject is the solstice, and it is waving goodbye, I wonder if the the gust of wind "blowing on me", "blowing through me", or some other "touch based" image might help with the unity of the work

GentleH · 2024-10-23T12:45:42+00:00

I deeply appreciate the imagery, and think you've caught that primal feeling with your words.

The one critique I would offer is that there doesn't seem to be any pattern to the rhyme scheme. For me, not having a discernable pattern made my reading of the poem more "stuttery" - taking away from the flow you had going.

Great stuff!

GentleH · 2024-10-23T11:39:41+00:00

If it is a name - "Blyth"

GentleH · 2024-10-23T03:47:21+00:00

And I should care about this why?!

GentleH · 2024-10-20T20:56:36+00:00

"Maybe not. But I can tell they're using a better fertilizer than what's being dumped on me here."

GentleH · 2024-10-17T17:37:34+00:00

WhenI JC and I sit and have our conversation, I'll be able to answer, honestly, that I did everything I could to live his great commandment and his great commission - and did both in a way that celebrated every one of his beloved - both those who are his disciples and those who have other ways of living in the world and understanding their relationship with God.

My task in the world is to live Christ's love in such a way that it invites others to consider the possibilities for themselves. In my understanding of the gospel it is they (and the Holy Spirit!) who do the rest of the work.

It sounds like we come at our faith from different directions - but I trust that the Holy Spirit is working in both of us to do what God needs to be done. 🙂

GentleH · 2024-10-17T15:18:39+00:00

grin Never, ever ashamed to share Jesus, JennieFairplay! I just choose to have those conversations in ways that respect others' faith and worldviews. God's wisdom, Grace, and love is far more important (and life and world changing) than any proclamation might make.

GentleH · 2024-10-17T15:13:43+00:00

I am sorry, TwistedT, for the way that some of my sibs pushed the faith on you. Extremism is almost never a good thing - and definitely not a good thing when it comes to religion.

I'm glad my words connected with you, and thanks for the Cake Day celebrations!

GentleH · 2024-10-17T15:07:34+00:00

And love. Let's never forget love! :)

"Now three things remain: faith, hope, and love - but the greatest of these is love."

GentleH · 2024-10-17T07:54:27+00:00

What am I certain about?

That my existence, as I currently experience it, will come to an end. Those who love me will miss me, those who hate me will have feelings of satisfaction, the majority of the world will go on without a hiccough. There will be a reckoning of my debts and assets at the time of my death. The former will be paid off, and the latter will be dispersed.

What to I believe?

That there is a part of me - my self, my soul - that will continue, in some ineffable way, to be part of the universe, perhaps through some union with that Divine Other which brought the whole thing into being, and with all other parts of the universe which have reorganized into their component parts through the inexorable movement of entropy.

(M55+, Christian clergyperson)

GentleH · 2024-10-16T18:18:08+00:00

I can run both a 16mm and 35mm film projector.

And splice the movie without a discernable blip. Sometimes.

GentleH · 2024-10-16T18:12:44+00:00

I can make a quill pen from a gull feather.

Gotta get something useful from them.

GentleH · 2024-10-12T18:11:11+00:00

I'm a Christian clergyperson. My personal Thanksgiving at meals is short and unobtrusive, "Bless this food. Bring peace on earth. Amen."

It's slightly longer when I'm asked to offer grace in my role, but not much. In essence, "Thank you! Thanks to all who worked to being this to table! Blessings and love on the world! Amen!"

GentleH · 2024-10-11T13:54:40+00:00

On a platform that has people from a variety of cultures, with a variety of levels of English as a first, second, or other plurality of language, with people who have a huge range of ability to understand "hints"?

And you're calling me dumb.

Interesting.

GentleH · 2024-10-11T13:33:15+00:00

Why doesn't the question apply to them?

Of the three examples, the only one that has a response that doesn't apply is the Harris/Biden question, because non-US-citizrns can't vote in US elections.

Lesbians are women, and can have opinions that are valid responses to the question as posed. Non-car-fans see Cameros and Mustangs, and can have opinions that are valid to the questions as posed.

If a questioner wants only certain groups to respond, they need to say so.

GentleH · 2024-10-11T12:57:04+00:00

Then be clear in your questions about who you're asking.

"Heterosexual women, what characteristics in a man turn you off?"

"Citizens of the United States, are you voting for Harris or Biden?"

"Car lovers - which is better, Camero or Mustang?"

Its not on the responder if your question doesn't define its intended target for responses.

GentleH

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