Comments on: my morning pages post that is working its way into the evening http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/ enhance the everyday Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sofia http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7463 sofia Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:00:39 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7463 nope your right, no Milo society :) and look at that wonderful ode to women written by your one male reader, lovely ! nope your right, no Milo society :) and look at that wonderful ode to women written by your one male reader, lovely !

]]> By: anonymous (aka pia's one male reader) http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7458 anonymous (aka pia's one male reader) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:05:45 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7458 You certainly have at least one boy reading (that would be me). I think your question is valid, but you must keep in mind that our gender is not very subtle in matters of the heart, and 'My Heart Wanders' requires skillful subtlety. This is both a curse and a strength~ us boys want to relate to the women in their life in a meaningful way, but we are much more prone to displays of love which involve explosions, heavy lifting, and steam-shovels (example: taking a week to carve "I love you" into the side of a very large hill). Boys are naturally "loud and overbearing"- these words describe my youth quite well. It's through the subtle, inviting, and gentle women in my life (mother, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, friends, and especially my wife) that I have begun to learn this new vocabulary. I would suspect that the best boys for the project have been married for some time, and can relate the brash, corny, loud, overbearing, obnoxious, heavy-handed language of men (which can be adorable in it's own right) with the powerful and beautiful subtlety over which woman have such an easy mastery. All the best, Pia's one male reader. You certainly have at least one boy reading (that would be me).

I think your question is valid, but you must keep in mind that our gender is not very subtle in matters of the heart, and ‘My Heart Wanders’ requires skillful subtlety. This is both a curse and a strength~ us boys want to relate to the women in their life in a meaningful way, but we are much more prone to displays of love which involve explosions, heavy lifting, and steam-shovels (example: taking a week to carve “I love you” into the side of a very large hill).

Boys are naturally “loud and overbearing”- these words describe my youth quite well. It’s through the subtle, inviting, and gentle women in my life (mother, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, friends, and especially my wife) that I have begun to learn this new vocabulary.

I would suspect that the best boys for the project have been married for some time, and can relate the brash, corny, loud, overbearing, obnoxious, heavy-handed language of men (which can be adorable in it’s own right) with the powerful and beautiful subtlety over which woman have such an easy mastery.

All the best,

Pia’s one male reader.

]]> By: pia http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7457 pia Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:02:46 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7457 good news my friends, i just got the go-ahead to post my one male reader's email as a comment! What a darling, I will post it below to satisfy my aspiration to have an anon. commenter: good news my friends, i just got the go-ahead to post my one male reader’s email as a comment! What a darling, I will post it below to satisfy my aspiration to have an anon. commenter:

]]> By: pia http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7446 pia Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:36:28 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7446 we could start a milo appreciation society. but then would it be a conflict of interest to also form an anti-nestlé association? hmm. food for thought. px we could start a milo appreciation society. but then would it be a conflict of interest to also form an anti-nestlé association? hmm. food for thought. px

]]> By: sofia http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7423 sofia Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:03:09 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7423 Pia, yes in Portugal we had Milo I guess the taste was a little bit of caramel, oh well, it's been ages since I haven't tasted so I really don't remember that well anymore, maybe if I taste it again I'll remember it exactly. Anyway, I loved Milo and Ovomaltine (this one I can find it here in France). Now we have Milo in commun too :) Pia, yes in Portugal we had Milo I guess the taste was a little bit of caramel, oh well, it’s been ages since I haven’t tasted so I really don’t remember that well anymore, maybe if I taste it again I’ll remember it exactly. Anyway, I loved Milo and Ovomaltine (this one I can find it here in France).
Now we have Milo in commun too :)

]]> By: pia http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7408 pia Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:50:45 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7408 thank you andrea, i am so new to blogland and to be honest i don't know what livejournal is! there seems to be many things to learn. emily, thanks heaps, i'm really glad you like it when i ramble! and now with all these positive reactions to it means that i will most likely keep going :-) I LOVE the sound of a converted windmill!! That would be awesome!! HAve you read the book "The Bone People" by Keri Hulme? It was a book I had taken from my mothers bookshelf some years ago and I fell in love with her way of life, you might love it too. Danica, thanks! Oh I'm glad you are into it too - i am going to put the CD on right now. xx thank you andrea, i am so new to blogland and to be honest i don’t know what livejournal is! there seems to be many things to learn.

emily, thanks heaps, i’m really glad you like it when i ramble! and now with all these positive reactions to it means that i will most likely keep going :-) I LOVE the sound of a converted windmill!! That would be awesome!! HAve you read the book “The Bone People” by Keri Hulme? It was a book I had taken from my mothers bookshelf some years ago and I fell in love with her way of life, you might love it too.

Danica, thanks! Oh I’m glad you are into it too – i am going to put the CD on right now.

xx

]]> By: danica http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7395 danica Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:17:29 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7395 This post is delightful. I enjoyed reading it very much, as well as looking at your gorgeous photographs. I agree with you, Jose's latest album is very magical :) This post is delightful. I enjoyed reading it very much, as well as looking at your gorgeous photographs.

I agree with you, Jose’s latest album is very magical :)

]]> By: Emily http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7381 Emily Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:49:49 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7381 I love your rambling posts and the way you speak so freely in them. I am totally inspired by your houseboat and have began to alter my dreams. I have always wanted to live in a converted wind meal but perhaps a houseboat would be nice. I love your rambling posts and the way you speak so freely in them. I am totally inspired by your houseboat and have began to alter my dreams. I have always wanted to live in a converted wind meal but perhaps a houseboat would be nice.

]]> By: andrea gutierrez http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7362 andrea gutierrez Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:03:55 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7362 i really enjoy your blog. i've stumbled upon it by way of livejournal. i wish it was there!! (owlacrobat.livejournal.com) i really enjoy your blog.
i’ve stumbled upon it by way of livejournal.
i wish it was there!!

(owlacrobat.livejournal.com)

]]> By: pia http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-7356 pia Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:39:50 +0000 http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2008/06/12/my-morning-pages/#comment-7356 thanks all for stopping by and leaving such thought-provoking comments today. sofia, i didn't know that they had it in portugal! i am now curious as to what yours tasted like - as romain mentioned above, there seems to be different types, but all with the same logo. I was disappointed a few months back when i bought a tin of it from the asian grocer and it was NOTHING like my milo that i grew up on! My Mum recently sent that little tin over from oz and french boy and i did a taste test and there is a very distinct difference between the two. looks like we need to line up all of them from around the world and have a milo tasting session! nadia, what a wonderful comment - it is so nice to learn more about your life and that you have had this personal influence and experience. thank you for sharing. nancy, thank you. yes, saying sorry is certainly a painful experience for all involved - even when you think of it on a little scale between two individuals. but it is important that it is said and not surpressed, otherwise mistakes are forever repeated. Again, this works on a small scale between two individuals - if the one person who has done the injustice does not apologise, and is not encouraged to apologise, then he or she will continue to act in this way with all people in his/her life, repeating their actions. And on this global scale, we do not want history to repeat itself. that is terrible news to hear that there is an increase in depression - i hope it does not last much longer. Mary-Laure - I have really not ventured far from the ol' english breakfast type of late - but in those boxes and on the ocassion, i also love jasime tea and japanese green tea. thanks for asking! Hope you all have a lovely rest of the day. I just realised that video clip of jose's has a strange pigman in it. Why? It gives the song a whole different feeling, but still, i find it to be such an empowering song, i've been thumping around to it all day. xx thanks all for stopping by and leaving such thought-provoking comments today.

sofia, i didn’t know that they had it in portugal! i am now curious as to what yours tasted like – as romain mentioned above, there seems to be different types, but all with the same logo. I was disappointed a few months back when i bought a tin of it from the asian grocer and it was NOTHING like my milo that i grew up on! My Mum recently sent that little tin over from oz and french boy and i did a taste test and there is a very distinct difference between the two. looks like we need to line up all of them from around the world and have a milo tasting session!

nadia, what a wonderful comment – it is so nice to learn more about your life and that you have had this personal influence and experience. thank you for sharing.

nancy, thank you. yes, saying sorry is certainly a painful experience for all involved – even when you think of it on a little scale between two individuals. but it is important that it is said and not surpressed, otherwise mistakes are forever repeated. Again, this works on a small scale between two individuals – if the one person who has done the injustice does not apologise, and is not encouraged to apologise, then he or she will continue to act in this way with all people in his/her life, repeating their actions. And on this global scale, we do not want history to repeat itself. that is terrible news to hear that there is an increase in depression – i hope it does not last much longer.

Mary-Laure – I have really not ventured far from the ol’ english breakfast type of late – but in those boxes and on the ocassion, i also love jasime tea and japanese green tea. thanks for asking!

Hope you all have a lovely rest of the day. I just realised that video clip of jose’s has a strange pigman in it. Why? It gives the song a whole different feeling, but still, i find it to be such an empowering song, i’ve been thumping around to it all day.

xx

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