tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post8599066349496847506..comments2023-11-14T13:03:49.351-08:00Comments on Miriam Levine: The Day AfterMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-1887100937262964242009-12-28T10:15:24.266-08:002009-12-28T10:15:24.266-08:00PS. I meant to comment on your third photograph; i...PS. I meant to comment on your third photograph; it made me smile. Thank you. Where would we be without elastic bands and clothes pegs... ; )Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-6093325350840594062009-12-28T10:11:30.572-08:002009-12-28T10:11:30.572-08:00Hi Mim (may I?) - and Elizabeth
Tax is a-happenin...Hi Mim (may I?) - and Elizabeth<br /><br />Tax is a-happening here in NZ, too. Much as I resist doing it, there is something oddly satisfying about the organized piles and stamped envelopes at the end of it all?<br /><br />This post perfectly captures the incongruities of life, Mim - the sharp and sweet back-to-back, our human contradictions juxtaposed. Such striking images (each one significant in its own way) - the terrible reality of torture and loss... and in the same breath, J's gesture of cherishing.<br /><br />Have a wonderful time dipping your feet in the sea.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-60922159980716463642009-12-28T05:30:00.238-08:002009-12-28T05:30:00.238-08:00Hello, Elizabeth. You got it. I'm grateful, ...Hello, Elizabeth. You got it. I'm grateful, and thinking of both of us taking care of the taxes. I use Turbo Tax, which is a help.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-32463872454184900752009-12-27T15:20:57.863-08:002009-12-27T15:20:57.863-08:00A poignant post here Miriam, filled with the after...A poignant post here Miriam, filled with the afterglow of Christmas and the sense of let down you often feel after all the hype and celebration. <br /><br />I, too, have set myself the task of writing out bills and of doing the tax - my job, as well. It's hard to settle. <br /><br />I know the feeling well when you speak of reading about the fate of those destroyed through the holocaust. Our daily preoccupations seem almost absurd by comparison. <br /><br />It's hard to feel dissatisfied when so much worse is possible and yet there is still that general dissatisfaction and restlessness that comes at this time of the year when we can at last stop. <br /><br />Maybe a trip to the beach is the best thing, to relocate from your usual place and then take in another experience. <br /><br />I'm staying home to do my tax, to tidy my house and generally to write. It's the writing to which I look forward but I must first get past the domestic detritus.<br /><br />Have a lovely break. And thanks for an inspiring post.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com