{"id":3089,"date":"2008-07-17T00:10:59","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T04:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2008-07-17T00:10:59","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T04:10:59","slug":"in-her-own-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2008\/07\/17\/in-her-own-words\/","title":{"rendered":"In Her Own Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

As our thoughts are with Diane right now I am compelled to think of her<\/em> thoughts. \u00c2\u00a0I enjoy the blog comments as much as the entries. \u00c2\u00a0Diane, being the keen observer she is, preferred commenting to posting. Here is a smattering, in no particular order, of her wit and wisdom. \u00c2\u00a0I wish I was clever enough to link them properly with their posts, but I’m not. \u00c2\u00a0So I just put the name of the post with the comment.<\/p>\n

This first one is my very favorite and gives me food for thought still:<\/p>\n

Desert Latitudes: \u00c2\u00a01\/24\/05<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter taught me the difference between boundaries and borders, and I have never been the same.<\/p>\n

I think this whole conversation has been about borders. Boundaries simply make us different and valuable and permeable in our differences; borders divide us. Sometimes a fence can be a boundary, sometimes a border; we choose.
\nMichael showed me a letter to the editor in the Boston Globe, which quoted a mantra in recovery, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Identify, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t compare.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Boundaries lead to empathy and identification, borders to comparison and competition.
\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m for boundaries, for Peter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s comments, for Indian givers.<\/p>\n

Comment by di: fan of boundaries \u00e2\u20ac\u201d January 29, 2005 @\u00c2\u00a08:46 pm<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Hey You!: \u00c2\u00a04\/22\/0<\/strong>7 \u00c2\u00a0In response to the poem “Poem about My Rights” by June Jordan:<\/p>\n

Hil, Did you get to listen to her reading her own, her own, her own poem? What a powerful use of language and of her own voice. Thanks, Hil, and thank your teacher. I am going to carry this lesson to the anorexic girls I work with, whose bodies are not good enough to go out in without changing, because they are the wrong \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not good enough that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s their own.<\/p>\n

Comment by anon \u00e2\u20ac\u201d April 25, 2007 @\u00c2\u00a05:54 p<\/a>m<\/cite><\/p>\n

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Dirty Dishes: 2\/16\/05<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know half the people commenting so why should I care who I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m talking too. I feel I have more license to step on toes (obviously) when my real name isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t there. If I choose to be known I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll use real name. I like the cleverness of the pseudo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. No need to turn the blog into a red state. Speaking of which:\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/slate.msn.com\/id\/2103764<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Clever.<\/p>\n

Comment by anon \u00e2\u20ac\u201d February 17, 2005 @\u00c2\u00a04:41 pm<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n

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Cell Phone etiquette: \u00c2\u00a012\/4\/06<\/strong><\/p>\n

I find all cellphone usage a subsonic aural irritation.<\/p>\n

However, I find people talking a subsonic aural irritation, so maybe I am just subsonically irritable.<\/p>\n

Comment by anon \u00e2\u20ac\u201d December 8, 2006 @\u00c2\u00a010:02 am<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00a0One Horrific Day: \u00c2\u00a01\/20\/07<\/strong><\/p>\n

Awful, Chris, for all concerned. What ever happened to the safe and secure childhood? Was it a myth to begin with? In any case, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry that you and your kids and your town and our world offers everyone so much horror to deal with. Hope normalcy resumes soon so that the kids remember that events like this are the sad exception, not the rule.<\/p>\n

Comment by anon \u00e2\u20ac\u201d January 20, 2007 @\u00c2\u00a08:07 pm<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00a0Hot Pockets: \u00c2\u00a02\/25\/06<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear HHWH,
\nThe plane on the tarmac doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look so little, but it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go so high. Instead of saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve reached our cruising altitude of 500 feet,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the pilot says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are now beginning our descent into the St. Cloud area.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d My trip was painless, except for the loss of my suitcase. They haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t found it yet, but my guess is it went on to Anchorage with the plane from Boston.
\nThank you for the flowers and the news and the story about the nickel-hydride batteries (Honey, why did you put them in your pocket?) and the public acknowledgement of affection.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Love, H:WW<\/p>\n

Comment by Homefront \u00e2\u20ac\u201d February 25, 2006<\/cite><\/p>\n

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The Malcolm Miller Family Prowler: \u00c2\u00a02\/16\/06<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Helen something, counting on her soundly sleeping self and her little posse to fend off intruders? I would have anxiously called the locksmith to install dead bolts on all the doors and windows, all the time deploring the society of fear and over-reaction to stupid things and under-reaction to huge wrongs that we condone. (Hotel Rwanda via Netflix did me in.)<\/p>\n

Comment by homefront:waiting wife \u00e2\u20ac\u201d February 16, 2006<\/cite><\/p>\n

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Thanks, Halo: \u00c2\u00a02\/15\/06<\/strong><\/p>\n

Halo was the last friend Patti made. I will always value her for her constant love.<\/p>\n

Comment by homefront:waiting wife \u00e2\u20ac\u201d February 16, 2006<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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