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Wonderful article! And the

MrSmith1 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:24:07 +0000

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Wonderful article! And the haiku quoted above is sublime.

Thanks A Guy called LULU!

In Praise of Concision From

A Guy Called LULU — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:41:38 +0000

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In Praise of Concision

From this article:

Dangerous pavements.
But this year I face the ice
With my father’s stick.

Resolve by any other name is

MrSmith1 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:34:20 +0000

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Resolve by any

other name is stubborn-ness.

I must plead guilty ...

I see fear and hurt in the photo, but so many people used to tell me that I looked angry. At the time, it didn't occur to me that they might be projecting.

I don't see anger in the

moat — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:53:32 +0000

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I don't see anger in the picture.

Fear, yes, but determination too.

I see a resolve to stay the course;

More Will than Wish.

Indeed it is, my friend,

Ramona — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:25:44 +0000

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Indeed it is, my friend, indeed it is.

Aw shucks, Ramona ...

MrSmith1 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:46:13 +0000

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Aw shucks, Ramona ... (blushes) ... Thanks for the kind words. Being diagnosed with this disease gave me two new jobs; 1) to raise AS awareness so that I didn't have to keep telling people that I had a disease that they've never heard of ... (which is ironic, since there are approx. 2.7 million Americans with some form of Spondylitis, which is nearly twice as many Americans as have Rheumatoid Arthritis), and 2) to make people with AS know that they can still laugh and that their lives are not over just because they have a chronic, degenerative condition. I sometimes get nostalgic for the me in that photo, but he had much to learn and experience, and though the price was high, it wasn't unfair. AS has changed me, and not totally in a bad way. It has taught me much ... And isn't that what Life is all about?

Okay, I had to go to

Ramona — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:16:21 +0000

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Okay, I had to go to Spondyville and also look up Ankylosing Spondylitis because that gorgeous guy looking out from that picture practically demanded it. I learned something new--I had never heard of that type of arthritis--but the Spondyville website is really great fun. Very clever and an inspiration to others with chronic diseases who need some moral support.

And did I say you were one gorgeous dude?

Funny you should notice that.

MrSmith1 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:36:06 +0000

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Funny you should notice that. I love nothing more than rummaging through my boxes of old family photos. And, of course, I do have lots of photos of my younger self from my days as a starving actor. I like to use my old resume photos now in the photo manipulations that I do for my Spondyville site.

I know what you mean about an image that haunts you. I have taken a couple of overseas trips where I told myself that instead of taking photos I would simply 'experience the moments" and I look back now and wish I had documented the trips with photos. Experiencing the beauty in the moment was wonderful, but having a lasting image to look at in my dotage would have been nice too.

Oh there was something else,

Richard Day — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:34:23 +0000

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Oh there was something else, that appears in your poems all the time.

It is the picture.

And damn, if I made one mistake in life it was not taking pictures.

I was in Paris, Probably '91 and I get off the bus or transport and the sun is setting and there is this beautiful profile of a real woman walking down an alley with a purse on her arm of course and carrying a grocery bag with a French loaf sticking out.

Why have I no picture of this?

I dunno.

But that mental picture has haunted me for over two decades.

It was pure beauty; just like a tree you might witness on a prairie or a lion wandering in the wilderness on some History documentary.

THE CLICHE! Which only is French for picture of course!

Sorry, I get to rambling at times....

Thanks, DD. Your comments

MrSmith1 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:20:04 +0000

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Thanks, DD. Your comments always cheer me.

I found this picture today on the Metropolitan Museum's Facebook page. It is from the early 1800's ... even then cats were looking out windows.

My Siamese cat
sits at the window, staring
at distant mountains.