No Strings Attached
A really nice and very talented writer/blogger (who comes to visit my blog here a lot!) was super kind to me last week and awarded me the No Strings Attached Blog Award. That blogger is Hyperion Sturm! https://hyperionsturm.wordpress.com/
Mr. Sturm posted a quote at the top of the page where he listed the award winners, and the quote was this:
βMy love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.β β Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
When I read this, there was only one person I could think of who fits this bill for me. There’s someone who’s a friend and mentor to me, and this person is always super helpful and a HUGE inspiration! Not just to me, but to lots of people. Sometimes, I can do small things in return, but to me, it’s never equal to what I have gotten–at least, not in my mind.
Do you have someone in your life who inspires and helps you? Feel free to post about them or link to their blog/work/website below! I’d love to hear about them!
Congrats on the award my friend, well deserved. π
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Thank you very much!
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I do. Ernest Hemingway. He once wrote, ‘There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.’ Great post and thank you for asking.
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Thank you & thanks for the comment!
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Thank you J. for the kind words. It’s true, I’m addicted to LMG and the fine work that you do. What a wonderful way to express the No Strings Attached award by recognizing someone special. I’ve said it before, and because of chronic forgetfulness, I’ll say it again. You are Awesome to the Max! Of course, everyone that comes here already knows that but I like preaching to the choir. π
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That’s really sweet of you! π thank you so very much for your kind words and support! I appreciate it very much!
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It is always my pleasure π
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Congratulations
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Thank you!
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Inspiration can come in small ways to me I can get inspired just by one word or a sentence or the first line of a song or a poem,I remember when I wrote that poem for you about the people behind my eyes,that took me to a whole other place,I worked on that a piece for ever,I believe we had just met,but I drove into it with guns loaded,
It doesn’t take much for me,I have a very low threshold for joy
Sheldon
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That poem was amazing! But all your poems are great, Sheldon! You have amazing talent!
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Congratulations!
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Thank you!
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Congratulations, Jennifer.! And thanks for the opportunity to introduce you to someone who inspires and helps me in real life. She’s mommacarranza and she just started blogging at https://mommacarranza.wordpress.com/ .
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Thank you!
I stopped by and said hi to your friend’s blog! I hope she enjoys blogging! Thanks for sharing her link!
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You’re the best!
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Thank you! You are, too! π
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Thanks Angie Mc! β€
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OMG! Laughed so hard! Love it! π
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π I’m glad!!
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you are my inspiration: https://pixellatedmistress.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/doodles/
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That is so very sweet! Thank you very very much! ππ
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no, thank you for being you; i hope the poem did you justice π
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I think it was great!! π I’m not much of a poet myself but I like reading poetry!
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this makes chucky happy π
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Thank you very much!! π
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first …. comment on sadness … I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN !
https://1950schildhood.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/i-always-made-strides-2/
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so … the words you used … three steps forward four steps back … the same words i used … interesting … maybe the poem i wrote means something .. or at least something interesting is going on … soooo …. the best thing to find is laughter … hahahahah … you know … anyway … hang around laughter for a while and let yourself get …. oh! sorry! the next thing is … start applying to junior colleges and follow up with a phone call … GAWD! i’m not your father … just kidding … you are a sweet person, you are sweet and like us all you want to be loved .. singly .. for who you are … it’s the goal of life! not everyone attains it … most people don’t … you could meet somebody now by spark .. unexpectedly … then there would be laughter
… REAL laughter is what you are looking for … laughter is the 4th best thing compared to an
orgasm … so laughter is the key … it’s like sex you have right out in public … !
jeeze … hate to be a typical man … giving advice always blah blah blah … when it’s not blah blah you need at all … i can’t help it if i’m a man …… . so listen ;;;;;
you make me laugh like a goddamned hyena! well … not high like that but … what was that word you used that took a while for me to realize just how funny it was … was it ”uncanny” ? in relation to my ability to do what most people can’t do … well anyway … some people ‘get it’ … but i just … get it more! don’t you think?
this is fertile ground for you jennifer ! make a sarcastic comment! roll your eyes and say something ! that other thing … ”who writes this plop!” i wrote you …. WHO WRITES THIS PLOP! HAHAHAHA .. you’re very cool … you have a good wit … seems like a quick wit .. but jeeze … didn’t i tell you that there are muses out there who can draw something out you … i was paying you a compliment … how else would i come up with this crazy shit about your cartoons ? i DO have this fantastic ability but that’s not what we are talking about ?? are we talking about anything ? yes? oh! it was that idea about junior colleges … there’s about a million of them …
hey … these stories you want to know about … how long and where would they appear … if they are to appear at all? I’m interested …
just remember … you are not alone jennifer
I know what it’s like one thousand percent …. take it easy … get some sleep … sounds like you are bored too … ! ks AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING ME …. ! ks
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You’re welcome & thanks!
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what about these stories of love and affection you were interested in reading or posting … ? are you still interested? if you’ll tell me where these pieces wll appear and let me know i’ll have one for you …
have you visited your old elementary school lately? (one of those rhetorical questions?) i suggest you pay it a visit … try to remember what it was like to be a kid … you won’t have to try … it’ll come to you … jeeze … it’s the most liberating experience… ! wull ,.. there are other experiences that are liberating … but the memories that come back to you from that visit are what you need to internalize the dark … put it in a box … kids don’t suffer from dark episodes … (unless abused .. ) they just ARE … you know, they don’t think they just move forward … you need to rediscover your child … !
you won’t believe me but it’s true: the journey comes full circle where it started .. knowing that place for the first time .,.. in other words .. for lack of better words … you become fully integrated. chid AND adult … .
you are a very cool person … you are not afraid .. so GO give it a try girl
furthermore … what about my perfect interpretations ! doesn’t it make you feel good to know that someone who has the perfect interpretation .. ! that could make you laugh couldn’t it? and four steps/3 steps .. the story of my fucking life … ok so … do ! ks
and i apologize for being a typical man … giving advice and not acknowledging feelings ?? wull … i do both hahahahaha …. ks
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Hi Kurt! I think this time you have me mixed up with someone else, bc I never said anything about posting stories of love and affection, unless you are joking with me! π
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wull … maybe it wasn’t love and affection you asked for … it was probably ‘feel good’ stories or something like that … i should have done my research first … at certain times it’s pretty obvious that beneath a half way decent sense of humor … i’m just a dumb shit with a modicum of creativity and a lousy short term memory.
wull .. you’d have a lousy short term memory too … if you had an 8 track tape player playing along inside my brain at all times.
i’ve lost almost every single item i’ve ever laid my hands on throughout my entire life!
i don’t know if that makes me like all the other dumb shits in the world … i’ve never been smart enough to figure that out . all i know is sometimes my dumbness just jumps right out! but i’m not stupid! THAT would be a REAL handicap.
but i got your name right didn’t i? didn’t i???
being a stickler for words and the precise way they are used i’d maybe disagree with you (i ALWAYS get in trouble when i disagree …. let’s just call this my point of view.. . ) about ‘no strings attached’ … . since we are all connected anyway … i’d say that ‘no strings attached’ may not be the case since, there are only varying degrees of connection … Love … is the strongest bond … the strongest string …
the determining factor … is what you DO with the bond OR that you have the awareness to let it pull you along … your body and mind know what’s up …. it’s up us to listen to them when they speak … . sometimes love can come along and like a spark, .. if you don’t know what’s happening you might just think you need to have a bowell movement! you HAVE to be able to tell the difference … ….. ks does that help? ks
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Well everyone does dumb things, so don’t be so hard on yourself! I do dumb things all the time! π it’s what I’m best at!!
I’m glad you feel a string of attachment to me and my blog! You told me to be more positive, remember? π I’m doing my best with loving, but I’m like the grinch, I have a model two sizes too small! π but I love who I can when I can!
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i was trying to be funny hoping i’d make you laugh thinking it would be a antidote to that painting … .
i know the artist who painted that painting. look closely …mine is the third house over from the corner …
so, read the comment with a different mind set … if you feel like it …
i’m at the cottage (in german it translates to either hut or shack … it’s not either) it’s a north woods cabin … wood walls, fireplace … on the east coast of michigan along lake huron shoreline … two or three deer just walked across the back of the property … it’s a gorgeous day … i can see the lake across the street … it’s on a dead end street with no traffic … a few neighbors … i come up here to be a hermit and write … my cat won’t let me sleep … she knows the precise moment i drift into sleep then yowls at me to feed her. except for a few brief periods of time i haven’t slept since sunday night. i just laid down on the couch and she got me again … . i can write better when i haven’t slept the night before … maybe it puts me into a dream state .,.. but this is ridiculous. i drove 12 hours straight from atlanta georgia yesterday … arrived at two thirty … tried to go to bed at around four … she woke me … two times … finally i got up at seven. haven’t slept all day … i like the line, ”i love who i can when i can,’ … nobody does dumb things better than me … i was going to put an an ad in the paper, ”do you need something done wrong .. call this number … ” i’m usually on an even keel. this lack of sleep is getting under my skin … wish i didn’t have to go out … guess what i have to get? cat fucking food … oh … sorry … but you have so many followers! my cat’s in the bedroom. i stuffed towels in the crack below the door. i’m going to try again … i hate to miss the sunshine but, it’s light until 9:30. i’m thinking your elementary school is somewhere far away because you moved a lot … maybe dad/military. you don’t have to answer … . but i do think the secret to life is to rediscover the inner child … then you have the two halves united … thanks for reading me again … ks
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You’ve got to take care of your cat & yourself! π± don’t let her go hungry!
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i’m a true animal lover … my cat loves me and i love her … neither one of us will go hungry. why, just tonight we split a can of ‘seafood platter’ … it was yummy, filling and full of protein.
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