tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642166.post8442515785766291856..comments2023-07-03T23:57:47.538-04:00Comments on Jenny Hill: Such Witty Party TalkJenny Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689476109430471814noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642166.post-12515855855218236452011-12-19T07:32:04.317-05:002011-12-19T07:32:04.317-05:00This is a great post, and it's good to think a...This is a great post, and it's good to think about both sides of this issue—the fatigue in explaining, the love of the thing itself. <br /><br />And just yesterday, because 'tis the season, I was thinking of Leroy Anderson's song:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q2F--wZXacIndigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642166.post-29687093660106079512011-12-09T19:42:59.577-05:002011-12-09T19:42:59.577-05:00Jenny, this is a wonderful post. (Jodi's comm...Jenny, this is a wonderful post. (Jodi's comment was too).<br /><br />When I finished reading it I put down my wine glass and clapped.<br /><br />When Leonard Cohen was young he said, "Being a poet isn't an occupation. It's a verdict."<br /><br />Your post almost made me cry because it reminded me of so much.<br /><br />We're on the same page.Deloneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10348531544486944382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642166.post-3846063395639538132011-12-08T09:44:47.310-05:002011-12-08T09:44:47.310-05:00I was just sort of thinking about this (and this i...I was just sort of thinking about this (and this is where I begin to talk about myself). Through all these years of ordeals with doctors (before getting diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome, don't know if you knew that!!!), they would always ask, "what do you do?" It was so difficult for me to explain that, while I don't generally have an income from what I do, I do things. Really. No, I ain't lying. Look at my blog. Should I bring in some crochet work? Do you want to browse my journals? How about my photography? You have a laptop, log into my photography site. <br /><br />Groan. My case is entirely different, parallel maybe. But, I face this scoffing nature of disbelief from doctors who think that I just sit around staring sadly out the window. <br /><br />As if. <br /><br />Your post today made me feel better, not just by my rude vent in your comments, but also because I felt the warmth of camaraderie in the similarities. <br /><br />P.S. I want to come up with blatant lies that would shock. <br /><br />Vet: What do you do in your studio. <br />Me: Paint nude people wrestling.Jodi Andersonhttp://www.akeepingofdays.comnoreply@blogger.com