"The toe bone is connected to the heel bone, is connected to the ..."
It is by energetic use
that these parts stay loose.
The poem is extra special, Stephen - thanks.
Andrew
On 18 August 2011 03:27, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks all.
> Yes, David, that must be a mountain expedition prayer song, "The toe bone
> is connected to the heel bone, is connected to the ..." - a prayer that the
> connections hold!
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/17/11, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Snap - Vincent
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 12:09 PM
>
> >My prayer is that my body remains a reliable friend on the trail<
>
> For once a prayer that's useful. I might borrow that now and again,
> Stephen.
>
> On 17 August 2011 19:05, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > When she said the bit about friends with the qualification, I heard that
> > Facebook ambiguity about the generous, suspect use of "Friends", and as
> a
> > way emphasising the guy was available to be a 'real' friend, even more
> than
> > a 'friend'. Etc.
> >
> > I and my lady are about to go a 50 mile trek in the high Sierra. My
> prayer
> > is that my body remains a reliable friend on the trail. I am practicing
> hard
> > these days with rocks in my backpack and walking sticks, etc. Well, that
> is
> > a 'snap' aside!
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> > --- On Wed, 8/17/11, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Snap - Vincent
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 10:31 AM
> >
> > I like it too, & this whole line.
> >
> > But would she say (did she say?) "He's cute. They are friends...'? I
> would
> > have thought 'they're'....
> >
> > Doug
> > On 2011-08-17, at 10:12 AM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> >
> > > staccato trot, equally firm & deliberate:
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Latest books:
> > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> > Wednesdays'
> >
> >
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
> >
> > It is natural to speak of your own weaknesses so winsomely they will seem
> > strengths, as if everyone else is inadequate if they do not have your
> > inadequacies.
> >
> > William H. Gass
> >
>
>
>
> --
> David Joseph Bircumshaw
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