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The Right Place at the Right Time
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There's nothing like being at your own book signing. I guess maybe it's just that I feel at home in my own skin as a writer. There were six authors on the balcony overlooking the first . . . more
My Book Signing in Poughkeepsie - Sat. Jan. 17th, 1:00-4:00 PM
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Stirling replied to a comment by Brenda Clews on a photo 10:48AM EST
Stirling commented on the post Castles in sand - a parable for our time by Guy W. Nov 05, 2009 5:04PM EST
"At the end, the host leaves the guest house of the body. Sayonara." more
Stirling commented on the post The Desert of Zen by Atticus *. Nov 03, 2009 5:46PM EST
"Amazing." more
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Describe Yourself:just another human being trying to get through life with a good balance of joy, honesty, serenity, encouragement, meaning, seriousness, creativity and above all kindness.
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On Gather, I'm Looking For ...:inspiration from other writers
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Favorite Music, Artists, Genres:old timey blues by mostly long-dead African Americans but not all dead and not all black, really fast banjo playing, Tibetan dranyen music (acoustic and I like the old folk songs the best), classical Tibetan dranyen, every kind of drum known especially tabla, classical sitar music and the oceanic Indian style of singing, real jazz especially vintage Miles Davis, Abdul Ibraham (formerly Dollar Brand), edgy folk music especially by Kevin So whose lyrics are great and whose voice is better
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Favorite Books, Writers, Genres:too many to list, but I'll name a few - Dune (read 7 times), To Kill a Mockingbird, Lost in Translation (not the movie--this one is about a woman in China), Sven & Svea or Tales of Lapland (out of print), Bangkok 8, Return of the King, A Gesture Life, Astralagus (in French), No Colder Place, The Incomparable Prince, millions more
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Colleges:like so many of my generation, I dropped out several times ... attended Randolph Macon Woman's College, Immaculata, Washington University, U. Mass Boston and SUNY Purchase.Major:
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High Schools:I was miserable in high school. I really only had one friend. He was a genius who played the piano and wrote his own symphonies, read Marx and Tolstoy on his own in 8th grade, and eventually got drafted and went to Viet Nam. I don't know where he is now but I heard he came back and was living in the Radnor Train Station playing music for the ballet. He was hopelessly in love with a blond sophomore who didn't know he existed. We were a lot alike in that sense because I was in love with a green-eyed athlete who married someone else. Anyway, high school was 50 years ago, so who cares?
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Kathryn E., Nov 5, 2009, 12:33PM ESTHi Stirling,
You have outside mail. I am off for most of the day. Life stuff. And away the weekend. -
Aman V., Nov 2, 2009, 9:18AM ESTWoweee! Thankee. Stirly - I got online, and had just left a comment on Kathsie's pic when I saw your ping. Just so excited now - I knew immediately what you meant, mon ami!
Thanks for the wish fulfilment! At first I thought it was in my mail, and was disappointed to see the bare-bones folder - but now I know it's for all Gather!
Going to read your story, and your dream (anew).... and hopefully, I'll be able to express what they make me see and feel. Such a joy to see you online just when I'm on, too - it's Communion time!
You're up early , BTW - what happened - did Halloween freak you out so bad you couldn't sleep?!!! hehehehe
Early Monday Hugs to you, mon cherie.
((((((((((((((((GlimmeringPearl SuperStirl)))))))))))))
Have a great day, and don't move around at your usual speed, okay? You could have a Twister in the office! hahahaha
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Aman V., Nov 1, 2009, 12:14PM ESTOh soiree, Mme., I dun foigot .... here's that wicked weed wheeze
.......................... LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFE.............................
Happy Halloweening! Have you written that annual story yet? If you have, I hope I can get a sleek peek ....? :)
Buh Bye, Rum-and-Rye! ((((((((((StirFried)))))))))))
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Aman V., Nov 1, 2009, 12:07PM ESTAh, I'm just smokin'...hot! hahhahaha Thanks for "weeding'' out the essence of my nonsense and hurling it onto my pinger-ponger, Stirly. :)
Seriously, though, I'm always just high on life ... and was just trying to punch some much-needed wit and wordplay into my messages - I always feel they're so flat! :) Hope it didn't knock the sox off your imagination!
You wrote a wonderful comment to a wonderful, albeit chilly, post today Granny Janny's, I mean. I'll come by later and post my own comment - but wanted you to know I felt your comment somehow managed to measure up to the wonder and magic of Janny's poem and reading.
Thanks for the QuickDraw McGraw pingback, Stir-Fried!
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Aman V., Nov 1, 2009, 11:26AM ESTHellow Bellow, Mother-of-Stirl , mon cher Pearl .., err.. did I get something wrong there , or what?!!! Must be these trembling grays in the higher reaches - those banshees wailing and banging something terrible at my window last night scared the bejeesus outta me! hehehehe
So, let's have another go at the hurly burly words, uhh, meaning curly pearly words, okay?
Hellow Fellow, what a bellow you've got here, Fab Fairy Pearl...........
I give up. Make what you will of this stoopid cupid Halloween greeting, mon cherie.
But remember to remain scared, and keep writing with those gnarled, trembly fingers all the same - who knows what scary wary tale might erupt from the wells of that fevered mind of yours and witch-broom its way onto the pages of your next great story?!!
You always did spin a bewitching tale anyway, hon.
Buh Bye, sweetiepie, kissed the moon and made it fly..... hehehe
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Aman V., Oct 16, 2009, 2:04PM EDTHey StirlyWhirly, how you handling the hurly burly, girl?!!:) heheheh
Its the evening before Diwali, the national Festival of Lights. There's a very subdued excitement in the air - the normal enthusiasm for this beautiful time tempered by the sadness of the tragedy that has struck some parts of my state. The most devastating floods in the last century in this part of India, Stirl.
I'm absolutely dumbfounded - not so much at the scope of the tragedy, but at the immense calm and resilience displayed by the affected people. There are entire villages which have disappeared and have to be relocated. Nearly a lakh of people have lost EVERYTHING they had built up over twenty, thirty years - and they still find the strength and love in themselves to smile. Just so incredible , and so heartrending at the same time! I've been in such anguish, feeling so helpless.
Maybe , as you once so memorably said in a comment to one of my posts, "Resilience is in the very soil of the land."
Meanwhile, the rich continue to dump torn, shredded clothes and attend their kitty parties ... I'm planning to go along with a team of volunteers merely to help clean up the sludge from the few homes that remain.
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Have a Fab-Fairy Friday, mon cherie - Tashi Delek. Will come comment on your dream tomorrow, okay? I loved it!
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Aman V., Sep 29, 2009, 1:15PM EDTHey Girl, Mother-of-Pearl, how've you been?!
Hope you've been well, and writing up a Storm, Stirl. How's work going? Is it still as stressful as ever? Or do you come back happy and get cracking on that new novel? Would love to get a peek at you when you're writing! Wouldn't be a sneak peek, either - more like a geek peek! hahahaha
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Keep twirling, my wonderful Stirling! You're a fab mover, you know that?! :)
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Stirling D., Sep 13, 2009, 7:04PM EDTThanks, Aman. Tashi delek to you, as well.
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Aman V., Sep 13, 2009, 11:56AM EDTDo that twirl, ballerina Stirl! hehehe
I just saw you pop up on my page, and wanted to shout out
" TASHI DELEK! "
to you over the oceans, my dear friend.
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Chana's passing has left me feeling a little dead myself, and I'm sorry I haven't been in touch more. Will write you today, or early tomorrow morning, Monday, okay?
Have a lovey weekend, replete with birds, deer, moonbeams, and love, much love, mon cherie.
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Aman V., Sep 8, 2009, 8:43AM EDTGood Morning, Stirl! I love to see you pop up on my page this early in your morning.
May the Sisters of Loote bring you wings today to navigate your day with your usual elan and grace. Have a great day, mon cherie.
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(Hey, do you think that's Tiala on the flower?!)
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