Comments for Secret Vespers

Comment on Safe Regrets by Erika Hammerschmidt

Erika Hammerschmidt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:14:06 +0000

One never knows what decision is safe until it’s too late…

Comment on Safe Regrets by MalikTous

MalikTous — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:42:42 +0000

‘Still drowning, clutching at straws…’

Marillion’s ‘Clutching at Straws’ seems so appropriate for this. Safety, stagnation, or adventure/change? ‘Even if you do not choose, you still have made a choice!’ (Rush, ‘Today’s Tom Sawyer’)

Comment on Valentine by Olivia

Olivia — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:55:02 +0000

Thank-you so much!
I’ll be sure to!

Comment on Safe Regrets by A

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:16:06 +0000

I’m an American citizen and technically an illegal immigrant in another country, one that has become more of a home to me than anywhere else I’ve been in my life. As a result, I’m constantly wavering. Do I remain with the person I love, the family that has taken me in as its own, even such a decision leads to a possible dead-end in my own independent life and career? Or do I cut my losses, return to the space in which I’m legally accepted, and throw myself into the everyday world of the American everyman? I’ve sacrificed nearly every bit of my life to date to safe decisions. These last few years have been filled with anything but. I’m not sure if I’m cut out for them, or to answer for such recklessness.

Comment on Safe Regrets by babseth

babseth — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:53:17 +0000

I wavered for a long time about whether to transition, all the while avoiding almost every positive risk I could take. Since I decided to go forward with it, I’m like a new man, ready to face challenges instead of hiding.

Comment on Safe Regrets by natasha

natasha — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:35:45 +0000

I was wavering over renting a houseboat on the Great Slave Lake for three months, but I decided to do it. I move in today, HOORAY!!

Comment on Stories by Somerled

Somerled — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:20:33 +0000

Do you know the bit in TSE’s cat poems where he talks about the naming of cats, and how each cat has a secret third name known only to it, and how many a cat will just sit there in quiet contemplation of that name?

Comment on Safe Regrets by Jx.

Jx. — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:13:32 +0000

There have been many. From 14 to 18 I took every risk possible and more than once. These days are a bit more quiet. My risks now include Do I bother risking an argument or should I just clean up after everyone too lazy to do it themselves. Thrilling eh?

Comment on Safe Regrets by pinguino

pinguino — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:04:15 +0000

aw. so sad.

Comment on Make It Stop by Wishes | Anand's Musings

Wishes | Anand's Musings — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:23:33 +0000

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