tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post6413806454128218427..comments2023-05-30T06:26:29.914-04:00Comments on RavenWood Forest: A Song at the End of a LifeValeriannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-45654212146184304232012-12-11T09:11:10.778-05:002012-12-11T09:11:10.778-05:00Thank you, Karen - never too late with condolences...Thank you, Karen - never too late with condolences, of course... it will be a forever thing :(Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-87147718882450756432012-12-11T07:41:43.738-05:002012-12-11T07:41:43.738-05:00I haven't had the time I would like to visit b...I haven't had the time I would like to visit blogs lately so am late to this post. So very sorry to hear about your Mum Valerianna. Sending you peace and condolences. xxKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630216046532015989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-26162969926278156822012-12-09T18:27:17.867-05:002012-12-09T18:27:17.867-05:00Don't know if you're a robot or not, but t...Don't know if you're a robot or not, but thanks for visiting!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-29872950647654094282012-12-09T18:26:49.082-05:002012-12-09T18:26:49.082-05:00Thank you, Ruthie. The land is truly the place I f...Thank you, Ruthie. The land is truly the place I find my healing now - as ever!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-6965817081157155622012-12-09T18:25:57.157-05:002012-12-09T18:25:57.157-05:00I love Ariadne and the thread and weaving and spin...I love Ariadne and the thread and weaving and spinning... so, who knows if that was a mistake or not, maybe just an alter ego for me. I love the idea of giving visitors some thread, cause they sometimes get lost here!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-13347598885346958602012-12-09T18:24:17.091-05:002012-12-09T18:24:17.091-05:00Wonderful, thanks! Wonderful, thanks! Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-87305464088432559232012-12-09T18:23:48.483-05:002012-12-09T18:23:48.483-05:00Lovely, Tiffany, thank you!Lovely, Tiffany, thank you!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-73189587429842142852012-12-09T18:23:13.915-05:002012-12-09T18:23:13.915-05:00Hi Jodi - thanks for the well wishes. I hope when ...Hi Jodi - thanks for the well wishes. I hope when I die it is with family around, too. Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-82413774435100447722012-12-09T18:22:10.532-05:002012-12-09T18:22:10.532-05:00Thank you, Sharmon. Yes, it did sustain me for a l...Thank you, Sharmon. Yes, it did sustain me for a long while that we were all with Mom as she died. Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-31337343729944515192012-12-07T22:30:48.022-05:002012-12-07T22:30:48.022-05:00Good day I am so happy I found your web site, I re...Good day I am so happy I found your web site, I really found you by mistake, while I was browsing <br />on Yahoo for something else, Nonetheless I am here now and would just like to say thanks a lot for a remarkable post and a all round enjoyable blog <br />(I also love the theme/design), I don't have time to look over it all at the minute but I have saved it and also added your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read much more, Please do keep up the great work.<br /><i>my web site</i> > <b><a href="http://www.fallstyles.net/" rel="nofollow">fall season clipart</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-27221956908838510932012-11-25T17:20:37.800-05:002012-11-25T17:20:37.800-05:00Dearest one, i hear your song and feel your words ...Dearest one, i hear your song and feel your words in these images. May you find moments of beautiful peace in amongst the healing heart of the land. Sending you much love across the ocean. Thinking of you and yours x ruthie x x Ruthie Reddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544345949078281235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-20963401493760099812012-11-25T06:04:43.037-05:002012-11-25T06:04:43.037-05:00Dear Valerianna, I called you Arianna by mistake. ...Dear Valerianna, I called you Arianna by mistake. Or did I? It is more likely that you remind me of Aria(d)ne who gave Theseus a special thread which he could follow on his way through the labyrinth, and also help others to lead them out of it again. Like you are winding your spirals through RavenWood.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344595922514131573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-7289373067933300292012-11-25T00:19:27.757-05:002012-11-25T00:19:27.757-05:00This was a duplicate of below comment... I must ha...This was a duplicate of below comment... I must have published it twice!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-53088245308057288902012-11-24T15:40:14.224-05:002012-11-24T15:40:14.224-05:00Dear Arianna, today my poem "Cycle" is f...Dear Arianna, today my poem "Cycle" is for you.<br /><br />CYCLE<br /><br />For one brief day<br />my misty blue <br />fluttering veils<br />are like the sky <br />in which I dance.<br /><br />Velvet blue<br />I wander midst<br />the flowers of <br />the realm of death<br />requiem.<br /><br />First egg am I<br />caterpillar<br />nymph am I<br />transformed <br />butterfly.<br /><br />In pearl grey light<br />urgently quivering<br />with life, with death<br />I tear myself free<br />from the earth.<br /><br />I glide the land <br />through rings <br />of light and shade <br />and sense <br />the twilight calling.<br /><br />Knowing my time <br />is ending soon<br />I will fly north<br />lay off my wings<br />become a soul once more.<br /><br />with love,<br />Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344595922514131573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-39091456014041837882012-11-24T11:22:33.726-05:002012-11-24T11:22:33.726-05:00I rarely ever come to blogger anymore, but it is a...I rarely ever come to blogger anymore, but it is always sweet and gentle to come to your space here. I'm sorry to read of your mother's passing, Valerianna. <br />I can only offer you this, which has helped me before:<br /><br />"The smallest sprout shows there is really no death;<br />And if ever there was, it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it,<br />And ceas’d the moment life appear’d.<br /><br />All goes onward and outward—nothing collapses;<br />And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier."<br />(Walt Whitman)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-70024024739015258032012-11-20T16:08:59.365-05:002012-11-20T16:08:59.365-05:00Some years bring deep etchings of pain or loss,,, ...Some years bring deep etchings of pain or loss,,, but somehow,,, the good and best of times and places and people make up for it. May the new year ahead be filled with grace and healing. Sandra Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11033871929613580880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-63660649879966658082012-11-19T14:22:12.362-05:002012-11-19T14:22:12.362-05:00I'm so sorry to hear of your loss and I wish y...I'm so sorry to hear of your loss and I wish you all the very best possible as you work through it. How good though that you had the chance to be with her as she passed and that you can take comfort in the fact that she was surrounded by her loving family. Warm wishes out to you.yew tree nightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159879472613574800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-55648907228165239792012-11-19T13:48:13.634-05:002012-11-19T13:48:13.634-05:00Love and many hugs to you, Valerianna. I'm so...Love and many hugs to you, Valerianna. I'm so sorry for your loss, but glad that you got to be with her at the end, and comfort her with songs.Sharmon Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857659019638341374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-4811243084710831592012-11-19T13:47:59.389-05:002012-11-19T13:47:59.389-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sharmon Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857659019638341374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-81245719259692467522012-11-18T14:54:53.945-05:002012-11-18T14:54:53.945-05:00Dear Valerianna, I am so sorry . It is such a com...Dear Valerianna, I am so sorry . It is such a comfort to those of us left behind to be able to say a spirit~full farewell. It was a similar experience for me with my mam, 27 years ago, and I still treasure the gift of it.<br /><br />Your goodbye sounds beautiful.....and singing with the birds.<br /><br />The droplets...oh the droplets...they hold whole universes. <br /><br />Be gentle with yourself dear Valerianna. I am sending hugs.<br /><br />Much love to you and Pasha x x xhelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412509910451805109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-73962219127419619242012-11-18T12:44:21.554-05:002012-11-18T12:44:21.554-05:00As always, a beautiful post. My thoughts are with...As always, a beautiful post. My thoughts are with you.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10495373141914693321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-63775082746442608592012-11-18T09:26:27.204-05:002012-11-18T09:26:27.204-05:00Hi Christina, thanks. I do cherish the memories of...Hi Christina, thanks. I do cherish the memories of her last days, even through intensity of and sometimes horror of it. Truly, there was everything, but thanks be that we were all there holding her hand and loving her. Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-21677418758774127882012-11-18T09:23:49.042-05:002012-11-18T09:23:49.042-05:00Hi Christi - that's beautiful - "May yoru...Hi Christi - that's beautiful - "May yoru sore heart not linger long on passages" - thanks for that. Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-2545301881703548022012-11-18T09:22:58.081-05:002012-11-18T09:22:58.081-05:00Thanks, Mo...Thanks, Mo...Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-65780224393590432922012-11-18T09:22:38.330-05:002012-11-18T09:22:38.330-05:00Thank you, its a good place to grieve - and heal -...Thank you, its a good place to grieve - and heal - yes... sometimes more distraction is needed, though!!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.com