tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post6920553127330084184..comments2023-10-16T06:10:24.969-04:00Comments on Julie Unplugged: SmokingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00088119765077193302noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-76787562131192251792008-05-31T15:40:00.000-04:002008-05-31T15:40:00.000-04:00I *love* this entry and it came to mind often thes...I *love* this entry and it came to mind often these past two weeks while my brother-in-law was here from CH. Something there is about a cigarette in the right time and place...Is it wrong of me to say I'm glad to have you on board? ;-)Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850024758134899093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-71893030261169804322008-05-08T18:33:00.000-04:002008-05-08T18:33:00.000-04:00I loved this essay. It's been years since I've had...I loved this essay. It's been years since I've had a cigarette, but I always enjoyed an occasional smoke.Thanks for sharing your spiritual moment alone on the beach. I am there with you. I'm in a mid-life blizzard hoping I'm still headed in the right direction.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827201641849834510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-638930475199033832008-05-08T16:55:00.000-04:002008-05-08T16:55:00.000-04:00While you're up in Watsonville, drop down to eat a...While you're up in Watsonville, drop down to eat at Phil's 4 Fish in Moss Landing, if you get a chance! Although there's a no smoking sign on the patio. ;o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-86639813642448693382008-05-08T14:20:00.000-04:002008-05-08T14:20:00.000-04:00Thank you for this. I have always wondered at it'...Thank you for this. I have always wondered at it's lure and my mother died before I could ask her.Heidi Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01769414906479026143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-8807926703581534152008-05-07T19:55:00.000-04:002008-05-07T19:55:00.000-04:00You are a hoot - just don't tell your insurance gu...You are a hoot - just don't tell your insurance guy :)kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-51787686575395073372008-05-07T02:33:00.000-04:002008-05-07T02:33:00.000-04:00Loved your story. Although somehow, for me, cigar...Loved your story. Although somehow, for me, cigarettes go with a glass on single malt, blues on the stereo at midnight and a group of good friends, all wishing we could on to that elusive something created out of that mix. Good reason that a pipe is part of many religious rituals. Should be saved for special occasions though.ilukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927669936034161257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-89355139285264482112008-05-06T20:15:00.000-04:002008-05-06T20:15:00.000-04:00I'm smiling! I'm surprised and not––and love that ...I'm smiling! I'm surprised and not––and love that you wrote about it and shared it and admitted it. I'm reminded of my own 'first smoke' in the girls' bathroom in my senior year of high school. But unlike you I did not manage it so gracefully! I threw up. But I did try it again and managed to look 'cool' the second time around. Then I gave it up in college because your dad didn't like to see girls smoke. And I wanted to be the kind he liked!<BR/><BR/>Love you and respect you for your honesty and integrity and good writing too. MomWordyKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497491341585293341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-86503178739854668982008-05-06T17:16:00.000-04:002008-05-06T17:16:00.000-04:00AN ODE TO EVEFirst Mother,I want to thank youfor c...AN ODE TO EVE<BR/><BR/>First Mother,<BR/>I want to thank you<BR/>for choosing knowledge in the Garden.<BR/>It is tragic that you are yet scapegoated<BR/>for sin and death,<BR/>as we crush and pave over true life<BR/>and sentence ourselves to existence in a concrete jungle.<BR/>But still blame you for the end of life in Paradise.<BR/>Your holy name has been appropriated<BR/>bastardized<BR/>And used to silence your<BR/>Quest for Truth.<BR/>We have forgotten your maternal instinct<BR/>which called you to gain knowledge for all humanity.<BR/>You only wanted to be more God-like,<BR/>not with power-lust but admiration.<BR/><BR/>poem by Karen McKennaJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581512252521676135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-10500077859269162962008-05-06T16:22:00.000-04:002008-05-06T16:22:00.000-04:00As I was reading this, the whole thing seemed so m...As I was reading this, the whole thing seemed so much like the scene out of a movie. I love that.<BR/><BR/>And of course, I'm a big fan of Sue Monk Kidd. I bring that book with me every time I go on retreat.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-64572369103486677012008-05-06T15:18:00.000-04:002008-05-06T15:18:00.000-04:00Hah- you will smoke again if we get together becau...Hah- you will smoke again if we get together because you know, I don't really smoke... only when I am in good company and only if the stars are aligned. The way you described it is exactly how it feels... well done. I guess that's why it was always a useful thing to do while creating art because it always provided that moment to step back and ponder, to allow the next movement to materialize before proceeding.<BR/><BR/>Now, next time, I forbade you from smoking such an old pack of cigs.Dalissa McEwen Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424482684428232565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-45924775089144009362008-05-06T13:43:00.000-04:002008-05-06T13:43:00.000-04:00I have never read or heard smoking used as a metap...I have never read or heard smoking used as a metaphor as well as you have done in this piece. It reads like a scene from a movie...most likely with Julia Roberts.<BR/><BR/>R. MichaelMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781572223772781855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-34994767295107841822008-05-06T13:10:00.000-04:002008-05-06T13:10:00.000-04:00ha ha - that is so me. Soooooo me. I think if I e...ha ha - that is so me. Soooooo me. I think if I ever followed through and smoked I'd be addicted for life. That is why I haven't. I remember my hubby was outta town about 15 years ago and I thought - yay, good time to buy a pack and have fun. Then I found out I was pregnant. Foiled again.<BR/>And so I sit - still pulled toward the cigarette and somehow, for some reason fighting tooth and nail....gerbmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334242165831708434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-83118516936170583282008-05-06T09:04:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:04:00.000-04:00So ironic to me that you wrote/lived this. There h...So ironic to me that you wrote/lived this. There have been many instances over the past few months when I've absolutely been convinced that what I needed was a cigarette...as if I could feel it between my fingers and needed to raise it to my lips and blow out so intentionally. *But* I'm allergic to cigarette smoke and have never touched one! The craving confounds me! It was relieving to experience it a little vicariously through your writing. And so funny to me too that Claire was the one who gave them to you...just exactly perfect!RedGypsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815665930331083845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-80593310661935736532008-05-06T09:03:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:03:00.000-04:00Great experience and I love the way you wrote abou...Great experience and I love the way you wrote about it. Yes, very Sue Monk Kidd :)Sandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468572119226394767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-55904531872582535132008-05-06T06:32:00.000-04:002008-05-06T06:32:00.000-04:00Once we awaken to the fact that smoking, like many...Once we awaken to the fact that smoking, like many other acts of pleasure, are really not about the act itself, we understand for what it is the heart is longing.<BR/><BR/>as a fellow mid-lifer, i really connect with your writings. thanks for sharing your story.<BR/><BR/>watchmanWatchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074753807595569032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-62425601720344962982008-05-06T03:59:00.000-04:002008-05-06T03:59:00.000-04:00I can so totally imagine you doing this. In fact,...I can so totally imagine you doing this. In fact, I feel like I just smoked one with you. LIke you, I've never smoked, never liked it, never wanted to. But I so absolutely lived through your experience as related here that I feel as though I did. I swear I feel more relaxed.... :P<BR/><BR/>Pungent writing, as always. Loved it.Susanne Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12773089562677921118noreply@blogger.com