tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post6179386894738755508..comments2024-03-18T13:18:15.743-07:00Comments on Joyce Wycoff: Inching into wonderland: The Gift of the OutsiderJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-89725254224760724312010-01-10T19:34:36.275-08:002010-01-10T19:34:36.275-08:00Boy, you and I were certainly on the same page tod...Boy, you and I were certainly on the same page today! And -- as an only child who moved a lot -- books were my only friends. No wonder isolation became a habit, and boundaries were slow to form...Diane Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379544317007203762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-51277899914650304532010-01-10T08:42:56.992-08:002010-01-10T08:42:56.992-08:00I am the fourth of nine children; seven of us live...I am the fourth of nine children; seven of us lived to become adults. And I am as different as different can be from my siblings. Books and writing and art were the worlds I chose to inhabit. Not too many came along with me until I got out in the world.<br /><br />I laughed at Louise's "correction" but how right for the world we're in today. It's fun to imagine what Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-57968456906388194612010-01-10T07:02:05.963-08:002010-01-10T07:02:05.963-08:00Louise ... I love the last line correction ... per...Louise ... I love the last line correction ... perhaps if Em were here today, she'd be one of the blog sisters! Our blog circle is one place I do feel like an insider ... it is a most amazing gift.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-16173236649693177792010-01-10T06:53:34.785-08:002010-01-10T06:53:34.785-08:00I love this poem by Emily -- and I imagine her pre...I love this poem by Emily -- and I imagine her prescient, that the last line is just a typo, what she really meant to say was:<br /><br />To tell your name the livelong day<br />To an admiring blog!<br /><br />I grew up the youngest of four -- and always felt like an outsider. I didn't quite fit in.<br /><br />In my life today, I focus on being an insider -- inside my life, inside looking Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.com