11. 23 I Used To Miss My Tail,
the pride it must have taken,in gristle and sway,its pure muscle, and fine linkage,finer than all the goldwork fabrications. The way it was so simply pelted, quietly celebratory, over nothing at all,...
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Oooh, I always wanted to have one, myself. But never could have expressed it like this. just gorgeous, Alison. I loved and lingered over it. Especially enamored of the first 4-5 stanzas. Make that 7....
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AlisonIt has turned out so well.The description is slow and sinuous,the simple and well chosen words are just right.I am going to keep this poem in my folder. I see devotion in this poem more than...
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Yes, amazing. Sorry, Greta, sometimes it's the only word that will do. I still think your very own poems are the most magical, Alison, even though you've done wondrous things with others'. I think the...
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thanks, ladies. I used to feel the ghost of it there, a lot--I think maybe many of us do; especially in my early twenties. And miss feeling its aliveness between my fingers. Always admired cat's tails...
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I agree -- this is amazing. Your descriptions of the tail are beyond compare. From title to end, fabulous. Respect the tail, the tail said, as you would a serpent. It doesn’t matter that it’s no...
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I hope you send this out Alison, it is just over-the-top perfect, and sensuous, and biological (in the sense of real). I love it.
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thank you, Greta, and Judy, esp. for "biological". I appreciate it.Now can anyone help me, with a technical question to do with Word and Windows? (alas, this is what I'm working with,and an old...
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Alison, this sounds like your hard drive to me, not a software issue. Please get everything backed up and buy a new hard drive tomorrow, if you can. Do not wait.
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Sounds like it's Word, or some combination of Word and your operating system. And/or something about the way the permissions are being handled. I haven't encountered the problem. I do use Word at my...
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Alison, I totally disagree with Toni (no offense Toni) Please replace your hard drive asap. I've seen it a hundred times.
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okay, thanks Toni. Yeah, the permissions. There's only me using this computer, but it's windows XP, and I remember hearing that it was glitchy. I see that word saves tons of temporary files, and...
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Judy, yeah the disk error part sounds bad. I'd be backing up to another drive. If it were only the "read-only" message (and not disk error), then from what I found online, it sounds like others have...
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yeah, that's it exactly. So maybe it isn't so serious? It sure is frustrating. Will haveta sleep onit. Replace the hard drive? Will have to wait on that, I'm afraid. And I have another poem, I haveta...
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Perfect description of taillessness!As to the Word problem - for future reference, if you have an internet connection (I assume you do), you might consider switching to Google docs - free! I backs up...
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Judy, what a good idea. I thought about using that in the past and, a couple of years ago (!) uploaded a number of files. But then stopped using it. I should do so.
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Google Drive is a great solution if you're not paranoid about privacy. I simply must repeat, Alison, your drive is dying.
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hmm, will have to weigh the privacy issue. I haven't thus far even wanted to use gmail, but hotmail seems to be acting impossible. So it might be the right thing to do. I did find a place to unclick...
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Boy this is fabulous. I am so impressed. If it is not nominated for IBPC, I am going to do that.
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