tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post1184923417311655360..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Everything is Fine Part 3: "This Part of Your Life Intentionally Left Blank"Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-17547892274842288512010-03-10T19:39:15.741-05:002010-03-10T19:39:15.741-05:00Caroline - my moonie sister!
Veteran of the road ...Caroline - my moonie sister!<br /><br />Veteran of the road and the MFT, and the midnight toast and jelly parties.<br /><br />"Oh - ho are you there with me?" as King Lear says.<br /><br />It is somehow a very great comfort and an irony to have this particular piece read by one who was there back in the day. I don;t even know why, but it means a great deal to me. <br /><br />Thank you. Monsei!<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-4795899857195082252010-03-10T15:42:31.710-05:002010-03-10T15:42:31.710-05:00Hi Garce,
Really enjoyed this, as I usually do w...Hi Garce, <br /><br />Really enjoyed this, as I usually do with your stuff. Having lived the same life as you, in my case for 14 years, I know well what you are talking about. I was at madison square garden in the same ceremony, and probably in the same matching as well.<br /><br />When I joined at 19 years old, I was very relieved to not have to think about sex or relationships, and I was free to relate to the brothers as just that, brothers and friends. Like you I wasn't the kind of girl that boys found attractive, and the whole area of sex and relationships was very fraught for me, so I found the whole situation very freeing as well. <br /><br />Unlike you, I bailed before the marriage could be consummated, but that is another whole story.<br /><br />Caroline.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233316269906465934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-1159851043850103312010-03-10T13:51:47.894-05:002010-03-10T13:51:47.894-05:00Hi Kathleen!
You have peeped in my window, and a ...Hi Kathleen!<br /><br />You have peeped in my window, and a very delicate one it is too. Though these things happened in the past I haven;t made my peace with them yet. The wounds are still raw.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-88535634520241308412010-03-10T13:50:13.869-05:002010-03-10T13:50:13.869-05:00Hi Lisabet!
Thank you for reading and giving me a...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />Thank you for reading and giving me a forum where I can discuss this stuff. Its not easy. I think its because I'm in the company here of people who have had equally odd lives, people who are taking risks against the prudish even now, people who are outsiders in their way. Its gives me a kind of freedom. But isn't it funny? People condemned me and my tribe for our beliefs. People would condemn you for your relationship with G and your darker urges. They would condemn all of us for what we write. And yet you are the kind of people I feel naturally comfortable with. There was a time in my religious days I joined protest marches against pornography stores. And now - here I am. Isn't life strange?<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-59287022282836492022010-03-10T10:55:49.578-05:002010-03-10T10:55:49.578-05:00Interesting entry, Garce. I feel as if I've pe...Interesting entry, Garce. I feel as if I've peeped into your window.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-79532967018503103482010-03-10T05:58:40.404-05:002010-03-10T05:58:40.404-05:00Hi Ashley.
I often astonish people, but not usual...Hi Ashley.<br /><br />I often astonish people, but not usually in a good way. Nice to astonish in the right way once in a while- thanks for reading!<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-68926119240584045962010-03-10T05:58:05.950-05:002010-03-10T05:58:05.950-05:00Garce, dear,
This fills in a lot of detail that y...Garce, dear,<br /><br />This fills in a lot of detail that you've previously merely hinted at. I sometimes feel as though, week after week, I'm reading your autobiography here at the Grip--and it is both fascinating and moving. <br /><br />I especially liked what you said about the experience of being chaste among your spiritual sisters. Chastity has a bad name in erotica circles ;^) and I think you've managed to express most beautifully the power and elevation that come from that sort of self-discipline. <br /><br />Wonderful, revealing and uplifting post, dear friend.<br /><br />Warmly,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-32173160497253404762010-03-10T02:00:45.141-05:002010-03-10T02:00:45.141-05:00Garce,
You never fail to astound me. And always ...Garce,<br /><br />You never fail to astound me. And always in a good way :-)<br /><br />AshAshley Listerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997769708965362938noreply@blogger.com