tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.comments2023-10-30T01:32:42.091-07:00Pat WinslowPat Winslowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07212845987390338857noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-69112684203303338962023-09-16T08:50:33.182-07:002023-09-16T08:50:33.182-07:00Very niceVery niceJeff Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703612937031596831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-81365375737633938992019-06-14T06:52:42.188-07:002019-06-14T06:52:42.188-07:00Safe the poor people Give Your DonationSafe the poor people <a href="https://www.mightycause.com/story/At930g?embed=widget" rel="nofollow">Give Your Donation</a>PickaBesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05157380251183216069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-40913383187130888642019-03-29T12:37:30.122-07:002019-03-29T12:37:30.122-07:00Sorry, Pat, forgot sign off. DorothySorry, Pat, forgot sign off. DorothyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203566165909698331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-12676878922099879662019-03-29T12:35:51.334-07:002019-03-29T12:35:51.334-07:00Congratulations on your most recent successes, Pat...Congratulations on your most recent successes, Pat. I'm not at all surprised. You're a great poet, sharing your skills and workshop ideas more generously than anyone I have met. Thanks for that early advice as I was setting out. Working with you was a privilege. Knowing you still is. I love your piece, welcoming the spring. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203566165909698331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-59737726983363597502018-06-28T11:06:42.917-07:002018-06-28T11:06:42.917-07:00Those are my aunt pats lovely knackered knees.... ...Those are my aunt pats lovely knackered knees.... ur nephew...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884164020096872176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-15535987473448624172017-09-27T15:19:24.783-07:002017-09-27T15:19:24.783-07:00I had to speak Fijian for my very first funeral! T...I had to speak Fijian for my very first funeral! The family dropped it on me the night before when some people couldn't fly over. I learnt phonetics at college and this has helped enormously. Since that funeral I have had occasion to speak Luxembourgish (I didn't even know the language existed till that funeral!), French, German, Dutch, Welsh, Irish, Portuguese, Ukrainian and probably a few other languages I've left out. Often this comes in during the welcome and I agree, it's very important. The only dual language ceremony I've done was two friends' wedding - one bride is English, the other French. It wasn't massively dual language, but there were some bits in both languages. I'm more comfortable with French. It's fun too, isn't it? Pat Winslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212845987390338857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-4825396128230107682017-09-27T09:36:18.390-07:002017-09-27T09:36:18.390-07:00Not brave really Pat, you get lots of help if one ...Not brave really Pat, you get lots of help if one of the couple has a different mother tongue and the German guests were really touched. I did one wedding part in French this year too, that was very satisfying as the French guests felt so much more welcome and the English guests liked it too as it made the atmosphere more inclusive. Doing vows in two languages can also really add drama and emphasis.lococontadinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131757175402755957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-79585701062098945812017-09-26T01:53:53.507-07:002017-09-26T01:53:53.507-07:00Hello Chris. I'm always very moved by your pos...Hello Chris. I'm always very moved by your posts about your lovely dad. I remember him so well. He was a kind and generous man. He was loyal and stable, too. Your whole family has been built on that foundation. I think you're right when you say that keeping someone close is comforting. The heart is a good resting place. It's the home of love. The grave is the letting go bit, the heart is the keeper. Laying flowers connects the past to the present.<br />Pat Winslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212845987390338857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-28143951226032474722017-09-26T01:38:01.457-07:002017-09-26T01:38:01.457-07:00Hello Doug. London buses is a nice connection. Yes...Hello Doug. London buses is a nice connection. Yes, this was a bit of a double-decker blog. There has been so much to process. I don't mind working with death. I think we are actually working with ourselves when we do that. I've come to think of grief as a sort of gift. We can't begin to measure love until we've experienced grief. You can't acquire knowledge without effort and seldom can you acquire knowledge without change being involved.<br /><br />Isn't German a fabulous language? I love it. In some mouths it's spoken like the jewelled workings of an old gold pocket watch. In others, it's more urgent sounding. I love the various accents, too - from ik (ich) in the north through to ish (still ich) in the south. And the names of things change. A bullfinch is a Dompfaff in the north and a Gimpel in the south.<br /><br />Indeed, I am re-invigorated - and also <br />continuing with my German studies. I'm not sure if I'd have the nerve to conduct a ceremony in German though! You've very brave.<br /><br />Pat Winslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212845987390338857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-61505076326698555362017-09-26T01:06:43.878-07:002017-09-26T01:06:43.878-07:00I'm reading this the day after what would have...I'm reading this the day after what would have been my Dad's 92nd birthday. I went to the cemetery yesterday to put some flowers on his grave as I do at various significant times of the year - birthday, Father's Day, the date of his death in 1991. It may be 26 years since he died but every time I go, it seems as if it was just the other day. You are so right when you say that you never "get over" the loss, I miss him every day and find myself using phrases he used. Friends still talk about him and laugh which means he is not forgotten and the fact that his memory lives on in that laughter is comforting to me and in a strange way, means that he is still with me. Does that sound weird? It might to some people but I know you'll understand. Chris Livingstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12737949181934580370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-16110644352078086262017-09-25T23:06:27.204-07:002017-09-25T23:06:27.204-07:00Your blog posts are like London buses Pat. Your h...Your blog posts are like London buses Pat. Your holiday sounds like it was a real jouney and your tribute to your sister is so deep and eloquent. We never "get over" death do we? And there is no time limit that defines how long it will affect us for, it's always there and we just have to work with it.<br /><br />I know what you mean about German. This summer I recklessly volunteered to do part of a ceremony in German having only studied it for a year or so at school. I really struggled to get my head round the syntax in order to inject some expression into the words and I suddenly realised just how different a language it is, much more so than Italian I think. But all the Germans present, including the groom, were incredibly supportive.<br /><br />You sound re-envigorated and I really enjoyed reading it.lococontadinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131757175402755957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-17927916465198032652017-06-24T04:08:14.330-07:002017-06-24T04:08:14.330-07:00Your blog is awesome. You have shared very valuabl...Your blog is awesome. You have shared very valuable information to us. 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Cheers, Doug!<br />Pat Winslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212845987390338857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-8737245992774372992015-03-27T03:54:50.958-07:002015-03-27T03:54:50.958-07:00Congratulations Pat and I love the picture.Congratulations Pat and I love the picture.lococontadinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131757175402755957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-3548653632501670722014-11-14T13:12:45.627-08:002014-11-14T13:12:45.627-08:00' Aren't our lives like this? And don'...' Aren't our lives like this? And don't we carry our own metaphors and leitmotifs?' This is so lovely Pat, I can just about hear your poetic and storytelling voice, Happy writing.wxWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-89170793125515525022012-03-01T06:23:15.250-08:002012-03-01T06:23:15.250-08:00Hello Wendy. Thanks for this. I feel enormously pr...Hello Wendy. Thanks for this. I feel enormously privileged, really. To be there at the end of a life, to help families and friends mark the enormous value of that life...The funeral is nearly always the most difficult step for people. It's the beginning of coming to terms, the beginning of acceptance. People are sometimes in deep shock even when the death is expected. To be able to share human warmth and poetry and music is life-affirming. I hope to give nourishment. The odd thing is, I'm nourished too by the experience. We are the sum-total of ourselves and each each other perhaps. Does that sound fanciful?Pat Winslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212845987390338857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-32468848597504235702012-03-01T02:15:05.385-08:002012-03-01T02:15:05.385-08:00You have so much energy, creativity and commitment...You have so much energy, creativity and commitment and it shows wWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-41922055789926787882012-03-01T02:13:26.131-08:002012-03-01T02:13:26.131-08:00A remarkable post, Pat. So original and life enhan...A remarkable post, Pat. So original and life enhancing. You have a great voice. WWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-74908643580759086202012-01-14T10:21:11.900-08:002012-01-14T10:21:11.900-08:00I'm so glad to hear the progress of this ambit...I'm so glad to hear the progress of this ambition of yours, Pat... and it sounds as though it has been an incredibly moving learning curve. I admire you and the dedication this takes. And I'm sure that what ever you learn through this it will inform every single aspect of your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421978584607328798.post-34822405306913519302011-11-27T13:06:40.587-08:002011-11-27T13:06:40.587-08:00PS Wonderful poemPS Wonderful poemSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910209245137706591noreply@blogger.com