A Short Paragraph About You

[gurdonark]

An on-line friend from Goteburg sent me two samples of a Swedish instrument called a nyckelharpa. It's got a great sound--like a cross among a zither, a fiddle, a dulcimer and something indefinable. I'm using it to mine samples to slice, but I admire the samples as they stand now, unadorned.

Today marked another very busy day. I am tired.

The newspaper advised that this January is the most rainy since 1898. We do extremes well where I live. Other places are warmer, other places are colder, but we have compelling contrasts.

I like a meme that is going around the internet these days. I'm impressed, too, with the aplomb people bring to this meme.
Thus, I'm going to incorporate that meme into this post, and issue you an invitation:

I'd be delighted to write you a short paragraph about how cool you are, and what I like about you and your journal. There are but three rules:

a. you may not write back to deny any compliments paid;
b. you need not duplicate my feat in your journal;
c. you shall not turn inot a winged monkey.

I reserve the right to:

a. write a long paragraph, or more than one
b. wax effusively
c. go off on tangents
d. give unexpected praise

As you know, I like to start these things with a silly word in reply.

If you are interested, could you reply--

"All about me"

Comments

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

It always sounds condescending to be "proud" of someone on one's friends' list, but I'll risk that sad appellation
here.

You have really made impressive, positive strides to take a career path that was once a bit strewn by the wayside and get yourself firmly back on the path. You're back on your own terms, more or less, which is ideal.

I was glad when you sat and passed the bar, which a lot of people would not have been able to easily do, given some of the challenges of the past. I think it's great that you've pursued the entry steps into the career so well, and are now originating clients and helping people. I think that
you have your heart in the rigth place as to wanting to be of service to folks.

I like that, like me, you are from more-or-less rural Arkansas. You "escaped" to the city for a while, and yet, in so many ways, I think that one never truly escapes the locale of one's childhood. My own instinct, by the way, was that I never wanted to leave Arkansas, and thus, of course, I did.

I like your stories about young Breezy, who sounds like a cool dog. I like that you're puzzling out the minefields which are personal and family relationships. I like that you have a good idea of who you want to be, and now it's just living through the times that get you there.

I like the sense I get that you are growing and changing, without losing your sense of self.