tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post4752002953363831424..comments2024-03-20T14:31:49.238-07:00Comments on mole: RefugeeDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-27664408294456780162011-09-19T17:52:01.542-07:002011-09-19T17:52:01.542-07:00Whew! I read The Lord of the Rings aloud to Betha...Whew! I read The Lord of the Rings aloud to Bethany years ago -- one of the most wonderful times I've ever had. I love reading my favorite books aloud to others. It may take grandchildren at this point: Victoria has no interest in being read to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-60735588999433395782011-09-17T14:28:44.666-07:002011-09-17T14:28:44.666-07:00Wow, what a blatherer. I need to go write a haiku....Wow, what a blatherer. I need to go write a haiku. Or a twitter novel.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-49111716743186067252011-09-17T14:27:52.200-07:002011-09-17T14:27:52.200-07:00Oh, missed this! Too bad. The last time I moved, a...Oh, missed this! Too bad. The last time I moved, as the movers were carrying out the last of our things, my South Carolina realtor called to say that our buyer (also a realtor) hadn't made mortgage. They had not questioned her because she was a realtor! She had already weaseled 5K out of me, so I wasn't too pleased.<br /><br />My husband had already been in New York for six months and was living in a room over a garage. We were closing on a house in a couple of days. Well. That threw everything into disarray, and we almost lost our current house.<br /><br />But my children enjoyed it. We went to North Carolina and stayed with my parents for several weeks, and it snowed, and they climbed up and down the mountain using a rope tied to a railing.<br /><br />My new house rules:<br /><br />1. Never buy from a lawyer.<br />2. Never sell to a lawyer.<br />3. Never buy from a realtor.<br />4. Never sell to a realtor.<br /><br />All ended happily, although their lawyer was pretty peppery.<br /><br />Perhaps it's inspiring to you, as you have at least new good new poems in the bag...<br /><br />As for parties, I have long felt discouraged about both. And I didn't think Obama had enough experience. I'm not sure it matters that much which party wins any more--we're governed by a pack of lawyers who aren't going to let go of their personal desires long enough to make good law. A reasonable cap on pain and suffering awards, say, would be a great help to our problems with medicine, but what motivation does a lawyer who hopes for off-the-charts wins have to change such a thing? Etc. Etc. Etc.<br /><br />Wish we could have more farmers and doctors and shopkeepers and so on in Congress.<br /><br />Hope all is straightened soon!marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-83356501185365227342011-09-15T20:15:27.700-07:002011-09-15T20:15:27.700-07:00My father used to like telling us that we were get...My father used to like telling us that we were getting too big for our britches (when we <em>were</em> getting too big for our britches-- well, mostly is was my brother).<br /><br />And those papers! Who knows where all those papers are? Certainly not the bank. <br /><br />Hope it all comes together for you soon. In the meantime, I like hearing your meandering, limbo thoughts. :)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-20162351177912351412011-09-15T18:24:22.039-07:002011-09-15T18:24:22.039-07:00Limbo has no place in a real estate transaction an...Limbo has no place in a real estate transaction and banks, it turns out, have no rightful place as property owners. The listing agreement itself was likely robo-signed. Oy! By end of Depression, 95 percent of U.S. residential r.e. will suffer clouded title. Wish that I could recommend a nasty Portland lawyer, and industrial strength title insurance. Hang in there!JMartinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-38851989828998985972011-09-15T11:32:31.379-07:002011-09-15T11:32:31.379-07:00(Sorry, by the way, that I have neither a real cam...(Sorry, by the way, that I have neither a real camera nor minimal camera competence.)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-32165395857747660702011-09-15T10:41:43.060-07:002011-09-15T10:41:43.060-07:00:-) Well yes, in your state, Zhoen, voting Dem is ...:-) Well yes, in your state, Zhoen, voting Dem is protest vote like voting Green would be in mine.<br /><br />Jean & Zhoen, yes! Limbo I think can be very fruitful: it's a version of what Paz called "solitude."<br /><br />& you're right, Jean, a person just can't knowingly send their country down the road to perdition, no matter how resentful and betrayed they feel.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-51996152761053713812011-09-15T10:18:34.923-07:002011-09-15T10:18:34.923-07:00I think times in limbo can be very fertile. Leavin...I think times in limbo can be very fertile. Leaving your boxes outside, though: from what I know (mostly from you) about the weather in Portland, eeek. Take good care of yourselves. <br /><br />I identify iwth your voting dilemma entirely. Don't know if I could ever vote Labour again - I guess I would to help block a worse alternative. With a heavy heart. But I would.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-90153359020553347872011-09-15T09:42:02.461-07:002011-09-15T09:42:02.461-07:00I like useful and satisfying, both within my abili...I like useful and satisfying, both within my ability to create and judge. <br /><br />You are in limbo. It's not a bad place, for a while.<br /><br />I will stick with the Dems, just because the other side is so far off the sanity scale. Not that my vote counts in this state either way.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com