tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post2781632610786326871..comments2024-03-28T23:57:21.542-07:00Comments on STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: The Invisible Expanding WomanSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-87487265607697285762014-03-03T07:12:55.861-08:002014-03-03T07:12:55.861-08:00Wise woman. This is so good! Love your words, and ...Wise woman. This is so good! Love your words, and the heart that shines through.Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-38893420559608054922014-03-03T02:03:51.071-08:002014-03-03T02:03:51.071-08:00So much wisdom here. Age definitely brings insigh...So much wisdom here. Age definitely brings insight.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-20938836292102577542014-03-02T20:28:17.447-08:002014-03-02T20:28:17.447-08:00yes, happened to me at about 50. yes, happened to me at about 50. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-74379387261499137612014-03-02T12:39:19.393-08:002014-03-02T12:39:19.393-08:00I've been catching up on reading your posts. ...I've been catching up on reading your posts. Just had to comment on this one. We share the sentiment. Invisibility is not a quality I like. So let's be seen and heard.<br />I probably don't even make sense. I'm so tired. Just got back from grandchildren sitting. An honor, a privilege and so much fun. But I'm tired.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-1781607955894034542014-03-02T10:12:48.794-08:002014-03-02T10:12:48.794-08:00I like that heightened radar system! We indeed do...I like that heightened radar system! We indeed do gain in wisdom and weight, and better perspectives. All so well put!Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-54710847010673407692014-03-02T09:44:23.953-08:002014-03-02T09:44:23.953-08:00Very touching and much truth to this, Sherry. It&...Very touching and much truth to this, Sherry. It's so true...our society values youth and once that starts to fade we are looked at with less interest. Love how you ended this too. Excellent!Bodhirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630769135515322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-52439588721608711382014-03-02T07:27:38.103-08:002014-03-02T07:27:38.103-08:00Ha! Very clever. I don't mean to laugh becau...Ha! Very clever. I don't mean to laugh because it is a funny poem, but because it is a prescient poem. And I love the eggo waffle bit--better to be an eggo waffle, than an ego always waffling! K. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-59872774000331457892014-03-02T05:21:19.521-08:002014-03-02T05:21:19.521-08:00interesting how many times people show more attent...interesting how many times people show more attention and give more value to an old large sprawling oak and inanimate objects of antiquity rather than their own species, aging humans the makers and caregivers of these antiquities. we see past and through an aged human with discarding eyes so readily. we, humans seem to disdain and discard other beings too readily .<br /><br />'the eyes have it'<br /><br />gracias, mi amiga Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-38476001852510207732014-03-02T03:09:12.081-08:002014-03-02T03:09:12.081-08:00I like how you start this with others looking righ...I like how you start this with others looking right through you and end with you looking right through others. the two parts fit nicely together.RMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054771419356465116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-17929187055229753982014-03-02T00:26:41.764-08:002014-03-02T00:26:41.764-08:00i often found the strength of elderly and wise peo...i often found the strength of elderly and wise people is that they have good eyes to see others and the bit of "invisibility" makes them more independent on what others think as well... not a bad place in a wayClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-48408592238631722842014-03-02T00:10:52.178-08:002014-03-02T00:10:52.178-08:00The two aspects of invisibility... the former pict...The two aspects of invisibility... the former picturing the invisibility that comes with old age, how people look through you as if you are not there and the second part being so powerful in narrating the wisdom and abilities of elderly to look through a person and even understand the attributes which are invisible to the rest of the world.<br />Delightful reading... there is a sadness in it but the wisdom of your words generates an automatic smile. Great job.<br />-HAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-1232734364747595142014-03-01T21:09:55.629-08:002014-03-01T21:09:55.629-08:00Sherry, written with a pen of wisdom..but, I see y...Sherry, written with a pen of wisdom..but, I see you for the beautiful soul you are pour on that syrup and make peace..great line..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-86133661935736623852014-03-01T18:47:20.800-08:002014-03-01T18:47:20.800-08:00Great poem. I'm just as guilty...not seeing t...Great poem. I'm just as guilty...not seeing those who are all around me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-64232355930520457262014-03-01T18:44:15.711-08:002014-03-01T18:44:15.711-08:00Love this Sherry because it is all too true. Had a...Love this Sherry because it is all too true. Had a friend, while I was still working at the bookstore, and I remember the day she came in and told me that women over sixty become invisible. Of course, I didn't understand then, but certainly do now. She'd have loved both of these pieces and firmly agreed with all of it.<br /><br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-25113888122222585652014-03-01T17:24:26.919-08:002014-03-01T17:24:26.919-08:00I don't know about you, Sherry, but i can'...I don't know about you, Sherry, but i can't see shit without my glasses!Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-86467434121807879012014-03-01T17:15:19.966-08:002014-03-01T17:15:19.966-08:00Oh, Sherry, i appreciate your humor and your first...Oh, Sherry, i appreciate your humor and your first poem's "ponderous truth disguised as an Eggo!!" I've also gained (what i hope is) the weight of wisdom...and find that grandkids LOVE waffles :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-64708396566754541742014-03-01T16:30:25.704-08:002014-03-01T16:30:25.704-08:00Ha! I like the two sides to the coin. :)Ha! I like the two sides to the coin. :)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-88462753743437007882014-03-01T16:17:30.702-08:002014-03-01T16:17:30.702-08:00Age comes to everyone and because we live in a soc...Age comes to everyone and because we live in a society that is youth oriented once the signs of age appear many of us go into a decline and start making appointments with the cosmetic surgeon so we look forever young. IGood health is paramount also a well nurtured mind the rest is inconsequential.Those who write people off as invisibles are those you are happy to be invisible to:)Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781684841036567770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-57141585415141201132014-03-01T16:14:47.876-08:002014-03-01T16:14:47.876-08:00Truly said Sherry! How the 'smart alecs' t...Truly said Sherry! How the 'smart alecs' think they can outwit the experienced old-aged. And your style of writing with beautiful word craft is sheer genius, such a pleasure to read (read it multiple times) Great!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-74861702616455536352014-03-01T16:08:54.008-08:002014-03-01T16:08:54.008-08:00Oh Sherry! You have told so much truth here that ...Oh Sherry! You have told so much truth here that I have a wide grin across my face. Just Perfect! I too have inched into invisibility and girth. We should form a club.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-32163046985304641432014-03-01T15:59:43.245-08:002014-03-01T15:59:43.245-08:00I especially like the second part...where we have ...I especially like the second part...where we have gained the ability to see the invisible. Hugs.Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-34176029939099094662014-03-01T15:57:24.646-08:002014-03-01T15:57:24.646-08:00Great truths written well. If only those who write...Great truths written well. If only those who write off the 'invisibles' realised that they have much to learn from them... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-90832118157674736142014-03-01T15:41:39.468-08:002014-03-01T15:41:39.468-08:00Oh such a wonderful truth Sherry. Oh if only we c...Oh such a wonderful truth Sherry. Oh if only we could live in years gone by when advancing age was viewed as a determination of a sages view.<br /><br />I refuse to be sidelined and everyone hears my voice - but in our NHS I will soon enter the realm of geriatrics and despite the PC blurb - will soon to cease to have significance...<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-1782472335234620732014-03-01T15:29:07.023-08:002014-03-01T15:29:07.023-08:00The first one made me smile, Eggo waffle ~ Someti...The first one made me smile, Eggo waffle ~ Sometimes making peace with ourselves is golden ~<br /><br />And the second one, hey sometimes we give ourselves away so easily ~ I like to think that the prize of aging & gaining wisdom ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-80327586914187133892014-03-01T15:20:38.110-08:002014-03-01T15:20:38.110-08:00I think you are more than right.. how often elderl...I think you are more than right.. how often elderly are neglected.. how often we forget... but you see right through us (and soon I'm right there too)... hmm brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com