I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, Jamie. I wasn't part of the newsgroup, but I did get to "meet" your dad on the forum, and I liked him very much. He was kind, funny, and occasionally silly in the best way. And of course, he was poetic. I especially loved his poems/haiku about nature. Spe...

Congratulations Abby! I'm so happy to see you published, you are a talented writer. I love when you read something and then you instantly want to re-read it. Your piece pulls me through it Abby. While reading I find myself in spaces that I want to linger. I want to stay with the boy a while longer b...

Hello dear Abby xo, we are always much harder on ourselves than with others. I don't know why, it must serve some purpose. I'm sorry that you missed being beside your father in-law as he passed but it sounds like you had been with him shortly before and still part of his journey. I personally strugg...

Wishing you all a peaceful holiday season, filled with the warmth of cherished memories and the hopes of Christmases yet to come.

Cate

I'm very sorry to hear this.
My condolences to Linda and all who loved him.

Hi Mat, are you doing well? Is Australia locked down? What a crazy event that we all seem to be participants in. nope, not on the front lines unless Covid 19 starts to access computers and phones. We were told about 2 weeks ago to stop any non-emergency community visits/home visits. It's a very stra...

And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. ...

Thank you for posting this and for your good wishes for us Hugo. I created the Hallelujah version ;-) I'm not responsible for this one though. When I saw this one I thought of the lyrics to Hallelujah! ... It feels like the calm before the storm here. I have lots of toilet paper, that should be a co...

It's shocking to see how a Leonard Cohen fan can get snatched like that and carted off to a beautiful Scandinavian country ... what on earth is this world coming to.


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very good ironing out of unneeded apostrophe's <grin> Sue.

I wonder what Leonard is thinking about in this. Geoffrey, did Leonard ever smoke a pipe? (the tobacco kind) Does anybody else miss cigarettes terribly? ... Then, there are the people who smoke(d) cigarettes! Kissing someone who smokes cigarettes provides the sensation of licking an ashtray (again, ...

I find this interesting article. https://thewalrus.ca/the-darker-side-of-leonard-cohen/ which deserves many other comments reliated to other subjects pointed in this paper. But for now I would like to concentrate on only one : What is in the book is a symbol of what did happen to the First Nations....

I was hoping for something like this. Thanks for the good news Jarkko.

My guesses would be the first 3 that Mary has mentioned plus Serena Ryder and Coeur de pirate. Maybe Steven Paige.

Perhaps there will be some readings as well.

Hi Gisa, I think that this is my favourite line in the song, maybe my favourite on the whole album. To me, what I feel when I listen, is that I am the violator. How horrible would it be if when we hurt other people, that they would stay hurt forever. What a dark and cold thought. The line is also a ...