tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post3565826617640079663..comments2024-01-03T01:49:09.084-07:00Comments on Author Bethany Wiggins: The Moments that Make UsSuzette Saxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06401538008029407734noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-41645199803275044342009-11-09T22:40:46.499-07:002009-11-09T22:40:46.499-07:00Love your very colorful blog! I introduced my seve...Love your very colorful blog! I introduced my seven and 10-year-old daughters to the music of the Phantom of the Opera last weekend. I pulled out the CD's and told the story during pauses in the opera (which I sang at the top of my lungs, arms fully extended). They were totally entranced. At one point I became teary eyed when explaining how evil the Phantom was, but that you couldn't help but feel sorry for his pain. His voice in the opera is mesmerizing, sorrowful, angry--such a range of emotions! My daughters were caught up in it, eyes wide, mouths gaping. It was truly awesome to see their reaction. Music definitely shapes my life, and I think it opened a new love for them.<br /><br />PS We have a crater pool close to us (at Homestead in Midway, UT). Maybe I should get up my nerve and swim it. I need a profound experience! :)Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607961541091240021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-33660583347195312552009-11-03T22:33:54.363-07:002009-11-03T22:33:54.363-07:00Thanks for the shout out, Suzy! Great post!Thanks for the shout out, Suzy! Great post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725012086692924891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-12210374593173767602009-10-26T08:49:40.207-06:002009-10-26T08:49:40.207-06:00I love Puccini's operas. Was it Turandot you l...I love Puccini's operas. Was it Turandot you listened to or perhaps Madama Butterfly? Sorry if I missed it in your post. I tend to do that sometimes.Regina Quentinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16541489650098107512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-51040028285010507492009-10-25T16:23:34.212-06:002009-10-25T16:23:34.212-06:00Though I do not share in your passion for opera, m...Though I do not share in your passion for opera, maybe someday, I agree. It's those moments in time, a smell, a look that imprint themselves on us and mold us into who we are.Dana Elmendorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130309062939542854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-64460363099968116952009-10-25T10:47:04.572-06:002009-10-25T10:47:04.572-06:00Thank you all for your comments - I've read ov...Thank you all for your comments - I've read over them several times and when I do I feel something shift inside of me - a shift of perspective, almost. It's a neat thing.<br /><br />The crater pool is in Midway Utah at the Homestead Resort. Fun place to visit.Suzette Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401538008029407734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-48441052713481665502009-10-22T13:57:25.049-06:002009-10-22T13:57:25.049-06:00You have amazing blog.
Greetings from Poland :)
...You have amazing blog.<br /><br />Greetings from Poland :)<br /><br />Sylvia.* sylvia * * 333 *https://www.blogger.com/profile/15596671972119971831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-37518902365162828372009-10-21T17:33:39.756-06:002009-10-21T17:33:39.756-06:00Not all opera gets to me, but Faust, Madam Butterf...Not all opera gets to me, but Faust, Madam Butterfly, and La Boheme really do.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-8770626849263756352009-10-18T13:23:47.918-06:002009-10-18T13:23:47.918-06:00Wow, where do I begin?! Nature is my #1. But I'...Wow, where do I begin?! Nature is my #1. But I'm also inspired by art, music, and especially dance. I'm inspired by words and colors and textures. Sounds or silence. This is an awesome post. Wonderful topic!B.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767654810069240472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-85575307781605984902009-10-18T07:50:02.809-06:002009-10-18T07:50:02.809-06:00Hi, You are following me on my blogspot blog that ...Hi, You are following me on my blogspot blog that doesn't do anything. I was hoping you would follow me at my new blog. I hope you do. Would love to have you there? Also would you please contact me. I have a request besides the one below.<br /><br />I would like you to guest post on my blog. Also I offer a Blog Brag, which consists of answering 3 Qs: 1. What is your blog about? 2. What motivated you to do your blog? 3. What do you offer your visitors to your blog? What do you want your visitors to take with them when they leave your blog?<br />Thank you<br />Jo Ann Hernandez<br />BronzeWord Latino Authors<br />//authorslatino.com/wordpress<br />BronzeWord1 AT yahoo comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-31128204979340674062009-10-17T13:16:38.604-06:002009-10-17T13:16:38.604-06:00Beautiful post!
Celtic music, softly falling snow...Beautiful post!<br /><br />Celtic music, softly falling snow in the evening with a purple sky and green hills: All are bound to make me emotional in some form or another. I'm not sure why. Live music also gets me (classical), and Monet's paintings. <br /><br />I love fuzzy blankets and fireplaces; libraries/bookstores, and music boxes with waltzing couples. I love the smell of pine trees in the rocky mountains (Alberta) and the glowing blue of glaciers. I love standing on frozen lakes, even though I'm terrified, and racing horses in the country. I love the glow of candles and cuddling with my 14 yeaar old puppy dog.<br /><br />That's all I can think of right now.Natalie Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116611923169722657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-39075143238506196252009-10-16T11:33:29.179-06:002009-10-16T11:33:29.179-06:00Awesome post!
I love opera too! Music is an amazi...Awesome post!<br /><br />I love opera too! Music is an amazing thing. :)<br /><br />Subtle moments that make me who I am? Getting a peanut butter-scented hug from a tiny tot. The love in my husband's eye. A beautiful phrase. A wonderful word that trips off my tongue. A smile from a stranger. A moment where a spark of light resonates through the darkness.Danyelle L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10366276085080565870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-68997723514839036032009-10-16T07:04:04.112-06:002009-10-16T07:04:04.112-06:00A subtle, shaping moment for me is when I bake som...A subtle, shaping moment for me is when I bake something, and when I take it out of the oven, it comes out right.<br /><br />A less subtle moment but one I love is, I live in the same block as an elementary school, and their playground adjoins our communal garden. When I am working at my desk from about 9-10 am it is so quiet you could hear a pin drop. But at 10 am a roar, like a wave, comes exploding from the school doors, as a hundred kids burst onto the playground for recess. It's a sound and energy tsunami that always makes me smile....<br /><br />Thanks for the lovely post.<br /><br />And where is that crater pool? I would love to swim in it!Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734320298500005726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-49452017311455728832009-10-15T20:08:25.009-06:002009-10-15T20:08:25.009-06:00you swam in a crater! coolyou swam in a crater! coolShelli (srjohannes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17123227845032402600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-215355654667943322009-10-15T14:15:21.313-06:002009-10-15T14:15:21.313-06:00Thanks for the comment :) I love your site.Thanks for the comment :) I love your site.Brihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337090157655667695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-34662654377867610882009-10-15T10:04:14.832-06:002009-10-15T10:04:14.832-06:00...traigo
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Nature, par...Wonderful post, love the aspen photo. <br />Nature, particularly the red rock country in Arizona and southern Utah, gives me serenity, inspiration and ahah moments. Great guitar music, too, can slow my whirring brain.Kathy McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899118869240481737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-29657204448749217922009-10-11T21:02:17.979-06:002009-10-11T21:02:17.979-06:00tuck in songs
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family dinners...tuck in songs<br /><br />sleepy morning hugs<br /><br />family dinners<br /><br />can't stop, tears rolling down your face, jaw hurting laughterTesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014195715998913268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-90931523342192875222009-10-11T20:07:13.999-06:002009-10-11T20:07:13.999-06:00That first look from each of my four babies. Pumpk...That first look from each of my four babies. Pumpkin pie smell. Looking at the ocean swaying, crickets in the night. Swimming in the warm ocean in Culebra Island. What a paradise!Yamilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769312615756253197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-13170369444344086512009-10-11T08:31:47.009-06:002009-10-11T08:31:47.009-06:00Do you accept walk-ins? *smile*
I was visiting Du...Do you accept walk-ins? *smile*<br /><br />I was visiting Dulce's "Sweet Poetry" blog this morning, when I noticed your "Flaming June" avatar and I had to come see. FJ is extremely close to my heart for reasons I won't rattle on about, but I love it dearly, as you clearly do, as well!<br /><br />This post is just full of delights for me. When i was small, the lady next door played opera in her kitchen all day long, and I thought it was just pretty odd and didn't think much about it. Then, some time in the 90s, I heard two pieces that transported me. One was the Flower Duet by Delibes, which i thought was just so very beautiful and sweet, and Vesti La Giubba from Pagliacci. Though I could not understand the words, the singer was clearly in agony over something, and actually wept. I wept too, and have loved opera ever since.<br /><br />The painting of the aspens is lovely. I deliver mail to a place called Aspen Woods. There isn't an aspen tree in sight, naturally. Just oaks and some sort of fruit tree. Whenever I hear aspens mentioned, i always recall John Denver's song "Starwood In Aspen." <br /><br />Well, anyway. Your blog is beautiful.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-19098493153931400112009-10-11T07:35:51.479-06:002009-10-11T07:35:51.479-06:00Thanks for the soul-soothing post. Some of mine we...Thanks for the soul-soothing post. Some of mine were the first night of my firstborn's life, a lot of places in Hawaii, and visiting Costa Rica for the first time since I was five years old.Diana Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04368186068872293410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018235841365360426.post-12578229674939650122009-10-10T21:54:20.386-06:002009-10-10T21:54:20.386-06:00Stormy weather. The sound of silence. Shooting sta...Stormy weather. The sound of silence. Shooting stars. Genuine laughter.<br /><br />Deep question...<br /><br />NevineNevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.com