Comments on: Southerly Wind http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/ Look up! It's A Brand New Day Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Selma http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2465 Selma Tue, 06 May 2008 00:02:01 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2465 CRAFTY GREEN - those storm petrels are such beautiful birds. Everything about them is so poetic - the look of them, the way they fly, their name. Quite inspiring creatures. GLENN - I do a bit of yoga and pilates when rain prevents me from getting out. it's very helpful. LISA - how are you? Bit of prose, bit of poetry. Inspiring surroundings. CRAFTY GREEN – those storm petrels are such beautiful birds. Everything about them is so poetic – the look of them, the way they fly, their name. Quite inspiring creatures.

GLENN – I do a bit of yoga and pilates when rain prevents me from getting out. it’s very helpful.

LISA – how are you? Bit of prose, bit of poetry. Inspiring surroundings.

]]> By: Lisa Allender http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2448 Lisa Allender Sun, 04 May 2008 07:04:20 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2448 Selma--Hi.What loveliness in your words! A prose poem, I think! Selma–Hi.What loveliness in your words!
A prose poem, I think!

]]> By: Glenn http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2422 Glenn Thu, 01 May 2008 01:14:05 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2422 Selma: Sorry about the rain and your walks. I know how important my daily Yoga is to me, but fortunately I'm not affected by the weather. Can you go on a treadmill the days it rains. It's real important you keep those endorphins pumping on a daily basis, especially for those of us prone to depression. Might I also suggest a good Hatha Yoga class. It's real cheap and after a few classes, you can just carry on at home. Love, Glenn Selma:

Sorry about the rain and your walks. I know how important my daily Yoga is to me, but fortunately I’m not affected by the weather.

Can you go on a treadmill the days it rains. It’s real important you keep those endorphins pumping on a daily basis, especially for those of us prone to depression. Might I also suggest a good Hatha Yoga class. It’s real cheap and after a few classes, you can just carry on at home.

Love,
Glenn

]]> By: Crafty Green Poet http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2418 Crafty Green Poet Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:24:38 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2418 Lovely post, so very atmospheric and yes nice to read about autumn just as we're entering spring (hopefully, actually it still feels like winter!). I love your description of the storm petrel. Lovely post, so very atmospheric and yes nice to read about autumn just as we’re entering spring (hopefully, actually it still feels like winter!). I love your description of the storm petrel.

]]> By: Selma http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2400 Selma Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:44:16 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2400 AUD - thanks so much for visiting. It is lovely to run in the rain. Makes you realise the best things in life are in fact, free. ANTHONY - you don't want to see me run. It ain't pretty. I think I scare small children. ;) CAROLINE - lovely to hear from you. Thank you so much for your kind words. GLENN - I live in Sydney on the east coast. I guess you could say we are fairly southern. And we have a fairly temperate climate but have experienced a lot of rain in recent months after years of heart-breaking drought. Because I am a walker I have been deprived of my daily walks lately and that has gotten me down a little but the sun is out today. I am heading off for a big walk after work. YAY! AUD – thanks so much for visiting. It is lovely to run in the rain. Makes you realise the best things in life are in fact, free.

ANTHONY – you don’t want to see me run. It ain’t pretty. I think I scare small children. ;)

CAROLINE – lovely to hear from you. Thank you so much for your kind words.

GLENN – I live in Sydney on the east coast. I guess you could say we are fairly southern. And we have a fairly temperate climate but have experienced a lot of rain in recent months after years of heart-breaking drought. Because I am a walker I have been deprived of my daily walks lately and that has gotten me down a little but the sun is out today. I am heading off for a big walk after work. YAY!

]]> By: Glenn http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2397 Glenn Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:29:02 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2397 Selma, I have to guess you live in Southern Austialia. I couldn't imagine living that close to Antarctica or the North Pole, which is my hemisphere's Antarctica. My heart goes out to you. I moved to South Florida, U.S. 12 years ago to eliminate Winter from my diet on a regular basis. Every year I would suffer and stay depressed throughout the seven-month long Winter in New York and later the four-month version in Atlanta. I have found that sun and warm temperatures to be very healing. Emotional types like you and I require far more ultra violet rays than the average person. And it seems you have been clearly deprived wherever you have lived. Selma,

I have to guess you live in Southern Austialia. I couldn’t imagine living that close to Antarctica or the North Pole, which is my hemisphere’s Antarctica.

My heart goes out to you. I moved to South Florida, U.S. 12 years ago to eliminate Winter from my diet on a regular basis. Every year I would suffer and stay depressed throughout the seven-month long Winter in New York and later the four-month version in Atlanta.

I have found that sun and warm temperatures to be very healing. Emotional types like you and I require far more ultra violet rays than the average person. And it seems you have been clearly deprived wherever you have lived.

]]> By: Caroline Crayon http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2396 Caroline Crayon Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:53:39 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2396 Hi Selma in the City, You have left such nice comments on my blog, and here I am just now catching up with yours. Writing a short piece is such a challenge, because every single word carries weight. This is a lovely piece of writing. Keeping it in the present tense makes it seem more universal or something. Well done. Hi Selma in the City,
You have left such nice comments on my blog, and here I am just now catching up with yours. Writing a short piece is such a challenge, because every single word carries weight. This is a lovely piece of writing. Keeping it in the present tense makes it seem more universal or something. Well done.

]]> By: anthonynorth http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2391 anthonynorth Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:07:49 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2391 Running in the rain on a warm day is an absolute delight. Although it's quite some time since I ran, though. Running in the rain on a warm day is an absolute delight. Although it’s quite some time since I ran, though.

]]> By: Aud http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2390 Aud Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:34:00 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2390 It's been so long since I ran in the rain and enjoyed it. Now, you made me want to give it a try again! It’s been so long since I ran in the rain and enjoyed it. Now, you made me want to give it a try again!

]]> By: Selma http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/southerly-wind/#comment-2388 Selma Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:36:32 +0000 http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/?p=403#comment-2388 TRAVELRAT - don't get me wrong, on a hot summer's day a southerly is very welcome but sometimes in winter - BRRRRRR. I don't know if there is an equivalent Aussie version of that nursery rhyme but I'll ask some of my friends. One of them is bound to know. NANNA - you and the kids played in a tornado? Hahaha. I shouldn't laugh really, because it might have been dangerous. You are regular stormchasers. WOW! POET - I agree. They're definitely a gift. I saw yesterday there were forest fires in California - hope you are OK. They weren't deliberately lit were they? I ask, because some of the bushfires in Australia are deliberately lit. Can you imagine doing something like that for fun? I just don't get it. MELEAH - it always cheers me up, getting outside and just watching the world. There's so much going on out there! KAREN - it's an attempt to cheer myself up after three weeks of rain. Oddly enough, it worked! MOM FALI - I will admit to a childish delight in jumping in puddles. There's something so liberating about it. PAISLEY - From you, that is such a compliment. You have totally made my day! VEGGIES - I suspect we might be too. It's brilliant! GYPSY - we will definitely do it one day. Don't forget your gumboots! TRAVELRAT – don’t get me wrong, on a hot summer’s day a southerly is very welcome but sometimes in winter – BRRRRRR. I don’t know if there is an equivalent Aussie version of that nursery rhyme but I’ll ask some of my friends. One of them is bound to know.

NANNA – you and the kids played in a tornado? Hahaha. I shouldn’t laugh really, because it might have been dangerous. You are regular stormchasers. WOW!

POET – I agree. They’re definitely a gift. I saw yesterday there were forest fires in California – hope you are OK. They weren’t deliberately lit were they? I ask, because some of the bushfires in Australia are deliberately lit. Can you imagine doing something like that for fun? I just don’t get it.

MELEAH – it always cheers me up, getting outside and just watching the world. There’s so much going on out there!

KAREN – it’s an attempt to cheer myself up after three weeks of rain. Oddly enough, it worked!

MOM FALI – I will admit to a childish delight in jumping in puddles. There’s something so liberating about it.

PAISLEY – From you, that is such a compliment. You have totally made my day!

VEGGIES – I suspect we might be too. It’s brilliant!

GYPSY – we will definitely do it one day. Don’t forget your gumboots!

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