tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post115470858020232110..comments2023-12-23T07:29:02.620-06:00Comments on Diary of a Self-Portrait: Sunday Scribblings: "Who else might I have been?"Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377814945121401007noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1155167970886965952006-08-09T18:59:00.000-05:002006-08-09T18:59:00.000-05:00Sounds like you have great neighbors. What great f...Sounds like you have great neighbors. What great freedom to be able to start anew! Sounds like it'll be not only a time of reflection but one of continued growth as well.Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18266495150913013825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1155093881891291582006-08-08T22:24:00.000-05:002006-08-08T22:24:00.000-05:00I love following your journey into the new home! :...I love following your journey into the new home! :) The fact that Jennifer and Mark were your first visitors made me smile...(me and my non-hubby) I am feeling the same sense of peaceful ness and Me-ness in my new place and I need to get it all down in words...<BR/><BR/>Although I have to say reading yours makes me jealous of my life yet to come in the future...thanks for sharing!All Things Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356153780672927550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154915196492350722006-08-06T20:46:00.000-05:002006-08-06T20:46:00.000-05:00Great post. I haven't moved in a while, but it's ...Great post. I haven't moved in a while, but it's so true. I love the freedom that comes with going somewhere new, yet no matter where I go, I take myself with me. (For good and for bad...) Fun read.<BR/><BR/>jbjennifer blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162940461142708018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154913257213019252006-08-06T20:14:00.000-05:002006-08-06T20:14:00.000-05:00It's wonderful to know that you have the freedom t...It's wonderful to know that you have the freedom to become whoever you would like to be . . . it's more wonderful to love who you already are.<BR/>Bravo!Roadchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10671418568557779263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154882409904668412006-08-06T11:40:00.000-05:002006-08-06T11:40:00.000-05:00You reveal alot about yourself. Being an artist is...You reveal alot about yourself. Being an artist is sometimes difficult to admit. In fact it takes years sometimes to own it.gmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04879507440579599549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154843379809561202006-08-06T00:49:00.000-05:002006-08-06T00:49:00.000-05:00I'm jealous of both the freshness of your opportun...I'm jealous of both the freshness of your opportunity and the pleasure you so obviously take in writing about it! You write about this opportunity beautifully, as well.Rachel Grynberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00174838357649946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154821957268026672006-08-05T18:52:00.000-05:002006-08-05T18:52:00.000-05:00This is one great post!!! lots of food for thought...This is one great post!!! lots of food for thought for all of us...<BR/>Have fun writing on your new slate :)Endmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711896605197134394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154807909895939222006-08-05T14:58:00.000-05:002006-08-05T14:58:00.000-05:00What a wonderful conclusion: to be pondering the o...What a wonderful conclusion: to be pondering the opportunities for redefinition of the self within the context of new beginnings; and then to realise that you are actually comfortable with who you are right now. And excited about who you might still be, which was my own conclusion in my post on the subject.<BR/><BR/>Well written, thank you.Kerstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684657181509439771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154793939783416312006-08-05T11:05:00.000-05:002006-08-05T11:05:00.000-05:00Lovely piece, Jessie. I think your move has made ...Lovely piece, Jessie. I think your move has made you aware of a power to choose who your self might be. I also think you--and we--have that power all the time, whether moving or not. We forget that.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192452293593971724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154748019145390662006-08-04T22:20:00.000-05:002006-08-04T22:20:00.000-05:00"Here I am moving forward from the middle of mysel...<I>"Here I am moving forward from the middle of myself and, for the first time in forever, I feel my movements originate from my center as I step out into the newness of who I've been all along."</I><BR/><BR/>this statement gave me chills, jessie! such a beautiful post; what an exciting time for you and vinny!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154744734338924222006-08-04T21:25:00.000-05:002006-08-04T21:25:00.000-05:00Hi Jessie,Thoughtful post. I made me think. Best o...Hi Jessie,<BR/><BR/>Thoughtful post. I made me think. <BR/><BR/>Best of wishes with the neighbors, a job, and the new place.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783831386634568807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154733465945972102006-08-04T18:17:00.001-05:002006-08-04T18:17:00.001-05:00Love this post, Jessie - the celebration of who yo...Love this post, Jessie - the celebration of who you are and who you are becoming, with all these new opportunities beckoning. And how wonderful to have neighbours bearing "welcome" gifts. Sounds as though you're off to a wonderful start!paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7352133.post-1154733443284206462006-08-04T18:17:00.000-05:002006-08-04T18:17:00.000-05:00that is why i love moving to new places. oddly, i ...that is why i love moving to new places. oddly, i always feel i can be more myself than i can around people/places i know. doesn't make much sense, i know, but there it is. i feel more comfortable because they don't expect anything in particular from me yet. or rather, maybe they do, but i just don't know about it, which is fine with me too. sounds like a nice neighborhood.erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379453725621504671noreply@blogger.com