Comments on: Memories of People I Love http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: rr http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11222 rr Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:35:53 +0000 http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11222 Your writing is so moving. Thank you for sharing your experiences. Your writing is so moving. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

]]> By: lisa http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11182 lisa Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:30:47 +0000 http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11182 Butuki--Such a touching story, thank you for sharing your travels and most intimate reminiscence with us. I'm with you in spirit though maybe not beside you on the trail--L Butuki—Such a touching story, thank you for sharing your travels and most intimate reminiscence with us. I’m with you in spirit though maybe not beside you on the trail—L

]]> By: Pica http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11181 Pica Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:13:11 +0000 http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11181 Butuki -- I am really loving your writing, your willingness to take us on this journey with you, even though we're not really there, and even though part of this is very difficult for you. (I couldn't keep up with you on these mountain walks; just two miles up a slope in Nevada was a tough one for me this weekend, but I did it again the next day, and I thought about you, doing far lengthier and more strenuous walking...) Butuki—I am really loving your writing, your willingness to take us on this journey with you, even though we’re not really there, and even though part of this is very difficult for you. (I couldn’t keep up with you on these mountain walks; just two miles up a slope in Nevada was a tough one for me this weekend, but I did it again the next day, and I thought about you, doing far lengthier and more strenuous walking…)

]]> By: Papa http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11180 Papa Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:20:31 +0000 http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11180 You're not alone. We're always with you no matter where you are. Genki wo dashite, ne. Papa You’re not alone. We’re always with you no matter where you are. Genki wo dashite, ne.
Papa

]]> By: Dave http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11179 Dave Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:56:11 +0000 http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11179 It's funny, I rarely feel lonely when I'm alone at home, but travelling by oneself can be, as you say, a very lonely experience indeed. Still, it sounds as if you're seeing and experience some wonderful, luminous things. It’s funny, I rarely feel lonely when I’m alone at home, but travelling by oneself can be, as you say, a very lonely experience indeed. Still, it sounds as if you’re seeing and experience some wonderful, luminous things.

]]> By: vegetablej http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11178 vegetablej Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:32:04 +0000 http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11178 Yes, I miss my grandfather and grandmother a lot! Just had an experience like you describe, though it might have only been something I saw on TV or a memory of times we shared; when the longing for someone who's gone grows so strong it just bursts out. To me my grandparents' place means "home". It was the centre of us all, where we met other relatives, ate many holiday meals, cooked together in the kitchen, argued, made up, lived. It was where I learned to walk, and talk. I think some of that sadness is for the time that's gone and can never come again, but that is so much a part of us, that we can't imagine ourselves without those people, those experiences. Fortunately, they are ours to carry with us, inside in the homes we have built. Sometimes with sadness, but often with joy. Yes, I miss my grandfather and grandmother a lot! Just had an experience like you describe, though it might have only been something I saw on TV or a memory of times we shared; when the longing for someone who’s gone grows so strong it just bursts out. To me my grandparents’ place means “home”. It was the centre of us all, where we met other relatives, ate many holiday meals, cooked together in the kitchen, argued, made up, lived. It was where I learned to walk, and talk.

I think some of that sadness is for the time that’s gone and can never come again, but that is so much a part of us, that we can’t imagine ourselves without those people, those experiences. Fortunately, they are ours to carry with us, inside in the homes we have built. Sometimes with sadness, but often with joy.

]]> By: beth http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11177 beth Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:40:45 +0000 http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/memories-of-people-i-love/#comment-11177 Your accounts are so moving, and I am cheering you on at each stop, slightly enviously - it's been many years since my one and only trip to the Alps, which went through Chamonix and on to Zurich and Interlaken. So glad you are enjoying it, feeling good, and meeting some friendly people even though some of the traveling is lonely for you. I've also been thinking of dead and absent family and friends lately. The longing to see them again and the sadness that that isn't possible is mixed with gratitude for their love and the way it does stay with me, increasing my own ability to appreciate things and be lovign to others. I don't know how else to look at it! When you get home, maybe you'd enjoy reading some of John Berger's books about people and villages in the Alps, if you haven't already. In the latest one, he "encounters" many people from his past. Happy walking for the rest of your trip! Your accounts are so moving, and I am cheering you on at each stop, slightly enviously – it’s been many years since my one and only trip to the Alps, which went through Chamonix and on to Zurich and Interlaken. So glad you are enjoying it, feeling good, and meeting some friendly people even though some of the traveling is lonely for you. I’ve also been thinking of dead and absent family and friends lately. The longing to see them again and the sadness that that isn’t possible is mixed with gratitude for their love and the way it does stay with me, increasing my own ability to appreciate things and be lovign to others. I don’t know how else to look at it! When you get home, maybe you’d enjoy reading some of John Berger’s books about people and villages in the Alps, if you haven’t already. In the latest one, he “encounters” many people from his past. Happy walking for the rest of your trip!

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