tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post3370296692235966678..comments2023-11-05T06:57:26.677-05:00Comments on The Weather in the Streets: I Have to Look AwayLeahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-14041918327024465462010-02-18T01:33:11.578-05:002010-02-18T01:33:11.578-05:00excellent!!! **needs to brush up on his skills aga...excellent!!! **needs to brush up on his skills again**INNER VOICEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711910995629845274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-70963611099226483012010-02-14T08:57:51.903-05:002010-02-14T08:57:51.903-05:00Mrs. U: you are back in my side bar! I totally era...Mrs. U: you are back in my side bar! I totally erased and then had to recreate my entire blog list a few months ago, and I think you fell by the wayside!<br /><br />But you are back now, lol..<br /><br />Thank you for the comment. And yes, in general, I think I don't look in the mirror at all unless, as you say, I'm doing something specific...<br /><br />xoxoLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-7195569174597798342010-02-14T08:51:25.281-05:002010-02-14T08:51:25.281-05:00I hate it when my comments are lost in bloggyspace...I hate it when my comments are lost in bloggyspace. Anyway I posted one. So here is another and it better go through.<br /><br />I know how you feel when you look into a mirror and do not look into your eyes. I avoid looking into a mirror unless I have to and then only for as long as necessary. I am not sure why, but I have always been this way. I would look at my eyes when I was putting on eye makeup or if I had something in my eyes, but that is about it. I just look at the sink when I wash my hands. And I do look in the mirror when I am looking for those stray hairs or other unwanted hair.<br /><br />I know people who cannot walk by a mirror without looking at theirselves and some that even stop each time to check theirselves out. And they think they are awesome looking. Wait that is my hubby, he does that and I just cannot bring myself to do that. I need to change.<br /><br />The eyes are the windows to our souls, I wonder what kind of soul people see when they look into my eyes. I hope I make them smile.<br /><br />Happy TT.<br /><br />God bless.<br /><br />PS....dang it I get surgery and am off for a few months and you take me off your sidebar, as some others did. I need to get cracking and start posting again so I can get back on there. When my mojo comes back will you please put me back. LOL.Mrsupolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563854387767106508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-77785943319453327172010-02-13T21:24:23.619-05:002010-02-13T21:24:23.619-05:00Shakira: thanks for stopping by! I like what you s...<b>Shakira</b>: thanks for stopping by! I like what you say, and you're very right.<br /><br /><b>subby</b>: I may just have to look into that!<br /><br /><b>otin</b>: yes, it's truly the deeper level that makes me uncomfortable...<br /><br /><b>Valerie</b>: great story about your grandma--very interesting and telling! I can only imagine the shock of seeing yourself for the first time in ages...<br /><br /><b>lettuce</b>: you might be made of sterner stuff than I am! <br /><br /><b>Bob</b>: Mirrors only serve two purposes: as a ghostly portal (a la horror movies) or an instrument of existential terror. lolLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-50815877637980381552010-02-13T13:23:20.819-05:002010-02-13T13:23:20.819-05:00I avoid looking at my two mirrors as much as possi...I avoid looking at my two mirrors as much as possible.just bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686002034670653764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-59513873951690399122010-02-13T12:53:33.827-05:002010-02-13T12:53:33.827-05:00beautiful writing and this has me pondering and ha...beautiful writing and this has me pondering and half-tempted to go and look at myself... but only halflettucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872380339261609060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-17521717298117363862010-02-13T10:17:56.889-05:002010-02-13T10:17:56.889-05:00I still say mirrors lie... just like cameras. Inte...I still say mirrors lie... just like cameras. Interesting post. <br />I am reminded of my grandmother who never, ever looked at her own reflection. One day, hand clutching chest, she collapsed on her couch. She had seen herself for the first time in something like twenty years. She got over it, but the mirrors disappeared.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-4007886000935384742010-02-13T08:35:49.427-05:002010-02-13T08:35:49.427-05:00That was very cool! I know what you mean about see...That was very cool! I know what you mean about seeing yourself in a more reflective way than just looking at an image! I usually turn away, also!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-86430370289708550382010-02-13T07:14:02.524-05:002010-02-13T07:14:02.524-05:00Leah, Worcester just had their 7th annual "Po...Leah, Worcester just had their 7th annual "Poetry Slam"...this would have been a great piece to enter! I <i>may</i> do it next year...<br /><br />Happy TT and hugs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-87429297858925530782010-02-13T04:18:22.339-05:002010-02-13T04:18:22.339-05:00I think it is very important for us
to be comforta...I think it is very important for us<br />to be comfortable with our selves ,<br />be it mirror reflections or otherwise.<br /><br />Mine is here<br /><br />http://justmeshakirack.blogspot.com/2010/02/mirrors-of-my-life-thursday-theme.html<br /><br />HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!<br />and <br />GONG XI FA CAI!<br />(means WISHING YOU PROSPERITY! in Mandarin, Chinese)<br /><br />hugs<br />shakiraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264352891639027269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-42315134027357558522010-02-12T22:41:36.189-05:002010-02-12T22:41:36.189-05:00C: thank you for such a wonderful comment. And I ...<b>C</b>: thank you for such a wonderful comment. And I think you're right--if I can just bring myself to look long enough--<br /><br /><b>Magpie</b>: oh that is so true...<br /><br /><b>Princess</b>: they are definitely the windows to the soul--now if I could just make peace with my soul-- <br /><br /><b>Noni</b>: thanks for stopping by! and yes, they are...<br /><br /><b>Jeff</b>: I seem to go through these phases of confessional posting--and then I get over it for awhile!<br /><br /><b>Candie</b>: thank you dear lady.<br /><br /><b>Baino</b>: I can't even look long enough to feel that disappointment! Maybe that's my secret...<br /><br /><b>mago</b>: ah yes, you understand...<br /><br /><b>Ponita</b>: I think that's true for me too--I see much more now of what's behind the eyes than the superficial view, but in my case it really makes me feel funny. I aspire to do as you do--stare right back!<br /><br />And now that you mention it, that caught skirt? Maybe that's a reason to get a full-length mirror...<br /><br />: )Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-43140526206674325642010-02-12T22:33:20.648-05:002010-02-12T22:33:20.648-05:00Terrace: what a bit of a relief to find that peopl...<b>Terrace</b>: what a bit of a relief to find that people only have those bathroom mirrors! it makes me feel less weird...<br /><br /><b>kim</b>: thank you for the nice comment! And I LOVE the photo. thanks again--<br /><br /><b>Tom</b>: oooh, left-behind mirrors! That could be spooky, if one were in the right frame of mind. Either that or serendipitous, lol.<br /><br /><b>Betsy</b>: aw, thanks! : )<br /><br /><b>CG</b>: nice to see you around again! Yes, the mirror seems to bring out a great many ambivalent feelings in many of us, doesn't it...there's the physical aspect, and then the metaphysical. Both can be a bit uncomfortable...Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-78130178675777467562010-02-12T22:14:48.644-05:002010-02-12T22:14:48.644-05:00Very poignant, Leah.
I find myself drawn to the i...Very poignant, Leah.<br /><br />I find myself drawn to the intense gaze of these blue eyes when I look in the mirror... rather like a moth to a flame, I think.<br /><br />As I've gotten older, I see myself differently. I see more of what's inside rather than just the external view... what actually shines forth from that intense blue stare...<br /><br />I only have three mirrors: two in the bathrooms, and one full length mirror in my bedroom just to check that I don't have my skirt stuck in my panties before I go out. ;-)Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-75656368687446138652010-02-12T16:19:55.672-05:002010-02-12T16:19:55.672-05:00It's an awful moment isn't it. Lead Zeppel...It's an awful moment isn't it. Lead Zeppelin has a line something like: "Look in the mirror and describe what you see, and Baby do you like it?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-43079630800452689612010-02-12T16:14:19.483-05:002010-02-12T16:14:19.483-05:00Beautifully written as always. I don't get the...Beautifully written as always. I don't get the willies looking at my reflection just sheer disappointment. I wonder where I went?Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-6158880395945585212010-02-12T16:02:51.609-05:002010-02-12T16:02:51.609-05:00Wow,I love that post,well done Leah!Wow,I love that post,well done Leah!Candiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820349874923006162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-46900084514662574542010-02-12T14:02:17.454-05:002010-02-12T14:02:17.454-05:00But where do you look once you look away?
You'...But where do you look once you look away?<br /><br />You've been laying it all out there as of late. Intriguing stuff.JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-82453444930590120882010-02-12T13:10:51.816-05:002010-02-12T13:10:51.816-05:00poingant and touching... the eyes are windows to t...poingant and touching... the eyes are windows to the soul...Tannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484104973009411729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-89046523982338986922010-02-12T08:42:54.806-05:002010-02-12T08:42:54.806-05:00Dear Leah,
the eyes truly are the windows to the ...Dear Leah,<br /><br />the eyes truly are the windows to the soulPrincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11021504621181130629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-4945042610953219852010-02-12T00:32:43.350-05:002010-02-12T00:32:43.350-05:00I think sometimes I don't like to look at myse...I think sometimes I don't like to look at myself in a mirror not so much because of what I see but because of what I don't see...Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132555347136919591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-31259428187310571222010-02-11T20:57:56.073-05:002010-02-11T20:57:56.073-05:00leah--the very same eyes that help you see and fee...leah--the very same eyes that help you see and feel so deeply about your surroundings,your history and the place you live...see you as well --honest and thought provoking post. BTW, brown eyed girl, if you look long enough I bet you will see the good and the beauty that exists within you--happy tt best cC.M. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936560662110633442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-18039571574514728222010-02-11T20:29:17.837-05:002010-02-11T20:29:17.837-05:00Hello Leah: I've been away too long. I feel t...Hello Leah: I've been away too long. I feel tremendous amivalence towards the mirror but it is the reality of time passing and showing on my face and my body and I have a difficult time accepting it. The mirror, once my friend, is now an unknown. Will I look good today? Will I look tired? Will I look old? Perhaps that is why I usually spend a great deal of time in the mornings applying makeup and generally do not check my makeup again for the rest of the day, except to reapply lipstick.California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-91107135579848179232010-02-11T20:13:22.202-05:002010-02-11T20:13:22.202-05:00Wow...what a great post! And look at your big bea...Wow...what a great post! And look at your big beautiful browns! :)Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-13133341104310467472010-02-11T19:30:54.481-05:002010-02-11T19:30:54.481-05:00good introspective post. 4 mirrors here, but the f...good introspective post. 4 mirrors here, but the full length closet door mirrors in the basement room were there when we moved in. Weird, huh?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948978798395906663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-76930029888010680152010-02-11T17:57:53.699-05:002010-02-11T17:57:53.699-05:00i really enjoyed this post...so achingly beautiful...i really enjoyed this post...so achingly beautiful and poignant.<br /><br />thank you.<br /><br />i sent you an email regarding something i'd like to email to you - don't know if the address is one you check or like one of my email addresses a 'cover' email which gets rarely checked!mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.com