tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1382526 2009-12-04T20:34:41-06:00 poetry, perfume, and the artistic imagination TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e39337606a88340120a715e072970b 2009-12-04T20:34:41-06:00 2009-12-04T20:53:43-06:00 Jason Ettlinger < Guest Author: Jason Ettlinger My favorite fact about Christmas is that it is celebrated in Japan. The Christian population in Japan is small and really has nothing to do with why Christmas is celebrated there anyway. The Japanese just know a good thing when they see it. Christmas in Japan is a case study of the incongruous. It may be best known for the “Christmas cake” which is simply the idea that eating a pretty cake on Christmas sounds like a good idea. I don’t know where this tradition comes from but it’s safe to say you won’t find...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=qt3MBjosVkk:LZJMZmf9g9M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=qt3MBjosVkk:LZJMZmf9g9M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?i=qt3MBjosVkk:LZJMZmf9g9M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=qt3MBjosVkk:LZJMZmf9g9M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/memorydesire/~4/qt3MBjosVkk" height="1" width="1"/>http://memoryanddesire.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/the-circle-ghostly-orange.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e39337606a88340120a70aac68970b 2009-12-03T21:09:00-06:00 2009-12-03T23:50:11-06:00 Heather Thinking about Mr. Zagajewski's poetry invariably brings me back to the moment I first became aware of the existence of Jason Ettlinger, a stranger from the distance who thought enough of me to trust me with a poem he liked.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=o6d9GxF73es:MS7zYbf2sjI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=o6d9GxF73es:MS7zYbf2sjI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?i=o6d9GxF73es:MS7zYbf2sjI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=o6d9GxF73es:MS7zYbf2sjI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/memorydesire/~4/o6d9GxF73es" height="1" width="1"/>http://memoryanddesire.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/the-circle-i.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e39337606a88340120a585de37970b 2009-09-21T01:10:58-05:00 2009-09-21T02:24:18-05:00 Heather I do believe in peacemakers. I don't think that a world without war is ever going to happen, but I do believe that making peace, one difficult conflict at a time, is incredibly worthwhile. <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=qmn5UYP6MKM:kdFkK3Qhs70:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=qmn5UYP6MKM:kdFkK3Qhs70:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?i=qmn5UYP6MKM:kdFkK3Qhs70:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=qmn5UYP6MKM:kdFkK3Qhs70:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/memorydesire/~4/qmn5UYP6MKM" height="1" width="1"/>http://memoryanddesire.typepad.com/blog/2009/09/peace.htmlhttp://www.sbmp.com/SBMP-MP3/Misc/SBMP%20551.mp3 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e39337606a88340120a5c63405970c 2009-09-14T21:36:58-05:00 2009-09-15T00:28:17-05:00 Heather To each who sent a message, thought a kind or concerned thought in my direction, or looked here just to see if anything would ever change...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=2liCCONFqYc:YOmNw0Ov1gw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=2liCCONFqYc:YOmNw0Ov1gw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?i=2liCCONFqYc:YOmNw0Ov1gw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?a=2liCCONFqYc:YOmNw0Ov1gw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/memorydesire?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/memorydesire/~4/2liCCONFqYc" height="1" width="1"/>http://memoryanddesire.typepad.com/blog/2009/09/a-deeper-season.html