tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post3979626527663513754..comments2023-06-01T18:03:09.243+10:00Comments on The Idea of Home: Not quite drowningAlison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-92083096310673917382012-02-03T13:26:59.199+11:002012-02-03T13:26:59.199+11:00Hello All, I have an enormous and somewhat bewilde...Hello All, I have an enormous and somewhat bewildered admiration for those who home school - who'd relinquish six hours of state sanctioned activities with a group of fantastic kids and energetic teachers every day?!!! Anyway, here's to a year studded with long moments of creative solitude for all of us!Alison Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-13378958022968950342012-01-31T21:58:37.163+11:002012-01-31T21:58:37.163+11:00What a wonderfully clear image you finish this pie...What a wonderfully clear image you finish this piece with. It makes me feel less alone in my craving for school to begin.<br />My youngest is about to start kinder too and I look forward to see what spaces for art-making it will bring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-69802362015181116182012-01-31T18:16:09.481+11:002012-01-31T18:16:09.481+11:00I too, like some solitude when organising thoughts...I too, like some solitude when organising thoughts into words, not that I am anywhere near to being a writer!. <br /><br />Right now the wind outside is howling and one of my boxer dogs is quietly pacing the lounge room and letting out the occasional squeak, no doubt willing me to hurry up and prepare dinner for them. <br /><br />The other boxer is curled up on her bed, eyes closed, but I know that should I make the barest of movements she will spring up and look towards the kitchen.Daffodilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526079629022641191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-48907789645358181202012-01-31T14:10:27.417+11:002012-01-31T14:10:27.417+11:00The cool change, Alison, perhaps reflects the chan...The cool change, Alison, perhaps reflects the chance of peace ahead for you when your children go back to school and kindergarten. <br /><br />I know that longing for solitude well, and then when it comes, it surprises, even frightens me. <br /><br />We're not quite drowning but not yet swimming either. I hope this week's return to school gives you the space you need to embrace your writing.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com