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Comment on @Twitter by zoefinkel

zoefinkel — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:49:16 +0000

Thanks, Victoria! I really appreciate the support.

Comment on @Twitter by @vmarinelli

@vmarinelli — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:43:25 +0000

That’s terrific! Best of luck to you. I’ve been a Twitter fan for even longer than I’ve been reading this blog (which I stumbled on in the course of research for a book based on my experience at Evergreen – your late father having been one of my more substantial and helpful influences) – and it pleases me, somehow, to know that a young writer of such clear potential will be working for an enterprise whose potential (as a medium for many varieties of communication) I’ve long championed.

Comment on Swan Story by Brent

Brent — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:14:03 +0000

I thought the white cloud meant you were supposed to blow a puff of air inside at that point…

Comment on Good Work by Tiffany Loewenberg

Tiffany Loewenberg — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:53:00 +0000

I remember when it happened. I saw it live. And it resonated then and now. How do you spend your life focusing on a goal and then when its happening, and then going so wrong, handle the unexpected and do it gracefully?

How do the winners win those big races and time trials year after year and run their most perfect race when it counts the most. I find that so very intriguing/amazing/ challenging to relate to.

Comment on Art #1 by zoefinkel

zoefinkel — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:35:21 +0000

Hi Tanja,

Thanks for checking out my blog as well as your thoughts…

Comment on Art #1 by Tanja

Tanja — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:08:44 +0000

Very interesting to see what she finds interesting enough to photograph. It’s a really nice way to explore her world.

Comment on Ships Unmoored by zoefinkel

zoefinkel — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:49:35 +0000

Thanks for writing, Jeff. I’m so sorry to hear about your Dad. It really sucks. My heart goes out to you. Take care.

Comment on Ships Unmoored by Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:27:27 +0000

Zoe,

Perhaps Ms. Merkin does not know the influence of a loving father who was all that and a wise and insightful mentor.

My own father died on September 30. His greatest influence was teaching me to read and from that, opened the world to me. Some of that shows, I’m sure, in pieces I have written. And it will be there too in pieces I have yet to write.

Your piece is beautifully written. Heartfelt. Not overly sentimental.

Comment on NaNoWriMo, day 1 by Susan

Susan — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:25:23 +0000

want more.

Comment on Words Matter (In Memory) by Victoria Marinelli

Victoria Marinelli — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:50:44 +0000

I found this page while looking for information on Craig Carlson’s passing – which I only just learned about, through an old friend from Evergreen, this afternoon. He was one of my teachers in one very tumultuous, life-altering class – “The Aesthetics of Healing,” which, shortly after its first quarter, splintered into factions; I subsequently ended up in a different class, “Women, Health and Healing,” and have always wondered what might have happened if I’d stayed in the original group.

In any case, I don’t think I ever got the benefit of really knowing what Craig was about, which is unfortunate (and my own fault). Had I known he was a friend of your father’s – my seminar leader in the Winter Quarter of my very first program at Evergreen – that alone might have changed everything – because your father was (as if I need to tell you this) entirely extraordinary, one of the best teachers I ever had the fortune to work with.

I had known about his passing years ago, as he was one of the first people from my Evergreen days with whom I really wanted to get back in touch; learning he’d died was a huge blow, then, and in some ways, now, but his effect on my life, and my writing, continues, and for this I am very grateful.

He was a great man, no question about it.

I appreciate your words here, and for the insights concerning Craig. It goes farther than you might imagine in helping me to (at least semi-coherently) assemble details from that period, for a book I’m working on. (Your dad will, needless to say, be thanked in the acknowledgments.)

Best wishes to you – Victoria.