tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post833069270643413412..comments2023-09-22T07:03:03.280-04:00Comments on The Clarity of Night: Window on a February TrainJason Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851992219298316168noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-70198744594196248562009-02-09T09:41:00.000-05:002009-02-09T09:41:00.000-05:00Hoodie, I hope you are doing well. Caring for an ...Hoodie, I hope you are doing well. Caring for an infant is such grueling work. If a trip here can give you a moment of escape, I'm very glad to provide it. :)<BR/><BR/>Ello, lovin' the camera phone, eh? :) I just wish the camera in the phone was a bit better. I like having it in the city and being able to get shots without the whole shebang of the serious camera.<BR/><BR/>Meghan, it's not a party until you've arrived. ;) Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Kaye, it's been a while since I just took a moment of myself and plopped it on the page for a post. I forgot how freeing it was to do that. That morning seemed a perfect moment to dive in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-64783879091217118042009-02-08T19:46:00.000-05:002009-02-08T19:46:00.000-05:00Train rides are magical - and that mesmerizing tem...Train rides are magical - and that mesmerizing tempo. You have created that anew in these thoughts, passing by us like a train in the night.K.Lawson Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204234196229710524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-25248847249884097902009-02-08T15:06:00.000-05:002009-02-08T15:06:00.000-05:00Late to the party (as usual) but great imagery onc...Late to the party (as usual) but great imagery once again!Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375626649089998707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-21562568178250288942009-02-08T14:40:00.000-05:002009-02-08T14:40:00.000-05:00I really loved this piece. And the photo was absol...I really loved this piece. And the photo was absolutely perfect with it. In fact, I really loved the photo!Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-30880125890624060052009-02-07T00:46:00.000-05:002009-02-07T00:46:00.000-05:00I'm glad someone is living beyond this season. I f...I'm glad someone is living beyond this season. I feel absolutely entrenched in it. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for the beautiful simplicity of this. I need simple these days. And beauty.Hoodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616427797201977083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-5918476829867665242009-02-06T20:50:00.000-05:002009-02-06T20:50:00.000-05:00Walking Man, I've been riding the train for just a...Walking Man, I've been riding the train for just about a decade now. I really think I'd miss it.<BR/><BR/>Aggie, there is a special kind of motion and feel to the train. It's a private escape for me each day.<BR/><BR/>Catvibe, very true words. I'll always remember the first time I felt rails beneath me. The Philadelphia area has a reasonably good commuter train system.<BR/><BR/>Sarah, I'm glad you felt a comraderie with the words. Yes, a treasure.<BR/><BR/>Charles, I'm definitely guilty of enlisting the reader in arriving at meaning. I hate handing things to readers (or having them handed to me) in capital, bold letters.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer, that's a smashing picture! The contemplation of the subject...mesmerizing. :) (Um, do you want to know a secret? The heavily photoshopped picture above is from my crappy cellphone camera.)<BR/><BR/>Sawan, then I did my job. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Preacherman, maybe the most important thing to know is that it's not where you are standing. It's a place you are reaching for.<BR/><BR/>Karen, and a somewhat wistful thing.<BR/><BR/>Aine, that's a gorgeous image!! *sigh* Thank you for riding along wth me. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-22322353611438935932009-02-06T18:43:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:43:00.000-05:00:) Now that's a great way to escape winter! Clos...:) Now <I>that's</I> a great way to escape winter! Close your eyes and let the music swirl spring and summer colors through your mind.<BR/><BR/>I love the image of thoughts as threads fluttering. I felt the sweet freedom of living and loving along with "him".Ainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402176500997528105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-88070731012538156622009-02-06T18:22:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:22:00.000-05:00Nice! Living far, far beyond the season passing by...Nice! Living far, far beyond the season passing by -- a very nice thing.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-48644567359150188372009-02-06T16:42:00.000-05:002009-02-06T16:42:00.000-05:00So did I...if I knew where it was...So did I...if I knew where it was...The Preachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10224135811862587701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-83514212294203027022009-02-06T12:41:00.000-05:002009-02-06T12:41:00.000-05:00i felt i was traveling home!!i felt i was traveling home!!Anil Sawanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598267987035726165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-50746195030810605182009-02-06T12:10:00.000-05:002009-02-06T12:10:00.000-05:00P.S. Jason, I forot to mention that the picture of...P.S. Jason, I forot to mention that the picture of the shoes on my blog was taken with my BlackBerry. Note the composition, the resolution, the viewpoint. I know, you are totally blown away. ;)jazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559917865938143791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-32835962228974892012009-02-06T11:53:00.000-05:002009-02-06T11:53:00.000-05:00"He let the threads flutter, not knotted down."Wha..."He let the threads flutter, not knotted down."<BR/><BR/>What great imagery! And how much we do knot things down.<BR/><BR/>Nicely done.jazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559917865938143791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-32940589864756776012009-02-06T10:44:00.000-05:002009-02-06T10:44:00.000-05:00I like poetry and prose that "suggests" things, th...I like poetry and prose that "suggests" things, things not quite understood but "felt." This piece does that very well.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-12336208211035121012009-02-06T10:08:00.000-05:002009-02-06T10:08:00.000-05:00A lot of currents here. With no fighting against t...A lot of currents here. With no fighting against them. That's a moment, a journey, to treasure. <BR/><BR/>It makes me want to tip my head back on a worn seat, and drift, too. <BR/><BR/>A jewel of a piece, Jason. I hope your train rides are always so good to you. :)Sarah Hinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888406261817690010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-22367622526450358452009-02-06T06:49:00.000-05:002009-02-06T06:49:00.000-05:00There is something so melancholic about train ride...There is something so melancholic about train rides in literature. I've always loved trains. Time to just sit and ponder while you ride and watch the countryside going by. I love the last three lines here the most. I can imagine the music that is lifting him. <BR/><BR/>Wish we had a better system here, and more affordable, something equivalent to what India has (20 bucks to get across the country). I'd use it all the time!Catherine Viberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354073276671196477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-74596210955324127282009-02-06T05:27:00.000-05:002009-02-06T05:27:00.000-05:00Sounds like a great place to spend awhile.Sounds like a great place to spend awhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-64971443726000027412009-02-06T04:58:00.000-05:002009-02-06T04:58:00.000-05:00Nice little piece of flash. I have always liked th...Nice little piece of flash. I have always liked the comparison between the "music" of the wheels on a train and the correlation of music in the mind taking the adventurer on another road.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.com