October memories

[vaneramos]

At the party last night Jon handed me this snapshot he took at the Hallowe'en dance. Admittedly, I was startled by the idea of anyone restricting his picture-taking since Canadian Thanksgiving to a single roll of film. It's posted here with his permission.



Our costumes were supposed to be simply tacky; lounge lizards or something. My friends' responses were hilarious. Birgit asked if I was supposed to be Walt Whitman, which flattered me. Michelle said I looked like a rabbi vacationing in Lauderdale. Most of them hadn't met Danny before, so they politely declined to inquire about his outfit. The conservative Guelph crowd gets confused by facial hair.

This is the only photo I have of me and djjo simply hanging out. In hindsight this was about the time we started to realize we both wanted something more than a casual friendship. Besides the good company, for the first time in several years I was having great sex that consistently made me feel filled up and connected rather than hollow and detached. It was such a relief to discover I could still enjoy another person that much. Thinking about it makes me misty.

Thanks, handsome cub. I can hardly wait for Friday.

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[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

you look so relaxed and happy! great picture. i like your icon photo too. :)

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[apel.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I was going to say. It's wonderful to see.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

If you want to see the whole photo, it was posted here (friends only). My American friends tell me this would be rated R in your country, despite the fact that it's cut off at hip level, so I won't be offended if you don't look.

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[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

oh, i wouldn't worry about a rating! there's a lot of tenderness and beauty there. thank you for the link, van.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. It's an important image to me.

Smooch. Aw now don't get me misty too!

[djjo.livejournal.com]

You'll have a blubbering penguin on your hands!

[g] I'd forgotten how wonderfully hideous those outfits are. And dang we both looked good!

It's amazing how love can slowly creep up on you. This is the third time I've been in love, and they have all come up slowly. I think I knew something interesting was going to happen when I met each of these people, but I never expected it to be love.

A Friday we will go, a friday we will go, hi ho a dancing oh, a Friday we will go.

Hugs and love, Danny

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[blue-by-you.livejournal.com]

Yes, you both DO look good! And I love the idea of you both as writers, circa 1950, staying up until dawn discussing the effectiveness and necessity of words and art and love. Very cool. Hi Danny, I'm Lisa.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Lisa, as you and I craft words, Danny does with wool. Besides knitting ferociously, he also designs and sells patterns. He also plans to set up a loom once his room is fully renovated. We are two sensual people in our own ways. To be honest, whenever he takes me into a wool store or shows me his stash, I start drooling over the beautiful fibres. I think he might convert me.

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[blue-by-you.livejournal.com]

Oh lovely!! I have always wanted to learn how to weave with a loom. Is knitting with one the same thing?

Looming

[djjo.livejournal.com]

A loom has been a hidden dream for a long time - one of those things I didn't really know I wanted till I had the opportunity to get it.

Growing up, a friend's father was a weaver. He had two looms in the house, and it always amazed me what he would do with them. He made rugs and wall hangings on them.

I don't know what I want to make with mine yet. I think I'll take this year to just learn it more and figure out what my temperment will be.

I tend to make practical things with my crafts. I like to make things well, and make them interesting, but in the end, they always are functional. I don't know if I could make something that is just to be purely decorative or art. But, who can say!

I know I would like to try my hand at making a rug like he made. I remember enough from watching him what is involved, and I know other people and resources I can check with about doing it. The technique and concept are not difficult. It's the vision and artistry that are!

Welcome again Lisa. See ya in the 50's! (though I kinda see myself more in 1930's Berlin, before the trouble started)

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[blue-by-you.livejournal.com]

1930s Berlin!! That reminds me of a poem I wrote about Ken (my partner). It's about him being an ex-patriate in Paris during the '40s. I wonder if each of us has a place in history that feels like we should have been there...

I hope you'll show photographs of what you do make. I'd love to see them.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I am usually a victim of infatuation and have been through that confusion many times. Our slow creeping was a new experience for me—and happy, because it felt stable. I have never had any misgivings about my feelings. After that first weekend I had no clue what was going to happen, besides the fact I enjoyed it thoroughly and wanted to see you again. That feeling hasn't changed, just grown deeper.

Danny, Lisa was one of the group of writers I knew when I joined LJ. We used to read each other's stuff on another web site about four years ago. She is an inspiration to me.

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[djjo.livejournal.com]

After that first weekend I had no clue what was going to happen, besides the fact I enjoyed it thoroughly and wanted to see you again. That feeling hasn't changed, just grown deeper.

That is very much what happened with me. I really enjoyed our first couple times together, and found I just wanted to be with you more. The emotions came slowly, but steadily from there.

I found you very interesting from the start, and not just because you were handsome and cuddly. Your mind was as sexy as your body, and I found I wanted to know both of them more.

[waves] Hello there Lisa. Nice to meet you!

Night everybody - nap time.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I love you is you care about what's on the inside.

[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

What a sweet portrait! Seeing this is a special treat for me because I remember when you were describing that party and those costumes and I kvetched about "didn't ANYBODY take their camera along???"

It's good to see that *somebody DID, and with such fabou results!

I'm nibbling on your muffin now. does it tickle?

xo Shimmer

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Ow, you're biting. Don't, stop, don't, stop.

Jon also took a terrific photo of Sylvie as Sappho, and Sarah in an Elizebethan dress with the bodice and bulging breasts above, quite lovely. I don't know whether I can get my hands and scanner on it.