Comments on: My new job! http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:57:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-2330 Kelley Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:50:11 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-2330 Renee, thanks for the recommendation. Susan... hmm, I don't know that I'd say Lucky is a different persona. Actually, I think <em>distilled</em> might be a word for her. The dancing part of me is really just all about the music and the moving, the body and the soul -- and so, yes, it is very freeing, for sure. But it still feels like me, although I wouldn't necessarily move that way in the grocery store (smile). Tips, shmips. I've given up. I'll just have to do it for love and not for money. Glad you liked <strong>Dangerous Space</strong>. Renee, thanks for the recommendation.

Susan… hmm, I don’t know that I’d say Lucky is a different persona. Actually, I think distilled might be a word for her. The dancing part of me is really just all about the music and the moving, the body and the soul — and so, yes, it is very freeing, for sure. But it still feels like me, although I wouldn’t necessarily move that way in the grocery store (smile).

Tips, shmips. I’ve given up. I’ll just have to do it for love and not for money.

Glad you liked Dangerous Space.

]]> By: Susan http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Susan Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:34:55 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-1900 Good for you, Kelley! It will be great fun for you. Since you now have a "stage name", do you find that Lucky is a very different persona? I used to dance in '76 and '77 (but not in lesbian clubs, I'm envious!) and I was totally a different person when I was dancing than when I wasn't. It was very freeing and I was way more daring. Hope you make lots of tips for baby's new shoes!! BTW, loved the new book. Susan Good for you, Kelley! It will be great fun for you. Since you now have a “stage name”, do you find that Lucky is a very different persona? I used to dance in ’76 and ’77 (but not in lesbian clubs, I’m envious!) and I was totally a different person when I was dancing than when I wasn’t. It was very freeing and I was way more daring.

Hope you make lots of tips for baby’s new shoes!!

BTW, loved the new book.

Susan

]]> By: renee sanchez http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-735 renee sanchez Sat, 17 May 2008 22:29:51 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-735 hey kelley, great book to check out. been out in paperback a few years. by see, lisa snowflower and the secret fan it's way cool renee hey kelley,

great book to check out. been out in paperback a few years.

by see, lisa

snowflower and the secret fan

it’s way cool

renee

]]> By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Kelley Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:45:55 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-166 Adaora -- it <em>is</em> liberating. I feel detached from everything except the music, the crowd, and myself. It's one of the purest ways I know to be <em>me</em>, the Kelley who lives inside or beside (and often in spite of) the expectations and hopes of others, the limitations of culture and experience, and the wacky parts of my own psychology. And it's amazing fun too. I can recommend it at any age. Adaora — it is liberating. I feel detached from everything except the music, the crowd, and myself. It’s one of the purest ways I know to be me, the Kelley who lives inside or beside (and often in spite of) the expectations and hopes of others, the limitations of culture and experience, and the wacky parts of my own psychology.

And it’s amazing fun too. I can recommend it at any age.

]]> By: Adaora http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Adaora Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:11:11 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-164 You go girl! I'm a '20-something' (21 to be exact), but I think what you're doing is pretty cool. It must be so liberating. You go girl!

I’m a ’20-something’ (21 to be exact), but I think what you’re doing is pretty cool. It must be so liberating.

]]> By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Kelley Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:47:03 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-163 Jean -- What a magical thing to do. I love those moments of unexpected, unlooked-for connection. We're taught not to trust them when they present themselves, but they are just as true as the 25-year relationship -- just not as long or varied or, perhaps, deep. But what does that matter? There are many different kinds of joy, including the three-hour-horse-riding variety. There are many ways to show love for other people, to be in love with being human (because isn't that really what love celebrates?) -- including the ease between two strangers that leads to the small adventure and closes with a smile and that lovely feeling of wishing someone well and leaving them to their life. I hope you enjoy that dance club! Jean — What a magical thing to do.

I love those moments of unexpected, unlooked-for connection. We’re taught not to trust them when they present themselves, but they are just as true as the 25-year relationship — just not as long or varied or, perhaps, deep. But what does that matter? There are many different kinds of joy, including the three-hour-horse-riding variety. There are many ways to show love for other people, to be in love with being human (because isn’t that really what love celebrates?) — including the ease between two strangers that leads to the small adventure and closes with a smile and that lovely feeling of wishing someone well and leaving them to their life.

I hope you enjoy that dance club!

]]> By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Kelley Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:36:05 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-162 Amy -- I hope so too! Kate and Liz plan to be there and can give you the full report (grin). And I hope you're enjoying Paris. I've been there once and loved it. Amy — I hope so too! Kate and Liz plan to be there and can give you the full report (grin).

And I hope you’re enjoying Paris. I’ve been there once and loved it.

]]> By: Jean R. http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Jean R. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:02:43 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-154 The sentence I tucked away into my Self after reading about your new job was, "Why not say YES!" It's a sentence that showed up at just the right time recently. I found myself on a 20 mile long dirt road north of the Grand Canyon to drop three friends off on a long hike. ( I was along to ferry their car back to Flagstaff.) I noticed a woman with a big horse trailer out there looking around and wondered about it. On my way back to the highway I stopped to draw and poke around a bit; I had seven daylight hours to play with...and there was that gal with the big horse trailer, and she had two horses saddled, tied to a juniper tree. I slowed down to enjoy a close look--her easy way of walking, the denim shirt--and she nodded hello, then headed to the side of the road to chat. Turned out she was curious where a particular watering hole might be; she'd heard of it and planned to camp some days, might I know it's whereabouts. No, it was new country for me. Oh, I can't remember what sentences came along to extend the conversation so we could both look each other over. But then I commented on two horses saddled when she was out there solo. "Oh, training..." murmur, murmur "Want to go for a ride?" <br /> And then there it was, just the right sentence through my brain at just the right time, WHY NOT SAY YES. <br /> So I did say yes. <br /> We rode for three hours in lovely country along a sandy brown dirt road, winding through junipers and intriguing conversations, with three lion hounds sniffing and yelping along besides. I hadn't been on a horse in a dozen years, but I remembered the right details to consider, and asked what I needed to know and just loved it. The day. The brown weathered face of a gal who worked for UPS 25 years and bought lots of horses when she retired. Her husbands. My travels. Her thoughts on death and dying. My questions about having a dozen horses. What sisters do for us. A fine time for us both, I think. <br /> She took my picture on her horse. I gave her a drawing from my sketchbook. We parted smiling and I still got home before dark. The next yes for me? I think I'll steer down to Tempe in April for the opening of a dance club...54 isn't that much older than 47...and I don't need to be the go-go girl there; I just want to continue to say yes now and then... The sentence I tucked away into my Self after reading about your new job was, “Why not say YES!” It’s a sentence that showed up at just the right time recently. I found myself on a 20 mile long dirt road north of the Grand Canyon to drop three friends off on a long hike. ( I was along to ferry their car back to Flagstaff.) I noticed a woman with a big horse trailer out there looking around and wondered about it. On my way back to the highway I stopped to draw and poke around a bit; I had seven daylight hours to play with…and there was that gal with the big horse trailer, and she had two horses saddled, tied to a juniper tree. I slowed down to enjoy a close look–her easy way of walking, the denim shirt–and she nodded hello, then headed to the side of the road to chat. Turned out she was curious where a particular watering hole might be; she’d heard of it and planned to camp some days, might I know it’s whereabouts. No, it was new country for me. Oh, I can’t remember what sentences came along to extend the conversation so we could both look each other over. But then I commented on two horses saddled when she was out there solo. “Oh, training…” murmur, murmur “Want to go for a ride?”

And then there it was, just the right sentence through my brain at just the right time, WHY NOT SAY YES.

So I did say yes.

We rode for three hours in lovely country along a sandy brown dirt road, winding through junipers and intriguing conversations, with three lion hounds sniffing and yelping along besides. I hadn’t been on a horse in a dozen years, but I remembered the right details to consider, and asked what I needed to know and just loved it. The day. The brown weathered face of a gal who worked for UPS 25 years and bought lots of horses when she retired. Her husbands. My travels. Her thoughts on death and dying. My questions about having a dozen horses. What sisters do for us. A fine time for us both, I think.

She took my picture on her horse. I gave her a drawing from my sketchbook. We parted smiling and I still got home before dark. The next yes for me? I think I’ll steer down to Tempe in April for the opening of a dance club…54 isn’t that much older than 47…and I don’t need to be the go-go girl there; I just want to continue to say yes now and then…

]]> By: Amy http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Amy Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:59:54 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-153 I hope this is a long term job so I can come see all this myself when I come back to America... I hope this is a long term job so I can come see all this myself when I come back to America…

]]> By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Kelley Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:01:18 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/my-new-job/#comment-152 Nadia -- Oui, vraiment, la danse est ma joie particulière, alors j'ai la bonne chance. Ou comme on peut dire en anglais, I am Lucky, no? (Je ris...) Gwenda -- Ah, I think theses have much to answer for in general (grin). I hope yours is going very well indeed. Nadia — Oui, vraiment, la danse est ma joie particulière, alors j’ai la bonne chance. Ou comme on peut dire en anglais, I am Lucky, no? (Je ris…)

Gwenda — Ah, I think theses have much to answer for in general (grin). I hope yours is going very well indeed.

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