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Comment on Feel Good - Help A Local Costa Rican Family in Need by sallye

sallye — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:06:47 +0000

Hi Jill. I was just talking about you and then I checked your website. Yeah, another post from Jill. Did you hear that Barbara Kingslover won another award for her book The Lacuna. Your writing is very good. You are mastering writing and I am finally learning to read! Wisconsin is very Green today….a good soaking rain.

Comment on Meandering Thoughts on Naomi Epel’s Writers Dreaming by sallye

sallye — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:20:45 +0000

Jill, I understand. I wish Dave would talk about his dreams. He also has recurring dreams. I will ask him if he wants to post.. . . .

Comment on Discrimination - Then, Now and Forever? by David

David — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:13:37 +0000

Enjoyed your last post about Epel.
It got me think about dreams, for I am a dream nut as well.
Do you have recurring dreams? I have two or three. I’m talking about recurring over 40 years now. They all have a setting that I can trace to a real place- but not because the setting is recognizable- it’s that the players and events are. Do you know what I mean?
The theme running thru these different and plots and settings are always the same though: Not enough time with the people I love.
Dreams are indeed a storage room- with little nic-nacs and do-dads that you rediscover over years and years that you remember and clarify…

Comment on Meandering Thoughts on Naomi Epel’s Writers Dreaming by costajill

costajill — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:24:00 +0000

Just got a reply to my dream post from David who has a great blog of his own at http://www.someplacelse.net. Here it is:

Yes, I do have recurring dreams. A big one is my house. It’s always different with similarities, different locations, sizes, rooms, etc…, but when I walk in I know it’s home. A good feeling.
Come on you guys, let’s hear some of yours that stand out. Jill

Comment on Meandering Thoughts on Naomi Epel’s Writers Dreaming by Bob

Bob — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:30:19 +0000

Waiting to feel a tremor from “Faultlines”

Comment on Meandering Thoughts on Naomi Epel’s Writers Dreaming by Terry

Terry — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:39:02 +0000

Nice piece Jill. Keep it up!

Comment on Discrimination - Then, Now and Forever? by Lara

Lara — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:49:21 +0000

Well said. Nice to have your perspective over the many decades and definite challenges. I, too, feel quite insulated from all the discrimination that continued under the radar for so long in SRQ. Didn’t really see it at all. Now I realize that was because of the careful segregation maintained in neighborhoods. Like Sarasota’s New town” as I recall Pete referring to the black dominated living area, Portland also has a specific sector referred to as “the Hood”. Long standing racial discrimination here keep black folks within a twelve block radius. Worse, this area is now surrounded by other minority enclaves and is adjacent to all the heavy industry, abandoned contamination sites, and most dense freeway traffic. The poor air quality and land quality conditions and abject poverty point out that discrimination continues and is obvious in environmental and social justice frameworks. Long way to go, indeed.

Comment on Managua, Nicaragua - The End - But Never The End by costajill

costajill — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:27:27 +0000

Your “El Porvenir, Water for People” blog tells the tale. I agree with everything you said. But we werent always together so I want to add to your comments about the Sandinista government . At the orientation meeting in Dario were two representatives of the government. One was a minister from Managua and one was a young man from the local, El Sauce, municipalidad. The minister was a good guy, open to answering questions but what I remember most about him was that in a day of longwinded orations he was brief keeping his speech to informing us about goverment standards for quantity of water that each person or community needs for minimum daily use. Also he said that the goverment was one of our partners and they were funding 10% of our project. The young man, Miguel, was a planning director in El Sauce, a Sandinista town. As you said, we were often divided into teams, the guys getting the plum jobs of hiking up the mountain to see the water systems while the gals made the house, school and clinic interviews. So I got to know Miguel in the field. He was an idealistic man and I could see that he enjoyed helping the people we visited. I dont remember that he commented on the run down state of the clinics and schools you surveyed. But once while we were riding in the back of the truck near El Sauce I saw a truckload of building materials being unloaded at a school. Roofing, pvc pipes, lumber. I asked him if the schools were being remodeled and he said yes, it was one of his projects. The last time I saw him, having dinner at Dona Mercedes kitchen, I wished him success in his career and hoped he would someday become mayor of El Sauce. One last comment, in the blog you said that Daniel Ortega had interests in Hotel Seminole and in casinos. I remember about the hotel and maybe it had a casino but I didnt hear he was a casino owner. But I do remember hearing that Pres Ortega had a substantial personal interest in the national electricity grid. I love your blog and thanks for including me. Bob

Comment on About by Terry

Terry — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:15:00 +0000

Good reading , Sis. Keep up the excellent work.

Comment on About by steve@jazzy's

steve@jazzy's — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:41:16 +0000

remember the vaudville skit lucy did that cracked desi up - lucy turned away, bent over, messed with her hair then slowly she twisted and turned upward and snarled like a dragon: ’slowly i turn! slowly i turn…well jill that’s what i feel like trying to get up to speed w/the tec side. so congrats - yr site is great! thanks for the promo! keep up the good work and stay safe…ciao, ~s