tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post7238782307490544750..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: Hearth SongGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-34088317921290526752013-12-13T20:54:05.040-08:002013-12-13T20:54:05.040-08:00Fascinating details here and the coupled lines of ...Fascinating details here and the coupled lines of three jump from one scene to the other. A wonderful home I must say!TCPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735466017293465064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-41106126937491204572013-12-13T05:21:48.875-08:002013-12-13T05:21:48.875-08:00Age goes this way -- the hearth goes silent. Somet...Age goes this way -- the hearth goes silent. Sometimes the poet's voice is silenced, sometimes loves ebbs away, sometimes is just the sense of home engendered by that circle of warmth goes cold. What's great here is knowing how much there is to lose, and the lucky awareness that there's still time to light a match. blueorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-35544667490432506702013-12-13T05:12:06.698-08:002013-12-13T05:12:06.698-08:00There are times, when I see the photos you share a...There are times, when I see the photos you share and the stories/poems you write, that I wonder "What's Glenn's place like up there in the Northwest?"<br /><br />Never knew I'd find out in such a beautiful, introspective and personal piece of poetry. Lovely work, Glenn.Joseph Heschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217169295029029233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-11109935844123831652013-12-13T02:10:51.102-08:002013-12-13T02:10:51.102-08:00Thank you for this wonderful history of home and h...Thank you for this wonderful history of home and hearth.<br />I often wonder of what went before - what has happened in this very space I am occupying now. I would love to know.<br />I do miss open fires, the crackling hearth and the warmth they allowed - a room and family centrepiece.<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-84525515174876491952013-12-12T19:48:08.943-08:002013-12-12T19:48:08.943-08:00I wonder how they see us, if they yearn for the fi...I wonder how they see us, if they yearn for the fireplace's warmth...billgncshttp://bwfiction.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-58223530915310550672013-12-12T18:10:56.888-08:002013-12-12T18:10:56.888-08:00I particularly like the ghostly visits from Christ...I particularly like the ghostly visits from Christmases past... your hearth sounds like a lot of older homes, but I'd rather have an old fireplace instead of a newer gas one...I hope you are able to get those visitors back this Christmas present and in the future, for it adds so much atmosphere..Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-39379737140862043492013-12-12T17:19:44.010-08:002013-12-12T17:19:44.010-08:00It sounds like you live an interesting life. *smil...It sounds like you live an interesting life. *smile* A good thing about shutting down the fire place is that the ghosts cannot be burned. *smile*Vacciniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631121664181976045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-68464154138496022252013-12-12T16:46:49.703-08:002013-12-12T16:46:49.703-08:00Wonderful account, Glenn. Old homes have their sto...Wonderful account, Glenn. Old homes have their stories and their visitors. Living in NV where there seems to be so many reported hauntings, this fascinates me. I love the incorporation of Vesta and Hestia. And I'm grateful that our fireplace is one of those gas ones...though they lack the smell of burning wood.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-3221028624472999922013-12-12T16:12:48.962-08:002013-12-12T16:12:48.962-08:00I love fire places, especially at other people'...I love fire places, especially at other people's houses! I could feel how your family enjoyed the warmth for weeks on end. The poem is very warm too - pun intended.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-17817538738322821542013-12-12T14:48:02.837-08:002013-12-12T14:48:02.837-08:00Fireplaces are something that always fascinate me ...Fireplaces are something that always fascinate me and I like the way you memorialize your family's history with the one in your home. We had a similar old house, built during wwi and during the 60's or 70's a previous occupant decided to cover up the fireplace with a huge wall mirror. I've never seen the fireplace, but its like the hidden heart, a secret behind the walls.Lupe Eyde-Tuckerhttp://notenoughpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-72368122021824511142013-12-12T14:17:02.122-08:002013-12-12T14:17:02.122-08:00I loved this and was fascinated too by the ghostly...I loved this and was fascinated too by the ghostly visitations. More so by the intriguing fireplace. I'm afraid to light mine now a I haven't had a fire in it since I bought the beach house and with frac(k)ing going on beneath and the redistribution of land for the drainage project ongoing the house is in perpetual shift. I'm afraid there's cracks in the fireplace that might allow embers to spark in the eaves. Kept thinking earlier to have someone look at it, but had the same reasons you list not to. So I have wood from a downed tree in the yard and an empty hearth. Seems a shame doesn't it. Loved your work. Thanks for sharing it with us.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-25477509979080696672013-12-12T13:57:57.988-08:002013-12-12T13:57:57.988-08:00I firmly believe that houses absorb what inhabitan...I firmly believe that houses absorb what inhabitants leave behind. I really enjoyed your journey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-21939066725545941232013-12-12T13:35:31.246-08:002013-12-12T13:35:31.246-08:00We didn't use our stove at all last winter, al...We didn't use our stove at all last winter, although we love looking into the flames... shame really, when practical considerations take over and trump romantic notions...Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-16495024502654025282013-12-12T13:19:32.894-08:002013-12-12T13:19:32.894-08:00God I used toi heat my whole house with a wood bur...God I used toi heat my whole house with a wood burning stove. What a mess. >KBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-19414590948720014962013-12-12T13:13:49.383-08:002013-12-12T13:13:49.383-08:00Lovely, spooky, and sad. I like that idea of a dou...Lovely, spooky, and sad. I like that idea of a double decker hearth especially in relation to the opening quote. I think I know a person or two with a double decker hearth inside. author.nara.malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159847596372441526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-65999922328356580842013-12-12T13:07:02.456-08:002013-12-12T13:07:02.456-08:00oh heck... you should def. re-kindle that flames.....oh heck... you should def. re-kindle that flames.. it's good to have the warmth from an open fire...even though it's messy....visitors are messy as well sometimes...yet...what would be a home without them..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-21394907422712745052013-12-12T12:56:50.525-08:002013-12-12T12:56:50.525-08:00I am living in a house which is no less than a hun...I am living in a house which is no less than a hundred years old and after I moved in I'd get the almost same feeling as you have mentioned. Really enjoyed the poem. Abhrahttp://www.abhrapal.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-80792534532453126402013-12-12T12:44:35.564-08:002013-12-12T12:44:35.564-08:00I remember warming the kids clothing for school by...I remember warming the kids clothing for school by hanging them on the spark arrestor before the sun was up. This prompted me to recall that and I thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-29134084498060410442013-12-12T12:37:32.392-08:002013-12-12T12:37:32.392-08:00Thanks for the reading. It is a great combination....Thanks for the reading. It is a great combination. <br />In a way my PC is the new hearth<br />and not in a bad way.<br />Janine Bolléehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857073674960699155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-19253154492967270232013-12-12T12:32:19.635-08:002013-12-12T12:32:19.635-08:00dude..i would love to sit by your fireplace...i mi...dude..i would love to sit by your fireplace...i miss a fireplace....kinda neat to think as well of all those that have passed by it...the ghosts of family and friends past....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-37959303030781886332013-12-12T12:05:39.989-08:002013-12-12T12:05:39.989-08:00Glenn, I enjoyed this history of your hearth reall...Glenn, I enjoyed this history of your hearth really. I also understand how warm it must have been to sit around the fireplace all those years. I lived in a house with a fireplace once, but didn't use it...not wanting the mess involved. Now I have a gas fireplace which suits me JUST fine. But reading your ending, Glenn, and with the coldness of the winter so far, I do think it might be time to rekindle the flame!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-38006460420545032592013-12-12T12:04:03.428-08:002013-12-12T12:04:03.428-08:00Oh a fireplace can be a wonderful place to spend a...Oh a fireplace can be a wonderful place to spend an evening.. (winter friday's only).. I'm sure it's worth resuming.. for us we still get all the wood we need from our garden...brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-32010130864014337942013-12-12T10:32:39.776-08:002013-12-12T10:32:39.776-08:00A fascinating glimpse into your worldly and other-...A fascinating glimpse into your worldly and other-worldly realm, Glenn. Loved the travelers as they stopped by on their journeys - and then the flame of your love affair with the fireplace diminishing to the sad ash - loved that - sad ash. KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com