Editor’s Note: The following comments have been edited for length.

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Comment to a Post on August 1

By Diana T on 07/31/2008 7:46 am

I have a magnet on my refrigerator of a quotation by one of my heroines, Eleanor Roosevelt: "Do something every day that scares you". And so, I do. Overcoming fear is part of our life journey. As a person who has had to overcome debilitating anxiety attacks I have had to learn to let the fear go through me and not around me. Fear is not necessarily about having confidence in yourself. It is not necessarily based on a belief in your religion, or a lack of faith or grace. It is a result abandonment,violence or abuse fears going all the way back to childhood. It is not something you can "decide" not to have because it is in your cell memory. It takes a very high degree of motivation to overcome it.
I believe we need to acknowledge our fears as one of our blessings in that having them, as so many other elements in our personality, we are able to have compassion and help others. Please, you all , think about having compassion(not pity for goodness sake!) for someone for whom just getting through the day or out of the house is their bungee jump.
If someone says they do not have fears, it just is highly suspect to me.

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Comment to a Photo Essay on August 1

By Bonnie Oliver on 08/01/2008 12:51 am

The most surprising love stories - the word "surprising" being the subjective word.
I think the ones chosen are very appropriate to the definition, though I must admit that there were one or two couples listed of whom I am not knowledgeable. I would add to the list:
1) Edward, Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson
2) Ulysses Grant and his wife, Julia. Apparently, a real love match.
3) Frederick Chopin and George Sand
4) John, Duke of Lancaster (son of Edward III) and Katharine Swynford - their story in novel form authored by Anya Seton. Katharine was the sister-in-law of Chaucer.
5) Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine who was married to the King of France when she met the young prince, Henry - their story told in the fabulous play/movie "The Lion in Winter".
6) Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary) and Bill Hickock. A bit of their story was revealed in the Angelica Huston movie Buffalo Girls.
7) F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - She, in one form or another, is in each of his novels.
8) Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee - California girls meets New York boy and they could not bridge the differences to make their surprising marriage work. Too bad.

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Comment to The Question of the Day on July 24

By joan larsen on 07/24/2008 6:03 am

Twenty or so years ago when the world was so full of emotions unspilled, I am guessing the typed pages that flowed on and on were what was in my heart. Funny … they all hold true and bring tears today.

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Comment to a Post on July 31

By Lily Of The Valley on 07/31/2008 5:54 pm

Like Queen Victoria, my underwear is priceless.
All similarity ends there.
As for her knickers being ‘open-crotch’, well, she & Albert always did enjoy a good romp. WTG Your Majesty.

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Comment to a Poll on July 30

By N P on 07/30/2008 12:38 am

No. Never tried it.
I’ve been with the same man for 30 years.
Before that, I met men through my work.
I like the idea of being introduced to someone through mutual friends, or the magic in meeting someone by chance, or while pursuing a hobby you love. And if all else fails, there is always my theory about banging your cart around those busy, narrow Trader Joe’s aisles, an hour or two before a big game, when the men stock up. Online dating? It doesn’t appeal to me.

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Comment to a Post on July 30

By Wendy Wilson on 07/30/2008 10:38 am

Just reading these responses shows you, Lily, that what you want to accomplish is happening here today. People feel a connection to you and each other through this site and through you making the video and people responding to it Also, your responses to comments also connects us all. It seems easier than I would think to do, to connect and see ourselves as noble, fragile, tender, etc.

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Comment to a Post on July 28

By Sandbee 54 on 07/28/2008 7:12 pm

After losing 1/4 of my brain, I have tried to exercise it mentally to keep it working, now it sounds like I better do physical exercise for it as well as my body. My main exercise, that my kids find funny is doing my hula-hoop, don’t know if it’s good exercise but along with stretching and sit-ups it is what I can handle. Besides, it makes me feel like a kid again.