gratitude, the not-there-yet, and windy autumn nights.




grateful.

for my friend Ricardo Scipio, a finder of lost children, who is an artist and his art is his life and just by who he is reminds me to stay wild. stay free.

to have a secret mentor (it is a secret in that she doesn’t know she’s my mentor) who told me: you’re hot shit and The Real Deal and should be getting your ass published as widely as possible

to have a champion who tells me and everyone else that I’m a lunatic with bulldozer charisma and he’ll read anything I write

to have a sort-of stranger tell me that I’ve got it and should stick with it

to have a friend who tells me she’s proud of me, daily

to have a friend who also tells me he’s proud of me but that I should get over myself and can he touch my breasts, almost daily

to read things like this and this and this

for The Bloggess

for windy autumn nights that feel like possibility and to finally be able to feel the possibilities. to feel the wind through the holes in my soul. for fiery gorgeous fall. for real

to have my heart heard. by you.

thank you.

 

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  1. Ronna DetrickNo Gravatar, October 27, 2009:

    As always, Kelly, brilliant writing; but more, a beautiful heart that has listened to and heard my own. I am the grateful one. Thank you.

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  2. Josh HanagarneNo Gravatar, October 27, 2009:

    All the love and respect in the world, my dear.

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  3. Kelly DielsNo Gravatar, October 27, 2009:

    @ronna. you always love me up and I never, ever tire of it. I hereby dub you Queen of Comments.

    @josh. I love your post today with a hot fiery passion that I usually reserve for other activities.

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  4. HeadNo Gravatar, October 27, 2009:

    Curse you Kelly Diels and all the nice things you have to say. Dammit you made me shed a tear.
    PS I AM proud of you every day and I dont just say it to blow smoke up your ass.

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  5. AmandaNo Gravatar, October 27, 2009:

    I’m grateful have such an interesting and lovable person in my life. Oh yeah, just in case you were wondering, that would be you. Just sayin’.

    And to think that this all started with me finding your blog on Twitter, then there was Facebook, and this whole design kerfuffle.

    You kick ass. Keep on doing so.

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  6. Beth L. GainerNo Gravatar, October 27, 2009:

    Kelly,

    Loved this posting. You have a lot to be grateful for. You are a gifted writer!!

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