Comments on: The Night The Party Ended. Congo, 1998.

By: this is for you | Cleavage by Kelly Diels.

this is for you | Cleavage by Kelly Diels. — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:21:38 +0000

[...] who when your friend – and mine – told you he wanted to be with me and asked for your blessing, said “Go ahead. [...]

By: on safe harbours, swimming demons, and facing your own stuff | Cleavage by Kelly Diels.

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:43:10 +0000

[...] I spent a long, long time – a life – with a man who survived war and torture and wrongfu…. Who witnessed atrocities. Who buried bodies knowing when his horrific task was complete, he’d be the last corpse in that mass grave. Who wasn’t the last body to lie in that hole and, of the dozens of men whose last journey was a one-way trip to the killing field, was one of only two men who made the grim, guilty return trip to the prison. Who survived. Who, back in the jail, caught the eye of a wife demanding, pleading with her husband’s captors – “police”, “soldiers”, “bureaucrats”, soul-dead thugs just doing their jobs and then returning home each night to their wives and children – to know the whereabouts of her man. [...]

By: Heidi Howes

Heidi Howes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:22:08 +0000

This post made me drool and inspired me further to keep writing, to keep going for my dreams as an artist. Hear my story here: http://mymommymanual.com/how-to-keep-following-your-bliss/

By: Positive Mitch

Positive Mitch — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:27:49 +0000

I have friends who left Kinshasa in 1998 when this stuff went down. Very interesting! What next?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:09:48 +0000

@Kelly Diels, Well. Yes. There is THAT and I hear ya darling. I have 6 blogs.

By: Kelly Diels

Kelly Diels — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:47 +0000

@Kelly, maybe it starts with (a) finishing something and (b) writing a proposal? I could do those things. They are on the list. It is a very long list.

By: Kelly Diels

Kelly Diels — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:01 +0000

@Karilee, thank you. I used to live in Burnaby (South and North) so hey! Neighbour!

By: Karilee

Karilee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:47:55 +0000

I followed Dave over here. Your writing is luscious and exquisite. Kudos from a Burnaby neighbour.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:16:52 +0000

Again, I bow before you filled with humble servitude. HOW do we get you even more noticed by the print powers that be?

My favorite part?

“No one can be this fat with life and juice and joie-de-vivre and be bony-hipped at the same time unless young. Old is not the right word.”

That’s me so of course, I love it.

By: Kelly Diels

Kelly Diels — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:49:35 +0000

@Dave Doolin, Thank you. Glad you said so. Always glad you do.