tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.comments2023-06-13T18:22:32.611+07:00Peter In Peter OutPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717544460311707701noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-51918351979115025542015-01-27T13:59:02.368+07:002015-01-27T13:59:02.368+07:00Great Post and Nice Article.All of the photos are ...Great Post and Nice Article.All of the photos are so good.Really I like this.Thanks for sharing.<br />Turkey Family Vacation packageshttp://www.namasteturkey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-73995975390255659622014-03-23T01:44:55.398+07:002014-03-23T01:44:55.398+07:00Peter,
I really enjoyed this narrative. What is es...Peter,<br />I really enjoyed this narrative. What is especially good is your searching, questioning and wondering. The concept of ever widening circles is so much better than the platitudes that well-meaning people will give you. I've found that just when I think I understand things, all of a sudden things change -- sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. The wise people of the world are those that area always thinking, wondering and analyzing, synthesizing what they are learning with what they have learned. It is sad when the well-meaning people of the world won't or can't confront the differences between life and some of the platitudes they've been taught.<br /><br />I've been learning so much from my three children (14, 18, and 20). They have all the new, fresh thoughts.<br /><br />So you believe in a God's plan? When I wrote those words it was simply with curiousity -- no meanness or spite. (I had to say that so that my question could not be interpreted otherwise. You know how it is with the written word.) My thoughts along those lines have changed over the years. <br /><br />I saw the web site for the school you teach at. My first thought was "Wow! Peter is so fortunate to work at a school with free thought, free of the greed of private industry. I wish I could be like him." Then I read how the school is apparently in the throes of private industry.<br /><br />I agree with RVV - you are a good writer. If I'm in the zone when I write I do pretty well. Other times like this, I feel embarrassed with my lack of style.<br /><br />I'll probably revisit your blogs and provide more reactions.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-64218609948769572492014-01-10T10:58:49.665+07:002014-01-10T10:58:49.665+07:00Im glad to read you again. Thanks for this post.
B...Im glad to read you again. Thanks for this post.<br />Best for you Buddy!Vickyhttp://www.7liveasia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-66612685527795339302013-12-26T05:18:13.568+07:002013-12-26T05:18:13.568+07:00Hi, I really like your article. I will keep coming...Hi, I really like your article. I will keep coming here, Merry Christmas Mandy Indonesiahttp://www.7liveasia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-38344804847848097382013-08-19T12:38:12.528+07:002013-08-19T12:38:12.528+07:00Very glad that you are here RVV.
The film celebrat...Very glad that you are here RVV.<br />The film celebrates observation, subtlety and the thundering opposite of the vacuous contemporary current.<br />A quiet and intelligent pleasure.<br />Thank you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-44271105418934917472013-08-18T09:16:04.170+07:002013-08-18T09:16:04.170+07:00How can you call yourself no one? Maybe because I ...How can you call yourself no one? Maybe because I have always muddled on in obscurity (one part fear, add three cups of laziness), I certainly don't feel 'relegated'. You were more than a good painter;from your film it is evident you continue to be an artist- whatever the hell that is. Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717544460311707701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-4357833044813503152013-08-18T09:05:12.137+07:002013-08-18T09:05:12.137+07:00Yes indeed it is- especially when we connect with ...Yes indeed it is- especially when we connect with students who take time to teach us how to repair traps out in their grandpa's work shop on a summer's afternoon.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717544460311707701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-24744908280020221162013-08-18T08:21:36.677+07:002013-08-18T08:21:36.677+07:00Dear Peter;
I have read both your Tokyo/Kyoto e...Dear Peter;<br /> I have read both your Tokyo/Kyoto entry and "Serves Me Right" several times now. The Japanese trip is a simple joy to read about and the photos even better. The "MouthWash" image - spectacular. <br /> But it is the "Serves Me Right" piece which keeps me going back to check certain phrases and words - wondering exactly what he means. What it is WE mean? Why the account of the Lacoste brawl before what follows? - to set a general tone of mayhem, meaningless, and endless conflict and sorrow - perhaps the only true picture of our tenure here on earth?<br /> At any rate, I admire the gutsy-ness of the piece. ((Wish it too included photos.)) A tenative nod toward the Truth of Suffering. The shot-gun admission of how close to the edge most of us are - as we cycle through coup d'etats and back-stabbing dramas. And then, in the end, the much smaller (still hopeful) voice trying to hang on to some childhood memory of a reasonable world - while sensing (switch to me now - NOT you) all the while that the game is rigged. The fix is in. That the forces of the market are non-negotiable in the extreme. That our tiny gigs of crafting something breathtakingly beautiful, or, helping kids in desperate need of a larger world, will be crushed. Crushed. Beneath waves of laughter and forgetting.<br /> And so if and when it comes to that what will we do? Could we in fact still get out of bed in the morning - or just reach for one last sip of coffee and the shot-gun? Don't know. I am still taking my meds and trying to figure that out.<br /><br /> You are a good writer by the way. And, I was a good painter. But that does not matter, does it? You are (I am guessing) relegated to practicing your craft on a blog that no one reads - and I to planting vegetables and slaughtering chickens to feed myself. The world pours more gasoline into its tank and heads off for another day. <br /><br /> But. But can we come to live with that? That IT? Can we come to eat what we are served? Might serve us just right.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Robert Van Vranken<br />Peacham, Vermont USA<br />ps; here is a stab at entering a world that I sense sometimes actually exists but I miss amidst all this rushing and verbiage. <br /><br />https://vimeo.com/70742594<br /><br />Enjoy <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Robert Van Vrankenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09576911266151779795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-72111088894966734732013-08-15T16:56:30.337+07:002013-08-15T16:56:30.337+07:00I read this just before heading out to Criehaven t...I read this just before heading out to Criehaven to catch some bugs. Lobsters don't have nearly as many feelings as we do, friend. It's a good place "to be" for a moment here and there. (Shakespeare, wink)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878817391690176347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-17387406544101771772013-08-14T23:37:27.309+07:002013-08-14T23:37:27.309+07:00I can't tell you how many times I've been ...I can't tell you how many times I've been told to ignore the immoralities of others for my own good -- or because of some unspoken futility in the resistance of official insolence. Such attitudes have strengthened my convictions in that regard, but I am often left in doubt. At what point will I put my perception of morality aside for the sake of my own preservation? What are the relative values of my own life and success versus my philosophical ideals?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17203130958949886140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-36779902427692590182012-11-01T19:27:38.134+07:002012-11-01T19:27:38.134+07:00I'm finding this whole mourning period quite s...I'm finding this whole mourning period quite strange. I think it's because I'm so divided over whether he deserves it or not. At least Siem Reap's not quite as hectic as Pnomh Penh is over the whole thing.Nickhttp://cambodiacreatives.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-37053973349826733682012-10-18T11:58:20.905+07:002012-10-18T11:58:20.905+07:00you're hip.you're hip.Kelseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-62333146730238181352012-10-13T20:46:24.086+07:002012-10-13T20:46:24.086+07:00Isn't the shipping news one of those books we ...Isn't the shipping news one of those books we were supposed to read in high school?<br /><br />Wasn't it about a guy who lived in... alaska-- no... canada... no...<br /><br />AH RIGHT! The traffic accident reporter. It's all coming back to me now.Philipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-83560626382523657302012-08-16T22:34:41.724+07:002012-08-16T22:34:41.724+07:00Great view from your balcony and much different fr...Great view from your balcony and much different from Jameson Point.Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-43178476359936283242012-08-14T10:32:53.904+07:002012-08-14T10:32:53.904+07:00Lookin' good Peter. Nice to see your incontine...Lookin' good Peter. Nice to see your incontinent again. <br /><br />I was recently given an idea about linking other blogs into my blog. My son gave me some tips today and a plug URL. I'm thinkin', as a teacher, you won't mind if I use this URL to see if I can figure the stuff out. <br /><br />My goal is to have a page were similar blogs are displayed.<br /><br />PS: My SS started in May. Things are more relaxed now.<br />Sammi Lawhttp://gemsviathailand.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-65979062046887687652012-08-10T13:13:07.278+07:002012-08-10T13:13:07.278+07:00not a John Deerenot a John DeereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-60184670607505191772012-08-03T19:19:05.018+07:002012-08-03T19:19:05.018+07:00Much good luck in your new adventure, you're c...Much good luck in your new adventure, you're clearly aware that there is more out there then steaks in the freezer, two cars in the garage....<br />Your new students are lucky to have you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-87170606436186128472012-02-22T19:47:44.435+07:002012-02-22T19:47:44.435+07:00Sawadee krb Khoon Peter.
My eyes are tired. Perh...Sawadee krb Khoon Peter. <br /><br />My eyes are tired. Perhaps there is a little bamboo sawdust in them. There are monks chanting, but not close enough to overshadow the conversation my wife is having down stairs. I got in trouble today because a neighbor brought by a little plastic bag of goy oo-ah - that spicy raw beef dish. My wife was angry. She said I would have to go alone to the hospital, if it disagreed with me. I ate ALL the greens and extra rice. Then she scolded me for eating all the sweet custard treats.<br /><br />I liked your “death till us part” line……….Sammi Lawhttp://gemsviathailand.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-44547853627131984992012-02-17T10:23:55.985+07:002012-02-17T10:23:55.985+07:00Anon- Thank you so much.Anon- Thank you so much.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717544460311707701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-8706063911506569872012-02-17T10:09:03.664+07:002012-02-17T10:09:03.664+07:00In a year and a half of blogging- this is my favor...In a year and a half of blogging- this is my favorite comment. Ever.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717544460311707701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-71472264418624388222012-02-12T22:00:31.306+07:002012-02-12T22:00:31.306+07:00Seems like you've figured it out, Peter. Maybe...Seems like you've figured it out, Peter. Maybe I'll come and visit when I can understand what's important to me-- or maybe when I establish a foothold in the first world as a mighty force of finance. For now I'd rather bear these ills I have, and hope for a time when I can do what I want with zero risk.<br />America doesn't deserve you! Cambodia needs you! And, to quote Gandalf, 'Fly, you fools!'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17203130958949886140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-64617370957821919132011-11-17T10:33:08.268+07:002011-11-17T10:33:08.268+07:00who is this "affable young man on the flight ...who is this "affable young man on the flight from Taipei to LA?" I should meet his wifektaniguchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406746782413288989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-35593555501069804532011-10-30T08:52:45.313+07:002011-10-30T08:52:45.313+07:00"I love exploring the native culture and thou..."I love exploring the native culture and though I'll never be a native or truly accepted, I like that i have chosen this."Sammi Lawhttp://gemsviathailand.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-73076825762062774042011-10-24T19:09:55.041+07:002011-10-24T19:09:55.041+07:00Your classroom looks much more organized and tidy....Your classroom looks much more organized and tidy. Are you glad to be back? <br /><br />I think I will enjoy my return as well. I miss Rockland, and I didn't think I'd miss it this much.Koralinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072994277436880181.post-76505961785864159002011-10-06T05:39:08.265+07:002011-10-06T05:39:08.265+07:00Hey Luke I did not get your message- I did post my...Hey Luke I did not get your message- I did post my email under my profile on my blog so try that. CHeersPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717544460311707701noreply@blogger.com