Friendship...

GETTING TO KICK UP YOUR HEELS WITH A NEW FRIEND is not an every day occasion. So there I was, waiting at home on Tuesday night, with great anticipation, for the real Jeane to appear. You all know her Blog, ARTIT, filled with artistic accomplishment. And soon she would be crossing my threshold.
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The doorman rang me. "Send her up, please". Waited at the door..elevator stopped..and coming towards me, an incredible smile attached to a very radiant woman, was Jeane...hurray!!Shrieks all around as she entered with her friend Lisa. Jeane had announced on her blog, a trip to NY. I had casually mentioned "Call me" in a comment. The blog was coming to life, because Jeane said she would. Very simple. Not for a minute did I think that we wouldn't get along as great pals. You can really tell about that sort of thing. Hey, you could be here right now..you just know we'd be fine.
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So we toasted, and drank a bit of wine, and toasted, and drank a bit of wine. We are all quite talkative, surprise! Jeane is such an ingratiating person, laughs easily, has a happy and open demeanor. A very attractive woman with a welcoming smile. And her friend Lisa was charming and fun. Our conversation was the best talk show around!...Plus a little wine, and a bit of chocolate cake. After all, this is the home of Choclat Sin! And I tried to live up to that standard.
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I'm so grateful for the confluence of forces that play within the bloggy world, that could bring strangers from opposite coasts to a place where we would sit down as friends. My only regret is scaredy cat Milo, who spent the whole time under my bed. Well, maybe next time.

Fab!!

OH, KAT! OF POETIKAT'S INVISIBLE

KEEPSAKES...How totally great to be

sprinkled with fabulousness by you...

you sure know how to pass an award on,

one that you so deservedly have received!

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Sharing and taking a bow alongside, "Lenorenevermore",

and "One Happy Panda" pleases me no end. In case

you've missed it, we are Bloggers who demonstrate

features of fancy and interest, we are captivating and unique,

and friendly as well. Ta da...

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Thank you and congratulations to all!

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Now I'm going to do a complete switch and dive

into a subject that couldn't be further away from

frivolity. I will say immediately that I am ashamed

and amazed at having encountered, in a rather

innocuous blog, an offensive, small minded and

downright bigoted point of view.

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What's really difficult is that this is generally a blog

that I follow, usually presents creative ideas. Not

yesterday. I was just blind sighted by the totally

unnecessary insertion of a hateful remark, preceded

by a cowardly, "forgive me for saying this", and

saying it.

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It's easy to remove oneself from a "follow" list.

Click, it's over. That's what I usually do in my

"real" life when I encounter a particular kind of

ugliness, especially with someone I hardly know.

Click. Good-bye. I feel that if you don't know by

now how really stupid you are, I'm not waiting

around to teach you.

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Should I have confronted this person, pinned the

subject down, told them blog to blog what I think?

I just feel that too much anger would take over.

Maybe this will somehow drift on over, and blogger

will get it.

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