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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:21:45 GMT--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/universal/styles/feed.css"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>V-Grrrl - Comments</title><link>http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/</link><description>Art, poetry, prose</description><copyright>Copyright 2010 Veronica McCabe Deschambault. All rights reserved.</copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Melanie comments on Winter reading and book reviews</title><author>Melanie</author><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:29:21 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/2012/2/11/winter-reading-and-book-reviews.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38023:1539410:comment/16846865</guid><description><![CDATA[I have been intrigued by the Griffin &amp; Sabine books, whenever I&#39;ve seen them in bookstores, and they&#39;ve been recommended to me on a couple occasions, but I have never actually read them. I might just, now that you&#39;ve enjoyed them so. I&#39;m in the mood for magical and unusual stories lately. :)]]></description></item><item><title>V-Grrrl comments on Winter reading and book reviews</title><author>V-Grrrl</author><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:42:30 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/2012/2/11/winter-reading-and-book-reviews.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38023:1539410:comment/16846679</guid><description><![CDATA[I really liked A Year of Magical Thinking. She wrote with an odd detachment, as if she were observing her grief, and somehow the detachment made it all the more real than any thing that intentionally pulled at the heart strings. This is similar and different. She is coming to terms with her daughter&#39;s whole life as well as her own mortality. She has outlived her husband and their only child. In this book she is both strong and vulnerable.]]></description></item><item><title>J comments on Winter reading and book reviews</title><author>J</author><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:48 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/2012/2/11/winter-reading-and-book-reviews.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38023:1539410:comment/16846614</guid><description><![CDATA[Fascinating stuff.  I read Didion&#39;s &#39;Year of Magical Thinking&#39; soon after my mom died.  The confusion and difficulty catching a really good deep breath struck me as so close to what I went through.  Not sure I could bear one about losing a child.<br/><br/>Several years ago I read &#39;Paula&#39;, which is Isabelle Allende&#39;s book about the sudden illness and death of her daughter.  I found her writing to be more accessible than Didion&#39;s.  Heartbreaking.]]></description></item><item><title>Jack comments on February and the Big Nothing</title><author>Jack</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:27:46 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/2012/2/7/february-and-the-big-nothing.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38023:1539410:comment/16810162</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, the big now is where we are at so it is not a bad idea at all.]]></description></item><item><title>Tonya comments on February and the Big Nothing</title><author>Tonya</author><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:03 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/2012/2/7/february-and-the-big-nothing.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38023:1539410:comment/16807559</guid><description><![CDATA[We&#39;re still balls-deep in winter here. Maybe that is why I am looking at real estate sites in Tucson!! (I keep throwing junk away, too.)]]></description></item></channel></rss>
