<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post726958553761168177..comments</id><updated>2012-02-01T20:05:27.393-05:00</updated><category term='nostalgia'/><category term='Poetic Asides'/><category term='The Sunday Whirl'/><category term='Thursday Think Tank'/><category term='tribute'/><category term='art'/><category term='Marc Chagall'/><category term='Poetry Form - The Tritina'/><category term='Reverie One'/><category term='Happy Hour'/><category term='writing prompt'/><category term='mother-in-law'/><category term='prompt #85'/><category term='My Room'/><category term='dragon'/><category term='favorite writer'/><category term='6WS'/><category term='cruelty'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='dream catcher'/><category term='kids'/><category term='contest'/><category term='parenthood'/><category term='sonnet'/><category term='quatern'/><category term='The Perfect Poets Award'/><category term='carpe diem'/><category term='etheree'/><category term='cento'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Thursday Poets Rally'/><category term='hay(na)ku'/><category term='dizain'/><category term='labor of love'/><category term='Wordgathering'/><category term='Almost Anything'/><category term='movie'/><category term='John Lennon'/><category term='haiku'/><category term='photo'/><category term='short story'/><category term='craft'/><category term='Flashy Fiction'/><category term='color'/><category term='Ivan Shishkin'/><category term='Amateur Art'/><category term='Russia'/><category term='Naming Constellations'/><category term='Children&apos;s Liturgy of the Word'/><category term='Hopper'/><category term='niche'/><category term='place'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='love'/><category term='limerick'/><category term='painting'/><category term='adopt a dog'/><category term='congregate'/><category term='Shishkin Ivan'/><category term='Poetic Perils'/><category term='We Write Poems'/><category term='poem'/><category term='The Purple Treehouse'/><category term='Yu. Norshteyn'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #88'/><category term='Carry on Tuesday'/><category term='prose'/><category term='chorus'/><category term='marriage'/><category term='Russian Roots'/><category term='Funny Bunny Fridays Week 6'/><category term='Reverie Two'/><category term='Poets Rally 59'/><category term='wordle'/><category term='animation'/><category term='goodbye'/><category term='New Year&apos;s Eve'/><category term='Anne Tyler'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day'/><category term='prompt #89'/><category term='Tuesday Tryouts'/><category term='acrostic'/><category term='Francis Pharcellus  Church'/><category term='Phoenix'/><category term='Six Word Saturday'/><category term='children'/><category term='photo prompt'/><category term='seize the day'/><category term='visual prompt'/><category term='Poets United'/><category term='music'/><category term='Reverie Four'/><category term='Poetry Picnic Week 21'/><category term='life changing event'/><category term='In-Form Poet'/><category term='Poetic Bloomings'/><category term='new parent'/><category term='&apos;Hedgehog in the Fog&apos;'/><category term='Praha'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #90'/><category term='prompt #38'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #91'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Happy Amateur: 'Passing'</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/feeds/726958553761168177/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-6807093492569903344</id><published>2012-02-01T20:05:27.393-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T20:05:27.393-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brenda, thank you very much for your words - the w...</title><content type='html'>Brenda, thank you very much for your words - the words of this comment, and the words I look forward to every Sunday.  Something magical about wordles.&lt;br /&gt;So glad my motto makes you feel good!  :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/6807093492569903344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/6807093492569903344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1328144727393#c6807093492569903344' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/8699922191288067758'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/726958553761168177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-8699922191288067758</id><published>2012-02-01T19:59:29.715-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T19:59:29.715-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Live life for the love of it....  yes, we must.  E...</title><content type='html'>Live life for the love of it....  yes, we must.  Each day, each moment, could be the one where we rise up, hopefully to something like serenity.  :)  Excellent read...it intrigued me up to the end.  And your live life for the love of it makes me feel darn good.  Thank you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/8699922191288067758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/8699922191288067758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1328144369715#c8699922191288067758' title=''/><author><name>brenda w</name><uri>http://undercaws.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' 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to read the poem, thank you for the comment!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/6155642532566674148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/6155642532566674148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1328069920168#c6155642532566674148' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/5147919899454365392'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/726958553761168177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5147919899454365392</id><published>2012-01-31T23:04:30.639-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T23:04:30.639-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting poem, do to way you have it lay out bu...</title><content type='html'>Interesting poem, do to way you have it lay out but I do like alot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But for some reason you font in the poem, doesn&amp;#39;t appear right in my firefox browser. Some the letters got replace with symbols. works ok in Chrome</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/5147919899454365392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/5147919899454365392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1328069070639#c5147919899454365392' title=''/><author><name>Cathy</name><uri>http://thequietone.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/726958553761168177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-646891662'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-6579711942772813951</id><published>2012-01-30T08:05:26.237-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T08:05:26.237-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Janet!</title><content type='html'>Thank you, Janet!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/6579711942772813951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/6579711942772813951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1327928726237#c6579711942772813951' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/1931872972790988082'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/726958553761168177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-1931872972790988082</id><published>2012-01-30T07:34:39.588-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T07:34:39.588-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is a tear-jerker so tenderly formed and wordl...</title><content type='html'>This is a tear-jerker so tenderly formed and wordled. Very beautiful!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/1931872972790988082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/1931872972790988082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1327926879588#c1931872972790988082' title=''/><author><name>Janet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00674672739833774670'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eD8TdfYFh6Y/TyFgECwQ8dI/AAAAAAAAGNU/5n9BTUAFblk/s220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/726958553761168177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1358381258'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-52515200052863876</id><published>2012-01-30T06:26:11.741-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T06:26:11.741-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Viv, thank you very much for your comment.</title><content type='html'>Viv, thank you very much for your comment.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/52515200052863876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/52515200052863876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1327922771741#c52515200052863876' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/7959543536174740746'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/726958553761168177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-7959543536174740746</id><published>2012-01-30T01:42:03.624-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T01:42:03.624-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An interesting form a sad subject to contain the w...</title><content type='html'>An interesting form a sad subject to contain the wordle words so beautifully.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/7959543536174740746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/726958553761168177/comments/default/7959543536174740746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html?showComment=1327905723624#c7959543536174740746' title=''/><author><name>vivinfrance</name><uri>http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/openid16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/passing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-726958553761168177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/726958553761168177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1519727155'/></entry></feed>
