<?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/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post7554866812634625370..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1582764679423324370</id><published>2009-07-05T22:06:51.087-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T22:06:51.087-04:00</updated><title type='text'>just returned from &amp;#39;Celebration of db&amp;#39;s Li...</title><summary type='text'>just returned from &amp;#39;Celebration of db&amp;#39;s Life&amp;#39; at Ragle Park, many people there under the California oaks, even some blue sky in what was a beautiful event.  when Chris spoke near the end he mentioned the people who&amp;#39;d come from far &amp;amp; wide, Sonoma of course, but also Bolinas and Mexico and Steve Tills clear from New York, and also the people who had sent words &amp;amp; thoughts </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/1582764679423324370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/1582764679423324370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html?showComment=1246846011087#c1582764679423324370' title=''/><author><name>STEPHEN RATCLIFFE</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7554866812634625370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7554866812634625370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1996291811"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3103891174110386137</id><published>2009-07-05T10:43:10.588-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T10:43:10.588-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for this Ron, Bob and I will be driving up ...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for this Ron, Bob and I will be driving up there....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/3103891174110386137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/3103891174110386137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html?showComment=1246804990588#c3103891174110386137' title=''/><author><name>STEPHEN RATCLIFFE</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7554866812634625370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7554866812634625370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1996291811"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3430388619785956036</id><published>2009-07-05T08:32:29.645-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T08:32:29.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, a very sincere and moving portrait of a frien...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, a very sincere and moving portrait of a friend, and the effects of a friendship, with a strain of humility throughout which made it all the more touching.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/3430388619785956036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/3430388619785956036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html?showComment=1246797149645#c3430388619785956036' title=''/><author><name>Andrew</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13667691610987101902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_j8hpZsi3qRg/R4R-KdS6ViI/AAAAAAAAAlU/ihJixngoj6w/S220/Jen+%26+Andrew.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7554866812634625370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7554866812634625370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2052419699"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7696341983511844063</id><published>2009-07-04T20:41:58.637-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T20:41:58.637-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In 4th grade, I remember, we had a class spelling ...</title><summary type='text'>In 4th grade, I remember, we had a class spelling bee. It came down to two competitors (I wasn&amp;#39;t one of them). Back &amp;amp; forth they went. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally the teacher offered up a stumper: Sebastopol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neither of the finalists got it right. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I&amp;#39;ve known how to spell the name of the town I grew up in ever since. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ragle Ranch would be lovely place for a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/7696341983511844063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/7696341983511844063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html?showComment=1246754518637#c7696341983511844063' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iMEmv6aWYmc/SUbr7qd5GII/AAAAAAAAAW0/VdzuqU-cysU/S220/GIandSundy.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7554866812634625370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7554866812634625370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1543756897450764911</id><published>2009-07-04T15:05:02.889-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T15:05:02.889-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, this is a moving tribute to an incredible wri...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, this is a moving tribute to an incredible writer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is this special section on Bromige&amp;#39;s work in Jacket 22, which I don&amp;#39;t recall a link to in previous posts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://jacketmagazine.com/22/index.shtml&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kent</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/1543756897450764911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/1543756897450764911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html?showComment=1246734302889#c1543756897450764911' title=''/><author><name>Kent Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15233688630151467658</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7554866812634625370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7554866812634625370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-901447242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8784101986742552212</id><published>2009-07-04T13:53:44.926-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T13:53:44.926-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is beautiful, Ron. From what I&amp;#39;ve heard a...</title><summary type='text'>This is beautiful, Ron. From what I&amp;#39;ve heard about him from friends, garnered from interviews, and intuited from one brief meeting, he and those who loved him were mutually fortunate. And his poetry does--I agree completely--remain a pinnacle.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/8784101986742552212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/8784101986742552212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html?showComment=1246730024926#c8784101986742552212' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6k4HvGxKtyg/SVPBwJ5AtYI/AAAAAAAAACI/AIiTa7_THRM/S220/Shadow+Head.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7554866812634625370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7554866812634625370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4133044959540426590</id><published>2009-07-04T12:16:16.606-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T12:16:16.606-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, &#xa;&#xa;Aside from the love with which it is writte...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from the love with which it is written, which I know should never be an &amp;quot;aside,&amp;quot; so forgive me, the best thing about this post -- and there are lots of great things in here -- is that I can imagine you writing a post about as long, and as good, using just about any particular single sentence as the theme-topic. I mean, it&amp;#39;s marvelously rich,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on top </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/4133044959540426590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7554866812634625370/comments/default/4133044959540426590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html?showComment=1246724176606#c4133044959540426590' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-14-years-and-two-months-since-we-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7554866812634625370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7554866812634625370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2009"/></entry></feed>