tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post116516392546061326..comments2023-11-05T04:02:39.418-05:00Comments on Michelle's Spell: One Visit Will Convince YouMichelle's Spellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769666862403600253noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-28860115953146666182007-05-05T03:11:00.000-04:002007-05-05T03:11:00.000-04:00i ain't no hank, on slide or anything. You've int...i ain't no hank, on slide or anything. You've introduced me to him enough through your writing to know he's a unique as you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-69239783154751319182007-05-05T03:07:00.000-04:002007-05-05T03:07:00.000-04:00Glad to see him play! What a slide player! He's ...Glad to see him play! What a slide player! He's outstanding and glad I am to have seen it. I play electric slide, and do damn good getting those beautiful almost psychadelic wails to fall right out of the speakers. <BR/><BR/>Very sweet blues player and a damn shame he died. I remember when you broke the news about it in 121. You were so sad, though your feminine but tough voice was even. I felt my heart beat heavy in sympathy. <BR/>But that was then. seeing the video brought a human and artistic face to Hank Balanger that I didn't ever get to meet while he lived. But he lives on enough for us to share.<BR/>loveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165369827331101212006-12-05T20:50:00.000-05:002006-12-05T20:50:00.000-05:00hmm... yes, hygiene is important! hahahmm... yes, hygiene is important! hahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165236728466122282006-12-04T07:52:00.000-05:002006-12-04T07:52:00.000-05:00Dear Michelle, this is such a lovely post and view...Dear Michelle, this is such a lovely post and view, as always. I am not sure that I recognize this setting but it surely is Detroit friendly. I am so sorry about your friend Hank. Prayers and a toast to you dear girl.John Riccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810043437911192351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165230730401242442006-12-04T06:12:00.000-05:002006-12-04T06:12:00.000-05:00I've been to 8 funeral homes and have been tied to...I've been to 8 funeral homes and have been tied to 9 deaths this year so far, no I am not a salesman, and have seen more of the grief brought on by death this year than I cared to. <BR/><BR/>One of those 9 deaths was my moms but she gave the cadaver to U of M to do whatever they wanted with. <BR/>Probably help feed the herd of cows in their agricultural program.(Trying to introduce mad Mary syndrom into the food chain)[ok morbid joke but fuck it if you know me you know that is me] <BR/><BR/>Not many people asked me how I was doing at the time and them that did got the honest answer..."fine." And I was and still am 6 months later. <BR/><BR/>I caused a nonsensical argument among my sibs so they would have something to be pissed at, which is what all dysfunctional families need to get through these events. I let it go on for a week, even though i cared about the issue less than a minute, and then let the other 4 win because I really just wanted them in the anger they use to deal with most of thier normal lives and not full of the tears and crap that I really hate dealing with; especially as they would not have accepted the comfort of the truth. <BR/><BR/>I know how your dad seperated Michelle and that was more hurtful to me than that he went along. Hurtful to me because it was so hurtful to you, I find no capacity to mourn the dead but rather to empathize with the living. And don't misunderstand me, of all of my siblings I am the one most like my mother except she didn't have my warped personality parts.<BR/><BR/>But while the others went on with their careers and i just fixed cars; her and i could always talk for hours over nothing, I look at it like it was time for those 51 years of talks to end because she had somewhere else she needed to be, asleep with her ancestors.<BR/><BR/>I am too cheap for premium channels and so had to watch the grief and humor in the reality of those that don't think like I do about dying and that too, was plenty enough for me. <BR/><BR/>Do I miss her and the others? Yes some more than others but they are dead to this reality so I think of them on occasion, but I grieve for the living and there is plenty of that going on in my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165211612369489522006-12-04T00:53:00.000-05:002006-12-04T00:53:00.000-05:00Michelle, your writing is amazing! How you can kee...Michelle, your writing is amazing! How you can keep this up day after day astounds me. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165183226076306072006-12-03T17:00:00.000-05:002006-12-03T17:00:00.000-05:00Michelle, this was an open, poignant posting. I ca...Michelle, this was an open, poignant posting. I can truly relate, you know. That year, three out of four of us lost a parent. It was a strange, sad time.<BR/>I know those feelings of "dull." Sharp pains remind me that I am alive. Dull ones remind me of the constant, nagging whatever that won't allow me peace. Extreme grief is a separate reality and feels REAL in some odd way. Ordinary time is surreal in the way nothing seems to fit where it belongs.<BR/>Be well.<BR/>PS I LOVE Prime . . . and the "little knitted cap" sent me over the top!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165177263657226772006-12-03T15:21:00.000-05:002006-12-03T15:21:00.000-05:00Cajun Q back at the OM yeedogHank look like my kin...Cajun Q back at the OM <BR/>yeedog<BR/>Hank look like my kinda picker<BR/>Foxy Lady Cajun Queen<BR/>Mighty Isis on the scene<BR/>Shazammmmmmmmmmmmm!<BR/>R2 C2 OM FOxy!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165166563204244262006-12-03T12:22:00.000-05:002006-12-03T12:22:00.000-05:00I'm sure the psychic had a money back guarantee, b...I'm sure the psychic had a money back guarantee, but could convince you of how you felt at that given time and place. I may not be able to see Hank on YouTube due to working off a crummy phone line. I'll try.JR's Thumbprintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479324326541901987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1165165818889439922006-12-03T12:10:00.000-05:002006-12-03T12:10:00.000-05:00Hank look like "The Pawnbroker" guy in "The Heat o...Hank look like "The Pawnbroker" guy in "The Heat of the Night."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com