Comments on: Neighbors

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:23:42 +0000

Reading your story made me miss the horses that used to live across the road from us. These lovely horses need a simple leanto maybe. Maybe you can put your days in the Hawaiian life of a matushka in print. I hope you consider doing this as a month by month journal…along the hawaiian road of orthodoxy.

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:52:18 +0000

I love that this post is just simply a story, simply told. It’s soothing to read. The horses do sound truly lovable. I was taken with the detail about gingerly removing tools with their teeth. That is so cute. And of course, the miracle.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:48:23 +0000

Wow. An amazing story, and on your own road! As a child we rode horses and I was always afraid of them. I still feel a bit nervous around them, but swallow it down. They are beautiful creatures, and I am glad “yours” are well.

By: Molly Sabourin

Molly Sabourin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:03:49 +0000

Well that was totally captivating! I so wish you would publish all of these amazing experiences you’ve written about and photographed in Hawaii. The thought of you rolling down your window and yelling out a greeting to those “sweet creatures” makes me smile, makes me feel optimistic somehow.

By: Emily Lorelli

Emily Lorelli — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:46:24 +0000

Oh my goodness; it is a miracle that no one (human or horses) was hurt. My parents had a similar situation a few years ago during one of the big fires in San Diego. They were evacuated and the fire was in the canyon right behind their house. The fence between their house and the neighbor’s caught fire and burned almost up to the houses. But the fire burned through the PVC sprinkler pipe in my parents’ yard and it put out the fence fire and neither house was damaged. The firefighters, who were busy trying to contain the fire in general and didn’t have time to be putting out fence fires, said that the sprinkler probably saved the houses.
On a lighter note — I too have a super soft spot for horses, the magnificent creatures. I’d read this poem before, but had forgotten it and its loveliness. Thank you for posting it and allowing us to read it again (or for the first time) today. The last sentence is the best!