• Sunshine_Mariah said on May 06, 2008....

  That was beautiful! :-) What a lucky, special friend you have.

• diabolicdame said on May 06, 2008....

  Beautiful!

• quietone said on May 06, 2008....

  what a romantic you are moon.  and what a very lucky special person.  That was a beautiful piece of music. 

• Alyss said on May 06, 2008....

  This is beautiful moon. 

• Twylarants said on May 06, 2008....

  Just beautiful. I listened, I read,  I went "ahhhhhhhh".
  It was like slipping into a bubble bath in candle light.
  Ahhhhhhhhh.
  

• secretlife said on May 06, 2008....

  beautiful!

• the_infernal_optimist said on May 06, 2008....

  This is so beautiful. I hope she reads this and smiles soul-deep. :)
  
  ~Infernal
  

• queenparanoia said on May 06, 2008....

  sweet and beautiful... =)

• crybabylu said on May 07, 2008....

  This is absolutely beautiful!

• purposeful said on May 07, 2008....

  aw!...how wonderful!

• CreativeWoman said on May 07, 2008....

  She must be very special.  It's very touching.
  
  CW
  

• moonriver said on May 08, 2008....

  Dear everyone -- Sorry for this late reply, and my many thanks for all the comments. I'd been busy...
  
  How I found this particular video is an interesting story. Sometime last weekend -- a very rainy weekend (heck, I should say it's been a very rainy week) -- the song Somewhere in time wafted through the radio just as I woke up at 4 am. It left some pretty bad swath of destruction through my emotional defensive walls. Lol.
  
  Anyway, the song kept humming thru my head, and that was what inspired the quasi-poem. It also led me to browse thru Youtube for an appropriate video, of Somewhere in Time of course, that would accompany this blog. Some were too sugary-sweet, others downright crappy. Most were based on clips or stills from the movie, others just a hodge-podge of this and that.
  
  Then, as I pursued the Youtube links, the Porco Rosso piece presented itself. I'm not a huge anime fan... although my kids are... and I only vaguely knew the story. But the Youtube piece blew me away, from the first frame showing a garden literally among the clouds, down to the fadeout scene of the plane ride into the sunset. And the soul-soothing music by John Barry, of course.
  
  I had found my video. It was the perfect accompaniment for what I wrote. The song is still humming thru my head right now.
  
  Yes, she read it. She said she was very lucky to have me as a friend. I said, I'm a lot luckier to have her as a friend. She said, "No, I'm luckier." I shot back, "Nope, I'm luckier, and that's that." Then she retorted, "I said I'm luckier, and I always win arguments." Then we had a quarrel. Lol. Just kidding all of you.
  
  
  

• Me-Myself&I said on May 10, 2008....

  that was beautiful. Nice walk in the garden too.
  She is waiting, she said she always waits for your lover....take it from a woman, don't make her wait too long.
  Nice post. Take care my friend. ~see ya 

• steppenwolf68 said on May 11, 2008....

  Just  simply  Beautiful  ....

• crybabylu said on May 12, 2008....

  You have such a wonderful way with words, moon.

• I'mNotHungry said on May 12, 2008....

  I don't know how I initially missed this post, moon.

  This is absolutely beautiful...... just as you are.

  H.

• sehnen said on May 22, 2008....

  thurs 22 may
   
  sehnen here. just wanted you to know I finally noticed your comments on my blog entries and wanted to thank you. i'm not doing very well, sorry. i have other blogs on the same subject, thought different vignettes, but you probably know about them if you've been reading sehnen from the beginning.

• antithesis said on May 23, 2008....

  This is wonderful, just written the way it should be.

• moonriver said on May 24, 2008....

  memyself -- I just got back from a nice walk through my monsoon-wet garden too. You shoulda seen me with an umbrella. Waiting is a double-edged sword, but it's better to drink tea meanwhile... :-)
  
  steppen -- It's beautiful, I agree. Especially the scene where the sun shines through the dark clouds and bathes a huge circular area on the sea surface, and the plane's window flashing bright sunlight as it passes through the area. You noticed that? It's very symbolic for me... :-)
  
  babylu -- If only words could turn into living reality ... :-)
  
  hungry girl -- Thank you for the kind words. The song would probably assume a big significance to you now, considering the recent loss you've had... ((hugs))
  
  sehnen -- Sorry if I haven't been to your blogs lately. But I read whenever I have some time on my hands, and I sympathize with you. Thank you too, for dropping by.
  
  antithesis -- I liked your blogs too, that's why I subscribed to you. Thanks for dropping by.
  
  

• steppenwolf68 said on May 26, 2008....

  Hello Moon, again. Didn't want to get longwinded - a fault of mine... getting too enthused.

  Yes, and not only the flash of sunlight being reflected from the plane. The whole thing. You see, I'm a pilot. The man who made this clip is too! And a good one! The feeling of flying among those beautiful altocumulos, the pure, bright white puff tops contrasted against the blue sky, and the feeling you get sailing between them... And then the wingovers! You could feel them in your stomach! Words are so inadequate....

  But why didn't he touch down? He had an anfib and the sea was so calm. And she was there. After that very dangerous near touchdown the the rapid climb.... and just over the top of the loop - what a good pilot! And in that aircraft! But why didn't he fetch her? Another wingover with  a low pass and touchdown.... taxi over to her pier and take her in your arms....  then fly off into the sunset.... with her.... ?

  Or, was it all just a beartiful dream.... her longing for his return.... and could he return? All so beartiful, touching .... and still ... a little sad... because we don't know.... and will never know...

• fromtheheart said on May 26, 2008....

  you are the rest of my days...... wow it is sooo romantic, a lucky one i can say....

• moonriver said on May 27, 2008....

  Steppen -- No problem about getting long-winded. These days I need a little more enthusiasm myself. Lol.
  
  You're a pilot? Wow. The nearest experience I have to such aerobatics is to fly in a small plane, coasting near the ground and following a big river, but as a passenger. But I know what you mean... the feeling of sailing between, through, sometimes above, the altocumulus.
  
  Those were amfib pontoons? I thought they were mere gas tanks. You ask why did he not fetch her. I think the explanation can be found by following through the entire Porco Rosso story, here.
  
  
  Oh, btw, here's a similar film clip, but this time, the pilot (Robert Redford) succeeds in "getting" the lady (Meryl Streep) in more ways than one. From Out of Africa , film by Sydney Pollack (who passed away just a couple of days ago), soundtrack also by John Barry who composed Somewhere in Time.
  
  
  
  
  There are enough similarities between the two clips for me to suspect that Hayao Miyazaki (the film-maker of Porco Rosso) was influenced by Pollack's film.
  
  
  fromtheheart -- I hold on to every word I wrote in that poem. Some things are etched inside too deeply to forget so easily. Thanks for the comment... :-)
  
  

• steppenwolf68 said on Jun 02, 2008....

  Hi again, Moon! SC is great, but I just can't seem to keep up with my little time!

  Thank you for taking the time to give me the clip. Yes, I spent some 5 years in southern Africa, and when I saw the film I was nothing less than astounded. And life is like that. And, it seems, just the people who don't deserve the hard knocks, get them! Looking at the clip I remembered a flight from Ndola to Llilongwie in a light high-wing light plane - i think a Cessna - where we flew fairly low over a heard of elephants. One looked up, rather bored, and continued on... We flew much higher over the flamingos so as not to disturb them... they tend to be sensitive. Yes, thanks, the clip took me out of the stress and rush for a few minutes. One needs that from time to time.

  Reminded me also of what Germans call an "ah-ha!" experience. We were flying recon (army long time ago) in an H-13. I was along with a senior officer to do some translating. He told me to just relax and watch.... we were flying just south of Bad Kreuznach towards the "Red Cliffs" at tree top. [The Red Cliffs are the highest rock faces between the Alps and Norway.] I, crazy, always liked flying low and was so happy and alive... when, all of a sudden, the forest was gone and the whole valley suddenly opend out in front of us! I felt as though I had the wings!

  I don't know what I said, or what noises I might have made, but later my senior smiled at me and said, "I knew you'd like that!"

  Moon, although it will never be, I'd love to take you up one time. I haven't flown for a while now, but it never leaves you. Never.....  and I know it would lift your soull!  Take care, my friend, and stay healthy....

• moonriver said on Jun 16, 2008....

  Wow, Steppen, you've been around a lot, and must have logged a lot of air miles in all those years of flying... :-)
  
  I'm no pilot (although I'd love to learn if given the chance), but all my airplane trips  -- whether on small prop-driven ones or on huge Airbuses -- have been exhilarating rides.
  
  I think at least a few scenes in that Out of Africa plane ride were shot at the edge of the Great Rift Valley, creating that feeling of sudden elevation change -- like you suddenly leapt off a cliff only to see yourself floating and gliding on wings instead of falling. Yeah, I know that feeling... :-)
  
  I'll take you up on your offer to take me up (duh... false redundancy there haha) if ever I find myself in your neck of the woods. I'm sure it would be a great ride. Just make sure we have enough aviation fuel to do all the acrobatics and local sights you want to show me, to make sure we get back to land in one piece. Lol.
  
  I'm healthy as can be. You take care too, friend.
  
  

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