Notes (revised)

Hi Letty,
I hope you are well and happy...and far, far from this chilling blizzard which engulfs us nortenos. (sorry for the missing tilde)

I'd be obliged if you point out the typos to me but the last 'to' is the way I intended it. If you re-read it you'll see my intention.

affectionately, jjorge

No problem in Florida, jjorge, but I just noticed that the nor'easter is sweeping from Virginia to Maine.

I think you meant "does a bird know how to sigh."

How very interesting that you intended the"to long" to be your choice. It now conjures up a different image.

darn, that's what i get for not using spell-check! You are right of course. I did intend '...does a bird...' not '...doe a bird...' how frustrating that i can't edit it. (it seems to me we used to be able to do so)

Yes, that single o alters the meaning significantly. I made the decision some time ago that I wanted to say BOTH things in the four repetitions of too long. To me they are two kinds of pain ie:

1. "Too long...too long..."

(It's been too long or 'I miss you')

and

2. "too long...to long"

(this longing has gone on for such a long time!)

jjorge, you can still edit, I think. Let me try, and I now understand your use of the phrase "to long" from sigh to song to long.

I just edited the "understan" to read understand, but I think you must now edit before a reply is sent.