tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post1527935868187088684..comments2023-10-09T10:05:44.803-06:00Comments on Patricia Stoltey: Pat's Alternate Universe No. 1: The BallerinaPatricia Stolteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-42872099693811634162013-01-18T04:55:06.126-07:002013-01-18T04:55:06.126-07:00Hi Pat - I'd love to dance - all varieties .. ...Hi Pat - I'd love to dance - all varieties .. but I can dream ... not often - but it's wonderful to be able to immerse the mind in a different world ... <br /><br />I wonder what we'd all have done if we didn't have to earn our livings ... now you're exploring your passion ...<br /><br />Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-78677440352443158732013-01-16T22:23:45.457-07:002013-01-16T22:23:45.457-07:00Diane, that's a question I often asked myself ...Diane, that's a question I often asked myself about writing (and photography too as a matter of fact), but I chose real world work for real money instead. The image of the starving writer still living with her parents didn't appeal to me.<br /><br />Thanks, Amy...I did add a cowboy and a little Texas Two Step to my short story in progress, but no swans dancing on their toes. Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-57281106393805517842013-01-16T19:27:47.534-07:002013-01-16T19:27:47.534-07:00What a lovely story, Odette, and we can live our d...What a lovely story, Odette, and we can live our dreams through our stories!Amy Jareckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12228735893610373995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-41442953677542646212013-01-16T14:35:45.039-07:002013-01-16T14:35:45.039-07:00I bet I can top your clumsiness. I can walk down a...I bet I can top your clumsiness. I can walk down a wide hallway and still manage to run into the wall at some point.<br /><br />I wasn't serious enough about anything when I was younger. Sure I set goals of being an author and a professional photographer when I was 14, but I never did anything to pursue them until I was much older. Wonder where I would be now if I'd pursued them sooner?L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-59301274170775028982013-01-16T13:04:19.891-07:002013-01-16T13:04:19.891-07:00Not to mention the groupies, Alex. At least most b...Not to mention the groupies, Alex. At least most ballerinas don't have to worry about that.<br /><br />Rini, my friend, I'm so sorry, but I twisted my knee on my last out-of-town trip and it's still bothering me too much to do ballet or bellydance...but I could stand in one place and perform some mean disco moves. How much of a collection are we talking about here?Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-7202731129603912252013-01-16T12:55:21.736-07:002013-01-16T12:55:21.736-07:00Enjoyed the posts and comments! I think we should ...Enjoyed the posts and comments! I think we should start a collection to see Pat dance (ballet or bellydance) :)Rini Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756786784498811351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-54714143490846351532013-01-16T11:47:36.963-07:002013-01-16T11:47:36.963-07:00I can relate! Sure rock star sounds good, and musi...I can relate! Sure rock star sounds good, and music has always been a part of my life, but when I think of the lifestyle, the travel, the crowd of people staring at me... no thanks!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-50330037266947513382013-01-16T11:37:56.462-07:002013-01-16T11:37:56.462-07:00P.S. It's quite possible I'll have this od...P.S. It's quite possible I'll have this odd image of Dean in tights in my head all day...Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-79233880840242680342013-01-16T11:36:12.455-07:002013-01-16T11:36:12.455-07:00Dean, it would take a hefty sum indeed.
But just...Dean, it would take a hefty sum indeed. <br /><br />But just to really boggle your brain, I'll tell you I briefly belonged to a belly-dancing group when I was in my (less hefty) 30s and we performed at a couple of events...I enjoyed the dance but not the performing in public, so I quit that too.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-38030908751505240162013-01-16T11:18:53.385-07:002013-01-16T11:18:53.385-07:00Strange how I read your post and kept inserting &q...Strange how I read your post and kept inserting "writer" where it read "ballenrina"...mostly cuz I don't look good in tights.<br /><br />I should've told my parents I wanted to be a writer back in fourth grade.<br /><br />Who knows what could've happened. Instead, I ended becoming a writer near mid-century, grateful I haven't been slaving at the keyboard for 40 years longer than I needed.<br /><br />I'd pay a hefty sum just to see you dance once. ;-)Dean K Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846624912452227191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-80918560800606768792013-01-16T10:56:03.332-07:002013-01-16T10:56:03.332-07:00Hey, Michael, thanks for coming by. Dancing cowboy...Hey, Michael, thanks for coming by. Dancing cowboy...well, there was that one ballet scene in the musical Oklahoma...Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-10163194649356733802013-01-16T10:53:37.830-07:002013-01-16T10:53:37.830-07:00Hi Cindy. Yes, who would have thought? Wait until ...Hi Cindy. Yes, who would have thought? Wait until I tell you about the alternate universe where I'm an Olympic gold medalist. :DPatricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-40761747552003047002013-01-16T10:52:51.452-07:002013-01-16T10:52:51.452-07:00"The stuff that dreams are made of." It..."The stuff that dreams are made of." It's that ability to imagine being someone or something else that helps propel a writer into uncharted territory. (Maybe you would've been a dancing cowboy.)Michael Allan Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850504706974567423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-54733567886906264822013-01-16T10:49:53.152-07:002013-01-16T10:49:53.152-07:00I wanted to go to interior design school and nearl...I wanted to go to interior design school and nearly signed up for it. I also wanted to be a teacher. Both careers would have been awesome, but here I am, a writer, paying the bills with my journalistic skills at a newspaper. So I report on what others are doing, instead of doing it myself. Oh, well... Can't complain, really. But I like to daydream, too, and it was fun to read about your aspirations, Pat!Cindy Keen Reyndershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538914807361602296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-75916310716847461562013-01-16T10:30:51.538-07:002013-01-16T10:30:51.538-07:00LD, I want your alternate universe too. I always t...LD, I want your alternate universe too. I always thought I should have been a cowboy...as well as a ballerina.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-67819292611949526102013-01-16T09:09:32.565-07:002013-01-16T09:09:32.565-07:00Lovely post. You started me daydreaming a bit. In...Lovely post. You started me daydreaming a bit. In my alternate universe, I'm riding a beautiful horse, galloping across a grassy meadow, leaping over the occasion brook - which I can do easily because I'm such a skilled rider. In the current universe I never got beyond sitting on a slow moving trail horse, trying not to fall off.LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-55140129078133321372013-01-16T08:29:24.661-07:002013-01-16T08:29:24.661-07:00Thanks, Yvonne. When I think of how many different...Thanks, Yvonne. When I think of how many different paths I could have taken over my many years, it boggles my mind.<br /><br />Your kind words mean a lot, Karen. Now if I could only find a way to leap over the hard work and pain of being a writer, I could have this kind of joy in the here and now.<br /><br />Julie, I'm definitely thinking of making this a regular, maybe monthly feature, on my blog and spreading the word to other bloggers to pick up the idea. I can come up with a dozen or more alternate universes for myself. It's the curse of having too many interests (and paths not taken). <br /><br />Hmmm. I wonder if there's a novel in all this.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-55014990171789041452013-01-16T07:34:14.248-07:002013-01-16T07:34:14.248-07:00I loved this post too. In my alternate universe, I...I loved this post too. In my alternate universe, I would be a singer, unafraid of being on stage in front of millions, crooning to the awe and admiration of people everywhere. Oprah and Ellen would interview me and I would be fascinating as well as talented. This post was fun-- I may have to run with the idea on my blog too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757567191914795875.post-79518778987867229102013-01-16T07:04:55.001-07:002013-01-16T07:04:55.001-07:00Lovely to read Patricia, cheered me no end.
Yvonn...Lovely to read Patricia, cheered me no end.<br /><br />Yvonne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com