tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post3109407625131883306..comments2024-03-29T09:21:43.016-04:00Comments on Today's Little Ditty: DMC: "Montauk" by B.J. LeeMichelle Heidenrich Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-26650527364231441212016-11-24T14:21:36.676-05:002016-11-24T14:21:36.676-05:00We camped at Ditch Plains once. Loved it. Truly lo...We camped at Ditch Plains once. Loved it. Truly love your poem and I will share your it with Celine Keating,the Montauk co-editor. She loved Hither Hills, too. Janet F. (I am the Sybil of the Internet...don't ask...it was just that in the beginning I didn't know how or realize.....what would happen...I am a late bloomer.)skanny17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07488350213473016250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-44413128901045787322016-11-24T13:16:16.622-05:002016-11-24T13:16:16.622-05:00Thank you, Jill! Glad you stopped by!Thank you, Jill! Glad you stopped by!BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-71720846736751562192016-11-24T13:15:52.768-05:002016-11-24T13:15:52.768-05:00Your welcome, Michelle, and thank you!Your welcome, Michelle, and thank you!BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-29166526389861205382016-11-24T00:51:46.558-05:002016-11-24T00:51:46.558-05:00So beautiful. Thank you, BJ.So beautiful. Thank you, BJ.Jill Richards Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342080825883735333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-51864425138197946592016-11-23T23:32:11.722-05:002016-11-23T23:32:11.722-05:00Lovely imagery, thanks for your journey to "M...Lovely imagery, thanks for your journey to "Montauk" BJ!michelle koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409095111952431780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-49910623830515413922016-11-23T23:30:27.489-05:002016-11-23T23:30:27.489-05:00Thank you, Rosi! I appreciate that! The breakers a...Thank you, Rosi! I appreciate that! The breakers are particularly boisterous at Montauk! :)BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-88357839780881023352016-11-23T23:29:26.685-05:002016-11-23T23:29:26.685-05:00Thank you, Margaret! Yes, we can all use a far awa...Thank you, Margaret! Yes, we can all use a far away place right now to get a bit of rest. Maybe we should all descend on Montauk! Though, a bit cold there at the moment, I should think. :)BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-76024292760531750582016-11-23T23:28:07.756-05:002016-11-23T23:28:07.756-05:00Yes, Skanny, I remember the big duck! We would dri...Yes, Skanny, I remember the big duck! We would drive from NJ when we lived there and from CT when we lived there and take the ferry from Bridgeport(I believe) to Port Jefferson. I never actually camped at Hither Hills although a good friend of mine used to all the time and I've been there. We stayed at our Uncle's who was a deep sea fishing captain, a very colorful fellow! The beach we used to go to was called "Ditch Plains" if I'm not mistaken. I'm glad you like my poem! I would have loved to have known about the anthology. Oh well! It sounds wonderful!BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-80612862096381495532016-11-23T23:20:49.244-05:002016-11-23T23:20:49.244-05:00Yes, David, you must! It's absolutely wonderfu...Yes, David, you must! It's absolutely wonderful - at the very end of Long Island!BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-46420567921709177522016-11-23T23:20:10.891-05:002016-11-23T23:20:10.891-05:00I didn't know you went to Montauk, Barb! How i...I didn't know you went to Montauk, Barb! How interesting. We never camped at Hither Hills; instead we stayed with our Uncle John.BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-26167057770639769362016-11-23T19:22:10.769-05:002016-11-23T19:22:10.769-05:00I love especially "boisterous breakers crashi...I love especially "boisterous breakers crashing like thunder ." This is a wonderful poem. Thanks so much for it. Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-79726148189459186912016-11-23T18:52:26.221-05:002016-11-23T18:52:26.221-05:00This is a lovely poem that takes me to a far away ...This is a lovely poem that takes me to a far away place where I can rest a bit. Thanks, B.J.Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-9464636729913914552016-11-23T18:51:33.412-05:002016-11-23T18:51:33.412-05:00PS From Janet Clare on FBPS From Janet Clare on FBskanny17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07488350213473016250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-67334996235589749672016-11-23T18:51:10.283-05:002016-11-23T18:51:10.283-05:00B.J.
I spent so much time as a child at Hither Hil...B.J.<br />I spent so much time as a child at Hither Hills! (Where were you from? Do you remember the big duck on the way there? And yes, it is still there, though I have to admit that the wonderful picnic area on the hill, does not appear as magnificent or tall as it did as a child. In order to get a campsite there, you have to sign up at midnight on Jan. 1, it is that incredibly popular. I have a poem in the recent On Montauk, an anthology about clamming with my grandmother on the East End. (They had a place in East Hampton, though not the ritzy Hamptons of these days. My happiest childhood memories are in East Hampton and in Montauk.) My sister has a spot on the beach there now...nothing gloriously fancy but still wonderful, however I rarely get there. So you have touched a nerve for sure. This is a fabulous poem and would have made it into that anthology, I am positive. I tried to write a Hither Hills memory but could not do it in time, so this just really speaks to me. LOVE.skanny17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07488350213473016250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-82164038363362353822016-11-23T18:02:07.668-05:002016-11-23T18:02:07.668-05:00I've never been, but now I must.I've never been, but now I must.David McMullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976625439508466025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-61703937751446289902016-11-23T17:31:08.192-05:002016-11-23T17:31:08.192-05:00I loved being/camping at Montauk. Your poem brough...I loved being/camping at Montauk. Your poem brought me back there.Barb Heersinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243423526891281316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-88125679037259612152016-11-23T15:32:50.783-05:002016-11-23T15:32:50.783-05:00awwww shucks. Thank you, Michelle. I LOVE to do pa...awwww shucks. Thank you, Michelle. I LOVE to do pastiche and parody when I can. I'm glad it worked this time! BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-82779813777523115802016-11-23T15:31:58.456-05:002016-11-23T15:31:58.456-05:00Thank you, Sean!Thank you, Sean!BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-40718734061728545392016-11-23T15:31:38.355-05:002016-11-23T15:31:38.355-05:00Thank you, Liz! I appreciate that!Thank you, Liz! I appreciate that!BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-10821962626352970232016-11-23T15:30:46.715-05:002016-11-23T15:30:46.715-05:00Thanks so much, Linda! I'm glad you think it w...Thanks so much, Linda! I'm glad you think it works! I tried... There is, or used to be, a campground in Montauk called Hither Hills. I just had to fit that in. :) I wanted to go for heather (the heather on the hills like in Brigadoon) but not sure heather grows near Hither Hills although beach heather does grow on Long Island. anyway... thanks again. Best, BJBJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-78214129062264512922016-11-23T13:27:40.249-05:002016-11-23T13:27:40.249-05:00Me too!Me too!Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-57074998031204908142016-11-23T13:26:57.874-05:002016-11-23T13:26:57.874-05:00There you are again, channeling the greats. What a...There you are again, channeling the greats. What am I saying? You ARE one of the greats, BJ!Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-12484435582369477462016-11-23T13:00:04.670-05:002016-11-23T13:00:04.670-05:00Sweet, BJ!Sweet, BJ!Sean McLaughlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-87077665894979757552016-11-23T12:11:39.922-05:002016-11-23T12:11:39.922-05:00Lovely. Lovely. Liz Steinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614059299412727544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-84729517476977666802016-11-23T11:57:51.447-05:002016-11-23T11:57:51.447-05:00It's beautiful, B.J. Since once in a while I f...It's beautiful, B.J. Since once in a while I find Yeats reading his poem, I can just imagine hearing your words in that serious tone, that beautiful place of yours, "spotting yellow sundrops that adorn the hither hills". It feels just right!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.com