Comments on: The Olive Harvest

By: Kather

Kather — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:55:02 +0000

This site is amazing! I am thoroughly enjoying reading all your experiences! Keep the blogs coming!

By: Angie McQ

Angie McQ — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:40:29 +0000

I am really enjoying this.

By: zane

zane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:15:44 +0000

Rima,
This is very enjoyable and engaging writing. I started reading and could not but ignore the work I am supposed to be doing. I know this blog will be marked among my favorite sites. Look forward to reading more!

By: Rima

Rima — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:30:16 +0000

Thanks for your replies Alex and CJ!

I appreciate you reading :)

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:04:50 +0000

Rima, Rima, Rima…I had forgotten how well you write..I really can’t wait to read your first novel..I know there is one in you! I will be looking forward to one of the first copies autographed by a famous best selling author! You know how I love a good book! Get busy on it will ya?

By: Alex Damarjian

Alex Damarjian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:24:00 +0000

I didn’t know you where such an amazing writer. I really enjoyed reading this excerpt into your life. I have dreamed of picking Olives in Lebanon. I truly envy you. As you can imagine I grew hearing stories about the meditative and tranquil experience of picking Olives. It is a staple of the culture and God willing next year I will do it. When you write about how she thrusts a freshly broken olive branch into your hand and the need to send a picture of this to your mother instantly reminded me of a few passages from Khalil Gibran’s book The Broken Wings. These excerpts talk about not just the Olive trees but that tranquility and the human family connection I assume you got while there. For whats its worth here are a few of those excerpts.

In the midst of the gardens and hills which connect the city of Beirut with Lebanon there is a small temple, very ancient, dug out of white rock , surrounded by olive, almond, and willow trees.

I left my solitary abode and walked to his home, taking a new route, a lonely path between olive trees, avoiding the main road with its rattling carriage wheels.

Anyway I look for to reading the rest of the posts!!