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My writer won’t hear of it since, we just may have an essay at hand, after all.
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At least they weren’t physical, Susannah. The mismatched pair lend credence to the adage ‘opposites attract’, at least in appearance. We’ll have to surmise that their personalities somehow mesh.
Real life has often pulled my eyes away from a book, too. It usually happens when I’m on my porch and the lure of wildlife on the pond beckons my attention. You had a different type of wild life, ha ha!
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I’d switch out a deer any day for a punk couple, or any couple, for that matter. Wildlife trumps tits and tats, and all that. 🙂
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I always love your witty titles!
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Couldn’t resist. They were very theatrical, to put it nicely. 🙂
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Oh, how you suffer for your art! 😉
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Wish I could have interviewed them, especially him with all that stenciling. I mean, what possesses someone to dye themselves that way. He looked like a sweaty comic book.
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🙂 … so how long did the Dynamic Duo sick around? I’m guessing not long, Thanks for the smiles this morning.
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They huffed and puffed at one another for a good 15 minutes before disappearing over the hill. They didn’t even as much as wave to their captured audience. Little did they know, they’d be a headliner on a thingirl.com 🙂
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15 minutes must have felt like eternity.
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I think the word is…interminable.
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You’ve entertained us collectively much longer than the couple fought.
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That made me laugh.
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Dorothy Allison said at a writing conference I attended that writers “steal people.” Go forth and steal away.
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Never heard that. Well, they certainly made it easy Midget. They gave themselves away.
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I’m glad. It’s good to laugh. I don’t think I could have sat on your bench
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You know Anne, I laugh at everything, even the things that are considered tabu. Humor, it’s better than Prozac.
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I love that! Humor is better than Prozac. Yes, indeed!
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I’m happy our thoughts pretty much align.
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I like our common thought-paths, too.
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We are in parallel lanes Anne, waving to one another. 🙂
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long enough to describe the mismatched pair.
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Yes, and they were an ad waiting to happen.
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And you didn’t have to pay admission!
Were you able to get back to your reading?
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I left. Suddenly I was inundated with people. The Park when it’s busy is a handful. I can’t deal with the dirty looks and the indignation. If I’m seated alone on a bench, I feel I’m justified taking off my mask It’s all so twisted Dale and it’s starting to drive me mad. If I look at the good, I did get an essay out of it.
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Yeah. You sit right there and take it in. Then you dish it out to us. 😁
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I’m so into quiet, and search for it. It was so lovely before their mutual ire exploded. Getting harder and harder to find peace outdoors. I’ll tell ya John. Sigh
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I can understand that. I just love the stories that come from you being the cub reporter.
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I always wanted to be one…like Mary McGrory. She’s a hero of mine.
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Called Queen Mary. She was an amazing political colomnist. Every bit a hero.
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I read a great bio on her that just sold me. She was feisty and a contender during a time when it was all men, and then you had Mary. She said something that’s always stayed with me…in the presence of great grief, write short sentences. It’s what she said when she found it hard writing about JFK’s funeral. sigh
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That is great advice for sure.
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She was a wonderful writer, and did lots of random acts of kindness. Her headstone, after her name and dates…Reporter and Volunteer. Makes me choke up, actually.
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She never was into making speeches or doing writer events. A very quiet person who went about her job with professionalism.
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I didn’t realize you were that familiar with her John. I apologize for machine gunning all that info.
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Always enjoy your info. Leadsto new knowledge. Like, I did not know about the tombstone.
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Seems more difficult, no matter where we are, to find or keep the peace. Anger is in the air…almost everywhere. I like peace…it has the nicest calming effect; unlike the couple you witnessed. I like this quote ““Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.” —Saint Francis de Sales. That last part about keeping your calm even if the whole world’s upset? Oh brother, that’s a bruiser!
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Pretty soon, peace will only be available on Amazon…PRIME. sigh
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I’d say it’s nice they’re getting fresh air while airing their grievances, but kind of ruins it for everyone else, except of course for us writers. 🙂
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Yes, there are pros and cons to everything…wes writas no matta what. A guy sent me a bracelet that says that. I think you know him. 🙂
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The variety of people is a wonder.
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Yes, like a big buffet of the unusual. 🙂
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You never know when inspiration will strike, do you?
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This s true. To quote Nora Ephron’s mother, also a writer…everything’s copy.
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Every moment is a page waiting to be born.
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It would seem.
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