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Knowing that you smiled at reading this chapter today had me grinning. I'm glad you had a chance for some reflection, and that you feel the descriptions of Rick's life are true and believable. Rita has lots and lots of dots, and connecting them all may try poor Rick's patience. You have a point about her apparent cash position; right now, the Eagle Lake business community is giving her a pass, based on her look of success. It's easy to underestimate Rick - he's quiet, unobtrusive, friendly and certainly not self-promoting. If it isn't clear where things are leading, then you are definitely seeing things through Rick's lenses - he can't see what's in his future either. Thank you very much for reading, and for your observations.
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You are not alone in this. Earlier, others have argued that she may not be as awful as she seems. From Rick's point of view, she is certainly a burden to bear, if not a caution to be avoided. Thanks for reading!
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Rita seems to be rolling the dice, taking chances, and planning something significant. She must need her pennies for something else. Thanks for hanging on to this small-town tale.
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Perhaps Rick is too controlled, too self-enclosed to explode. However, he's had years of practice dragging his feet and being passively resistant. Senior would have to aggravate Rick far beyond his enormous capacity for patience before he detonates. Thank you so very much for your thoughts, and for reading Rick's story.
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Rita not paying up on her obligations has got Rick's brain working. If she'd paid up, he'd be thinking about going fishing, or listening to a certain pianist in the dark. Senior will be arriving, inevitably. Rick seems to have left that eventuality on the back burner for the moment. Thank you very much for reading, and for your thoughts.
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That’s very true. Even cats listen fairly well. Thanks very much for your thoughts.
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Rick parked the white Ernst and Son Plumbing and Heating van in an open slot on Main Street. Glancing around, he pulled out his cell phone. The screen showed a message from the online dating app. Feeling hot n horny. hbu? Mister SexyHunk had written again, following up with: I could cum cu. Who was SexyHunk? And was it worth finding out? Rick squirmed in the driver’s seat. His groin stirred. For an instant, he let himself imagine being with a man again, feeling the weight on
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I’m grateful for your kindly thought about these lines which may have brought across the world and spanning miles perhaps the pleasantest of smiles.
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You are most kind. Thank you very much for your response. There’s an open desk in period 4 Calculus tomorrow. detivatives are what we prize whenever we must optimize...
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ask an author Ask an Author 2.0 #37
Parker Owens commented on Carlos Hazday's blog entry in Gay Authors News
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No cliffhanger this, but a wonderfully hot and highly charged scene. Jimmy is marked ever more deeply with Sawyer. And how is Jimmy going to explain the broken sink to his landlord? Thanks for this chapter.
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No downmarket poem was this - I enjoyed your limerick very much. I seem to remember an old chestnut (not of my composing) from years back: Roses are red, violets are blue, rhyming is hard, and so are Laplace transforms... Thank you very, very much for your reaction to these poems. I'm grateful you read them. And here is a bonus one for you: Equations of higher degree Get solved with a je ne sais quee, Though it’s fraught with derision Use synthetic division, And the roots will surely come free.
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I’m glad “practice snow” caught your eye. I know we’ll get really good at it in January. Thanks for reading!
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Poetry is one way to remember things; one wonders how the Bard learned his arithmetic at all. The snow that arrived has now vanished, but I know it will be back. Thanks for reading these, and for your thoughts.
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Allusion My students often think me rude when I to poetry allude while in the course of math to teach of intersections, real or skewed. Perhaps it is beyond their reach a line of Frost or Yeats to breach; still less of Shakespeare do they know besides what counts as common speech. They wonder what such words bestow on sines’ and cosines’ onward flow, their amplitude and frequency, which vexed equations try to show.
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Rick’s remembered pain is carried on the waves and in the music he hears in the night. That night under the stars, the ones he learned to love, will surely stay in his memories too. Thank you for taking time to respond to this chapter in what must be an incredibly busy moment.
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Well, Coy’s there for Boone after all. That’s a welcome surprise. What was he doing there, anyway? How long will it take Boone to ask? For now, it seems as if Boone won’t be doing any kind of travel until he can get on a horse.
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Chilling. I might have trouble sleeping.
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I’m going to be chuckling to myself all day long...
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I very much enjoyed reading your comments. I’m very grateful for them. His detour to Cedarcrest was as much unconscious as an act of will. I appreciate your insight that this seemed to bring Rick back in full circle, as you say. What Rick heard under the stars was something deeper than Willy Kohler’s superficial attraction. He will have trouble getting to sleep with the notes still playing in his ears.
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How wonderful that you could see and feel and hear along with Rick. The old lodge does seem to be calling out to him in some way. He must be uncertain of what to do about his new infatuation, given the history of that place. His memories seem to be playing melancholy tunes, but will he be led to something more happy? Thanks very much for reading this. I always appreciate your feedback.
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I’m glad you came out on the water with Rick. It became a melancholy outing, perhaps, but the music was lovely. I’d like to think Rick’s mother is looking over his shoulder, too. It’s a nice thought. In any case, Rick veered in the dark to Cedarcrest, and he now he will have trouble sleeping, with music in his ears. Thanks so much for reading, and for your thoughts.
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Listening to this today...
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You are most kind in your reflections. Thank you. You made me wonder what Handel might have written for this scene. I expect it wold have been something beautiful and uncomplicated. Rick finally has an opportunity to do some real thinking, and a chance to review his memories. The summer of Willy Kohler has kept Rick doubting himself whenever he feels attracted to someone. His father seems to have made sure he doubts himself the rest of the time, too. Once again, my thanks for reading and for your thoughts.
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Rick finally gets a chance to do something for himself. I’m glad you felt a sense of respite too. It seems easier to stand up to Heinrich than to put such a plan into action. Rick feels enough emotional investment in remaining - and in avoiding confrontation - that he puts up with Heinrich. With the old man in Arizona, perhaps the pressure is easier to bear than it once was. Thanks for reading this chapter. I appreciate your thoughts.
