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  1. Parker Owens
    Happy Birthday, hear me shout, let the world's clear bells ring out, and our finest gifts employ wishing you all hope and joy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TIM!
  2. Parker Owens
    Wonderful! And thank you for your hard work, and brilliant imaginations. Thanks for sharing with everyone.
  3. Parker Owens
    Your interweaving of the well known song with the ache of your soul just blew me away. You remind me how important it is to share whatever joy I may encounter, to give away myself. I hope you are okay. If the knowledge that I and many others support you and value your writing is of any use at all, please remember this. Know that others out here are thinking of you.
  4. Parker Owens
    Thank you Gary, for this really supportive review. You seem to recognize that a change in the human heart is a slow, incremental affair. Like life at sea, it is often a little tedious, and often the differences are subtle, like changes in light at different latitudes. You have noticed perfectly how Wally/ TP may be growing a little. I am deeply grateful that you saw this. Many thanks, and blessings to you.
  5. Parker Owens
    This was an unexpected treat; thank you. It reminds me vaguely of Satie in a way, or what Satie might have felt like if he had lived later and moved West. Or maybe I have been listening too much to Vince Guaraldi.
  6. Parker Owens
    Absolutely right. Thanks for helping me to see more clearly, and understand perspective better.
  7. Parker Owens
    Well, Wally lost his family wealth and criminal activity eventually blew up in his face, as you observe. What is also striking is that TP never really recognized anyone as being out of bounds before. Is Luis really out of bounds, or is Wally just too tired to make a move? But you are right in that this chapter opens further the education in life Wally is getting. Many thanks for your review, which I appreciate immensely.
  8. Parker Owens
    "So, how do you like navigation after three days, Wally?" This from the First Mate, Calvin Scheck. The Mate had been teaching him basic principles of navigation. Unlike his work with the Engineer, this had been largely a mental exercise. In fact, it hadn't been much exercise at all. Scheck didn't appear to realize his intern had more than half a brain, so much the time they spent together was wasted on busywork. Or so it seemed. Paperwork, mindless articles to read in his nonexistent free time
  9. Parker Owens

    Things We Lose

    Parker Owens commented on Lux Apollo's story chapter in Things We Lose

    So much to ponder, analyze, consider...fight. Is it the self one fights, or fate? What is lost in the analysis and the action? You corral so many thoughts into this poem, but that only cements the impression of thought piling up upon thought until the brain is a disorderly desk top of ideas waiting for attention. This is a well done piece, which will require several visits. Thanks.
  10. Parker Owens

    In Training

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in In Training

    TP is thinking now, and actually realizing what his earlier life meant. It cannot help but make him feel dirty. I think Prof Boudreau is being partly helpful and partly finding a way to get someone else (like the Captain) to work with TP. Clearly it would be a huge burden for her to take him on as a student in her own. The alternative to throwing TP overboard might be clapping TP in irons and feeding him on thin gruel...thanks for your excellent observations and thoughts...and for reading the story, of course!
  11. Parker Owens

    In Training

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in In Training

    Found out, sort of...Professor Boudreau can't exactly have him thrown in irons and fed on thin gruel...as she possibly sees it, she's fobbing him off on a less- popular study area as a way to effectively absolve herself of responsibility. He can be the Captain's problem now. Thanks for reading!
  12. Parker Owens

    Kind of Blue

    Parker Owens commented on MacGreg's story chapter in Kind of Blue

    This is an awesome story; like good whiskey, this is far too fine to gulp down. As I have been doing...must take a break, before I binge. Travis is clearly the strong one, whatever money or celebrity Ben might possess.
  13. Parker Owens

    The Milk Run

    Parker Owens commented on MacGreg's story chapter in The Milk Run

    The perils of celebrity unfold. One forgets that celebrities are people, too, with lives that go deeper than the popular press considers. You bring that to life.
  14. Parker Owens
    Happy Birthday, BOP; have a drink or two on me - call a cab when home you fly, wouldn't want an FUI. Have a wonderful day...
  15. Parker Owens
    Happy birthday, though It's late, hope it's lovely, warm and great!
  16. Parker Owens
    Looking forward to unwrapping presents.
  17. Parker Owens
    Awesome story! Thank you saint Nicky!
  18. Parker Owens

    Christmas Reason

    Parker Owens commented on Mikiesboy's story chapter in Christmas Reason

    I get to be first! Your appeal in this poem to reach out and give of ourselves touches me deeply. You are absolutely correct: it is in such acts that Christmas miracles, such as they are, are made. I will be trying to make such acts a reality this week. Thank you.
  19. Parker Owens
    So they couldn't just keep David in the gaol forever, could they? I shudder to think where they will put him next. Perhaps the surrealist prison? If nothing else, someone will have to read Carroll to him all day. What a marvelous, marvelous take on the prompt. A smashing, wicked little story. Bravo.
  20. Parker Owens
    How could I not like this? It is a marvelous metaphor, which you illustrate with the practiced ease of a man who does exactly what you preach in your poem. You write and write and write, and it shows in the grace and fun with which you approach this. If you exercise as well as you write, you will stay off that gurney for a long, long time.
  21. Parker Owens

    In Training

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in In Training

    As usual, your acute sense of reading hit upon a really important part of TP's story. That he should feel dirty about his past at all seems significant. Apart from anything else, his emotional and compassion nerves must be regenerating. I am glad you liked this chapter. I know it has been slow going, but change is rarely lightning fast in real lives. Many thanks for your comments and for reading so far into the story.
  22. Parker Owens

    In Training

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in In Training

    Si, amigo mio. You have it right, as usual! Many thanks.
  23. Parker Owens

    Door#15 - Così

    Parker Owens commented on Aditus's story chapter in Door#15 - Così

    Thank you for sharing this lovely story about a bear named Cosi. And of course you should still have him! You use the word talisman, and it is absolutely right here - we all have them. Your description of Christmas Eve is a real gem here. Danke sehr.
  24. Parker Owens
    Oh, but you are good. Many thanks for reading these, and for responding to them. I've never thought to share these with my students - and perhaps you are right that I hold that part of myself back. After all, we wouldn't want my students to suspect Mr. Owens of actually having a heart, now would we?
  25. Parker Owens
    I am glad you enjoyed these. Oxidization was especially fun to write. Many thanks for your comments and for trying to make sense of these little verses.
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