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And it is getting ready to be winter here...thanks for taking the time to look at these. I am so glad you liked them!
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I am glad you liked these two small offerings. They give us a taste of the changing season, and of the expectancy we can feel the air about this time of year. And Orion is one of my favorite constellations; I liked the connection you made in your remarks. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
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Yes, it seems that TP has made a decision of a kind. Of course, it remains to be seen if TP can act on his resolve, for all he has done is make a promise to himself. As you point out, he is good at following through on such promises in the past, when they were fueled by spite or something worse. Christmas, and more importantly, Lee and Marc, have worked this miracle, if miracle it is. Many thanks for your thoughts and responses, and for sticking with the story despite its very dark beginning.
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Orion is one of my best nighttime friends, it seems. He keeps coming back to me every time I try to write about the night sky or the moments before dawn. I am glad you got my allusion. You're not slow, I was being somewhat obscure. Thanks for responding to these and for taking the time to read them. - P
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Yes! I know that road well. I am glad that image worked for you, too. It seems just the way to describe the dark trees reaching for the stars before sunrise. Many thanks!
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I am so sad about Jae, and the pain Dave feels seems so very real. But even so, this is a good chapter. A healing kind of chapter. Dave and Jim and Gareth return, and the community is set to burgeon and prosper. And while Terry will never be Jae, perhaps love can grow there in Dave's heart again, too. Thanks for this chapter, and for this story.
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Oh, my. The dealer and the dream; this is definitely worth the hundred, and more.
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The trees on the ridge behind my house gave the inspiration for that line you like...today, the winds from the south were blowing the clouds aside to reveal stars; Orion retiring behind the horizon, and Ursa growling in the north. Thanks for helping to make these so much better.
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Chapter 33 The Business at Hand
Parker Owens commented on Headstall's story chapter in Chapter 33 The Business at Hand
Like miss Sybil, I get a good feeling and a bad feeling from this chapter. The boys could be in very great danger. Is their life so strong that they are blinded to it? They seem to think not, taking on the hunt as a necessity. At least let them wait upon their copper chains, and work out strategies to let them prepare. But like everyone at Morningstar, I'd much prefer to see them safe and happy. great chapter...more? -
November Cinquains 1. I am drab November, all my warmth draining out, my light gone dim, grey and mostly cloudy; I wait expecting promised rain to turn into blinding blizzard, quieting all my bones. 2. A vast silver moon hangs heavily from my belt obscuring my face and body from eyes which scan the cold, gaunt-fingered horizon for cosmic auspices of approaching winter
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That was fun! Door number two and a half, maybe? 3.1? Fun to see Austin and Zac doing a bit of a dance around each other...and hasn't Zac changed? Great chapter...
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Goodness, I thought there was going to be a bar brawl for a second. But you did a really wonderful thing with the Apprentice crossover. Loved to see that. And poor Fred (let alone the poor girl). Maybe someday he'll figure out who he really is...
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Oh, this is sooooo good! I want to wrap this up as a present to all those who I hold dear, I want to keep it by my bedside for days when I feel crummy. It is awesome, Gary. You really caught it perfectly this time!
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You are right in that TP feels a pull not toward his old life, but toward something new. Selling the car may be part of that. Marc would clearly remind him just how much he has to atone for, and I imagine a car won't cover it, extravagant and significant though the gesture may be. What TP can do right now is to begin the process of changing, and this will surely help. And you are very much right in that this is a kind of farewell. But who knows where he is going? Many thanks for your thoughtful response and comments...blessings, P
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An awesome addition to my Dead Composer's playlist! (My streaming account can't figure out the pattern ) Thanks for sharing this Drew - I am deeply in your debt.
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Marc and Lee certainly live the spirit of Christmas. Perhaps Lee kissed the Scrooge right out of his lover. It would appear so. TP got to observe Christmas, almost like that old Dickensian character, and only at the end did he get to participate. No chains or ghosts required, though TP may have plenty of ghosts and skeletons of his own to reckon with. Thanks so much for your generous words, which warmed my heart on a cold day!
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I am very glad this chapter was believable to you. Our predator certainly seems to have been affected by his encounter with mercy and kindness. As you suggest, the spite he felt toward his parents somehow seems less important now. But his extravagant attempt at atonement will only let him consider starting over, and who knows if he can carry through with it? Many thanks for your perceptive and insightful comments, and for reading the story!
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TP's thoughts have undergone a real change, haven't they? Marc and Lee have had a profound effect on him, but so have the events leading up to the moment he arrived on their doorstep. In any case, he isn't locked in his own head all the time anymore. TP wanting to try to atone in some undefined way is perhaps understandable, even commendable. But rarely do such extravagant attempts to cover one's sins actually manage to do the trick. Many thanks for your insights and comments.
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O. Henry Short Story Prompt 3 - Hour Of The Dogman
Parker Owens commented on Defiance19's story chapter in O. Henry Short Story Prompt 3 - Hour Of The Dogman
Thank you for writing such an engaging story. Your Sam and Geoff found a way to draw together...Geoff wasn't trying to drift away, not really. Geoff's way out was really good. and I loved the way you close with a conversation with Willy, of course. -
TP has come to a very low point. As Carlos observes, it is Marc and Lee who respond so much in the spirit of Christmas; TP doesn't deserve mercy or kindness, and he is shown both. His heart is softening, but is he really ready for actual change? That remains very much to be seen. Of course, there is more to this story, just as life goes on after Christmas. And no,I'm not saying anything about his name, either . Thanks for reading, and for your encouragement!
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In many ways, Lee and Marc responded to TP exactly in harmony with the season. It is they who have done the most difficult thing, and included TP in their keeping Christmas. Funny how I never really thought of this as a Christmas story, though. I thank you for your encouragement and commentary - and I hope you are enjoying this!
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I am so glad you liked this part; it wasn't in my original thinking, but the idea was so insistent (and far better than what I thought at first). And you are right - TP physically turning away from the old stomping grounds is immensely telling. Many thanks for your encouragement and support!
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TP (thank you for this excellent abbreviation, my friend!) may lose some of his identity with his car, too; but that may not be an altogether bad thing. You speak of reinvention, and that remains for TP to begin. But I hope yours has gone well. Peace. P
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Drought dubbed him TP, and it sticks...ahem...and you are absolutely right in that TP and Marc will not make a particularly happy pair right now. I wonder what the other shoppers at the grocery store will make of them. But if Lee is being his truly good self, then Marc is, as you say, making an effort. TP probably appreciates it, although Marc's ferocity may make that difficult. Many thanks for your remarks and comments, and most of all, for continuing to read this story.
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Marc and TP may manage to bear with each other, if only for the sake of Lee, who wants to do good. But you are surely right that Marc will do anything to protect Lee. TP (it kind of grows on one, doesn't it?) is probably just happy to have had a warm bed in an actual house. I am glad you continue to read this story, and I thank you for your perceptive comments...
