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Glad you read the article .. i had wondered. Thanks for reading this.

Thanks, Wayne ... i needed a slap.

Thank you, Sir. i hope You're doing okay.

It was more than wanting ... it had become expecting ... like i was god's gift or something. I know people like that and i dont like them.. and i'm ashamed i allowed it to nearly happen to me. Thanks for your friendship and support k .. xo

Thanks very much, chris. You're very kind. xo

Thank you, Reader. Writing stopped bring joy for awhile.. but it's feeling better again.

Lovely. And the additional stuff with the parents is wonderful. Thanks for these little tales .. this is heartwarming and needed in a world where there is often little to feel good about. We are all normal ... be a better world if everyone could just accept that fact.

You need to buy cut resistant gloves. https://www.amazon.com/mandolin-glove/s?k=mandolin+glove End of.

Thank you, Parker. i'm grateful to you for reading this, and happy that it reminded you of stories of from your own family. Thank you! i hope that you are doing okay in the world as it is. xo

I'm glad this stirred some good thoughts. Yeah, gentle giants are special to me too. I maybe write them too often but my Husband is 6' 11", so, write what you know. Thanks for reading and for your very kind comments.

That's a nice perk. i hope your mom and you are okay. Nice to have you back, JayT.

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Hi George. I'm glad you're having a great day! Thanks for reading this short story. Yeah, maybe there will be more with these guys. You never know. Thanks again.

i appreciate your unflinching honesty and great eye ... you're a great partner, molly xo

Amateur. That word usually conjures up negative thoughts. Like: "They played like a bunch of amateurs" or something done poorly. The thing is it doesn't really mean that. It means doing something for the love of it, for pleasure. My favourite quote about being an amateur comes from an old film... A Christmas Without Snow. i saw it on tv one Christmas season afternoon, while Jeff and i huddled in our room. i was writing what would become my street poems then, and i remember this moment, when John Houseman's character said: Mrs. Burns is right, of course; you are amateurs, unlike certain pseudo-professionals like myself who insist on slave wages. Your voluntary and steadfast attendance at these rehearsals fully qualifies you for any definition of the word "amateur". What Mrs. Burns and many others are wrong about is the meaning of the word, which has to do with motivation, not quality. Remember "amo, amat, amas", the Latin verb "to love". The meaning of "amateur" is "he or she who does a thing for the love of it". There is no higher reason for singing than the love of doing it. In that respect, you do qualify as amateurs. And I salute you for it. I am an amateur. I used to write for the love of it, for no other reason. Then something changed and while i still loved it, writing became something else, or i did - more likely the latter. People's reactions started to mean too much, my own ego became too much. Well, that stopped me from doing what i like to do. Then yesterday, I received a new copy of Aeon magazine in my inbox. There was an article in it that said, feel free to stop striving and learn to relish being an amateur. It said let striving be replaced by fulfillment so the notions of success and failure are erased. I decided I will find my way back. I am going to embrace being an amateur and write the stuff i love again.

Thanks quokka. I appreciate that very much. Cheers!

Thanks very much, rick. I appreciate you reading and commenting. xo

Aw, wow. That's great. Thanks for sharing that, spyke. It's funny how the simplest of things stick with us. Thanks for your comments.

Never judge a book etc... Sometimes, others can see what we cannot. If we're lucky they'll stick with us until we open our eyes. Thanks, Wayne. xo

Thanks very much, chris. Nice to see you back more often these days. xo

i didn't know that, C. I do like them too and right now, with the world as it is, it's what i want to write. Thanks for reading it. xo

Wow, how cool is that!!

Yessss. I did think about that but i decided that Jake knew what he wanted and was simply ready to go for it. Thanks, Kitt!

Thank you, Sir xoxxo I likely will write more because I enjoy them.

Thank you, Reader. i'm glad this worked and brought back some nice memories. xoxo