Your verse about mosquitoes got to me the most. ๐คจ๐ Their whining and crooning has actually been quite absent this summer as it's been so dry. Something to celebrate amidst the drought.
My editor was another one who assumed the backdrop was WW2. I deliberately tried to avoid anything that would place it in any one particular time period. Thanks for reading. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks, Gary. Something rather different from me as befits the situation. ๐คจ๐ I expanded on a prompt response from ages ago. It was one of those that hadn't felt finished.
Normally, the prospect of reading a Western will make me run in the opposite direction. I'd sooner stare at a wall.๐คจ๐. However, Gary is the only author I know who would be able to persuade me to give it a go. He's soaked up the Western genre, history, and applies it to his usual wonderful dialogue and diverse situations.
I can just imagine singing the Psalm - to what tune, I'm not sure. Whereas, To Eros, aches to be declaimed. On the stage maybe, or some corner of the Parthenon. How you managed, every day, to summon up inspiration and put it into practice, is in its turn inspirational.
April 16 and 17 both made me smile. In fact, 17 elicited a grin. A wonderful example of you playing with words and sounds, and managing, somehow, to make sense. Kinda... ๐คจ๐
Yes, indeed, if they can get past both the initial encounter and any baggage that might result from their joint pasts. They've both changed a lot since then.
Arthritis is one of those ailments that doesn't get much publicity or general sympathy, yet it can have a really restricting effect on someone's life. I hope you experience some improvement.
What a great way of putting it. If, when he was younger, he'd been able to connect with Rob, his life might have been very different. Now that his life has changed, he's perhaps ready for Rob to be a part of it.