tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post1015594403532434055..comments2024-01-26T15:00:33.908-06:00Comments on The THRILLIONTH page: What does this writerly screed have to do with my grandmother's notebook?Carolyn Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-77160026319983543492011-09-18T21:01:38.906-05:002011-09-18T21:01:38.906-05:00Tez: LOL. Pictured on the cover? Staring out at me...Tez: LOL. Pictured on the cover? Staring out at me? It is a cool image, though, isn't it?Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-11349555113117259562011-09-18T21:00:46.102-05:002011-09-18T21:00:46.102-05:00Nicola: ha! And I bet he loved having that nice bi...Nicola: ha! And I bet he loved having that nice big chalk to bang! <br /><br />Tumperkin: That's why I like you! You hate the ant! <br /><br />Carolyn: I love that about going for the explosion right off. And your mom getting mad about the dishes! lol<br /><br />Chris: I'll come over and scribble in some!<br /><br />Yveva: That is such a lovely thought, almost as if the objects have a soul that needs to be expressed.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-36001507514181307302011-09-18T20:23:45.154-05:002011-09-18T20:23:45.154-05:00I used to work in a historical home museum, with m...I used to work in a historical home museum, with medieval art built in to the walls, very valuable carpets on the floors, etc. The family who owned the home believed that the art should be useful, or it wasn't fulfilling it's purpose. Though there were some measures taken to protect the carpets (no food in the room, for example), otherwise they were treated like carpets. Though there were wood pieces and frescoes they weren't stored with dim light and monitored humidity. As time goes by they will likely be more worn than the ones with more protection, but the philosophy of the owners has stayed with me. Things are just things, the way they are used adds to their meaning and the owners' enjoyment and is a different sort of value.Yvevahttp://yvevareads.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-55982047969284736062011-09-06T18:36:37.764-05:002011-09-06T18:36:37.764-05:00I'm like that about notebooks - I love beautif...I'm like that about notebooks - I love beautiful notebooks, but then I don't want to actually use them because they're too beautiful.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-61691416640827582822011-09-06T16:49:09.480-05:002011-09-06T16:49:09.480-05:00In my writing, I am getting better at not holding ...In my writing, I am getting better at not holding back. If it turns out I blew up the world 2 chapters too soon, I can always move it to chapter 14. But normally what happens is the story evolves in good ways from the early explosion.<br /><br />IRL, my mother gave me some lovely dishes from my grandmother, and I said, but they'll get broken if I use them! And my mother said, so what? They're meant to be used. So I used them and enjoyed the heck out of eating off pretty plates. Then, one of the bowls broke and I mentioned that and my mother had a fit.<br /><br />That's my mom.<br /><br />If the dishes weren't currently in storage, I'd be using them now. Because it was wonderful to do so. But I wouldn't tell my mother about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09858789421494610124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-44566868542241982332011-09-05T19:20:43.534-05:002011-09-05T19:20:43.534-05:00Was your grandmother a leopard-shifter, by any cha...Was your grandmother a leopard-shifter, by any chance? ;-)Tez Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399027286593758485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-79111285613983435282011-09-05T16:58:09.428-05:002011-09-05T16:58:09.428-05:00What a great post - and yes, abundance over scarci...What a great post - and yes, abundance over scarcity every time! It made me think of the Ant and the Grasshopper which featured in a very old-fashioned illustrated book of fairy tales I had when I was a wee girl - I remember vividly the picture of the ant (female, drab) and the grasshopper (bit of dandy, with fiddle). There was stuff in it about everyone loving the grasshopper playing his fiddle all summer and then winter comes and he has nothing and the ant has tons of food. So of COURSE, I'm expecting the ant to take him in etc. But no! She tells him he should have thought about being hungry in winter when he was idling away his summer and shuts the door on him and he dies. DIES! Man, I hated that smug ant. And in fact, it's quite a counterintuitive story because I felt like the moral (for me) ended up being, <i> if you spend all your time saving stuff up/working, you won't actually live.</i> Which I think is what you're saying here about saved up things going stale or being forgotten instead of used when they are fresh or ripe or new or whatever.Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-44999039069430008452011-09-05T12:10:41.095-05:002011-09-05T12:10:41.095-05:00Sometimes I hold back great blogging ideas, and th...<i>Sometimes I hold back great blogging ideas, and then later, the fire is all gone from them.</i><br /><br />Whoa, I really relate to that!<br /><br />I had a math prof in college who would hammer the chalk very enthusiastically on the board and broke chalk all the time. Whenever he broke a piece, he would chuck it out the window. Someone finally asked why and he said that if the tray was full of broken pieces, the cleaning staff would not replace anything. But if it was empty, he'd get nice new unbroken chalk to use. Your candy analogy reminded me of that. ;-)Nicola O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947359287796827837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-8045852084680951162011-09-05T10:45:04.692-05:002011-09-05T10:45:04.692-05:00Hah! So, you don't regret all that mayhem and ...Hah! So, you don't regret all that mayhem and killing? lol. I was wondering if it's possible to err on the other side, but apparently, you two haven't hit it yet.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-37168200443761429512011-09-05T10:40:58.471-05:002011-09-05T10:40:58.471-05:00The times when Bree and I hold back are the times ...The times when Bree and I hold back are the times when we regret it later.<br /><br />With our Southern Arcana series especially, we've caught a little bit of flack because no secondary or tertiary character is safe from death. We have killed with impunity--and will continue to do so.<br /><br />Yep, that was me, cackling in an evil fashion.Moira Rogers (Donna)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04542829922854246205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-55683219316908094402011-09-05T10:29:24.358-05:002011-09-05T10:29:24.358-05:00Mardel: I love that! I think it must be easy to do...Mardel: I love that! I think it must be easy to do that with dishes. And when you're a kid, those little teacups are so exciting.<br /><br />Dr. J. Oh, too true. I know, things that seem so "everyday" now are so special later, and would have been so special in that book. <br /><br />And you totally reminded me of something I'd meant to include in that post, too, about blogging. Sometimes I hold back great blogging ideas, and then later, the fire is all gone from them.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-33078285646831168652011-09-05T10:24:12.363-05:002011-09-05T10:24:12.363-05:00Very thought-proviking, Carolyn. Your comments ca...Very thought-proviking, Carolyn. Your comments caused me to remember a spiral notebook I found recently, given to me by my hubby over 52 years ago that is completely empty except for a poem he wrote to me when we were "courting." I stood there and wondered why I hadn't ever written in it--stuff that was probably just as precious and thoughts I should have written down at the time. Now all those really important emotional responses to things are lost. I guess we all get caught in the "scarcity" thinking, eh?Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116344761479545032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-66816896832965071362011-09-05T07:11:53.198-05:002011-09-05T07:11:53.198-05:00well, I'm not a writer, so I don't have th...well, I'm not a writer, so I don't have the problem you writers do with the whole "candy" thing. I do notice however, that I've saved dishes, not using them because they're too pretty, etc. Saving them for just the right time (which never really comes) and then after many moves...found quite a few of them chipped or just broken. Now I just use the ones I have, pretty or not. I let the grandkids drink out of my pretty glass teacups, and they have fun drinking out of pretty cups...why waste them? They're going to get broken anyway. LOLMardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063358136590143066noreply@blogger.com