tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post8580838075720459133..comments2023-12-05T23:02:28.580-05:00Comments on Excursions and Diversions: To The FairSteve Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-32718556561095535792012-08-08T23:23:05.131-04:002012-08-08T23:23:05.131-04:00This creates such strong images in the mind! Fant...This creates such strong images in the mind! Fantastic write.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-8591874382801476082012-08-08T10:56:43.349-04:002012-08-08T10:56:43.349-04:00love how the story unfolds...terrific story tellin...love how the story unfolds...terrific story telling steve..well played on the contrasts as wellClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-48984764849598118762012-08-08T08:49:28.724-04:002012-08-08T08:49:28.724-04:00wonderful reflection to heal... loved the life you...wonderful reflection to heal... loved the life you put into this pieceWolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-44400116554180208822012-08-08T07:24:22.137-04:002012-08-08T07:24:22.137-04:00This is just terrific, Steve. It unfolds beautifu...This is just terrific, Steve. It unfolds beautifully - is clever and even light but also profound, and very very human. Just wonderfully done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-32736195876390123272012-08-08T05:06:09.803-04:002012-08-08T05:06:09.803-04:00We moved in a strange kind of present
that held a ...We moved in a strange kind of present<br />that held a dawning future in abeyance:<br />knowing we were doing all that we were meant to do<br /><br />Sometimes we could not understand why it fell through. We tried but the future turned out wrong even though we tried everything right, so we thought. Nice write Steve!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-77562945664874852982012-08-07T21:23:02.760-04:002012-08-07T21:23:02.760-04:00This had so much immediacy to it. It took in years...This had so much immediacy to it. It took in years and miles of experience, of the joy and beauty of style, of the music and power of cars, of youth and risk and neon lit skies, and the quiet gratitude of having survived. Quite epic and breathtaking!Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-53412739456024516892012-08-07T21:09:27.133-04:002012-08-07T21:09:27.133-04:00Chilling fatality here, Steve...and so beautifully...Chilling fatality here, Steve...and so beautifully done. A tree, a car, all doing what they are supposed to do...yet the driver, passengers...directing the whole show...or are they? How quickly history can turn on a dime...But the carousel, the merrygoround..they all go on...the cotton candy universe...watching the dark side, smiling. This is quite a piece...The more I think about it the more I see..Have to come back..:) Great write!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-51889964072828854332012-08-07T20:29:44.748-04:002012-08-07T20:29:44.748-04:00Wonderfully poignant journey and as always a pleas...Wonderfully poignant journey and as always a pleasure, Steve.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-69574452130156027692012-08-07T20:01:29.925-04:002012-08-07T20:01:29.925-04:00Wonderful storytelling, love all the details that ...Wonderful storytelling, love all the details that brought it all to life. A great write, Steve.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-71218905971979736212012-08-07T19:31:07.126-04:002012-08-07T19:31:07.126-04:00I enjoyed travelling the road with you, seeing the...I enjoyed travelling the road with you, seeing the tree, standing on its ground, the brights lights of the fair and the car details. Sad for the accidents that happened but as always I am captivated by your musings ~ Fine writing Steve ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-39248711410594466042012-08-07T17:27:29.704-04:002012-08-07T17:27:29.704-04:00A story of loss and death woven through the memori...A story of loss and death woven through the memories and exuberance of the youth. Especially loved the stanza starting with:<br /><br />"The tree had only done what a tree must do:<br />stood its ground,..."<br /><br />In awe of your talents--you are an amazing story-teller, my friend!Ginny Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298060016652737538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-381048487912736082012-08-07T16:35:34.155-04:002012-08-07T16:35:34.155-04:00this is filled with so much life and truth, the wa...this is filled with so much life and truth, the way everything can change in an instant, the way we walk right past things that change us every day, not realizing their effect until we have passed them...<br /><br />"The tree had only done what a tree must do:"<br /><br />yes, exactly that.mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-15750835089679432522012-08-07T15:47:26.134-04:002012-08-07T15:47:26.134-04:00the language, the step by step (as hedge said), ev...the language, the step by step (as hedge said), every word & thought just in its rightful place... drew me in until i felt the story as if it were my own<br />a brilliant writeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-52231046536726550482012-08-07T15:38:10.666-04:002012-08-07T15:38:10.666-04:00I love the way this unfolds, Steve, step by step, ...I love the way this unfolds, Steve, step by step, along the paths of the young, the masks appropriate for that age of cop or soldier, the way it shifts in and out of then and into after; a very evocative piece--of youth, and its fairs that seem so much more than what they are, and of all that is what its meant to be. My favorite phrase comes at the end, "..the pull of vesper gratitudes..." A fine bit of work, my friend.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-23641665411882951222012-08-07T15:36:59.600-04:002012-08-07T15:36:59.600-04:00oh i feel bad for the vette...and the tree...it wa...oh i feel bad for the vette...and the tree...it was only going what trees do...and for the family of those that wrecked...interesting ponderings on the walk you took us on...have worked a few wrecks in my day...grisly things...and i know the attmepted humor as well to cut the emotion...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com