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Very good. (Reply to this comment)
by _haggis_
Virginia,
This is simply very, very good. I must try to read more of your stuff.
_Haggis_
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Oct 13 '02
6:45 pm PDT
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You really scare me: (Reply to this comment)
by BrendaMetcalf
So glad Jude hides the car keys, I think I want to come back as a cockroach and scare the hell out of my mother-in-law.
Brenda
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Jun 29 '02
10:32 pm PDT
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Gung - (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Well, if I were to have a choice between being an otter or a cracked clam, I think I otter be and otter. (Cracked clam, indeed) (snort). Actually I was hoping to be a manatee in Florida. It might be fun trying to escape the big boat motors.
Thanks for the comment.
Virginia
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Jun 29 '02
4:55 pm PDT
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Re: I'm back! (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Becki - Thank you. To all you ant killers out there, I apologize. I am glad you liked it, Becki, and thank you.
Virginia
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Jun 29 '02
4:50 pm PDT
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If I could . . . (Reply to this comment)
by gungian
. . . I would chose a sea otter for your next incarnation.
And give you a sheltered home at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Here, have a cracked clam.
Nicely done, Virginia.
Write On!
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Jun 29 '02
1:12 pm PDT
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I'm back! (Reply to this comment)
by Thorbjore
Holy Jeeez ! Was this ever poignant! Loved it! i wrote before when something struck me... but the torture of being an ant? And I am cruel to them too! Wow. And your ending was awesome! If you weren't on my trust list before... and ya WERE... you would be Now!
Loved it, loved it, loved it!
Becki
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Jun 28 '02
8:37 pm PDT
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Oh Where.... (Reply to this comment)
by Thorbjore
Oh where can my bay-bee beeee? The Lord took her away from meeee. She's gone to Heaven so I gotta be good---so I can see my baby when I leave this world!
I love that song and your story reminded me of it. I loved the whisps of green steam. It seems so beautiful and real. GREAT, GREAT story!
Thanks for sharing!
Becki
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Jun 28 '02
8:28 pm PDT
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Re: Wow... (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Petra - Thanks - I think. Anyway, I had fun.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
9:27 pm PDT
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Wow... (Reply to this comment)
by Petra
...that is a great, twisted little tale!
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Jun 27 '02
8:34 pm PDT
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Re: Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Di - Thank you, my friend. I really had no intent. It is true - I kill those tiny ants the way I said. Once when I saw all of those specks being washed off the paper towel, I thought of some religion (Is it Hindu?) where they don't kill any living thing, because the beetle you kill today might have been Aunt Min yesterday. I thought, maybe I am killing hundreds of Aunt Mins.
So, the story was born. The only thing it really accomplished is this. Jude refuses to help me kill ants anymore. So I guess I am still the Jeffrey Dohmer of the little black ant population, except that I don't eat them - or at least not knowingly.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:53 pm PDT
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Re: Creepy, crawly . . . (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Amy - Well, I thank you. I don't really need to be read by anyone except my friends here on Epinions. If these great writers sometimes like what I put down, I am happy, and grateful to all of you for putting up with me.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:44 pm PDT
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Re: :-) (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Lil Rebel - Thank you. I plead guilty to the bizarre - the parade always seems to be going the other way - but gifted? No, not really. I just put down random thoughts that probably I should have kept to myself. I do like the Writers Corner, though. It gives me, and a lot of us, I think, a release for the thoughts that might be bouncing around inside our heads.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:40 pm PDT
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Re: Darling story! (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Lorace - Thank you. I am sure the saved insects will be added to your other kindnesses in eternity. I'm glad you liked the story. I won't know how accurate it is until I get there, though.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:32 pm PDT
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Re: WOW! (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Mike - Thank you. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your continuing support, and delightful comments.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:29 pm PDT
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Re: flabbergasted (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Peter - What can I say? Thank you. As Charlie Brown puts it, "Its nice to have a friend."
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:26 pm PDT
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Re: Very well done (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Summer - Thank you - and no, I haven't been published. I have the rejection slips to prove it.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:24 pm PDT
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Re: Geez (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Barbara - You are so darn sweet. Thank you. I admit I like the writer's corner. I hope they keep it.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:21 pm PDT
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Re: Great Imagination (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Letta - First let me say I am glad you and Bill are back in Iowa, and that all went well.
Why did I use green? I really don't know, unless I was wearing a green pant suit when I typed it.
I think I heard it said, or read it somewhere, that the last breath is colored green. It's just a story.
As for mother in laws - well, it would be fun to swap tales. Take care.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:18 pm PDT
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Re: Just ... (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Shannon - Thank you. I don't kill spiders either.
I think I made a deal with them. They stay away from my bedroom and bathroom, and I don't go after them with my broom. Of course the spider webs in the corners of the ceilings in the living room are not too attractive. Let me say I don't go after them with the broom until I am sure that the spiders have left them.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:10 pm PDT
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Re: Very well done (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Summer - Thank you. And, no, I have never been published - except when I was a teen I won a radio contest for an essay that won me a cocker spaniel - and once in high school for an essay that almost got me suspended when it appeared in the local paper. (It concerned the fact that school rules and regulations destroy creativity) It also got me in big trouble with my Mother.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
12:05 pm PDT
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Re: This was... (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Gina, you are a charmer, and I thank you. Don't feel guilty about the ants. I am still slaughtering the ones on my kitchen counters every chance I get.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
11:59 am PDT
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Re: Very well written, Virginia. (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Carol - I appreciate your comment. Thank you very much. I love the writer's corner, but in fairness to Epinions I am going to try to balance each entry with a product review.
Virginia
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Jun 27 '02
11:56 am PDT
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Re: Great (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
Jude - Don't feel guilty about anything. Nor will I accept it as an excuse for not helping me fight those miserable pests.
Love, Mom
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Jun 27 '02
11:53 am PDT
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Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Reply to this comment)
by SurgRN911
This is excellent, I really don't know your intent, if there was one, but it sure has me pondering. I find it deeply stimulating in a cognitive way. Hmmmmm me thinks Virginia needs to submit some of her writings, or rent out your wonderful and creative mind.
excellent indeed
Di
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Jun 26 '02
5:51 pm PDT
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Creepy, crawly . . . (Reply to this comment)
by mind-full
. . . twisty, too!
Wow!
You really have so much to offer, Virginia! I agree with the "consensus" -- these are good enough, better than good enough, to be read by more than just us Epinions folk!
---Amy
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Jun 26 '02
5:40 am PDT
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:-) (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
Amazing, Virginia! What a bizarre, but gifted mind you have. As gung says, write on!
Jan
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Jun 25 '02
11:17 pm PDT
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:-) (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
Amazing, Virginia! What a bizarre, but gifted mind you have. As gung says, write on!
Jan
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Jun 25 '02
11:17 pm PDT
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Darling story! (Reply to this comment)
by lorace
What fun it was and how sweetly sad. You really said a lot, though, and it was fascinating.
Like Jude said..I'll feel guilty killing an ant. But I did save a cricket from the pool and I think a wasp, too! Does that count in eternity?
I hope so.
Great work.
Thanks,
Lorace
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Jun 25 '02
7:23 pm PDT
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WOW! (Reply to this comment)
by eskimo101
I must say, Virginia, that you never cease to astound me! This was excellent! I'm so glad that the powers that be included an area for fiction. Thanks for the wonderful story...
- Mike
PS - Just a thought : my ex-mother-in-law would have made me a dung beetle.
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Jun 25 '02
3:28 pm PDT
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flabbergasted (Reply to this comment)
by SMITHSWOODSIDE
First wisdom, second wit and now this!
I am flabbergasted Virginia and I don't think I "flabbergast" that easilly :)
AND even more, this time wisdom based in logic;
"If you were going to burn in torment for eternity, you would need a body, wouldn’t you?"
I salute you Virginia
Peter
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Jun 25 '02
2:19 pm PDT
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