I loved that novel!!! At the time I was so young, I read all the 50-page lecture. That was many years ago. These days, life is shorter than before. Not as many years in store (statistically or hypothetically).

Your post reminds me that I used to be able to delegate power and transfer funds via the wallet, until one day mysteriously my saved passwords were decreed incorrect, and i have yet to solve the problem.

"You're the beautiful anomaly." That sounds like a good prompt for a freewrite, or a movie! Great freewrite, as always, @owasco. Vivid and memorable. The whitecoats...! Compliance!! "We

wow, that is quite an insight - I am learning that the deepest grief will bring your lost one alive, not quite in form, but fully in your heart. I keep watching Life After Death videos - all those NDEs

ohhhh yes you are living, even if "slowly like in a thickness" - what a beautiful rendering of the regrets a mother knows on losing her child. You know you did your best and I truly believe nobody

Ditto that! LOVE the photos, the child dwarfed by the big kitchen, the child growing up to use those same giant kettles and those gorgeous candy molds. To return to that childhood home is a dream my mother

What a great line you highlighted - it's a splendid example of Deep POV (point of view) - the reader is so deep inside the character's head, we don't need "she thought" and other tags. And oh,

"Miss Busybody" suffers OCD. Germ phobia. I actually feel for her. Even if she confronts the poor driver of the horse-drawn cart. Interesting that you see these in your little town, in this day

Smoking, drinking, and we love this person, this dear family member, love unconditionally, watching and praying but he keeps killing himself gradually day by day, until his body is trashed and that collapsed

Wow!! This is so vivid, so visceral, all too believable, and authentic. Your word choices are all spot-on. Those brave kids, those stalwart and strong little ones. I want to hug them and feed them. Powerful

LOL, after I'd typed my comment, I read yours. We are on the same page. :) Both of us highlighted the same two lines.

Wow, you really pack a punch with this one!! Your word economy is brilliant - only poets can pull this off! This line is sublime: Then the rats came out. Nibble nibble nibble on sweet cupcakes yum yum

Love the tension and interminable waiting in the opening, the suits and phones, then the husband across the crowded room, then... THE SURPRISE TWIST! .... you never disappoint!! You always surprise and

Vielen Dank! Thank you!

The elusive bride doll. My mom's father bought it for her from the small-town dime store in the late 1940s. No book of dolls has yielded a photo and ID of the "right" doll, the one she remembers.

My wood slice took a turn for the worse as I kept reworking it. Not even gonna show the evidence. But THANK YOU for the kinds words Stacey. You, losing your only son, suffered the worst kind of loss!

Good to hear from you again, @Wndrnrose7! You've driven through blizzards - I pictured (remembered) you as somewhere down south where blizzards don't happen. Pennyslvania...? May you be safe and warm with

A #BookReview by @owasco - #love it!! And the story of the genesis of the story: This novella was born for an @adsactly contest hosted by @vcelier , its author and illustrator met on Hive, it was offered

You say you wish to be fearless and tough as a weed - you already sound like a very brave survivor! You may feel alone, but you have found a safe haven at Hive, a "sanctuary in the virtual world,"

Thanks so much for reeading and commenting! Wishing you a Merry Christmas, too, and a safe and happy New Year. :)