Ha ha, I often rework a story or poem - steemit is a WIP to me - if I don't like some aspect of a post I may revisit it and do either a light or major edit. My first novel, A Familiar Rain, was published

Deb and I have been watching reruns of Bewitched - calling Dr. Bombay...yes, she caved and renewed our Netflix subscription :)

That last meme is aimed at all the keto dieters in your audience :)

Thank you - welcome back :)

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Thank you!

Great minds, lol

I think that's a very sound philosophy and as for attending to the moment, most writers tend to get lost in translating from the inner to outer realms - I'm sure you've noticed that time passes quickly

I think you are a talented writer, Arthur, and probably too humble to acknowledge it - and I do agree with writing either for yourself or even an audience of one - I did that for years and developed my

When I encounter really weird situations, I freeze - that's why I take myself out of such a context and give the characters free rein Ah, Cab Sav or Shiraz - either is excellent after dinner with soft

Yes, the metaphor is an extended one and meant to be taken personally by the reader - all too often we limit ourselves, particularly re ageism - unwilling to take some risks, go a different way, or start

You see things so clearly, my friend. I must admit I was focussing on the first purpose but it does beg the question of what became of Blythe back in the Thirties? Does the arrow of time work in one direction

Thanks, Arthur - on the other hand, sometimes I feel detached - there's a ditch on either side of the road :)

Thanks, Arthur - hate typo's. Yes, time is dilatory and a rainy day can provide a dreamer with the right ambiance to enter various virtual realities and thankfully return to his own world relatively unscathed

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Thanks, Arthur - I appreciate your comments and understand you also have a writerly life. Re your current literary challenge, I'm reminded of a story I wrote called, The Light of the Stars, wherein another

I'm reading this on a day where Trump is on a tirade over China and wondering how world politics would change if more women were in charge...just saying, because I'm getting tired of pissing contests,

ha ha, I agree - the focus was on his being authentic rather than saving the world but a Gene Kelly moment might have been an intriguing diversion :)

A colleague of mine knew Kurelek well - he had a topsy-turvy kind of life . I think the will to resist says more about your determination than mine - I tend to accept what can't be changed - and then,

I picked up on that - one writ with Dawes in sour misfortunes's book, Arthur?