I'm going to risk alienating or boring you, my friend. But this is where I'm at. I don't put much stock in mere human wisdom. Freud said we're tripartite : Ego, super ego and Id. The Bible says we're

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That's similar to me - I always go in order even when I record a hockey game - it doesn't matter to me if the game has already been played - I enjoy it as if seeing it in real time. Half the time when

Thanks, Arthur - life transposed into words is one thing but poetry is an entirely different way of knowing :)

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That makes it all perfectly clear :) Americans call us Canucks - the Stones played in a local bar a few times when here and I suppose they liked the place. BBQ chips and chicken are popular here too especially

Hmmm....I thought humour was a universal language, lol - I really don't get much of this South African local colour. And who are Pommies and what do you call Canadians? As a former teacher, I'm still working

Well, Thomas my cat, hasn't found a book or laptop he won't lie down upon - I don't know how he manages to be my Muse - maybe it's because I find him amusing and that calms me - everyone else? Most annoying

ha ha...good ones today, my friend. The first one is me though. What happens if the food isn't okay? I struggle with being assertive - I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings (mainly, my own) Last time

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Hi @giantbear - I saw the link - Looks interesting but I'm not sure I could commit to it - I have so much on the go - I might be able to submit a story by first week in November but I'm not sure that's

Thanks, Arthur - it seems everything has to be tested in the fire, particularly Jay's conflict with his mother's wishes and his place in the family. Em represents the hidden parts of family that even family

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These kinds of musings you're describing are the very thing that prompted my first novel, A Familiar Rain, which actually took twenty years to write - it was simmering inside me that long - my wife typed

Ha ha, so am I ...that's how it is in life, so it should be the same in fiction :)