Again, your observations are so perceptive, Alex. I agree, being around social media sites prejudices you and you think everyone is just interested in a sound bite, a cat video or a two-minute read. It's

So true, Alex, and other people's lives seemed more together when seen from the outside :)

Sorry for some of the typo's above but Hive wouldn't allow me to edit bc of HBD - whatever that is. GRRR!!

I make liberal use of the em dash myself which I never did when I was teaching in an academic setting but like Dorothy in Oz we have to accommodate to our times and setting, not to mention our reading

I know what you mean, Arthur - I think it's a normal reaction to the presence of something alien or paranormal - as much as we may desire the presence of the deceased, our flesh rebels. May of those reactions

Apart from the deep philosophical question of whether there is intelligent life on Earth, I doubt such animals exist anymore. I spent more years than I care to recall teaching unwilling minds how to write,

Again, thanks Alex. Yes, careless errors or mistakes made in haste to get the story posted in the time I have to devote to Hive. The French saying is not unique to me but an idiom, although it may not

Thanks, Alex - yes, I know you care and I appreciate it. You take the same care in your own writing and demonstrate that same spirit of excellence. I agree with your full stops - actually, the second one

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Very perceptive, my friend. A Muse is a form of haunting, a familiar spirit.

Ha ha...I did intend the wooden kind although I own plastic ones, but they haven't yet impinged on my being a chronic argonaut :) And yet another small error, but it's the little foxes that spoil the vines,

Alex, you're better than an editor :) Usually my wife catches errata but she's exhausted from transcribing my various works from my website to an external hard drive. I'm exhausted too - only got 4 hours

Okay, I left out the apostrophe, lol

Hey Alex! As usual, you're too hard on yourself. What you wrote was sensitive and lyrical. You forget that a poem is only a dead letter until you pick it up and breathe life into it. All the while you

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Hey Alex! Good to hear from you again. You cheered me up, my friend - Because of your help I was able to get my money out of Steemit (I thought it was going to end up as useless internet money) That site

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