tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post3670043427415767566..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: "Frost and Forest" A mistaken storyAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38097882377964603092015-12-27T19:39:49.124-05:002015-12-27T19:39:49.124-05:00Hi Sacchi!
I really liked the idea of a very old ...Hi Sacchi!<br /><br />I really liked the idea of a very old woman nursing a man into some transformation somehow. I enjoyed playing with that image. Thanks for reading my stuff!<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-34115920880320533462015-12-27T19:37:42.854-05:002015-12-27T19:37:42.854-05:00Hi Jean!
Civil War? I have no idea, it just sort...Hi Jean!<br /><br />Civil War? I have no idea, it just sort of went in that direction. Mostly I wanted him to be a man n the run from something who had some regrets. It was fun to write. Thanks for reading my stuff.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-51335065493519710152015-12-26T15:46:50.478-05:002015-12-26T15:46:50.478-05:00Lovely story, and with the refreshing twist of the...Lovely story, and with the refreshing twist of the woman regaining youth by feeding the man, instead of draining him. I think there's some complex message in the fact that he's turned into a bird by the very mammalian process of nursing, something that makes his change more profound and at the same time more freeing.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-26416987418816234292015-12-26T13:14:28.265-05:002015-12-26T13:14:28.265-05:00I remember that story about the man who returns to...I remember that story about the man who returns to the womb, Garce. In this one, the "poor boy" seems to return to the womb of the natural world, in which there are no mistakes, from the giant collective mistake of war. Beautiful story. I'm curious to know why you chose the U.S. Civil War. Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-37593043667629256432015-12-23T16:52:42.745-05:002015-12-23T16:52:42.745-05:00I wrote that story! It was a part of a story I po...I wrote that story! It was a part of a story I posted here years ago called "Natural Acts". In one of the vignettes the guy returns to the womb. That was fun to write.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-13545559251953562732015-12-23T16:37:16.338-05:002015-12-23T16:37:16.338-05:00I find myself smiling, Garce. What a lovely story....I find myself smiling, Garce. What a lovely story. I almost expected him to get back to the womb.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-34316916283867685422015-12-23T14:45:13.905-05:002015-12-23T14:45:13.905-05:00It's been a long time since a woman transforme...It's been a long time since a woman transformed me into a beast. I'd like to feel that way again. Grr.<br /><br />It is redemptive though. Thanks Annabeth!<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84576943825206451742015-12-23T11:54:18.983-05:002015-12-23T11:54:18.983-05:00Gorgeous story. I feel like the trope is generally...Gorgeous story. I feel like the trope is generally treated as horrifying (the entrapping woman who transforms a man into a beast). In your treatment, however, it reads as redemptive and I feel happy for him in the end. Beautifully done.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-45434238055632957942015-12-23T05:39:47.243-05:002015-12-23T05:39:47.243-05:00Uhhhh. . . . he's Catholic??
See? A new mis...Uhhhh. . . . he's Catholic??<br /><br />See? A new mistake!<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-47825876539734490202015-12-23T05:23:01.066-05:002015-12-23T05:23:01.066-05:00Your stories are always full of surprises!
This i...Your stories are always full of surprises!<br /><br />This is so vivid. Have you ever been caught in the snow like this? It reads like a memory.<br /><br />My only crit -- would a rural Southern boy know about prayer beads? Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com