tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post9189741275924906430..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: SkiverWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83040277628226442312010-08-13T00:23:00.104-02:302010-08-13T00:23:00.104-02:30Tessa:
I'm not happy with the way I've pre...Tessa:<br />I'm not happy with the way I've presented this as it is too "Irish" (and you'll know what I mean). Newfoundlanders are far more generous and I need to re-work it to reflect that. Susanna's hell is in herself and what is happening to her daughter and her beauty is in her re-creation of herself.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84329408663733302612010-08-13T00:20:32.831-02:302010-08-13T00:20:32.831-02:30Laura:
I'm not too sure whether to include it ...Laura:<br />I'm not too sure whether to include it in my short story collection, there is more Irish than Newfoundland in it.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-54224789700271029922010-08-12T16:59:04.331-02:302010-08-12T16:59:04.331-02:30Interesting that, despite all the modernisation an...Interesting that, despite all the modernisation and the tarted up houses and dogs, the old, unforgiving ways still hang around. Shades of Brinsley MacNamara's "Valley of the Squinting Windows," methinks. A sad story very well told, WWW.Tessahttp://www.nutsandmutton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45300570102314945712010-08-11T18:55:54.114-02:302010-08-11T18:55:54.114-02:30I think there's a TV series there! About time ...I think there's a TV series there! About time Newfoundland had one methinks.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-24231587020327595192010-08-09T17:25:07.361-02:302010-08-09T17:25:07.361-02:30T:
I think the fact she has discovered a passion i...T:<br />I think the fact she has discovered a passion is her saviour.<br />She and the old fellow are trapped in a hopeless dance.<br />Her daughter is having a tough time of it too - her partner is abusing her.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72901706582314475542010-08-09T17:23:38.398-02:302010-08-09T17:23:38.398-02:30Nick:
Oh he was, the story is actually worse than ...Nick:<br />Oh he was, the story is actually worse than I wrote, the pieces of it were given to me by different people.<br />Interesting word, skiver...<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66062879783775728242010-08-09T17:22:49.784-02:302010-08-09T17:22:49.784-02:30Cait:
Avalon is also one of mine! I feel so fortun...Cait:<br />Avalon is also one of mine! I feel so fortunate to live here!<br />Thank YOU!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-50339647841403039892010-08-09T16:01:23.021-02:302010-08-09T16:01:23.021-02:30I was about to type what nick has just written abo...I was about to type what nick has just written about the word "skiver".<br /><br />I enjoyed the story, sad as it is. Your writing style mkes just about any tale a joy to read.<br /><br />If it's based on fact, then I hope the lady finds some modicum of peace soon. Compassion is hard to come by for some unfortunate fellow-travellers.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-50006153390481625912010-08-09T15:12:47.600-02:302010-08-09T15:12:47.600-02:30It's so easy to condemn other people instead o...It's so easy to condemn other people instead of showing compassion and understanding. A very sad story.<br /><br />Skiver in the UK means someone who dodges hard work and sits around doing nothing. It sounds like the father was a skiver.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-85522766658080536752010-08-09T14:28:18.720-02:302010-08-09T14:28:18.720-02:30Great storytelling,
Thanks for calling by my blog ...Great storytelling,<br />Thanks for calling by my blog and your kind words. <br />I have had a lovely time here and will be back.<br />Avalon is one of my favourite words btw,Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-32868390931741079522010-08-09T11:31:46.572-02:302010-08-09T11:31:46.572-02:30Thank you Jo - more in the truth stranger than fic...Thank you Jo - more in the truth stranger than fiction line....<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-54096662650038210492010-08-09T04:18:15.583-02:302010-08-09T04:18:15.583-02:30So very powerful - an amazing tale. Thank you.So very powerful - an amazing tale. Thank you.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87946940081215495032010-08-08T22:33:42.905-02:302010-08-08T22:33:42.905-02:30Nora:
It is what she chooses. Our lives are a mix ...Nora:<br />It is what she chooses. Our lives are a mix of pain and joy.<br /><br />"There is a crack in everything - it's how the light gets in.." - Leonard Cohen.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89222900469898932010-08-08T21:29:40.146-02:302010-08-08T21:29:40.146-02:30I hope she gets out of her miserable spot and gets...I hope she gets out of her miserable spot and gets set free. Her pain is deep and undeserved. She needs to rehabilitate herself and break with the past.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-14269339384749733162010-08-08T19:18:50.575-02:302010-08-08T19:18:50.575-02:30GM:
The lack of understanding and compassion is as...GM:<br />The lack of understanding and compassion is astonishing. We are all so terrified of another's pain.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-55696704969821695802010-08-08T19:18:03.944-02:302010-08-08T19:18:03.944-02:30Thank you Marcia. This woman and the judgement aro...Thank you Marcia. This woman and the judgement around her breaks my heart.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-58512424037406867592010-08-08T18:43:19.081-02:302010-08-08T18:43:19.081-02:30A story to tear at the heart strings.A story to tear at the heart strings.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-63043829733746659672010-08-08T18:05:00.690-02:302010-08-08T18:05:00.690-02:30I'm finding that some of my best reading comes...I'm finding that some of my best reading comes from my blog friends. Wow! This was wonderful. You are very very good with dialogue.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.com