tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post3645815910440450477..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: Holiday Tale in Black and WhiteGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-37697900532117750712013-07-20T07:06:02.692-07:002013-07-20T07:06:02.692-07:00So many different things happening at once everywh...So many different things happening at once everywhere - you've captured that here, sharpened in the lens of a holiday. k. (This is Manicddaily.wordpress--my mobile device likes to stick to an old blogger ID). k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-61351400808585578842013-07-19T13:08:07.079-07:002013-07-19T13:08:07.079-07:00This is really moving and well done.This is really moving and well done.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-44949279405897979152013-07-19T03:53:04.845-07:002013-07-19T03:53:04.845-07:00Wonderful! (Slightly unseasonal, but none the wors...Wonderful! (Slightly unseasonal, but none the worse for that)Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-77921759699504323772013-07-18T22:15:43.816-07:002013-07-18T22:15:43.816-07:00Love the story Glenn ~ The sadness of the man is ...Love the story Glenn ~ The sadness of the man is palpable from going around the neighborhood to eating dinner by Denny's ~ Christmas for me is only memorable with the family, if not its another day ~ Wishing you happy weekend ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-12186371005916058102013-07-18T19:38:50.229-07:002013-07-18T19:38:50.229-07:00This is great!! Holiday's are always slightly ...This is great!! Holiday's are always slightly off from all other days of the year!! Wonderful job!! :-)Kate Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703901149715024366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-45608841820154457792013-07-18T19:09:41.800-07:002013-07-18T19:09:41.800-07:00I loved that story. I love the "soul" of...I loved that story. I love the "soul" of it. It's so real, so touching, so personal and yet universal..so, clearly poetic. An important poem to write and more so to read. It arcs over the horrors of war, the waste of drugs, the sadness of loss and celebrates the joyousness of life. Thank you!Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-29123281877979479962013-07-18T15:58:22.548-07:002013-07-18T15:58:22.548-07:00Great work here--I once spent a Thanksgiving on th...Great work here--I once spent a Thanksgiving on the road--ate at a KFC. Yeah, fried chicken instead of turkey. Nicely done, juxtaposing loneliness and sadness with a touch of hope. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10858791213787473858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-75937148897144077732013-07-18T14:26:34.073-07:002013-07-18T14:26:34.073-07:00Nothing like Christmas in July. I needed that!Nothing like Christmas in July. I needed that!Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-70228042401611815922013-07-18T13:22:20.682-07:002013-07-18T13:22:20.682-07:00Well done.>KBWell done.>KBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-77884202153935976912013-07-18T12:45:13.250-07:002013-07-18T12:45:13.250-07:00What a story and loneliness with a perspective you...What a story and loneliness with a perspective you present. Loved your experience at Denny's.. really there are a lot of people alone.. Imagine a scene were people started to pull tables together and actually talk. I have travelled late Christmas eve by subway sometimes (visiting family) and it's amazing how many lonely parents visiting their children you see. This is great inspiration to read.. and your conclusion I love,brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-24530194077436383792013-07-18T12:35:59.105-07:002013-07-18T12:35:59.105-07:00Today's song is Tracy Chapman's Why? with ...Today's song is Tracy Chapman's <i>Why</i>? with it's incredible lines; <i>Why, when there's so many of us<br />are there people still alone</i>?<br /><br />Being alone is bad enough at the best of times, at Christmas it must be a thousand times worse. You've really captured that here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-32062525776062362013-07-18T12:29:08.124-07:002013-07-18T12:29:08.124-07:00Wow, Glenn, you got the emotion part down, for sur...Wow, Glenn, you got the emotion part down, for sure...definitely without over effusiveness. This was a smooth-flowing narrative poem. I enjoyed the sense of place and, well, the cool weather on this 100 degree plus day in Reno.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-74123815639233379362013-07-18T12:02:13.434-07:002013-07-18T12:02:13.434-07:00nice...ha...um, i am in the park at the spraygroun...nice...ha...um, i am in the park at the sprayground keeping wet to keep from frying and you are in snow...that feels good man...a sad tale a bit on being alone and feeling like the invisible man, i like though in the end your heart for others....so much we could do...some probably since but still so far to go...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-11498447310687832362013-07-18T11:20:18.492-07:002013-07-18T11:20:18.492-07:00Ha, I agree with Claudia. It is hotter than Hades...Ha, I agree with Claudia. It is hotter than Hades outside. It's funny how on Christmas one is much more aware of one's loneliness....for some reason....when loneliness CAN exist 365 days a year for some people. But I do know the feeling; and it IS always nice to be surrounded by others at the holiday. If not family, then at least the crowd in Denny's. Smiles. You really gave a vivid portrayal of the holiday experience for you that year.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-15889569879322276392013-07-18T11:02:19.908-07:002013-07-18T11:02:19.908-07:00ha...was i first or was i first...smilesha...was i first or was i first...smilesClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-17711692896077104792013-07-18T11:02:07.263-07:002013-07-18T11:02:07.263-07:00ha smiles...so it's 30 C outside and you'r...ha smiles...so it's 30 C outside and you're writing christmas eve...smiles...hmmm on the food part...i'm getting hungry and great work on the atmosphere as well...and on the emotions of course, bringing in the soldiers and what's going on in the world... and hey..you have a black man as president now...smilesClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.com