tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post2573341690301562522..comments2024-03-24T18:58:13.583-07:00Comments on Divers and Sundry: Happy EndingsDivers and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-38656529038183071462020-09-07T06:59:53.792-07:002020-09-07T06:59:53.792-07:00Definitely different! Not what I expect from a sho...Definitely different! Not what I expect from a short story at all, but it's an interesting look at what makes up a life. Or a story. Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-5978801677388666222020-09-07T06:58:47.582-07:002020-09-07T06:58:47.582-07:00lol, yes, it's interesting the variety of live...lol, yes, it's interesting the variety of lives that can emerge from "They lived, and then they died" lol And how some people make peace with the past while others never do.Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-82615813605535673142020-09-06T10:48:40.604-07:002020-09-06T10:48:40.604-07:00this was good,errr, different. but I enjoyed the r...this was good,errr, different. but I enjoyed the read. thank you.Rebeca Trevinohttp://rebecatrevino.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-23152452758081875662020-09-05T13:38:59.513-07:002020-09-05T13:38:59.513-07:00Yup! That was mine. Or a small part of mine--LOL...Yup! That was mine. Or a small part of mine--LOL! Kind of funny when you look at your life from that perspective in short sentences. ;)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-15490462868584845122020-09-05T13:15:26.353-07:002020-09-05T13:15:26.353-07:00I hope you enjoy it. This one is quite different!I hope you enjoy it. This one is quite different!Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-16770213636786803162020-09-05T11:10:00.918-07:002020-09-05T11:10:00.918-07:00She a wonderful writer and so diverse in her writi...She a wonderful writer and so diverse in her writing from poetry to fiction to non-fiction 😁. Thanks for the recommendation! Hugs, Jo x Let's Art Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601080465795070519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-32690399538758505362020-09-05T08:34:08.669-07:002020-09-05T08:34:08.669-07:00Yes! "Be here now," as they used to say....Yes! "Be here now," as they used to say. We can't do anything about the past and not much about the future... My patio-watching is a good teacher on that subject :) Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-4360201708963343872020-09-05T08:29:16.512-07:002020-09-05T08:29:16.512-07:00She's able to write a variety of types of stor...She's able to write a variety of types of stories well. Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-20945381034628638922020-09-05T08:28:40.348-07:002020-09-05T08:28:40.348-07:00It's all there ever is ;)It's all there ever is ;) Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-20447089222599457962020-09-05T08:28:16.470-07:002020-09-05T08:28:16.470-07:00"Life is hard, and then you die," as the..."Life is hard, and then you die," as they say... It'd make an interesting activity for a group to write their own story as an extension of one of these. Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-54290919235640661592020-09-05T03:58:15.259-07:002020-09-05T03:58:15.259-07:00F. John and Mary marry. John enjoys making Mary m...F. John and Mary marry. John enjoys making Mary miserable. After several break-ups and reunions filled with John's false promises, eventually Mary is free of John. John marries Madge. Madge feels immensely superior to first wife, Mary. Mary gets her heart broken a few more times, decides she's had enough of men and lives happily for decades with her cat. Madge becomes an alcoholic. John enjoys Madge's misery. They will all die. LOL!<br /><br />Loved the story...stories. Sad, funny truths. ;)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-42089248024699109822020-09-05T03:25:35.893-07:002020-09-05T03:25:35.893-07:00It's kind of sad we race to the end but the en...It's kind of sad we race to the end but the ends are all the same, enjoy where you are .bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122361539939744451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-55688061065693843472020-09-04T22:56:02.808-07:002020-09-04T22:56:02.808-07:00Good one! I love Margaret Atwood. Have a great wee...Good one! I love Margaret Atwood. Have a great weekend, ValerieValerie-Jaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538850820168903865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-412814343159512382020-09-04T20:36:42.432-07:002020-09-04T20:36:42.432-07:00I wasn't all that enthused about this. Life a...I wasn't all that enthused about this. Life and death. So much of that right now.Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-18548325331098430442020-09-04T07:57:57.743-07:002020-09-04T07:57:57.743-07:00I think Oryx and Crake is my favorite of her books...I think Oryx and Crake is my favorite of her books, but that's been so long ago...Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-85963730287168425702020-09-04T07:56:33.701-07:002020-09-04T07:56:33.701-07:00The discussion of whether or not this actually is ...The discussion of whether or not this actually is a short story would be fascinating.Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-83393157852948357902020-09-04T07:56:00.599-07:002020-09-04T07:56:00.599-07:00Yes!Yes!Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-87630430130714109112020-09-04T07:55:51.299-07:002020-09-04T07:55:51.299-07:00Hope springs eternal :) Hope springs eternal :) Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-20553127942921613862020-09-04T07:55:30.285-07:002020-09-04T07:55:30.285-07:00She is a treasure :) I liked the concept here. We ...She is a treasure :) I liked the concept here. We all die, but the story in between is what's hard to write. Most authors never get that far, I guess coz we all know that's where it's all heading. Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-16576389062855631722020-09-04T07:13:42.852-07:002020-09-04T07:13:42.852-07:00Margaret Atwood is a very talented writer. I'm...Margaret Atwood is a very talented writer. I'm not sure I always feel comfortable with the way she handles stories-like the Handmaid's Tale. But that is talent. Not just telling a story but getting us to feel it, good or bad!My name is Erika.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04834435573574156495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-49787224970395077212020-09-04T05:42:14.326-07:002020-09-04T05:42:14.326-07:00Well that was different!Well that was different!Eileen Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340398156618870705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-68234716649628236552020-09-04T05:27:33.363-07:002020-09-04T05:27:33.363-07:00Reading all the iterations of the story was quite ...Reading all the iterations of the story was quite fun, even if the endings were all the same 😺CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-13538213242495799172020-09-04T04:40:59.147-07:002020-09-04T04:40:59.147-07:00...everyone enjoys a happy ending....everyone enjoys a happy ending.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082494067802628837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-88954200561645670992020-09-04T04:15:01.359-07:002020-09-04T04:15:01.359-07:00And they say Margaret Atwood is a Canadian Nationa...And they say Margaret Atwood is a Canadian National Treasure. Oh this was a bleak story but it's oh so true - we have a birth date & we have a death date - it's what we do with the dash between the dates that is so important, so fun, so dreary, so ....Patio Postcardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04491809927236242223noreply@blogger.com