tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post3828106408207279527..comments2023-12-19T23:18:30.239-05:00Comments on Reticulated Writer: Gin and Juice BluesReticulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-9670340762417972302013-04-25T15:30:54.938-04:002013-04-25T15:30:54.938-04:00Thank you, Ralf. When I was told I had to write a ...Thank you, Ralf. When I was told I had to write a story that had a neighbor in it, I had no doubt who that neighbor had to be.Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-56940309093814763972013-04-25T05:13:25.639-04:002013-04-25T05:13:25.639-04:00And I love this story...And I love this story...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504384528846541199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-40580625560756055652012-05-17T16:35:43.475-04:002012-05-17T16:35:43.475-04:00AutoD, why aren't you telling those stories? D...AutoD, why aren't you telling those stories? Don't tell me you don't have anything to write about.Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-74822394903258015792012-05-16T23:25:12.658-04:002012-05-16T23:25:12.658-04:00You know I love people-watching. He reminds me of...You know I love people-watching. He reminds me of the alcoholic neighbor I had growing up. I should write about the neighbors I had as a kid. There was the alcoholic guy (who was in love with my mother) with the schizophrenic son (who was writing a book about being the second coming of Christ. My mom thought it would be a good idea for me to share my writing with him when I was 14 to get his input as he was such a prolific writer. Talk about a traumatic writing experience...). He used to shoot off civil war era guns in the woods behind our house when he was drunk. And there was the guy with no teeth in the snake-infested house behind us who would shoot anything/everything, at whatever time, with his automatic weapon. There are a couple stories about him. And there was the Scandanavian guy next to us who picked up our greyhound by the legs and then got pissed that the dog bit him...Autodidactpoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860752713734930046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-52874464937103151122012-05-16T21:28:26.731-04:002012-05-16T21:28:26.731-04:00AutoD, you'd probably like sitting on my porch...AutoD, you'd probably like sitting on my porch watching the neighborhood. :-)Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-3571471747660226912012-05-16T21:27:43.172-04:002012-05-16T21:27:43.172-04:00Thanks, Dawn. He's a character. I want to writ...Thanks, Dawn. He's a character. I want to write more about him.Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-82401501768984812842012-05-16T19:29:05.450-04:002012-05-16T19:29:05.450-04:00I loved this--I was smiling like a fool at the com...I loved this--I was smiling like a fool at the computer screen while I read it. Love it!Autodidactpoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860752713734930046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-9517971316565639702012-05-16T18:14:28.019-04:002012-05-16T18:14:28.019-04:00Great story, Carol! Even though I've never hea...Great story, Carol! Even though I've never heard Melvyn speak and I've never met him, through your description and the telling of the story I could hear his voice and picture him with his gin and juice bottle.Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-32953237389457405852012-05-16T18:14:27.634-04:002012-05-16T18:14:27.634-04:00Thanks for the feedback, GreenJello. I never have ...Thanks for the feedback, GreenJello. I never have any perspective left after I finish a piece of writing.Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-77577012767057607592012-05-16T15:36:47.719-04:002012-05-16T15:36:47.719-04:00Excellent piece of writing, that... I could see it...Excellent piece of writing, that... I could see it all happening in my mind's eye. :)GreenJellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10008711974632671478noreply@blogger.com