Comments on: Weekly Wrap: Hopeful. http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/ where writers come to play Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:15:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: M. Andrew Sprong http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-77083 M. Andrew Sprong Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:26:13 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-77083 I hope the smoke damage wasn't too bad. When I was a child, we had a fire in the kitchen which left black soot in the most unlikely places. When my parents sold the place twenty years later, we were still finding little spots of soot behind cupboard doors and under furniture. I hope the smoke damage wasn’t too bad. When I was a child, we had a fire in the kitchen which left black soot in the most unlikely places. When my parents sold the place twenty years later, we were still finding little spots of soot behind cupboard doors and under furniture.

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-24420 Susan Henderson Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:26:14 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-24420 Oh, right! That cat in my memoir. And my track record! Oh, right! That cat in my memoir. And my track record!

]]> By: lance reynald http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-24280 lance reynald Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:27:51 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-24280 um.... this cat story: "Don't Turn Out Like Me: A Troublemaker Starts a Family - synopsis. A five-year-old accidentally kills a kitten and brands herself a villain. As she grows, she hoards the secrets of her dark side, as if proving to herself that she is too reckless to be trusted with anything innocent or delicate. " um….
this cat story:
“Don’t Turn Out Like Me: A Troublemaker Starts a Family - synopsis.

A five-year-old accidentally kills a kitten and brands herself a villain. As she grows, she hoards the secrets of her dark side, as if proving to herself that she is too reckless to be trusted with anything innocent or delicate. “

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-24232 Susan Henderson Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:57:22 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-24232 Anneliese - I think Lindsay and David Halberstam came off equally awesome in that story. I should probably mention here that Mr. Henderson's dog, Aka, once starred in an episode of Magnum P.I. lance - Yes, it really is classic, and don't think the fireman missed their opportunity to tease me. It was all a little deja vu for me because I caught my kitchen on fire when I was a kid, too. Remind me - what cat story? Kimberly - Aww, sweet. Are you going to be able to catch the Brecht play? It's fantastic. Anneliese - I think Lindsay and David Halberstam came off equally awesome in that story. I should probably mention here that Mr. Henderson’s dog, Aka, once starred in an episode of Magnum P.I.

lance - Yes, it really is classic, and don’t think the fireman missed their opportunity to tease me. It was all a little deja vu for me because I caught my kitchen on fire when I was a kid, too. Remind me - what cat story?

Kimberly - Aww, sweet. Are you going to be able to catch the Brecht play? It’s fantastic.

]]> By: Kimberly http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23894 Kimberly Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:02:37 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23894 this blog makes me nothing but happy every single day I am fortunate enough to read it! and if that's not a cure for hopelessness... :) this blog makes me nothing but happy every single day I am fortunate enough to read it!

and if that’s not a cure for hopelessness…

:)

]]> By: lance reynald http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23749 lance reynald Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:55:10 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23749 I love the fact that you trying to bake and do the June Cleaver Mom of the Year thing on Greenhand's day home with you results in a firecrew... reminds me of a story I once heard about you and a cat. I'm glad you are all safe, fed and not charred... xoxo-LR I love the fact that you trying to bake and do the June Cleaver Mom of the Year thing on Greenhand’s day home with you results in a firecrew… reminds me of a story I once heard about you and a cat.

I’m glad you are all safe, fed and not charred…

xoxo-LR

]]> By: Anneliese http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23743 Anneliese Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:24:16 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23743 I love Lindsay's David Halberstam story! (complete with that observation of Tom Selleck at the next table - ha!) RIP David Halberstam. :( I love Lindsay’s David Halberstam story! (complete with that observation of Tom Selleck at the next table - ha!)

RIP David Halberstam. :(

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23674 Susan Henderson Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:24:22 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23674 Nothing so exciting. I baked cookies and the oven kept smoking and setting off the smoke alarm. So after the cookies were out, I did the self-cleaning thing, thinking that would help, and jumped in the shower. My neighbor cooked us dinner tonight, which was sweet. Nothing so exciting. I baked cookies and the oven kept smoking and setting off the smoke alarm. So after the cookies were out, I did the self-cleaning thing, thinking that would help, and jumped in the shower.

My neighbor cooked us dinner tonight, which was sweet.

]]> By: Carolyn Burns Bass http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23665 Carolyn Burns Bass Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:27:02 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23665 Sounds like there's a story here, Susan. What were you cooking in nothing but a towel? Can't wait to read the unabridged version of this tale. Sounds like there’s a story here, Susan. What were you cooking in nothing but a towel? Can’t wait to read the unabridged version of this tale.

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23639 Susan Henderson Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:36:24 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/04/27/weekly-wrap-hopeful/#comment-23639 Well, I have to laugh at the short list of little things I'd planned today. Most were pre-empted by the rain. Then... well, I'm grateful I didn't lose my house to a fire today; I only lost the oven. And my neighbor was great when I showed up at her house with Green-Hand, a doberman, a greyhound, and wearing nothing but a towel. This was all before the fire department showed up. And by then, I'd borrowed underwear from my neighbor, a shirt from her husband, and I used the towel as a skirt. Every tube that travels from my nose hurts like crazy from the smoke, but all's well that ends well. Tomorrow I'll try to do something about the smell of smoke and wet dog. Nathalie - Happy Friday! Jim - Enriching is one word for today. ;) DNW - Congratulations on your degree! Carolyn - I'm pretty certain Bruce Bauman will be at the LA Times Book Festival. And I'm thinking James Spring and Amy Wallen, too. Anyone else? Well, I have to laugh at the short list of little things I’d planned today. Most were pre-empted by the rain. Then… well, I’m grateful I didn’t lose my house to a fire today; I only lost the oven. And my neighbor was great when I showed up at her house with Green-Hand, a doberman, a greyhound, and wearing nothing but a towel. This was all before the fire department showed up. And by then, I’d borrowed underwear from my neighbor, a shirt from her husband, and I used the towel as a skirt. Every tube that travels from my nose hurts like crazy from the smoke, but all’s well that ends well. Tomorrow I’ll try to do something about the smell of smoke and wet dog.

Nathalie - Happy Friday!

Jim - Enriching is one word for today. ;)

DNW - Congratulations on your degree!

Carolyn - I’m pretty certain Bruce Bauman will be at the LA Times Book Festival. And I’m thinking James Spring and Amy Wallen, too. Anyone else?

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