Squirrel Talk
stories in my life27 total reviews
Comment from nancy_e_davis
This is so cute. I wish you could send them to me. I like squirrels. I really enjoyed your story. Maybe it was all the sugar in the decorations of the Gingerbread houses that made her babies so active. Sugar highs? LOL I can just see her with her hands on her hips chastising you. LOL Well done. Nancy
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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This is so cute. I wish you could send them to me. I like squirrels. I really enjoyed your story. Maybe it was all the sugar in the decorations of the Gingerbread houses that made her babies so active. Sugar highs? LOL I can just see her with her hands on her hips chastising you. LOL Well done. Nancy
Comment Written 10-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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Really? I wish I could package up these intruders and send them to you. Cute gets ugly when they become a plague. I have at least 40 tenants.
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That is a few too many. LOL
Comment from Jay Squires
It makes me wish they had more to look at.[Dose of humor good -- makes me see you're not a raving maniac. But, then I'm not finished.]
Still the look of desperation plucked at a string of guilt in me.[Great intellectual image -- if there is such a thing. But, watch out, you're weakening!]
Do you suppose squirrel get the flu? [Is this the plural of squirrel?]
in one of my weaker moments, when I actually liked my grandchildren, we made gingerbread houses. [I love it: honesty!, with a touch of tongue-in-cheek.]
... the squirrels were starving.[Ah-ha! One of them needs to be corrected!]
You have such a sardonic wit. Have you tried newspapers for publication? I can see a "column" looming in your future! Great job!
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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It makes me wish they had more to look at.[Dose of humor good -- makes me see you're not a raving maniac. But, then I'm not finished.]
Still the look of desperation plucked at a string of guilt in me.[Great intellectual image -- if there is such a thing. But, watch out, you're weakening!]
Do you suppose squirrel get the flu? [Is this the plural of squirrel?]
in one of my weaker moments, when I actually liked my grandchildren, we made gingerbread houses. [I love it: honesty!, with a touch of tongue-in-cheek.]
... the squirrels were starving.[Ah-ha! One of them needs to be corrected!]
You have such a sardonic wit. Have you tried newspapers for publication? I can see a "column" looming in your future! Great job!
Comment Written 10-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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Well, I hope you're right. I started in this awareness of realizing I saw the world in snap shots, feeding my off-the-wall, but sensible, somewhat skewed vision of the world through glimpses and scales that balanced between normal and weird.
I hope I corrected the errors. Of course, you were right, but you stated it all in such a charming manner.
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Well, it's a joy to discover in the first few lines of reading something that I can put my red pencil away and simply enjoy the experience.
Comment from Eternal Muse
Oh, God - I can understand it so well! I have my share of these "buggers" - last one they broke a hole in the siding, and got inside! I had to hire wildlife removal service to get them out (the humane one - they don't kill, just evict). This year it's raccoons! They are going to need bigger trapping cages, for sure.
A beautifully told story, with nice descriptive imagery, dialogue and emotion. I hope they won't give you more hard time!
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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Oh, God - I can understand it so well! I have my share of these "buggers" - last one they broke a hole in the siding, and got inside! I had to hire wildlife removal service to get them out (the humane one - they don't kill, just evict). This year it's raccoons! They are going to need bigger trapping cages, for sure.
A beautifully told story, with nice descriptive imagery, dialogue and emotion. I hope they won't give you more hard time!
Comment Written 10-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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We have the summer months to navigate. They swear, the buggers, they really do and I can do that in several languages, but they think they're illiciting evil thoughts I my brain.
Comment from N.K. Wagner
This is great, Ingrid. A couple of fluffs:
as I parted the room, ignoring his desperate pleas for warmth-stomped out of the room? Fled the room?
kind of person that takes responsibility for nature's law of survival of the fittest- person who interferes with
Do you suppose squirrel get the flu? -squirrels
Mama chased he first child,-her
I couldn't stop but wonder - help but wonder?
I may not stop laughing until sometime next week, Ingrid. Why'd you wait until all my 6s were gone? Great comedy! :) nancy
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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This is great, Ingrid. A couple of fluffs:
as I parted the room, ignoring his desperate pleas for warmth-stomped out of the room? Fled the room?
kind of person that takes responsibility for nature's law of survival of the fittest- person who interferes with
Do you suppose squirrel get the flu? -squirrels
Mama chased he first child,-her
I couldn't stop but wonder - help but wonder?
I may not stop laughing until sometime next week, Ingrid. Why'd you wait until all my 6s were gone? Great comedy! :) nancy
Comment Written 10-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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The answer to the final question is probably because I'm bored and have lost interest in the rating game, knowing full well that if I post on Sundays, I'm likely to have received accolades. Posting a clever piece of true-life attitude on Thursday is my avocation. I do love writing, and I do respect the connection between writers and readers.
Thanks for the catches. Sooner or later I must do laundry.
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I've been doing mine between writing and reviews. :D Nancy
Comment from Karen B.
This is delightful! As one of those people who buys not only peanuts but also cob corn and tons of bird food which the squirrels often beat the birds to, I can definitely relate to the personalities of Clarence and Henrietta. And I've laughed almost as much at your line "In December, in one of my weaker moments, when I actually liked my grandchildren...". So well written and definitely deserving of a 6.
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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This is delightful! As one of those people who buys not only peanuts but also cob corn and tons of bird food which the squirrels often beat the birds to, I can definitely relate to the personalities of Clarence and Henrietta. And I've laughed almost as much at your line "In December, in one of my weaker moments, when I actually liked my grandchildren...". So well written and definitely deserving of a 6.
Comment Written 10-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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What makes this even more impressive as a review is that I was simply writing--the truth in fact--not expecting a mid-week six star review, knowing full well how easy it is to dispense when a person is a true addict to writing. Thank you.
Comment from barleygirl
Hilarious & entertaining, this is a story I can get behind with the abundance of pesky rodents populating my country spot. I love your relaxed sense of humor based on honesty, the way your story unfolds, taking its own sweet time, & the way it sounds realistically conversational (both between writer & reader, as well as between human & rodent). Oh yeah, I can relate! Thanks for sharing!
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reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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Hilarious & entertaining, this is a story I can get behind with the abundance of pesky rodents populating my country spot. I love your relaxed sense of humor based on honesty, the way your story unfolds, taking its own sweet time, & the way it sounds realistically conversational (both between writer & reader, as well as between human & rodent). Oh yeah, I can relate! Thanks for sharing!
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Comment Written 10-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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Your response gave me a famous truth--the relationship between writer and reader. Thank you.
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*smile*
Comment from Sasha
Thank you, thank you, and thank you. I really needed this one this morning. You made me laugh so hard I think I woke my neighbors...not an easy task with cement walls between us. I cannot begin to tell you how much fun this was to read. I do wish I still had a 6 left to give you, but alas, I am out.
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reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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Thank you, thank you, and thank you. I really needed this one this morning. You made me laugh so hard I think I woke my neighbors...not an easy task with cement walls between us. I cannot begin to tell you how much fun this was to read. I do wish I still had a 6 left to give you, but alas, I am out.
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Comment Written 10-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 10-Apr-2014
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Well, you know, we old-timers know if we post on Sunday morning, there's a bounty of sixes out there, but then again, I raced for rankings for a month and then settled back into a very comfortable 'can catch you if I get competative' position and just luxuriated in the mediocrity of a poorly tuned race. Still, I do love writing and this is a true story.
