tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post439270006521693596..comments2023-05-16T04:53:13.791-07:00Comments on Little Flower Petals: Vicarious thriftsElizabeth H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09161162407130146871noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-47568290810856895812010-08-21T00:16:05.318-07:002010-08-21T00:16:05.318-07:00OK, so for some nonspecific parent-reason, your st...OK, so for some nonspecific parent-reason, your story made an unexpected dust-mote fly into my eye. <br /><br /><i>I had to use tears to get it out.</i><br /><br />So yes, I must agree with the above that I would purchase such a collection written by you specifically with actual cash money. I mean, "He strides off toward the front of the store and out, and she lays a wondering hand on the ugly dresser..." is damn near <i>lyrical</i>.Mike Speeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648532407369443335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-15897368977756980362010-08-20T09:10:55.008-07:002010-08-20T09:10:55.008-07:00That could have been us two weeks ago, sans baby. ...That could have been us two weeks ago, sans baby. We just furnished my daughters' shared room solely out of thrifted and secondhand furniture. Their new/old dresser was a storehouse of treasures, including a bank statement and knit legwarmers from the 1980s, and a pair of ticket stubs from the local community theatre from the 1960s. I can't tell you the number of dressers-with-potential we looked at this past month.<br /><br />Our own be-stickered and battered furniture moved on to other families with kids of their own. It's the circle of life, I tell ya. *snif*<br /><br />Word verify: portin<br /><br />I had to take the seats out of the van so we could be portin' all the furniture finds home.mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-77845231555573730942010-08-19T21:42:35.186-07:002010-08-19T21:42:35.186-07:00I enjoyed this very much; it was like reading a pa...I enjoyed this very much; it was like reading a passage out of a novel. I would like to cosign Strikethru's suggestion for more short stories about thrift store finds :-)Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-19889677174151479082010-08-19T21:00:58.256-07:002010-08-19T21:00:58.256-07:00Love the story as well. I felt like I was standing...Love the story as well. I felt like I was standing there listening to them. You don't hear enough narratives with that particular type of optimism in them anymore. I am envisioning a great series of short stories about thrift store finds and hopeful people. Care to write it so I can read it? :-)Strikethruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797111328778577303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-63368818431813284162010-08-19T20:40:35.344-07:002010-08-19T20:40:35.344-07:00This was a wonderful story. Thank you.
~JoeThis was a wonderful story. Thank you.<br /><br />~JoeJoe Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679530650280030752noreply@blogger.com