tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post4056384662329346542..comments2023-03-25T11:44:23.411+00:00Comments on FICTION VICTIM, TOO: FRIDAY FICTIONEERS - 18 of November - END OF THE TRAIL - My 100 Words by Linda PalundLinda Palundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306701232418627061noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-56380820014684507252011-11-21T16:23:38.720+00:002011-11-21T16:23:38.720+00:00It was important that water be a part of that real...It was important that water be a part of that realization...well done, RobinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-1634666565100286172011-11-18T21:37:03.596+00:002011-11-18T21:37:03.596+00:00I enjoyed your description of the area especially....I enjoyed your description of the area especially...I could actually see it in my mind.Susan Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05441251619321494571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-42605822232872611382011-11-18T18:41:41.570+00:002011-11-18T18:41:41.570+00:00scary and haunting.scary and haunting.Sheilagh Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741333943021570641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-10892257259714980882011-11-18T17:23:03.180+00:002011-11-18T17:23:03.180+00:00Heartbreaking. Well done, Linda. :)Heartbreaking. Well done, Linda. :)Siobhan Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00595776353171184107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-54080891500033284952011-11-18T17:06:11.507+00:002011-11-18T17:06:11.507+00:00Kath said she lives near you in similar territory,...Kath said she lives near you in similar territory, so I know you know what it is like to actually try to find someone or something in an area like that. When you leave home, you are full of hope, but once you are up there in those mountains (or desert) and you see what you are up against - the implacable landscape, you realise how puny you really are.Linda Palundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306701232418627061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-41188830535664736442011-11-18T16:57:58.508+00:002011-11-18T16:57:58.508+00:00What a feeling of despair you've managed to lo...What a feeling of despair you've managed to load into 100 words! <br /><br />I felt sucked into it when you got here "When we came up over the ridge at Stoddard Pass and looked down over the lake..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-54447529038471036472011-11-18T16:57:56.258+00:002011-11-18T16:57:56.258+00:00Thanks for that. I wanted to convey the futility o...Thanks for that. I wanted to convey the futility of it all, and the landscape being so unhelpful!<br />LindaLinda Palundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306701232418627061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-54735616439638003772011-11-18T14:54:03.192+00:002011-11-18T14:54:03.192+00:00This is really nice. I like especially the phrase ...This is really nice. I like especially the phrase "sparkling mutely" even if there is all that fuss about adverbs out there.<br /><br />Here's mine: http://thecolorlime.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/descent-100/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-51741487849141555772011-11-18T13:02:45.133+00:002011-11-18T13:02:45.133+00:00In so few words I got such a sinking feeling and l...In so few words I got such a sinking feeling and loss of the character I haven't been introduced to.<br />Well done!Susie Lindauhttp://susielindau.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-33452439435630191462011-11-18T12:50:19.055+00:002011-11-18T12:50:19.055+00:00Thank You all. I used to live there, too. On the ...Thank You all. I used to live there, too. On the edge of the largest "Wilderness Area" in the USA.Linda Palundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306701232418627061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-20903452943955457492011-11-18T11:51:20.576+00:002011-11-18T11:51:20.576+00:00This offers us beauty and hopelessness at the same...This offers us beauty and hopelessness at the same time. Where I live (and Madison and I live fairly near each other) it is so easy to get lost, or remain hidden, in a rugged, gorgeous environment such as you have described. Good job!<br /><br />Here's mine: http://sweettea.kdmccrite.com/betrayal/K.D. McCritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292089387063623318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-10464077716811592002011-11-18T11:47:55.158+00:002011-11-18T11:47:55.158+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.K.D. McCritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292089387063623318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072297827426071248.post-12604463341884850052011-11-18T11:43:47.591+00:002011-11-18T11:43:47.591+00:00Wow Linda,
I never would have imagined such a sta...Wow Linda,<br /><br />I never would have imagined such a stark tapestry could be woven from the threads Madison provided. Your tale had the feeling of being part of a much longer story, one that I'm sure I could sink my teeth into with relish. Well done.<br /><br />Aloha,<br /><br />DougDouglas MacIlroyhttp://ironwoodwind.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com