Monthly Archives: September 2014
This brave squirrel protects his dead friend from crows who have come to pick his bones dry. How was this level of friendship forged? Did it spring from sharing food, playing amongst the trees, curled together for warmth on cold winter nights? At any rate, it serves as a solid example of friendship. If that squirrel is in heaven when I get there I want to talk to it.
Being specific
Constance Hale’s Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose came home from Barnes and Noble with me last week. When I spotted The Color Thesarus by Ingrid’s Notes I knew it might be a tool I’d be referring to it in the future to be more specific.
Scotland
By this morning the vote on Scotland’s independence should be known. Voter turnout was expected to be huge. Leaning to “no” as I turned in.
What does the future hold for Scots? What stories will be told in association? First vote of youths 16-17? Tales behind personal decisions? Tales associated with the vote results?
Watching that brave squirrel protecting his dead friend against crows larger and more numerous made me wish I had been there with my shovel to give the deceased a decent burial. Would I have felt different if he had simply watched from a distance? This article suggests “yes.”
This has implications for the true tale storyteller as it suggests the way we portray our experience might cause different audience reactions.