tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post7764595063295156739..comments2024-03-29T02:53:56.060-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: GODFORSAKENRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-15193557238183379772014-11-02T19:00:58.026-06:002014-11-02T19:00:58.026-06:00Vesper:
That's me this weekend: interesting an...Vesper:<br />That's me this weekend: interesting and sad. :-)<br /><br />Yes, I liked TWILIGHT EYES, too.<br /><br />CARNIVAL is coming along painfully and long for some reason. I leave it to write on other books and come back to it. Mark Twain did that, so I am, at least, in good company!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-6939330185105555692014-11-02T18:54:20.559-06:002014-11-02T18:54:20.559-06:00Hi Roland, your post is very interesting and very ...Hi Roland, your post is very interesting and very sad at the same time...<br />It made me think of "Twilight Eyes" by Dean Koontz. I liked that book...<br /><br />I'm looking forward to reading your new book.<br />I'm sending you my very best wishes. Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-53169426708435455832014-11-02T17:57:13.631-06:002014-11-02T17:57:13.631-06:00Alex:
Not quite yet! Still have some chapters to g...Alex:<br />Not quite yet! Still have some chapters to go yet. But thanks for the thought. I think with my next book to be published I should really do some kind of major launch to bring attention to my books. I work too hard to whisper, right? :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-34734878598975276902014-11-02T15:56:39.283-06:002014-11-02T15:56:39.283-06:00Is that your latest? Congratulations! Must go down...Is that your latest? Congratulations! Must go download now.<br />And it is society that has forsaken God, because He never leaves us.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-57385910752306863542014-11-02T11:25:45.248-06:002014-11-02T11:25:45.248-06:00Hilary:
What a delightful comment (unlike the one ...Hilary:<br />What a delightful comment (unlike the one beneath yours!)<br /><br />Yes, we were unkind to others 50 years ago ... but we felt worse about it. <br /><br />Sorry about channeling Mark Twain there, but as you pointed out with your 82 year mature friend -- manners are so a thing of the past that they are often a target of cruel humor.<br /><br />I envy your friend his sheep dog -- I had a Sheltie for many years and losing him broke my heart.<br /><br />The Carnies I knew were a good bunch ... to one another ... to the outside world not so much.<br /><br />But then they had reason: the corrupt police who demanded bribes not to shut them down, the hand-out mayors and public health officials who also demanded bribes.<br /><br />In the Carnie World, there are Carnies called Patch, whose job is to grease the palms of those corrupt officials and endure the insults and sometimes beatings (just to let the fair know the city meant business.)<br /><br />Any lone Carnie was fair game for the local toughs. The customers were often cruel in their remarks to the workers and the side show entertainment.<br /><br />Yes, we need to grow more in our compassion towards one another. But as you point out: we are even cruel to the world and its species upon whom we depend for life itself. Sigh.<br /><br />May this new week bring you unexpected joy. Roland<br /><br />Milo:<br />I am tempted to read JOYLAND. I will but after I finish my own Carnie supernatural tale so I will know I am unconsciously drawing from it!<br /><br />Human nature has always been selfish, but there have been isolated individuals who have been beacons.<br /><br />Think of an abused child saved from its home: first there were individuals who cared enough to pass laws to protect them - individuals who could have been paid more to work in child protection agencies to salvage them from abusive homes, and foster homes (most not nightmarish as TV would have you believe) that nuture them.<br /><br />All those good people and only two bad parents. So in a sense there are more good people than we might at first believe. At least I sleep better at night thinking so. :-)<br /><br />Inger:<br />That person visits many blogs and writes the same thing over and over. A troubled soul.<br /><br />I believe that the folks that talk the most about God are the ones that leave Him out of their actions the most as well!<br /><br />As Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: "The more he talked of his honesty, the faster we counted our silverware."<br /><br />I pray your husband is feeling better. RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-41077404444840152592014-11-02T10:09:45.790-06:002014-11-02T10:09:45.790-06:00Roland, you just got a hot and heavy comment about...Roland, you just got a hot and heavy comment about American Women above. That dude is a perfect example of what your post is all about. Seems to me that people either have too much time for God, inserting Him into their politics and private agendas. Or no time at all, as they play their computer games, stare at their texts, check out their apps..... Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-8024852781002234882014-11-02T08:30:52.725-06:002014-11-02T08:30:52.725-06:00Have you read King's JOYLAND? It's full of...Have you read King's JOYLAND? It's full of that carny spirit -- until things go sideways. I think humankind is all about doing whatever's right in our own eyes. That hasn't changed any.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-10940521446103314022014-11-02T01:53:19.944-06:002014-11-02T01:53:19.944-06:00Hi Roland - we are not kind any more, but then in ...Hi Roland - we are not kind any more, but then in fact we weren't 50 and more years ago ... <br /><br />I bumped into an old boy (82) yesterday with his old sheep dog ... salt of the earth, in fact of the land ... he reminisced a little ... both of us agreeing that our standards had dropped - he because though he doffed his hat - the lady and family had no idea what he was doing ... so much so that the kid said what's that for!<br /><br />I'm afraid there's no understanding for others, what others have done, and the whys of how people are ... <br /><br />He was glad to have my time of day ... and we had a natter for 5 plus minutes ... <br /><br />The Carnies sound a good bunch. There is a girl here who came from a similar background .. and against the odds of her people went to Cambridge - she went back in the holidays to help her family and friends at the Fair ... as we call them.<br /><br />We need more understanding and people willing to learn and appreciate other aspects of life .. <br /><br />It's not going in that direction ... I'd rather we talked about what we're losing .. lions, polar bears, rhinos and all the tiny insects, as well as the flora ... than climate change: seems an irrelevance in the scheme of things - climate has always dramatically altered.<br /><br />I hadn't realised that Mary Shelly's Frankenstein came out of a dark summer at Lake Geneva ... when a volcano in Indonesia erupted and Europe had a year without a summer ... <br /><br />I'd better stop .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-1499055234778594182014-11-02T00:10:54.026-05:002014-11-02T00:10:54.026-05:00D.G.:
Our whole culture seems Me First, Second, &a...D.G.:<br />Our whole culture seems Me First, Second, & Third, doesn't it?<br /><br />We learn from our parents' actions not words.<br /><br />Always good to see you here. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-39284091874132816912014-11-01T23:46:03.015-05:002014-11-01T23:46:03.015-05:00I think society has forsaken intelligence for the ...I think society has forsaken intelligence for the LCD mode of operation. <br /><br />Who are the models for this behavior? They seem to be in every occupation. . .why should carnies be any different?D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com