I leap to two possibilities: that she's talking to a younger version of herself, or that she's talking to a long-gone lover. I'll be interested to see how it plays out, because her physical reaction tells us it's more than a hallucination or imagination.
I had better explain my meaning. It is not simply the encounter on the bridge between the old woman and the young writer, but the old woman's encounter with what?--memory? Spirit? If the old woman is arguing with herself over a remembered event, she emerges as a central character of interest and the story springs to action in many directions.
Wow, that story took a strange change in direction. I love that tagline for the newspaper, “Stories to take your mind off your troubles and think about someone else’s.”
It's a transcript of an enigmatic encounter--you have left us at a junction with many possible avenues trailing in many directions. Nontheless it is the transcript of an encounter.
Thanks, Olga. I’m still trying to work my way around the blogs that usually visit each month. Taking time away sets one back, I’m afraid. Hope all is well in your part of the world.
I love feisty old women characters, Lee. You write this one well. Perfect place to end with the slam of a door. I'll be waiting for the next installment.
I wonder what's going on too.
I leap to two possibilities: that she's talking to a younger version of herself, or that she's talking to a long-gone lover. I'll be interested to see how it plays out, because her physical reaction tells us it's more than a hallucination or imagination.
You are a perceptive reader, Rebecca! I can’t possibly keep you in the dark.
I had better explain my meaning. It is not simply the encounter on the bridge between the old woman and the young writer, but the old woman's encounter with what?--memory? Spirit? If the old woman is arguing with herself over a remembered event, she emerges as a central character of interest and the story springs to action in many directions.
I got it, Irving. Now I have to see if I can bring this story to the finish line. Until next week.
Wow, that story took a strange change in direction. I love that tagline for the newspaper, “Stories to take your mind off your troubles and think about someone else’s.”
That probably applies to today as much as it did in the depression era, don’t you think?
It's a transcript of an enigmatic encounter--you have left us at a junction with many possible avenues trailing in many directions. Nontheless it is the transcript of an encounter.
What a quaint way to whet the reader's interest. Like everyone else, I wonder who she talked with. Next week can't come soon enough.
Thanks, Olga. I’m still trying to work my way around the blogs that usually visit each month. Taking time away sets one back, I’m afraid. Hope all is well in your part of the world.
I love feisty old women characters, Lee. You write this one well. Perfect place to end with the slam of a door. I'll be waiting for the next installment.
I have a model to copy when I write about old women. Kind of fun to poke fun at myself. :-) Thanks again for the visit and the comment.
Okay, what the hell just happened? Not sure I can wait a week to find out!