15 Responses to Museum Piece (Perusing the Menu)

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   Vesta on November 27, 2009 at 8:02 pm

   I just loved this. It was exactly what I needed – written with great finesse and lovely character development.

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   Monocle on November 27, 2009 at 9:35 pm

   For each one that gets away…

   How do you do it. I marvel at your seeming effortlessness. I feel like I know all three of them. Have I told you you are inspiring and intimidating all at once?

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     Remittance Girl on November 27, 2009 at 9:57 pm

     Please, I hope not intimidating. That would make me very sad. Unless you’re strapped down in leather restraints and I have a very large dildo. Then, of course, intimidation is part of the charm.

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       Monocle on November 27, 2009 at 10:16 pm

       Yes. Yes I could see that *that* situation would be slightly more intimidating.

       Perhaps I pick the wrong words. You present stories of a type and in a manner (and apparent ease) that makes one want to strive. I feel positively neolithic by comparison. But then both rudimentary pieces and the best artisanship do sometimes have their places in the exhibition halls.

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   City Different on November 27, 2009 at 9:38 pm

   A smutty fun treat! I love the control, the restraint, the attitude. And I love how they’re such a couple, so contained and together, in their take on the world around them.

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   Ken MIller on November 27, 2009 at 9:46 pm

   I hate giving you superlatives. I feel at times I should be critical, but can’t. Each piece you write is a little Gem.

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   Monocle on November 27, 2009 at 11:16 pm

   By the way, the first thing I thought of when seeing the title and image was “Minging the Vase”. Second thing was that the image was not, in fact, a vase of that type, but first impressions have a power.

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   Scarlett Greyson on November 28, 2009 at 2:26 am

   Ahhh…now that was a delight to read. Well done, darling. Loved it.

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   lou on November 28, 2009 at 5:18 am

   RG, this is beautiful! Just exactly right — begins and ends perfectly, just so balanced… I also really like your semi-hidden images, like how Lida’s hair is an “echo of the dark” — because that’s exactly what the wind makes of things. So great!

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   TFP on November 28, 2009 at 7:01 pm

   Excellent …

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   mina on November 29, 2009 at 4:38 am

   such an exquisite post. Really enjoyed “the chase”.

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    Dan on November 29, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    That was delightful. Thanks, RG.

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    Jade on December 3, 2009 at 12:25 am

    Utter perfection. So…restrained, so…still. And yet deliciously tantalizing, with deep undercurrents that draw a reader in. I love it.

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    Penny Goring on December 4, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    I truly dig the way you describe people/faces/clothes/objects.

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    LT on February 6, 2011 at 11:12 am

    I feel like I’ve been that couple.

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