tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post796267467896241040..comments2024-01-29T18:03:55.225-07:00Comments on Sally Cruikshank: A letter from Jan. 18, 1981Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-15340866464151572212009-12-27T19:30:53.256-07:002009-12-27T19:30:53.256-07:00I'm glad you all enjoyed this letter. The sto...I'm glad you all enjoyed this letter. The story I wrote wasn't so good, but I left mention of it in because it led into all her thoughts on fiction and non-fiction, which I'd forgotten. I had wondered why she preferred reading biographies, because mostly I don't. (unless by manly men of course. ;-) )<br /><br />She's been on the ship again, yesterday the captain was drunk on gin and they needed ropes to keep it afloat, but today she was back at Princeton for yet another game.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874162149979602139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-74693603407450645532009-12-26T16:39:03.099-07:002009-12-26T16:39:03.099-07:00Thank you for posting that letter, Sally. It does ...Thank you for posting that letter, Sally. It does indeed give a revealing glimpse into who your mother is.prb1848https://www.blogger.com/profile/16111346006164590046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-54611798806166409492009-12-24T16:26:54.250-07:002009-12-24T16:26:54.250-07:00I can understand your mom getting sucked into nove...I can understand your mom getting sucked into novels and considering herself part of the story- when I'm sucked into a good one I too become one of "them", and remember the story almost as if it happened to me.<br /><br />Her observation that "The character in your story is confronted with destructive forces and manages to be victorious over them." makes me think of- don't laugh- the Harry Potter books. Harry is up against vicious of all sorts: murderous brutes, corrupt authority figures, mean kids. He gets slandered, insulted, humiliated and physically hurt, but he does triumph in the end.<br />I suspect that's one reason the stories are so popular. They sort of pat you on the shoulder and say "See, bad things happen to the best of us but we still can triumph"<br />Ah well, enough of my rambling.<br /><br />So let's hear this Dome of Peace story!Namowal (Jennifer Bourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384500508934864421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-76065352614693540552009-12-24T06:02:25.123-07:002009-12-24T06:02:25.123-07:00I am so impressed with how intelligent your mom is...I am so impressed with how intelligent your mom is and what a good writer, also how positive and aware, and also how supportive of you. I prefer reading nonfiction to fiction, too.straynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-76376090132068033262009-12-23T19:18:27.287-07:002009-12-23T19:18:27.287-07:00Sally.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful letter.
...Sally.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this wonderful letter.<br />May we read your "Dome of Peace"?<br /><br />I'm not at all in fashion; I agree with your mom about positivity. I like the way she thinks.<br /><br />The way she read novels!!!<br /><br />But I'm puzzled that she says she didn't realize the extent of your creative abilities. 1981 is post-Quasi even.<br /><br />So heartening to read what she says about Martin Luther King. <br /><br />"My afternoon is going to be wonderful..." I love your mom.Linda Davickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660351950973083893noreply@blogger.com