Dear Lisa,
I read your SSS but couldn’t comment. I liked your story about associating orange with such bad memories that the female character howled.
Oh, but that families would not abandon one another simply because (fill in the blank: too difficult, to embarrassing, don’t have the time…) That, is a dream. Yet, dreams can become reality. For some.
Your 6 is a reminder that there is much happening around us that, unless touched by it personally, we have no occasion to take notice.
Hi, Larry. I read your post at https://eastelmhurstagogo.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/happy-halloween/
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You’re right. The stores have Halloween merchandise in their windows in August. Such is the rush to capitalize on opportunity. Guess the longest howl(er) would be the prize winner. Nice Six.
]]>Hi Clark. That was a nice analysis. Thanks for your input.
Are you related to Denise? The both of you share the same surname.
I learned the technique to write longer sentences after reading from a few bloggers in SSSS. Its quite an impressive blog hop.
]]>For better or worse, we humans are heir to such a vast library of sounds, especially when in distress.
A howl is surely the best of examples of the range of messages that can be conveyed.
It can be loneliness, (but not a hopeless sort of alone, because the howl is still sent outwards to the world); it can be a message of pain, (but here again, there is an element of statement, an implied endurance, which, in turn, suggests a strength to endure) and finally, (or not), it can be a calling card.
(Since I have been known to go way beyond, ‘good Six, enjoyed reading it’ in my comments, lol), lets think of a howl as that portion of the animal ancestor that accounts for most of the good and a lot of the bad in the human condition… defiance and a drive to connect with others, a strength even when in distress.
….er…. Hey! Great Six this week! Enjoyed reading it!
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Thank you, Pat.
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