tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184991326192368926.post7176888349764270898..comments2023-12-11T10:35:46.008-08:00Comments on One Child Left Behind: Peak of Eternal Light - RevisitedBrandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10450625039521910963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184991326192368926.post-75816346984341999222012-05-02T19:19:35.547-07:002012-05-02T19:19:35.547-07:00sir, people put locks on entire peninsulas and it ...sir, people put locks on entire peninsulas and it still can't keep entire oceanliners out. relief is fleeting.<br /><br />janet, i think we all misremember what it's really like to be small. we are not equipped to understand there is not much progress thereafter.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10450625039521910963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184991326192368926.post-14685038664186690592012-05-02T02:07:59.119-07:002012-05-02T02:07:59.119-07:00I remember when I was small and malevolent, the ca...I remember when I was small and malevolent, the carefully-guarded wrapping paper only emphasized my grandmother's dustiness, and sighed in frustration get-with-the-times who saves this? I can't remember at what age I came to terms with her wisdom.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021120955688879998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184991326192368926.post-90255003133631755902012-04-30T18:17:57.664-07:002012-04-30T18:17:57.664-07:00Some of the drawers in my head have handguns in th...Some of the drawers in my head have handguns in them, which means that I have to imagine locks on all the drawers in order to keep safe any random children wandering through my psyche. There is no relief from myself is what I'm saying.You can call me, 'Sir'https://www.blogger.com/profile/15345750651304133484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184991326192368926.post-34425817283583362322012-04-18T19:19:59.405-07:002012-04-18T19:19:59.405-07:00you are not snooping, it is the english patient, w...you are not snooping, it is the english patient, which is funny seeing as how your grandmother is apparently both english and at least somewhat patient ;)Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10450625039521910963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184991326192368926.post-15985189895648148302012-04-17T08:37:38.122-07:002012-04-17T08:37:38.122-07:00So often your posts make me want to simultaneously...So often your posts make me want to simultaneously comment in five-paragraph-essay form, or sit quietly in front of your prose and just let your words simply be, with no reaction or feedback from me. <br /><br />(My grandmother still folds all of her wrapping paper.) <br /><br />(I've only been reprimanded twice in my entire life by the aforementioned grandmother (she's English; the kind, soft-spoken, still-drinks-tea-twice-daily sort of English) and once was for snooping in an antique chest of drawers.)<br /><br />(And here's where I ask what your favorite book is, hoping I'm not snooping again, understanding of course if it's something you prefer stays in its particular drawer.)Kerri Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122209877068112996noreply@blogger.com