tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post3303631069351730638..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: So Close I Can Taste it...Tenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-17031047431935303352014-05-12T18:45:23.655-04:002014-05-12T18:45:23.655-04:00With that title, I figured this was another Dwarve...With that title, I figured this was another Dwarven Glory Hole post....John Middletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995017823921643745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-57631717905827251092014-05-12T14:55:31.118-04:002014-05-12T14:55:31.118-04:00"We walk on fire or air, so Daddy liked to sa..."We walk on fire or air, so Daddy liked to say. Basement floors too hot to touch. Steaming green lawns in the dead of winter. Sinkholes, quick and sudden, plunging open at your feet."<br />That's from the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18404299-the-hollow-ground" rel="nofollow">Good Reads blurb from Hollow Ground.</a><br />Sounds like it may go in the Barbara Kingsolver section of my bookshelf. Wish her luck with the reading and, from an author friend of mine (3 books), counsel her not to obsess on reviews, ratings, orders, etc.<br />redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600098550347299095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-89460912918185679152014-05-12T14:12:31.819-04:002014-05-12T14:12:31.819-04:00I'm very sorry to hear about losing the detect...I'm very sorry to hear about losing the detective. Eulogies are hard; public speaking is hard. My cousins all elected me to write one for our grandmother when she died, and my wife ended up having to read it. I'd love to say I was overcome with emotion, but mostly what I remember is confusion at my completely inability to speak. Nathan Irvinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748510598803702118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-91918007331774798352014-05-12T09:17:32.969-04:002014-05-12T09:17:32.969-04:00Paranoia was a great game. Coined my favorite phra...Paranoia was a great game. Coined my favorite phrase: "I speak without fear of contradiction..."<br /><br />I'm sure you're going to do very well on the eulogy. Just remember: a blog is a form of public speaking, and you're doing fine on that! I know it isn't exactly the same, but it is close enough. <br /><br />You'll rock it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05515427640908337066noreply@blogger.com