tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post4062258065745794918..comments2008-12-11T20:56:24.813-08:00Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-70229887191337024302008-12-11T20:56:00.000-08:002008-12-11T20:56:00.000-08:00ah, as usual, erin, your words are so powerful &amp; deep &amp; cause us to think. thanks for this story...yes, it&#39;s a mystery in so many ways.kathyescobarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756461407732884797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-2090812798204720312008-12-11T19:16:00.000-08:002008-12-11T19:16:00.000-08:00Thank you Beth! Wow, what compliments. Yes that is how I felt when writing it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the fyi, I missed that one!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-43439311386596541822008-12-11T19:15:00.001-08:002008-12-11T19:15:00.001-08:00Thank you Donna!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-76216250756006508452008-12-11T19:15:00.000-08:002008-12-11T19:15:00.000-08:00Thank you Sue. I really appreciate that...I would love to read some of your fiction. <BR/><BR/>This is the first fiction piece I've posted for all the world to see...and I wrote it in half an hour. Imagine that. You know how fiction works, it's either there or it's not.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-57225345811773070452008-12-11T19:11:00.000-08:002008-12-11T19:11:00.000-08:00Jeff - I think it would be hard to think of good topics every week, but it is fun, for sure!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-76297716307074705932008-12-11T15:26:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:26:00.000-08:00Dear Erin--<BR/>This is a wonderful story--combining so many themes. <BR/><BR/>This is a great story for our culture, for our times. Disconnected,we are so lacking in gratitude, as Steve points out in his comment.<BR/><BR/>There is ample documentation of the moment before a hunted animal is taken down by the hunter--a moment of eye-and soul?-contact that seems like the communication is-'yes, this is right'. This fits with this theme. <BR/><BR/>Just an fyi--you have a typo near the end where the girl goes back to her hut and sees the snow 'read'. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again--Beth P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02621990661878989356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-11082956319566882402008-12-11T06:28:00.000-08:002008-12-11T06:28:00.000-08:00This is awesome Erin!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing it!!!Donnavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03125404390283700448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-68677601180275630732008-12-11T04:43:00.000-08:002008-12-11T04:43:00.000-08:00Ooh, dudette! Some poetic storytelling - wunderbar!! This is really good, nicely nuanced. Mmmm!!!<BR/><BR/>You're inspiring me to write fiction :)Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-34038066012567265982008-12-10T21:25:00.000-08:002008-12-10T21:25:00.000-08:00yup, im a new synchroblogger. i love this system. it'd be cool to do every week!Jeff Goinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433539658025943447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-15911440076639269142008-12-10T16:30:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:30:00.000-08:00Thank you Jeff. I don't think we've met before. I'm glad you visited.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-10845223982441345222008-12-10T16:27:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:27:00.000-08:00Thank you Liz. I appreciate that, I loved this topic. I haven't gotten around to all the other posts yet, but I will!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-38136016644054160572008-12-10T16:24:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:24:00.000-08:00Xmplufi (aka my husband) - Thank you.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-8456685673953012542008-12-10T16:23:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:23:00.000-08:00Hi Frances - I don't believe we've met. Welcome! And thank you. I love that quote.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-68931079939571970532008-12-10T16:22:00.001-08:002008-12-10T16:22:00.001-08:00Jarred - Coming from you, that's a wonderful compliment. Thank you.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-44670271267418750112008-12-10T16:22:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:22:00.000-08:00Thanks Steve, that's kind of what I was going for, in a roundabout way.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-36419220880752417662008-12-10T14:28:00.000-08:002008-12-10T14:28:00.000-08:00I love the poetry here.Jeff Goinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433539658025943447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-38745860047076635752008-12-10T09:28:00.000-08:002008-12-10T09:28:00.000-08:00Erin- Great story and great title. There was a subtleness that allowed it to speak to the heart instead of just the mind.graceruleshttp://gracerules.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-81996247824738752642008-12-10T08:32:00.000-08:002008-12-10T08:32:00.000-08:00Erin <BR/>this is spectacular!<BR/>I breezed through it because I'm on my way to work. This just won't do! I'll be back later to hold on to every word. <BR/>It's ministering to me even now.<BR/>THANK YOU.Rhondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352928421716515304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-4208094317336090982008-12-10T08:12:00.000-08:002008-12-10T08:12:00.000-08:00I like it!<BR/>Y.A.H.XMpluFihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579413445103923820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-15160454859240757272008-12-10T07:41:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:41:00.000-08:00Thanks for writing out of your heart.<BR/><BR/>"The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart" Author unknownFranceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01272248097079145093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-40871044131221990152008-12-10T06:40:00.000-08:002008-12-10T06:40:00.000-08:00This was a great story. I loved it.<BR/><BR/>-- Jarred.seithmanhttp://profile.typekey.com/seithman/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-55432051272790445622008-12-09T20:18:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:18:00.000-08:00It is said that Eskimo hunters in Alaska asked how it could be that men could hunt animals that were bigger and faster than man, and believed that the animals sacrificed themselves to human needs, so men sould be grateful to them, and receive their sacrifice with thanksgiving.Steve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.com