tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post3040092341912275449..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Snow Storms and BrainstormsJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-13648888916415060882013-04-02T00:22:19.490-04:002013-04-02T00:22:19.490-04:00Thank you, Thelma. It was a pleasure to join you.
...Thank you, Thelma. It was a pleasure to join you.<br /><br />Dorothy, when I was trying to get my head around de Beauvoir, Satre, and the existentialist movement, I had this weird thought. Two highly intelligent people living together. Who took out the garbage? I finally decided that the person who the garbage bothered the most had the moral imperative to remove it. So much for deep philosophicalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41844579152324464582013-03-25T19:11:24.581-04:002013-03-25T19:11:24.581-04:00Sharon, thank you so much for guesting with us at ...Sharon, thank you so much for guesting with us at Crime Writers Chronicle! You are a gem and a very gifted person! All the best in your writing future! Thelma Straw in ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75456166848068028062013-03-19T15:32:06.440-04:002013-03-19T15:32:06.440-04:00After reading a biography of Simone de Beauvoir, I...After reading a biography of Simone de Beauvoir, I thought she was a highly, intelligent and educated woman who was unable to seek the happiness she desired. Her relationship with Satre, for example, brought her, it appeared, more pain than pleasure. It seemed as though, she wanted to marry him, but never did. Instead she arranged dates for him, which hurt her.<br />Although, she's credited Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151167876515389804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-84549582006252652252013-03-19T13:07:43.049-04:002013-03-19T13:07:43.049-04:00Sheila, I completely agree with you. One of the th...Sheila, I completely agree with you. One of the things I read said that when people think of possible solutions in private, then come together as a group to share, the number of possible workable solutions to a problem doubles.<br /><br />Liz, I think so, too. Another one of those ancient days that got co-opted. As for the journey from sacred wells to ground hogs, I'm not going there.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-2881830530863625412013-03-19T09:31:53.709-04:002013-03-19T09:31:53.709-04:00A very belated shoe drops: I never realized till y...A very belated shoe drops: I never realized till you said February 2 that the origin of Ground Hog Day must be the Celtic calendar. However, I do know about Estre, the rabbit goddess who lays (or produces) colored eggs.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-24823618347271622013-03-19T08:40:43.001-04:002013-03-19T08:40:43.001-04:00I haven't read any of the literature, but I fi...I haven't read any of the literature, but I find I'm wondering if there are actually two kinds of thinking: private and public. When you're alone and can clear your mind, you can examine a problem (or a plot!) at your own speed in the silence of your mind; when you're brainstorming, you're assaulted from all sides by others' opinions and responses, and that has to have Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com