tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post709030334915865045..comments2024-03-29T09:16:30.082-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: SurvivorsJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-68359482987312644912011-10-03T10:04:59.761-04:002011-10-03T10:04:59.761-04:00Yes, Pauline. I read one of those new age healer ...Yes, Pauline. I read one of those new age healer type of books probably 15 years ago. I got one truth from it. Reality just is--and you can't attach what should be or what might have been to it. Nature has no sentiment or morality.<br /><br />Thanks, Donnell. There is something about the sky in the Outer Banks that is a bit holy. I suspect that the shouls so close the the surface of the water reflect light from underneath as well as from the surface. It all surrounds the island (when the sun is actually out) in this ethereal glow that makes you look up.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-81824095014972316812011-10-03T09:20:11.647-04:002011-10-03T09:20:11.647-04:00What a beautiful post, E.B. Full of life's les...What a beautiful post, E.B. Full of life's lessons. I love that your experience made you think, and I really love your last lines. <br /><br />The night before I leave the sky changes. It looks like hope to me.Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-84425853550571087732011-10-03T09:19:12.454-04:002011-10-03T09:19:12.454-04:00Stories with nature as the villain used to be more...Stories with nature as the villain used to be more popular before people reached most of America. I guess nature is not so much a villain as something that does what it does. I think you're right, Elaine, surviving what nature brings is somehow less devastating than surviving bombs and human hate.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-6593432051175748822011-10-03T06:48:16.499-04:002011-10-03T06:48:16.499-04:00Yes, but I'd rather our struggles come from na...Yes, but I'd rather our struggles come from nature than from mankind. It seems kinder. <br /><br />For those of you who connect through Networked Blogs--they must have a problem this morning--quite vexing!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-30828221382122563552011-10-03T01:22:45.205-04:002011-10-03T01:22:45.205-04:00It puts things in perspective, doesn't it?It puts things in perspective, doesn't it?Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.com