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betsy mctiernan's avatar

Sounds like you are about to take that fork in he road not yet traveled. Sounds like a good winter wandering. Interesting piece—as always.

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Susie Kaufman's avatar

I'm astonished by how different it feels...in my body. Like the difference between singing opera and singing Cole Porter.

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betsy mctiernan's avatar

More fun!

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Peggy Braun's avatar

Your pieces just get more and more delightful. I loved traveling with you into this newly arisen place via Madelyn which I rarely visit either. I read alot of fiction but it has never crossed my mind to write it.

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Susie Kaufman's avatar

It seems so challenging...entering other people's lives that way. But then you do that for a living, no? Something tells me I have to inhabit that child-like consciousness which is remarkable and scary.

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Mary Kate Jordan's avatar

The magic of Madelyn is already at work in you! She is her (multiple) ancestors’ dream for the mid 21st century, including hers. And you are one of her roots in your shared genetic and North American earth.

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Susie Kaufman's avatar

It feels like I need to open a channel that will enable her to reach me and teach me.

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Mary Kate Jordan's avatar

Perhaps she’s opened it already. She does have a key to your heart…

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