In early October 2023, my shift and I responded to a structure fire at an apartment with a report of a juvenile trapped inside. When officers arrived, they found an adult male suffering from major burn injuries in the parking lot and the apartment was fully engulfed. The man was screaming, “My daughter!
You’re an amazing writer. This and your article on the Grapes of Wrath are amazing. I found you from your Bakersfield Californian article ( also a fantastic read) and pray you continue the arc that you are on. It’s so refreshing from the usual “ letter to the editors “ the Californian are publishing. Use your voice. I commented what I commented on the other article to quell that other guy down. And it worked. Some people have too much time on their hands. And ruining your day will make theirs.
Don’t engage with those type of people. You’re a class above them.
Thank you for the encouragement and kind words! I am grateful for the support! I will try to keep writing as much as I can and I appreciate your efforts to calm that other guy down.
A truly good person is someone who learns how to be a bad person and then chooses to be good. Not necessarily someone who acts out in an evil manner, but someone who recognizes the darkness in themselves.
.... therein is power. it's a heady and humbling feeling/recognition. Sounds like you've experienced it. Once upon a time I was harmless... and I had this crazy notion that I had no shadows. I was fortunate enough to learn timely that I did and more fortunate to have the understanding not run from them (so to speak).
I'll accept and hold your compliment in high esteem.
... kinda like the harmless people, I get compliments about my words that aren't worth a whole lot- considering the sources. Using that same yardstick... Thank you! :)
PS... It's going to be folded up and tucked into my secret hidey in the wallet I can never find anything in, for safekeeping. ;-)
You’re an amazing writer. This and your article on the Grapes of Wrath are amazing. I found you from your Bakersfield Californian article ( also a fantastic read) and pray you continue the arc that you are on. It’s so refreshing from the usual “ letter to the editors “ the Californian are publishing. Use your voice. I commented what I commented on the other article to quell that other guy down. And it worked. Some people have too much time on their hands. And ruining your day will make theirs.
Don’t engage with those type of people. You’re a class above them.
Thank you for the encouragement and kind words! I am grateful for the support! I will try to keep writing as much as I can and I appreciate your efforts to calm that other guy down.
A truly good person is someone who learns how to be a bad person and then chooses to be good. Not necessarily someone who acts out in an evil manner, but someone who recognizes the darkness in themselves.
.... therein is power. it's a heady and humbling feeling/recognition. Sounds like you've experienced it. Once upon a time I was harmless... and I had this crazy notion that I had no shadows. I was fortunate enough to learn timely that I did and more fortunate to have the understanding not run from them (so to speak).
Well said!
I'll accept and hold your compliment in high esteem.
... kinda like the harmless people, I get compliments about my words that aren't worth a whole lot- considering the sources. Using that same yardstick... Thank you! :)
PS... It's going to be folded up and tucked into my secret hidey in the wallet I can never find anything in, for safekeeping. ;-)