tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post6987913437378293393..comments2024-03-28T11:16:30.313+02:00Comments on Thoughts from Botswana by Lauri Kubuitsile: How Claudia Became a Bad GirlLaurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-9460027883642853252008-09-08T09:35:00.000+02:002008-09-08T09:35:00.000+02:00Thanks Karen.Thanks Karen.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-10825286895992098042008-09-08T05:21:00.000+02:002008-09-08T05:21:00.000+02:00Well done, Lauri. I don't see it as being really s...Well done, Lauri. I don't see it as being really sad (just a little bit) but I must admit that I wish someone would have climbed up to see what it was. Of course, that's all part of faith, don't look too close or you might see something you don't expect.<BR/><BR/>I loved the way she started being nice to her babysitter and her brother, doing everything a "good girl" does. Also, the part about the blades of grass unbending... beautiful! I love details like that.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769610505748900163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-76992213149707544652008-09-06T09:27:00.000+02:002008-09-06T09:27:00.000+02:00Hi Kayt, ditto for me. Selma has done a lovely thi...Hi Kayt, ditto for me. Selma has done a lovely thing. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your kind comments about my story.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-59234814318240169532008-09-05T23:48:00.000+02:002008-09-05T23:48:00.000+02:00Hi Lauri - glad to meet you via Selma. This is suc...Hi Lauri - glad to meet you via Selma. <BR/><BR/>This is such a beautiful story. Your writing is so straightforward, genuine feeling, and illuminated with well drawn and fresh images. The description of the unbending grass was particularly resonant for me. <BR/><BR/>I of course wanted the mother to return, but I think the way it ends underscores something really important. That faith (in what/whomever)is only real when it is formed of belief/knowing that endures outside rational demonstration. <BR/><BR/>Really thought provoking and wonderfully written - great read, thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-72075332984889622572008-09-05T05:14:00.000+02:002008-09-05T05:14:00.000+02:00David- Thanks for your wise insights. Paisley-Happ...David- Thanks for your wise insights. <BR/>Paisley-Happy to have met you folks too. Thanks for the compliments.You folks are gonna make my head swell but that , of course , is conteracted by the rejection from Mslexia yesterday. It all works out.<BR/>Lissa- Let's hope for Claudia's sake you're right.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-24719486776374948142008-09-05T04:49:00.000+02:002008-09-05T04:49:00.000+02:00sad story but I see it as a childhood moment that ...sad story but I see it as a childhood moment that can be easy forgotten<BR/><BR/>faith can be lost just like that, I see her getting it back when she gets older, it's too easy when you're a child but as an adult, it's all altogether different storyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-30679770153473514742008-09-04T13:45:00.000+02:002008-09-04T13:45:00.000+02:00oh lauri,,, well worth the wait in every way!!!! y...oh lauri,,, well worth the wait in every way!!!! you are so talented.. i look forward to your stories... so thrilled to have 'met' you via selma's meme's....paisleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231453820728399262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-14269700587418686752008-09-04T10:47:00.000+02:002008-09-04T10:47:00.000+02:00“There was no point. Just a bunch of nonsense”.The...“There was no point. Just a bunch of nonsense”.<BR/><BR/>The transition from childhood to adulthood isn't marked by one event in a person's life nor by an arbitrary birthday. It happens event by event, birthday by birthday. Children lose their faith (in the most innocent, naive, childhood sense of the term)-they (we) realise that exceptions are not always made for stray dogs and orphans and that sometimes being good achieves nothing and that a light that seems to be message from God isjust a bunch pointless rubbish. Your story is sad because as adults, somehow, we recognise ourselves in it and see the dramatic irony that Andrei and Claudia, as yet, cannot.<BR/>Thanks for a great read.<BR/><BR/>DavidMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-40512447160631925032008-09-04T10:23:00.000+02:002008-09-04T10:23:00.000+02:00Is it sad, Chris? I thought of it as quirky but th...Is it sad, Chris? I thought of it as quirky but then I've always been a fan of bad girls. <BR/><BR/>Glda you liked it eventhough- thanks for stopping by.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-21792892131377442212008-09-04T01:57:00.000+02:002008-09-04T01:57:00.000+02:00Geez, this is even more sad than my gloomy poem! I...Geez, this is even more sad than my gloomy poem! I like it very much, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-36532481804225089982008-09-03T09:54:00.000+02:002008-09-03T09:54:00.000+02:00Groovy- sorry to have upset you. Just a story. I h...Groovy- sorry to have upset you. Just a story. I hope you've recovered. I'll try better next time. <BR/><BR/>Selma- You're such a pal. You know as writers we need the people who cut us down to size to sort us out and put us back on the right path and then we need people like you who apply the salve on our wounds and prop us up back at the keyboard and say - "Write".Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-73244457037511022312008-09-03T08:31:00.000+02:002008-09-03T08:31:00.000+02:00You captured so well that idea many of us had in c...You captured so well that idea many of us had in childhood that we could bargain with the powers that be. I used to do it myself. I still do it. I also think that symbolism is a powerful force in childhood. The light at the top of the steeple was symbolic not just because it may have represented the power of God but because of the fact it could also have meant that Claudia's mother might one day come home. Yet another brilliant, meaningful piece!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-42707243884709973392008-09-02T19:08:00.000+02:002008-09-02T19:08:00.000+02:00*sniff* That was so sad and hopeless and depressi...*sniff* That was so sad and hopeless and depressing.<BR/><BR/>(Groovy runs off to sit in front of her therapy light and nibble on chocolate. She thanks God that her faith in Him is based on truth and not on wishful fantasies!)groovyoldladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971936982658984234noreply@blogger.com