h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: The wick end of candles at the close of a long night - A14049669
Author: ianhimself - U5477852

a memoir
about the fear of progress
and the transitory nature of friendship
and the history of my city

please be kind
thanks

That was lovely. Your last paragraph was very moving. What a wonderful gift you have.

A masterpiece! I was utterly hooked. Beautifully crafted, subtle, powerful and deeply moving.

I want to say so much more. Yet I feel my words would never say enough....


Flame

Ah Flame

thank you

Thank you again

I really appreciate all of your comments .. you are most kind

Well done, Ianhimself. An exceptionally good treatment...

Wow.

Ian, I am Lebanese. I am used to hyperbole and rage, foaming and spitting when I hear stories of unjust killings. The power of your quiet voice has totally floored me.

Thank you for sharing your memories.

Wilma

This gave me shivers - a wonderful piece of writing.

Thanks for putting it in here. It's sticking with me already.

Thank you so much for this Wilma .... your post means a lot to me .... and i really appreciate what you said....

Ian

hey....

i've begun to look at your stuff..... it's really good....

err.. that last one was to chips....

What ? You have me confused with another. Sorry.

oh....

i'm new here and keep making mistakes! .. posting inthe wrong forum .... using bad language and being refused entry for stuff.... and now clearly writing to the wrong person! ... though i was sure that you had written satuff and that i had liked it....

Wish I had written stuff, but no.

just gone back to check .... and yes, in my new and understandable enthusiasm i have indeed confused laods of people!!

i do like your front page mind you ....

I'm sure you'll get the hang of it, Ian

You are very kind to mention my page. I had a lot of help to make it look that good.

I have a good teacher but she has a poor pupil

Ian,

This is a most interesting and beautifully expressed piece of autobiography. It opens intriguingly and takes the reader in surprising directions, dangling a random series of, sometimes cleverly misleading, images as bait for the mind's titillation; thus motivating the reader to continue to the denouement. The final passages punch home their stark realities; the truth of the randomness of destiny's dart in life's uncertain journey.

Is there anything more like this in here? I'm going to have to spend more time in the Alternative Writing Workshop. This is remarkable.

TRiG.

Thanks again guys for all the kind words about this piece....

he was my friend... and even after all this time his story burns somewhere inside me....