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Chet and the Prisoners - 12
Chet April 10 Now on these days when it is getting warmer and the snow is mostly gone, the guys are playing softball on every opportunity they can. I...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 11
Toyo 3 April Today is pay day and at 10.30 I received compensation for my labors. After lunch I listened to the news. As a replacement for Mr. Wada,...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 10
Chet April 5 Here it is nearly Easter. We don't do anything much special, other than lots of church services. Kathleen doesn't like that much, and I...
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Chet March 25 Toyo is all aflutter about how disorganized it will be, when the next bunch of internees come in. We are well over the 1000 bed...
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Toyo March 5 I was on KP duty last week when we had the arrival of another group of new internees – and it was my job to wash the rice. First I did...
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Sat, 23 Jun 2012
Hi Rhiannon
When you read the poem, you feel like you are being guided step by step on the walk. Lovely.
Jean
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Sat, 05 Jan 2013
Hi Rhiannon
I like the way you describe the beautiful scenery in the frame of the derelict window frame.
Jean
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Hi Rhiannon
I really like your choice of words in this perfect description of our miserable weather. We have thick freezing fog here today. I like the idea of the mizzle rubbed out by the black.
Jean
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2014
Hi Rhiannon
Lovely poem, and how true it is that photos can add so much to the life of an elderly person.
Jean
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Hi Bee
Posted on Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Hi Bee
I thought this was a very clever use of words. I'm still not sure that I agree with you, that the pleasure from writing only comes when someone else has read it and added their tuppence. That of course is an added bonus, but you are...
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Hi Forest
Posted on Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Hi Forest
I enjoyed reading this little story from your past. And you certainly are right in saying that there is no point in worrying about time - just appreciate what you have when it is there.
I like the idea of writing a...
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Hi Bee
Posted on Wed, 17 Sep 2014
Hi Bee
This is very lovely, and heart felt. I lost my parents when I was 25 - so felt these emotions most strongly a long time ago. But when I got back to the States to visit, I am still valued by my sister and her family, and the...
Read full commentPosted in When I Am The Apple of No One's Eye
Hi Philip
Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Hi Philip
The alternating single words and short phrases seems to set up a pattern almost like breathing.
It certainly paints a vivid picture of the negative side of industry.
Jean
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Hi Bee
Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2014
Hi Bee
I'm not sure I can see many changes from the first one I read before. But I must admit that the dog theme came through again to me - dander up, cuffed, grabbed you by the hair. But to him, she probably meant less than his dog....
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Hi Elsie
Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2014
Hi Elsie
I too thought this was a wonderful way to remember a holiday together with someone you care a great deal for, and then you give away a bit more information at the end with a hint of mystery.
Jean
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