Comments on: Grandpa’s Red Suspenders

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:16:07 +0000

Oh, I’m sorry for misreading — but I’m glad you won’t be disappointed by not finding a continuation of the same story.

I’ll start a new serial next Monday on the usual Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule. This week I just decided to toss out a handful of single stories to show the variety of fiction that we used to publish. I’ll probably do that again as an interlude between serials in the future.

Now … which serial to choose … the soap opera? the romance? the other soap opera? or that other soap opera? …

By: charlene

charlene — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:54:59 +0000

That’s why a said ‘a’ next installment (of the short stories) rather than ‘the’ next installment of this story.
It’s good for me to see when I haven’t been clear.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:14:09 +0000

Aw, I’m happy at all the response! And I wish there were more to this story, charlene, but this one is just a one-piece story rather than a serial. I’m posting another story today at noon, but it’s a completely different tale.

By: charlene

charlene — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:01:42 +0000

I was anxious to read this story, as I thought of my mother receiving the Relief Society Magazine when I was a child in 1960. It was also the time that my grandparents moved from the farm because it was too much for them as they aged. As a third coincidence, my siblings and I are currently doing the family conferences about caring for my parents who can no longer do everything for themselves.
Is it just hormones that make me so teary about all these cross events with this sweet story? Thanks, Ardis. I’m looking forward to a next installment as I eat lunch today.

By: ellen

ellen — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:30:14 +0000

Aww, Grandpa. How sweet.

By: Maurine Ward

Maurine Ward — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:48:27 +0000

I love the red suspenders. The author could have written the story sans the suspenders, but by adding that element to the story, it gives it an extra kick.

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:15:21 +0000

It was worth waiting for!

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:38:41 +0000

My intent was to post a story (a standalone story, not episodes of a serial) every day this week at noon. I really need to pay more attention to the clock …