Comments on: His Father’s Son — Chapter 4

By: kevinf

kevinf — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:08:42 +0000

Oops, sorry, Episode V!

By: kevinf

kevinf — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:07:47 +0000

This is looking more and more like Plan 9 from Outerspace all the time.

Some random thoughts.

1. I never eat beets, boiled, roasted, naked or otherwise.
2. I also thought of Lee Marvin’s tin nose for Oliver
3. For a blind person, a block quilt versus one made up of 700 hundred odd pieces, would be just as warm, and Esther is surely blind.
4. Pride in purebred cattle = pride in purebred Havens
5. Heaven forbid that this rural backwater valley somewhere in Utah should adopt those wicked city habits such as brick houses, electric lights, and (gasp!) cesspools!

As my grandfather (an Idaho farmer) said, “I haven’t had this much fun since the pigs ate my little brother!” I can’t wait for Episode IV.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:23:55 +0000

Whew. Not only does that restore your reputation, it makes me hungry again. And I can go to sleep tonight without worrying about your eternal soul.

By: Mina

Mina — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:16:51 +0000

Well, see, I never boil beets. I roast them with leeks, sweet potatoes, garlic and turnips.

I hope that helps restore my reputation a bit…

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:16:35 +0000

Now see, I figured that the precious white quilt would be cut to pieces while Kareen cut out her fabric on top of it. Then the new fabric would just be cut tiny and wonky and be unusable. Cut as it is, in one yard squares, it is quite useable. But Kareen’s right, the baby won’t care!

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:05 +0000

Also, I peel uncooked beets.

But — but — but this is stranger than anything in the story, Mina! Your beets would be so much sweeter, have so much more flavor,if you didn’t lose all the juice by boiling them naked! And the cooked skins slide off so easily!

Oh, oh, oh … this is shocking … must reread the story for a restoration to sanity …

By: Mina

Mina — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:31:44 +0000

Just caught up with this. Whoever cited Cold Comfort Farm was dead on.

This is a pure delight, Ardis. The overwrought writing alone, never mine the bizarre plot!

(I must confess it: I married with only one “dowry” quilt. And I didn’t make it, my great grandmother did. Also, I peel uncooked beets.)

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:34:09 +0000

You’ll all be delighted to know that Wednesday’s installment is already programmed to post at noon MDT so there’ll be no delay. Will there be wife molding? tin noses? aliens from Jupiter? Tune in and see.

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:31:14 +0000

I was hoping for something more like a tin nose. Or maybe a quilted one.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:12:22 +0000

Glad to hear I’m not the only one to react like that, Ellen! : )