Comments on: His Father’s Son — Chapter 5

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:33:01 +0000

Thanks to Paul for dropping the Haven and calling these guys Richard II and Richard III. How appropriate! “A horse, a horse. My kingdom for a horse!”

And it’s nice of Ivy to suggest that practicing music is leisure, and unmanly. As to the first, she obviously never studied the violin.

But, she can’t conjugate “lie” so anything else she writes should be ignored.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:15:37 +0000

I haven’t decided if the Havens are supposed to be protaganists. I mean, does the author intend that I should like or admire the “prominent,” “reliable” –and very dysfunctional–Havens?

By: SilverRain

SilverRain — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:06:41 +0000

I can say one thing. If Esther dies, I’ll be sadly disappointed. Not so much about the rest of ‘em.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:12:20 +0000

Okay, Franz Schubert Haven, we've got your father out of the way. Now let's get back to that piano!

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:53:10 +0000

I kind of like your second idea, Carol — except that it would mean that there had to be a roomful of contributors with a similar taste for the, uh, grossly unconventional.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:48:52 +0000

So, do we think that “His Father’s Son” means that Richard III will grow up to breed race horses in spite of Mama and she will finally see that music is worthless?

Or maybe this was written as a family home evening activity at college where one person writes a few sentences, then passes it to the left and another person writes a few . . .

By: Téa

Téa — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:53:40 +0000

The quick passage of time in this installment surprised me.

Also, she seems to sell the “farm boys will be farm boys”, doesn’t she? Tell them of musicians and they just want to talk crops and such.

There is a teeny bit of church element here–Oliver “prophesied” about his future surgery. =)

By: LAT

LAT — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:20:52 +0000

This story is so rad. I kept hoping for some real legit drama, and two disfigured people and one dead person this has definitely exceeded anything I thought possible. Also, what crazy stuff could be coming next??

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:12:00 +0000

Wonderful, kevinf! Suddenly she’s a real person — and most of this shows a streak of eccentricity, doesn’t it?

By: kevinf

kevinf — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:08:44 +0000

One more tidbit about the song by Ivy Stone. The English name was Tooth Bugs, and it appeared in an old version of the Children's Songbook. Here's a link to a bit more about that song.