Comments on: Orchids in the Snow — Chapter 8 (Conclusion) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/09/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-8/ Where our past is never very long ago Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/09/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-8/comment-page-1/#comment-155428 Ardis E. Parshall Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:05:21 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=10797#comment-155428 Ha! Welcome to the club. We have a lot more in common with our grandmothers and their love of the serials in the Relief Society Magazine than most of us could have guessed!

This week I’m posting short stand-alone pieces of fiction; next Monday we’ll start the next serial. We go from the Alaska of “Orchids in the Snow” to the lush beauty of tropical Mexico in the next one. I hope you enjoy that one.

]]> By: Petra http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/09/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-8/comment-page-1/#comment-155425 Petra Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:55:13 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=10797#comment-155425 I haven’t been a regular reader of Keepa in the past, but for some reason this story had me hooked, and so I’ve been checking in a lot more lately. I can’t wait for the next one!

]]> By: Ellen http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/09/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-8/comment-page-1/#comment-152918 Ellen Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:15:05 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=10797#comment-152918 Yes, Ardis, I agree in not being a big fan of stories that resolve by words that don’t seem backed up by true change. There were some legitimately thorny issues raised. We didn’t really see Sharry begin to love anything about Alaska. She knew she’d miss the people, but she misses the people back at home, too. Still, it was fun to read.

I’m looking forward to the next one!

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/09/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-8/comment-page-1/#comment-152693 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:37:24 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=10797#comment-152693 Yeah … I’m not a big fan of stories that “resolve” by having the main character smile and say all is well. But that’s a standard and okay ending if you don’t expect more. Thinking the story continued and finding out that it didn’t must have been a real letdown.

I’m going to post miscelleneous short stories on M-W-F through the end of next week, then begin what I think is probably the best serial, maybe the best story, I’ve ever seen in the Relief Society Magazine. The skill and style of the writer of this next serial is extraordinary, IMO.

]]> By: Carol http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/09/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-8/comment-page-1/#comment-152678 Carol Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:02:44 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=10797#comment-152678 Drat!

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/09/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-8/comment-page-1/#comment-152666 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:39:22 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=10797#comment-152666 When posted this chapter mistakenly ended with “To be continued.”

This is, in fact, the conclusion of the serial.

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