tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post5041590054732772376..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Writers Are Hurt Into BeingMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-2474256242591670372011-09-07T12:12:27.913-07:002011-09-07T12:12:27.913-07:00My mother was the kindest, wisest person I ever kn...My mother was the kindest, wisest person I ever knew, and the best friend I shall ever have, and I saw her slipping away from me, day by day ... Wish I'd known about your father. On the other hand, at the time, I wouldn't have understood. Some things, if you haven't experienced them (or a very close analogue), you will never understand.JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-69830747991250081462011-09-05T18:52:15.411-07:002011-09-05T18:52:15.411-07:00Thank you for speaking so eloquently about the mer...Thank you for speaking so eloquently about the mercilessness of dementia to the one who draws that black queen and their survivors. My family endured early onset Alzheimer's in the early '90's...an horrific experience that I've never been able to write about. Perhaps it's time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-49548702765564293482011-09-05T04:01:13.834-07:002011-09-05T04:01:13.834-07:00I found this incredibly moving and insightful. Th...I found this incredibly moving and insightful. Thank you for posting it.<br /><br />I know I do my best writing when in that emotionally raw receptive state that trauma can create, but I never put it together that it might have taken something like that to start. I'll have to think on this a while.Tom Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486927841318688496noreply@blogger.com