My little 2010 Ford Focus was not sounding good. At low speeds, it had a distinctive wheeze that made it sound like it was out of breath. I had been told by someone who knows about these things that the spark plugs probably needed changing. So, I drove my car to Stan’s Auto Center, in Lafayette, the city near where we live in rural Louisiana. Stan’s had been recommended as trustworthy and capable.
So much warmth here! And also your conversation with Howanda barely mentions your recent marriage, your happiness over it resonates through this entire piece.
Cheerful and funny. It is also nice to think that your community being fairly small, you are pretty likely to get a ride with her again. I like the way you contrasted the faulty spark plug and the pure energy of Howanda's character.
Wonderful story...with all the good stuff...(humor, compassion, sharing, honesty, therapy) plus a surprise happy ending with a wedding announcement. Congratulations!
I don’t know why, but this simple story gave me goosebumps. In a good meaning. Richard, you attract good—wonderful—people and each encounter becomes an amazing story. It’s your talent of a storyteller who makes everything around you play with magical colors.
Ooo, I love this! These meetings of souls/minds/ kindred spirits are such a gift. And congratulations on your marriage! Gaywynn sounds like a truly good person, and love, at any age, is a good thing.
Brief encounters are sometimes best.
Indeed.
So much warmth here! And also your conversation with Howanda barely mentions your recent marriage, your happiness over it resonates through this entire piece.
So sweet of you to say!
Sorry: that should be "although," not "also."
And that's exactly what it felt like. Something simple that any human being can relate to his/her own experience.
Howanda and you . . . . .that is a double whammy of energy coming through in the writing.
Thanks, Judy! I hope so!
Cheerful and funny. It is also nice to think that your community being fairly small, you are pretty likely to get a ride with her again. I like the way you contrasted the faulty spark plug and the pure energy of Howanda's character.
Thanks, Olivier. I wanted to do something very simple. Not profound. Capture what J.D. Salinger called "a frozen moment in time."
Wonderful story...with all the good stuff...(humor, compassion, sharing, honesty, therapy) plus a surprise happy ending with a wedding announcement. Congratulations!
Thanks so much, Catherine! Keep me posted about your own work.
I don’t know why, but this simple story gave me goosebumps. In a good meaning. Richard, you attract good—wonderful—people and each encounter becomes an amazing story. It’s your talent of a storyteller who makes everything around you play with magical colors.
Thank you so much, Marina!
Ooo, I love this! These meetings of souls/minds/ kindred spirits are such a gift. And congratulations on your marriage! Gaywynn sounds like a truly good person, and love, at any age, is a good thing.
Thanks, Elizabeth! Pretty wild and crazy but good.
Ohhh! Congratulations! What a happy, energetic piece of writing! Wishing you and Gaywynn every happiness!
Thank you, Kaylene!