Comments for Douglas Clegg http://douglasclegg.com The blog of novelist Douglas Clegg Mon, 14 May 2012 19:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on NEW STORY ON THE STOVE by christy http://douglasclegg.com/2012/05/07/new-story-coming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-40777 christy Mon, 14 May 2012 19:25:34 +0000 http://douglasclegg.com/?p=1682#comment-40777 I'm glad to hear this. I keep reading that there is no more market for short fiction, so perhaps I'm a dying breed, but there are times when I just don't want a novel. Being able to dip in and out of a good short story collection is one of life's great pleasures. I look forward to reading them. I’m glad to hear this. I keep reading that there is no more market for short fiction, so perhaps I’m a dying breed, but there are times when I just don’t want a novel. Being able to dip in and out of a good short story collection is one of life’s great pleasures. I look forward to reading them.

]]> Comment on NECROPOLITAN LIFE: BURIED CITIES, LOST WORLDS by christy http://douglasclegg.com/2011/11/18/necropolitan-life-lost-cities-buried-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-36719 christy Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:20:10 +0000 http://douglasclegg.com/?p=1335#comment-36719 Schliemann - now THAT's a blast from the past. Right up there with Stephens and Catherwood, Carter and Carnarvon. There was a wonderful book in my library titled "Lost Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology" that I read more times than I could count when I was a child. They were all my favorites, all of those romantic, mysterious other places, and I dreamed of becoming one of the people who would find them. I would say that the Moche and the Anasazi both fascinate me because we simultaneously know so much and so little. Both cultures left ample evidence of themselves behind, but so much of it remains mysterious, refusing to fit itself into a contextual whole. I've often wondered how often we get that context wrong, though. I hike regularly in an area that is a closed state park campground converted to hiking trails. The comfort stations, picnic tables, signs marking the various camp sites, paved road in - all of it was left intact. Sometimes when I'm there I imagine that I'm an archaeologist from the future, uncovering all of this and trying to figure out what it all meant. I come up with some entertaining interpretations. Schliemann – now THAT’s a blast from the past. Right up there with Stephens and Catherwood, Carter and Carnarvon. There was a wonderful book in my library titled “Lost Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology” that I read more times than I could count when I was a child. They were all my favorites, all of those romantic, mysterious other places, and I dreamed of becoming one of the people who would find them.

I would say that the Moche and the Anasazi both fascinate me because we simultaneously know so much and so little. Both cultures left ample evidence of themselves behind, but so much of it remains mysterious, refusing to fit itself into a contextual whole.

I’ve often wondered how often we get that context wrong, though. I hike regularly in an area that is a closed state park campground converted to hiking trails. The comfort stations, picnic tables, signs marking the various camp sites, paved road in – all of it was left intact. Sometimes when I’m there I imagine that I’m an archaeologist from the future, uncovering all of this and trying to figure out what it all meant. I come up with some entertaining interpretations.

]]> Comment on NECROPOLITAN LIFE: RUN FOR THE SHELTER OF GREAT GRAMMA’S LITTLE HELPER… by Angela Trucks http://douglasclegg.com/2011/11/19/necropolitan-life-run-for-the-shelter-of-great-grammas-little-helper/comment-page-1/#comment-36702 Angela Trucks Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:51:56 +0000 http://douglasclegg.com/?p=1352#comment-36702 Doug, Reading this brought back memories of the remedies that were used when I was coming up. If you had an ear ache mom would use warm urine (had to come from a boy (child) two to three drops in the ear. If a child has asthma, stand the child in front of an oak tree, mark his height then drill a hole in the oak tree . Cut off a piece of his hair and put it in the hole. When the child grows taller than the hole, the asthma is suppose to be gone. To get rid of kidney infection you take the raw some out of the pine tree, chew on it getting the juice out of it. A remedy to help a woman go into labor. Take castor oil, orange juice, a squeeze of lemon juice, pinch of baking soda. Stir and drink. If you have the measles and need to bring them on out drink ginger-ale. To cure a cough, peppermint, whiskey, lemon juice. Mix well. Dosage is given according to how bad your cough was. Personally, I loved it. I'd sleep so good after mama would give me a dose of it. It did the job. Hope you enjoy this. Your Fan, Angela Trucks Doug,
Reading this brought back memories of the remedies that were used when I was coming up. If you had an ear ache mom would use warm urine (had to come from a boy (child) two to three drops in the ear. If a child has asthma, stand the child in front of an oak tree, mark his height then drill a hole in the oak tree . Cut off a piece of his hair and put it in the hole. When the child grows taller than the hole, the asthma is suppose to be gone. To get rid of kidney infection you take the raw some out of the pine tree, chew on it getting the juice out of it. A remedy to help a woman go into labor. Take castor oil, orange juice, a squeeze of lemon juice, pinch of baking soda. Stir and drink. If you have the measles and need to bring them on out drink ginger-ale. To cure a cough, peppermint, whiskey, lemon juice. Mix well. Dosage is given according to how bad your cough was. Personally, I loved it. I’d sleep so good after mama would give me a dose of it. It did the job.
Hope you enjoy this.
Your Fan,
Angela Trucks

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