Date Posted:14:22:09 11/05/09 Thu Author:Page Subject: Super news about the job!! Congratulations! >>>> In reply to:
Larnsturt
's message, "Stuff in here!" on 17:20:29 11/03/09 Tue
I'm so glad things seem to be looking up for you! And on a purely selfish note, I'm glad you're finding time to write so I can read it! *G*
>It took a few moments, but finally the
>ripples reseeded and he was able to let go.
>
>But he didn't.
Oh, I like that. Very simply put, but so much meaning!
>
>He was a breathing rock, all around me, my back pulled
>against his chest. With his arms around me like they
>were, it was almost like a hug. The warmth from my
>work jacket suddenly became unbearable and I started
>to sweat. I could feel his breath on my neck. It
>seemed to come closer and closer. I felt his nose in
>my hair.
>
>"Kentucky was too close for me," I said, readjusting
>my aching hands around the bundle, moving my arms away
>from his as best I could.
Hmm. Double meaning there? She could feel him surrounding her, leaning closer, and then, "Kentucky was too close..."
>"Big hit with the locals." He smiled at me, then
>reached a hand out to test the sturdiness of the next
>post. "I helped Jerry put up this very fence. Years
>ago. We changed the land, just a small part of it,
>but...I don't know what I'm saying, but I guess
>it's..." He took a deep breath. "I wanna see what
>the next twenty-five years will bring. I wanna see
>how big those aspen trees will grow, if the dam we
>made in the Silver Fork will hold, how long it takes
>for that old cedar tree hanging across the Salt Lick
>to finally give out and collapse. It don't sound like
>big things, but they mean something to me. I couldn't
>imagine leaving and not knowing."
I wish I could feel that way about a place. I've never lived somewhere I wanted to stay, especially not where I am now. Mike makes me yearn to find a place like that.
>"What do you want, then?"
>
>Oh don't ask me that, I thought. I always hated that
>question.
So did I! I understand Emma perfectly here!
>
>"Exotic places like Alabama?"
*snicker* Yeah, I've lived there, and exotic it isn't.
Even though Emma is uncomfortable with the conversation, and Mike is working to hide his disappointment that she'll be moving on, there's still an ease between them that spoke to me. The fact that he doesn't feel the need to comment on everything she says is nice, as is the way his silences urge her to continue.
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