Comments on: Cryptic Tales

By: gitta rosenzweig

gitta rosenzweig — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:24:08 +0000

You are a magician Martha. You wove an intricate tale out of a black hat. And a great writer too. Happy Belated birthday.

By: Patricia Faulkner

Patricia Faulkner — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:03:48 +0000

Great post Martha I too love the hat and you suit it well. The tree has a certain familiarity ! Happy Birthday Martha love your writing.
Pat x

By: John A.

John A. — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:59:00 +0000

Nothing is more illusion-provoking than the experience of standing a Midnight to 4:00 A.M. solo watch at sea. The movement of waves and cascading white water, the wildly swinging arcs of celestial bodies, the occasional lurching of the vessel in response to dark shapes and forms as they strike the bulwarks of my vessel, the sound of the wind, the feel of the spray, shipboard sounds like slapping halyards, a creaking hull, jingling shrouds, all combine to feed my imagination and create cryptic illusions.

By: Linda Shaffer

Linda Shaffer — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:46:56 +0000

Happy Birthday, Martha. October is, indeed, a special month for you. There are so many mysteries in life we will never understand. I loved your post. You look great in the hat. Tom Petty would be proud.

By: Emmy

Emmy — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:03:37 +0000

Happy Birthday! With three kiddos under the age of four, the wonderful chaos of life sometimes overrides my love of putting pen to paper. Then I read one of your posts and before I even finish your last line, I have already begun to formulate my own first sentence. Thank you a million times over for always infusing and conjuring imaginative thoughts with your expressive words.

By: TamariskTee

TamariskTee — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:04:54 +0000

One must have the mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow…
— Stevens

Hap-Hap-Happy Birthday, Martha!

By: Gail Lockyer

Gail Lockyer — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:51:01 +0000

You are such an imaginative, creative, and sensitive writer! ! Of course, that does not surprise me. I remember you as a young girl and you had such style, and great fashion taste. Would love to see you again when you visit your sister. All the best to you, from one Canuck to another, Gail

By: Jackie Nach

Jackie Nach — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 05:05:22 +0000

Take look at a tree, a flower, a baby growing teeth, hair, aging, GLOBAL CHANGE. Nothing stays the same…and Nature's natural sequence is not within our control..
Ask Darwin. And Kurt Vonnegut or Tom Robbins.
However, expansion of the mind by the many variables available is our individual choice & journey. That's what's called "living". Fortunately, we never really know our destination. Instead, life is full of big surprises. YAY!
…And Happy Birthday Martha!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:22:21 +0000

tally ho

By: susan brown

susan brown — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:10:46 +0000

The most unusual Halloween tale – the good kind! Leaves me hungry to unravel the first (and implied: the most important) mystery ….