tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post7686154027266303415..comments2023-11-03T06:48:33.255-04:00Comments on Chick With A Quill: AmmonitesVesperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-57386320348013995022008-12-11T07:19:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:19:00.000-05:00Thank you, L.A.! I'm glad you liked it. :-)Jason, ...Thank you, <B>L.A.</B>! I'm glad you liked it. :-)<BR/><BR/><B>Jason</B>, yes, fantastic as the seas always are for me, those ancient seas must have been... well, out of this world...<BR/><BR/><B>Vanilla</B>, thank you so much! Snorkelling amongst squid - wow, what an experience! :-)<BR/><BR/><B>K.</B>, blogger does strange things sometimes... Thank you for your very nice comment. It is very much appreciated.Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-65145281550621325022008-12-10T16:11:00.000-05:002008-12-10T16:11:00.000-05:00(I don't know what happens to my comments - they s...(I don't know what happens to my comments - they simply disappear sometimes.)<BR/><BR/>The undersea is so graceful and serene, but also frightening. <BR/><BR/>What a captivating excerpt, to what I am sure is an even more absorbing short story. I loved the image here. The writing and the image work so well together.K.Lawson Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204234196229710524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-52360558350119329892008-12-10T13:33:00.000-05:002008-12-10T13:33:00.000-05:00What a wonderful piece of writing, Vesper - so ver...What a wonderful piece of writing, Vesper - so very vivid and alive!<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of snorkelling amongst some squid earlier this year, so strange how they follow you backwards, beadily watching your every move, yet so shy when you try to approach.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-5202814600328939312008-12-10T09:52:00.000-05:002008-12-10T09:52:00.000-05:00A haunting image. Those creatures moving through ...A haunting image. Those creatures moving through the open water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-221902885959682982008-12-09T13:26:00.000-05:002008-12-09T13:26:00.000-05:00Such vivid detail. I love the word "ochre", too :...Such vivid detail. I love the word "ochre", too :) Lovely.L.A. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729129827211991040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-5797749076931596402008-12-09T07:08:00.000-05:002008-12-09T07:08:00.000-05:00Rick, thank you. I'm still working on it. I though...<B>Rick</B>, thank you. I'm still working on it. I thought it was finished but I realised I needed to change a few thing. I hope you can read it someday... :-)<BR/><BR/>Thank you, <B>Catvibe</B>. Yes, I loved them too, that's why I couldn't choose just one. :-)<BR/><BR/>Thank you, <B>Aine</B>! A bio geek at heart... yes, me too, mainly if there's the sea involved... :-)<BR/><BR/>Huge thanks, <B>Laughingwolf</B>!<BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Thank you, <B>Bernard</B>! The fragment is a bit too short... they're on a sub... :-)<BR/><BR/>Maybe they did, <B>Charles</B>. There's a novella by Robert Silverberg, "Homefaring", one million years in the future, where intelligent lobsters and octopuses have inherited the Earth...<BR/><BR/>Thank you, <B>Sarah</B>! I will always fall for a water mystery... :-)<BR/><BR/><B>Mark</B>, thank you. "Flabbergasted" - yes, it fills my mouth and my mind...<BR/>Twisted, are they? :-)Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-71958513572054091942008-12-09T05:05:00.000-05:002008-12-09T05:05:00.000-05:00Flabbergasted is a wonderful word, by using it you...Flabbergasted is a wonderful word, by using it you set up so much emotional pacing in a solitary sentence.<BR/><BR/>You do know that sailors who go below the sea in submarines are very twisted individuals, don't you?the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-22350834396890013342008-12-08T16:18:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:18:00.000-05:00I love that feeling of having seen something mirac...I love that feeling of having seen something miraculous, and then questioning its truth a moment later. It makes me want to seek it again! :) <BR/><BR/>Very intriguing snippet, Vesper. I, too, feel plunged into a wonderful, watery mystery.Sarah Hinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888406261817690010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-32334111909571684032008-12-08T15:55:00.000-05:002008-12-08T15:55:00.000-05:00This is pretty weird. I had a dream about ammonit...This is pretty weird. I had a dream about ammonites last night. I dreamt that they had a civilization in the oceans long before human kind came on the scene.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-73653357871900435122008-12-08T14:15:00.000-05:002008-12-08T14:15:00.000-05:00I liked this descriptive interlude. It makes me wa...I liked this descriptive interlude. It makes me want to know who 'I' is, and whether they're on a boat, sub, or at a Marine world looking glass.BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-18413072360388263432008-12-08T09:56:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:56:00.000-05:00more, please :Dnudder gooder, v!more, please :D<BR/><BR/>nudder gooder, v!laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-79386500492876533692008-12-08T09:52:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:52:00.000-05:00I love this!! I'm a bio geek at heart... science ...I love this!! I'm a bio geek at heart... science mysteries (even fictional) fascinate me. I'd love to hear more of this story! <BR/><BR/>And the pictures are wonderful!Ainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402176500997528105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-77531516203539897142008-12-08T06:58:00.000-05:002008-12-08T06:58:00.000-05:00This is wonderful and magical. I love the images ...This is wonderful and magical. I love the images you put up with this slice.Catherine Viberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354073276671196477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233962479293542965.post-91693782325963158462008-12-07T23:30:00.000-05:002008-12-07T23:30:00.000-05:00What a wonderful excerpt, Vesper. Has this been p...What a wonderful excerpt, Vesper. Has this been published yet, or is it something you're still crafting? In any event, I look foward some day to reading it in its entirety.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.com