http://blogopera.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/green-knickers-and-pink-sheets/ a blogopera for our times Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://blogopera.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/green-knickers-and-pink-sheets/#comment-1968 original oil paintings Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:37:21 +0000 http://blogopera.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/green-knickers-and-pink-sheets/#comment-1968 What a sweet story. Lots of things to ponder and full of words of wisdom. I learned a lot. What a sweet story. Lots of things to ponder and full of words of wisdom. I learned a lot.

]]> http://blogopera.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/green-knickers-and-pink-sheets/#comment-1056 realistic oil paintings Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:56:35 +0000 http://blogopera.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/green-knickers-and-pink-sheets/#comment-1056 I’m sorry for my incapacity to read between the lines but I’m trying so hard to see what the point of this story is. If it’s simply about what to do in a small place at a short time then the writer could have chosen a more interesting topic than this slow and not-so-romantic theme. Not that I’m into creative writing but considering how small and how slow the setting are the story should have been past-pacing and totally interesting rather than a blow by blow account of the actions and thoughts of the characters. I’m sorry for my incapacity to read between the lines but I’m trying so hard to see what the point of this story is. If it’s simply about what to do in a small place at a short time then the writer could have chosen a more interesting topic than this slow and not-so-romantic theme. Not that I’m into creative writing but considering how small and how slow the setting are the story should have been past-pacing and totally interesting rather than a blow by blow account of the actions and thoughts of the characters.

]]> http://blogopera.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/green-knickers-and-pink-sheets/#comment-683 Music Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:50:46 +0000 http://blogopera.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/green-knickers-and-pink-sheets/#comment-683 I really like this story. I’ve always been drawn to stories that can say what they need to in a very small space. It’s like a little magic trick the way they are able to make such a little say so much. For myself, I would have liked to see more development of Nina and Ethan. It isn’t entirely clear who Nina is, what sort of person she is. Clearly she has some issues with the new neighbor – she seems to want to mother her – but what stimulates this mothering impulse in her? Is it because the new neighbor is somehow different from others in the neighborhood, doesn’t fit in and Nina wants to help make her like the rest of them? Is it because Nina recognizes something in this neighbor that she herself had to deal with once? Is Nina doing this simply because she thinks it’s the “right” thing to do, or is she trying in some way to impress the neighbor? I really like this story. I’ve always been drawn to stories that can say what they need to in a very small space. It’s like a little magic trick the way they are able to make such a little say so much. For myself, I would have liked to see more development of Nina and Ethan. It isn’t entirely clear who Nina is, what sort of person she is. Clearly she has some issues with the new neighbor – she seems to want to mother her – but what stimulates this mothering impulse in her? Is it because the new neighbor is somehow different from others in the neighborhood, doesn’t fit in and Nina wants to help make her like the rest of them? Is it because Nina recognizes something in this neighbor that she herself had to deal with once? Is Nina doing this simply because she thinks it’s the “right” thing to do, or is she trying in some way to impress the neighbor?

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