Comments on: Visitations

By: MichaelG

MichaelG — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:18:48 +0000

I see her doing nails in Boise.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:18:23 +0000

Michael G: Thanks. I’ll tell Joe you said hello.
I’m glad I wasn’t drinking for the debates last night. I don’t know if I’d have been able to stop.
I could see Sarah as a teacher’s aide or driving a church van, but I can also see how she’d fuck that up. Also.

By: MichaelG

MichaelG — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:10:02 +0000

I really enjoy your writing C-dad despite the fact that it makes me jealous. “toilet bound … protestants” I laughed out loud at that one. The bird’s name is Joe. He flew out my kitchen window in 1993 or thereabouts. He probably got the freezies flying over the Rockies.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:53:59 +0000

She’s a very good writer who suffered from endometriosis, and it caused her to have visions and see ghosts, among other things.
We have a sucky library here, so I haven’t read her recent stuff, but Every Day Is Mother’s Day and Vacant Possession are pretty terrifying and cruelly funny at the same time.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:28:43 +0000

I have not read Hilary Mantel. Does she write about haunted beds?

By: coozledad

coozledad — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:49:39 +0000

Yeah, that house was strange. Probably Lois’s mama’s ghost. I’m sure she was pissed off at us for throwing that orange shag carpet out.

By: zymurgyathome

zymurgyathome — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:40:18 +0000

Speaking of haunted beds…I recall one night at your old place when I was awakened by the end of the bed being lifted off the floor. If I remember correctly, you found large scratch marks and a dark stain on the hardwood floor under the bed when you later moved it and those hadn’t previously been there.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:08:08 +0000

Sort of a hodgepodge of Scots-Irish, Norman, and German, and likely some other morbid nationalities in the mix.
Have you ever read any Hilary Mantel?

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:54:02 +0000

Let me guess, Cooz, scots-irish ancestry, right? Your post yesterday reminded me that it’s October and time to get the Halloween stuff out, so I went and found my Halloween books, including a book about British ghosts that includes a section on “the most haunted bed in Britain”. I didn’t see that part until after I bought the book, but that alone would have made it a must-purchase. Like they held a contest or something.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:05:40 +0000

Ignobility: I just feel all kinds of sad for that kid. And what a talent. His stuff has a kind of angelic eerie beauty. He’s about as close as I get to Christianity.