When I was doing dissertation research in the Kentucky town where I grew up, people talked a lot about power lines. The newcomers specifically found the power lines that stretched from pole to pole in the small downtown unsightly. They felt they should be buried. It was easy enough to do, to tuck them neatly underground. So they claimed, at least.
Ha! I knew there was "Sun" in it! :) And get this: As I connected your name to that review, I had a corresponding twinge that I'd neglected to respond to an email, so I just now searched my emails and found that we corresponded ten years ago, and that I DID in fact neglect to respond to your last email, which was a request for the How to Submit column... 🤦♀️
That's hilarious, but know that I did not remember that at all. There's a good lesson. Probably most of the people whose e-mail we forgot to answer have by now also forgotten they e-mailed us in the first place!
Yes. Power lines. They are a topic of much discussion until they aren’t. We can see endless sky and lots of ocean from our windows. We can also see the neighborhood parrots meeting for a morning chat on the thick cables that bisect our views. There is also the squirrel that runs along the wires as if they were a solid road instead of a death-defying 30 or 40 feet above the pavement below. Everyone talks about the day when the wires will be buried but most of us are like you — we just don’t see them.
Thanks for those book recs. I’m looking forward to checking them out.
Yes, as I wrote that essay, I kept thinking about the implications of burying things. I guess there’s an argument that if the lines are buried, they’re less likely to be damaged in storms. But also do we want to bury them to pretend that we’re living in a different sort of world?
Hope you enjoy the books! It was a good run of good books! And happy novel writing/editing!
I described the premise of the book to my husband at one point as I was reading and then said, “That premise could go very wrong or very right.” And in your book, it goes perfect. Congrats!
Robyn! Thanks for reading The Keeper, and for sharing such kind words! And OMG was that review of Liliane's Balcony for Sundress Publications?
You’re welcome. Really loved both books.
The review was for Sundog Lit. Can’t find it online now, though I might have a print copy somewhere.
Ha! I knew there was "Sun" in it! :) And get this: As I connected your name to that review, I had a corresponding twinge that I'd neglected to respond to an email, so I just now searched my emails and found that we corresponded ten years ago, and that I DID in fact neglect to respond to your last email, which was a request for the How to Submit column... 🤦♀️
That's hilarious, but know that I did not remember that at all. There's a good lesson. Probably most of the people whose e-mail we forgot to answer have by now also forgotten they e-mailed us in the first place!
Yes. Power lines. They are a topic of much discussion until they aren’t. We can see endless sky and lots of ocean from our windows. We can also see the neighborhood parrots meeting for a morning chat on the thick cables that bisect our views. There is also the squirrel that runs along the wires as if they were a solid road instead of a death-defying 30 or 40 feet above the pavement below. Everyone talks about the day when the wires will be buried but most of us are like you — we just don’t see them.
Thanks for those book recs. I’m looking forward to checking them out.
Yes, as I wrote that essay, I kept thinking about the implications of burying things. I guess there’s an argument that if the lines are buried, they’re less likely to be damaged in storms. But also do we want to bury them to pretend that we’re living in a different sort of world?
Hope you enjoy the books! It was a good run of good books! And happy novel writing/editing!
I die for a good police procedural, will be looking Dervla up!
We have power lines all over my city and it just seems like a part of life - where else would the Fullerton Parrots sit and argue all day??
Yes, I’m reading Book #2 in the series and loving it.
Of course, now I want to know what the Fullerton parrots are.
there are wild parrots all over Orange County, CA that are the loudest things you've ever seen and nobody seems to know how they got here!! Of course they aren't just our cities but it sounds much more mysterious to call them that. https://www.facebook.com/FullertonObserverNewspaper/posts/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-wild-parrots-of-fullerton-they-tend-to-flock-fly-aro/311219685665444/
I love that. And appreciate the value of a good name. Thinking of one for my hoppy cardinal friend in the backyard now…
I'm so flattered you enjoyed my book! I loved writing Shesheshen. I'm glad she's bringing you smiles.
I described the premise of the book to my husband at one point as I was reading and then said, “That premise could go very wrong or very right.” And in your book, it goes perfect. Congrats!