tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post1214399631196754763..comments2023-04-27T02:16:01.047-07:00Comments on Words Incorporated: The Boston Narrative: Facts and FictionsStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-22851526484246170012013-04-25T07:45:37.778-07:002013-04-25T07:45:37.778-07:00Thank you, Suze.Thank you, Suze.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-78658473994318709912013-04-25T07:45:17.548-07:002013-04-25T07:45:17.548-07:00"Our mix of miscreants is somewhat varied.&qu..."Our mix of miscreants is somewhat varied." I really like this. Not the fact of it, but the phrasing.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-48027456741976897262013-04-25T07:44:45.200-07:002013-04-25T07:44:45.200-07:00Ooh, a liebster! Now I need to think of eleven blo...Ooh, a liebster! Now I need to think of eleven bloggers, who are not also people you tagged. Eeep!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-13119571226715314822013-04-25T07:43:51.207-07:002013-04-25T07:43:51.207-07:00I looked it up and you are close, it was "Alw...I looked it up and you are close, it was "Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question." And I am reading that and reading that and it is not gelling for me! I think I need more coffee. That cummings guy, he was a tricky 'un!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-21461903674758854382013-04-25T03:41:06.700-07:002013-04-25T03:41:06.700-07:00It's a balancing act. As we get older, with m...It's a balancing act. As we get older, with more distance between the present and the events of those stories, the urge to tidy them up and make meaning out of them is pretty much irresistable. In the long run, I think that's got to be a good thing. But in the short term, I agree that it's useful to resist that urge and be okay with uncertainty.<br /><br />e. e. cummings once said something like "Always the beautiful answer to the one that asks the more beautiful question." Okay, as long as it doesn't close us off from the truth! :-)Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-91904326376055307292013-04-24T22:01:43.924-07:002013-04-24T22:01:43.924-07:00You have an award, Steph, over at SC.You have an award, Steph, over at SC.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-19799433152688695662013-04-24T11:46:01.802-07:002013-04-24T11:46:01.802-07:00I am happy to say that I tried to particularly har...I am happy to say that I tried to particularly hard to not have a story during the Boston episode. Aside from offering a few probables and suspecting some ideological motivation for the acts, the US experience of terrorism has kind of trained me to wait. Our mix of miscreants is somewhat varied.<br /><br />However, for the Texas explosions, my mind really seemed to want to concoct a narrative. I kept waiting to hear, expecting to hear that it was another plot. Though that dread was somewhat amorphous it was still clearly present. Max IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314080459983388024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-54593846715791199272013-04-23T19:50:38.257-07:002013-04-23T19:50:38.257-07:00'We need to be patient with our own uncertaint...'We need to be patient with our own uncertainty, willing to let it wiggle and slither uncomfortably in our minds for longer than we like — let truth emerge over time'<br /><br />I appreciate this, Steph. It's a vital place at which to 'arrive.'Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.com