Comments on: LitPark will re-open in September http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/ LitPark Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Susan Henderson http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3755 Susan Henderson Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:16:40 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3755 <p>We took the boys and a friend of theirs to a fair tonight. They always look like one thing from far away with the ferris wheel and lights. Up close, the rides suck, the stuffed animals are creepy, and so are the people who get jobs there. Anyway, we were walking home, it was completely dark out, and we were almost to one of the main roads and there's this little kid walking by herself and about to either cross the main road or the train tracks. I had a bad feeling.</p> <p>She was a ways away, and I had to shout to her, and I asked if she had a grownup with her. She was maybe four. And she started going faster toward the main road, so I had to catch up with her without scaring her right into the street. She was black and about as tall as my hip, and no car would have seen her in the dark.</p> <p>I told Mr. H to take everyone else home, and I had her by the hand by then and knew her name. She didn't know her last name or where she'd come from, so she led me into a video store, then a pizza store, and then back toward the fair. We walked a long way before we found her family, and they hadn't even noticed she was gone yet. They had a pet pot-bellied pig with them. Anyway, all of this sufficiently freaked out Green-Hand, so he's sleeping in my room tonight. Glad I followed my gut. Also glad the fair will pack up and leave town tonight.</p> We took the boys and a friend of theirs to a fair tonight. They always look like one thing from far away with the ferris wheel and lights. Up close, the rides suck, the stuffed animals are creepy, and so are the people who get jobs there. Anyway, we were walking home, it was completely dark out, and we were almost to one of the main roads and there’s this little kid walking by herself and about to either cross the main road or the train tracks. I had a bad feeling.

She was a ways away, and I had to shout to her, and I asked if she had a grownup with her. She was maybe four. And she started going faster toward the main road, so I had to catch up with her without scaring her right into the street. She was black and about as tall as my hip, and no car would have seen her in the dark.

I told Mr. H to take everyone else home, and I had her by the hand by then and knew her name. She didn’t know her last name or where she’d come from, so she led me into a video store, then a pizza store, and then back toward the fair. We walked a long way before we found her family, and they hadn’t even noticed she was gone yet. They had a pet pot-bellied pig with them. Anyway, all of this sufficiently freaked out Green-Hand, so he’s sleeping in my room tonight. Glad I followed my gut. Also glad the fair will pack up and leave town tonight.

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3754 Susan Henderson Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:56:30 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3754 <p>LitPark is open at midnight.</p> <p>A friend pulled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glenlivet" rel="nofollow">The Glenlivet</a> out of the vault last night, and my head hurts.</p> P.S. My boys just invited the kid across the street over so they can bake together. Is that too cute? They're making banana bread muffins. LitPark is open at midnight.

A friend pulled The Glenlivet out of the vault last night, and my head hurts.

P.S. My boys just invited the kid across the street over so they can bake together. Is that too cute? They’re making banana bread muffins.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3753 Kimberly Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:56:10 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3753 "I've always relied upon the kindness of strangers" How nice to see that Tennessee Williams' words can still ring so true and dear all these many years later! What a gorgeous story! How I wish the person who lifted (literally) the wallet right out of my bag last Spring would have returned it with $4,500 worth of merchandise, rather than having depleted my cards by that amount before I noticed and cancelled them. Only 15 hours left... my breath is baited! (but not in a fishy kind of way...) “I’ve always relied upon the kindness of strangers”

How nice to see that Tennessee Williams’ words can still ring so true and dear all these many years later!

What a gorgeous story! How I wish the person who lifted (literally) the wallet right out of my bag last Spring would have returned it with $4,500 worth of merchandise, rather than having depleted my cards by that amount before I noticed and cancelled them.

Only 15 hours left… my breath is baited! (but not in a fishy kind of way…)

]]> By: Nathalie http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3752 Nathalie Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:08:36 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3752 That wallet story is ever so cute and heart warming. We need more of these stories. Counting the hours before the start of LitPark's new season... That wallet story is ever so cute and heart warming.
We need more of these stories.

Counting the hours before the start of LitPark’s new season…

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3751 Susan Henderson Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:38:18 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3751 <p><a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/" rel="nofollow">Neil</a> has a link posted to the unpublished <a href="http://crookedhouse.typepad.com/crookedhouse/2007/09/post.html" rel="nofollow">Beckett for Babies</a>. I believe there are Henderson boys in this, unless they've been cut. And <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Adams_(American_actor)" rel="nofollow">a friend</a>'s baby, unless she's been cut. This was years and years ago when I was asked if I had photos of my kids looking bored, hopeless, or in pain, etc, and I hope someone finally picks up this book because it's very very funny to us nerds.</p> Neil has a link posted to the unpublished Beckett for Babies. I believe there are Henderson boys in this, unless they’ve been cut. And a friend‘s baby, unless she’s been cut. This was years and years ago when I was asked if I had photos of my kids looking bored, hopeless, or in pain, etc, and I hope someone finally picks up this book because it’s very very funny to us nerds.

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3750 Susan Henderson Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:26:40 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3750 <p>Isn't it a great story? Glad you're here, Carolyn.</p> <p><a href="http://inherownwrite.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Robin</a>, I finally watched the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_School_(film)" rel="nofollow">Rock School documentary</a>. Was so great to see your kids. Does Julie know she was at the first reading I ever did? What a funny night that was. I remember it was so cold I had a pair of thermols on under my jeans.</p> <p>James Spring news: One of his stories (involving murders, drugs, and motorcycles) is now running on NPR. You can find the link over on his website. James is one of the funniest people I know. I won't go into what kind of "funny" I mean, but <a href="http://www.jamesrspring.com/" rel="nofollow">check out his story all the same</a>.</p> Isn’t it a great story? Glad you’re here, Carolyn.

Robin, I finally watched the Rock School documentary. Was so great to see your kids. Does Julie know she was at the first reading I ever did? What a funny night that was. I remember it was so cold I had a pair of thermols on under my jeans.

James Spring news: One of his stories (involving murders, drugs, and motorcycles) is now running on NPR. You can find the link over on his website. James is one of the funniest people I know. I won’t go into what kind of “funny” I mean, but check out his story all the same.

]]> By: Carolyn Burns Bass http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3749 Carolyn Burns Bass Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:32:07 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3749 <b>Susan said:</b> <i>Green-Hand says, Don’t worry, my name and address are in the wallet. We all look at him and are certain he’s about to learn a hard lesson about the world. So today, in the mail, he gets this fat envelope from a perfect stranger. And inside the wallet is his gift card. But there is also a note that wishes him a happy school year, along with EXTRA money the stranger said he could use to buy another book. </i> I am so smiling and warmed over this story. Thanks for sharing it. Susan said: Green-Hand says, Don’t worry, my name and address are in the wallet. We all look at him and are certain he’s about to learn a hard lesson about the world.

So today, in the mail, he gets this fat envelope from a perfect stranger. And inside the wallet is his gift card. But there is also a note that wishes him a happy school year, along with EXTRA money the stranger said he could use to buy another book.

I am so smiling and warmed over this story. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3748 Susan Henderson Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:54:49 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3748 I'd rather LIVE a happy ending than love one. That's my kind of typo, Aurelio. Glad to have you back! I’d rather LIVE a happy ending than love one. That’s my kind of typo, Aurelio. Glad to have you back!

]]> By: Aurelio http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3747 Aurelio Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:33:45 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3747 Ha - funny typo! I meant, of course, "I do love happy endings," not the other. (Although dying with a smile on my face would be a nice send off, I suppose.) Ha – funny typo! I meant, of course, “I do love happy endings,” not the other. (Although dying with a smile on my face would be a nice send off, I suppose.)

]]> By: Aurelio http://www.litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3746 Aurelio Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:30:30 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/08/23/litpark-will-re-open-in-september/#comment-3746 The lesson I got was that I should have a little more faith in my fellow human beings, because I would not have expected Green-hand to ever see his wallet again. Call me sappy, but I do live happy endings. BTW - I think I'll be able to post pix from my travels in China on my MySpace page soon, so I'll keep you posted. I can't wait for LitPark's return! The lesson I got was that I should have a little more faith in my fellow human beings, because I would not have expected Green-hand to ever see his wallet again.

Call me sappy, but I do live happy endings.

BTW – I think I’ll be able to post pix from my travels in China on my MySpace page soon, so I’ll keep you posted.

I can’t wait for LitPark’s return!

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