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When they finally left Telparian, Thranduil carried Legolas back to his room. While Legolas was getting ready for bed, Thranduil spoke softly to Calmacil and Tionel.
"I have a great favour to ask of you both. Would you - would you keep vigil for me tonight? I know I should be with Telparian and Lissuin. But I think I should be here more." He glanced over his shoulder at Legolas.
Tionel nodded, his eyes full of tears. "I understand. Yes, I think you are right. I would be - honoured to do so."
Calmacil was more hesitant. "My Lord - are you sure you want me? I - I failed you. I could not save them, either of them. Perhaps ..."
Thranduil stopped him. "I know how hard you tried. You did everything you could, the blame is not yours. I doubt if Elrond himself could have done more. There is no-one I would rather entrust with this, than you both."
Calmacil bowed his head. "Thank you, my Lord. You do us a very great honour."
They left then for their sad duty, and Thranduil closed the door, shutting out the soft sounds of grief that drifted through the corridors and hallways. Legolas by now had changed into a nightshirt, but was standing motionless in the centre of the room, staring at nothing in particular. He started as Thranduil spoke to him.
"Yes, father. I was just - thinking."
"Then into bed. No more thinking tonight."
Thranduil sat on the bed as Legolas settled down, his head nestled against his father's chest. Thranduil wrapped his arms around his son in reassurance. From the tremors that shook Legolas occasionally, Thranduil knew he was crying again, silently - as he was himself. A warm wetness soaked into his chest. He tightened his embrace, murmuring soft words. But it was pointless to say 'Do not cry'; 'It will be all right'; Do not worry' - all the usual reassurances he normally used. It would not be all right, not now, not ever again.
Instead he began to sing a soft lullaby, one he could recall his own mother singing to him, long, long ago, in Doriath.
Gradually the sobs lessened, and Legolas' tight grip on his father slackened. When he was quite sure that his son was asleep Thranduil gently disentangled himself and moved across to the window. Here, too, the shutters were open. He sat on the narrow window seat, gazing up at the stars, aware of the tears coursing down his face.
During the long, silent night, he sat motionless, remembering. He remembered the first time he had set eyes on Telparian, when she was just one of the entourage who had arrived from the Grey Havens in the days before he, his father, and the host of Greenwood left for battle in Mordor. He had known then that in her, he had found the other half of his soul. He recalled the next time he had seen her, on his return to Lasgalen after seven long, exhausting, heartbreaking years; returning as King, leading a tragically depleted army.
He recalled the joy of their combined wedding and coronation ceremonies, and the unrivalled passion and bliss of their wedding night. He had never imagined that such ecstasy was possible.
Also, there had been the night of love beneath the harvest moon at the time of the autumn equinox, which had resulted in Legolas' birth. He remembered how very proud he had been, sitting by Telparian with his arm held possessively around her as she cradled their son, both of them looking in wonder at the tiny scrap of life before them.
And then there was the Midsummer feast last year. At the end of the evening, he had led Telparian away from the celebrations, deep into the forest, to their favourite grove. With a few whispered words he had set in place this whole terrible chain of events. "Will you celebrate Midsummer with me, my Lady?"
A soft whimper behind him made Thranduil turn. But Legolas merely turned over and fell into a deeper sleep again. He remained at the window for the remainder of the night, looking out blindly at his forest, while the sky gradually lightened with the approach of dawn.
As Legolas began to stir, Thranduil crossed to the bed and sat on the edge. Legolas blinked sleepily at his father, surprised to see him when waking up.
"Ada? I had such a horrible dr - " Then the realisation hit him and he took in the deep sorrow in Thranduil's eyes. "Oh. It wasn't a dream, was it?"
Thranduil shook his head sadly. "No. It really happened."
"What are we going to do?"
"I do not really know. First, you need to have some breakfast. Shall I ask Mireth to bring something for us both to eat?"
"I don't think I'm hungry."
Thranduil knew he could not eat a thing either. But he had to try, for Legolas' sake. And he felt he could not possibly face a meal in the main hall, not today. "We shall see. Later, there are some things ... I have to do. Perhaps Mireth will let you help her in the kitchens." With the exception of archery practice, Legolas' favourite occupation was helping the bakers in the great palace kitchens.
A tray arrived with a new loaf of fresh, warm bread, a dish of soft butter, and a pot of sweet-smelling clover honey. Legolas obediently spread a slice of the bread with honey, then cut the slice into smaller and smaller pieces. He pushed the plate away, untouched. "I don't want anything."
Thranduil had not even made a pretence of eating. He moved the tray to one side with a sigh. When Mireth came in a little later, he spoke to her while Legolas was dressing.
"Will you keep him with you this morning? Let him help in the kitchens? Just ..."
"Of course I can look after him. It will be a pleasure. He's no trouble."
That was a little optimistic, but he blessed her for her tact. "Thank you."
When Legolas had gone with Mireth, Thranduil sent a messenger to find Lanatus, who could help to make the arrangements for that afternoon. When he arrived, the steward was as dour as ever. There was no mistaking his genuine sorrow over the death of the Queen, but somehow, without words, he seemed to convey the sentiment that this would never have happened in Oropher's time.
Thranduil suppressed a sigh. He wished he could do without Lanatus, but just now he needed his calmness, his unflappable manner, and his long experience of protocol and tradition. Thranduil explained briefly what he wanted . He knew he could rely on Lanatus to see to everything efficiently. Very efficiently.
When Lanatus departed, Thranduil returned to the rooms he had shared with Telparian. Calmacil and Tionel still stood in silent vigil over a room that now seemed terribly empty.
He dismissed them both, then took up Tionel's position, standing motionless at the foot of the bed, staring down at his wife and daughter. It still did not seem real. He recalled Legolas' words about a 'horrible dream'. It was all of that, it was a nightmare; and one from which he would never wake.
He had looked forward to this day for so long, since that Midsummer's Eve when they knew they had been given another child. Telparian had known within days that they would have a daughter this time. When she told him, his joy had been complete. And now - this.
It would be easy, so easy, to succumb to his grief and loss, to give in to the despair that felt like an agonizing, physical pain cutting deep into his soul. His own mother had done so. When she learnt of Oropher's death she had visibly wilted and faded, according to the messenger.
That night she had dressed in her finest robes, and gone deep into the forest. Sitting beneath one of the golden beeches that reminded her of Doriath, she had simply given up her life.
Thranduil had been unable to understand how she could abandon her love of life, her gaiety and laughter like that. How could she abandon the kingdom, which, while the army was away, she and Lanatus had been charged to care for? He had not understood, not then.
But now he understood only too well. How simple it would be to use the dagger sheathed in his boot, how easy to lay down beside Telparian and Lissuin and join them in the sweet oblivion of death. How simple it would be to return to the grove where both Legolas and Lissuin had started life, and to end his own.
How simple it would be to leave Lasgalen, leave the Greenwood, leave his people, and go far away, away from the memory and heartbreak, away over the sea to the undying lands where he might find some measure of tranquillity. And if one day they were to be released from the Halls of Mandos, he would be there, waiting for them. It would be so easy ...
He realised he had removed the knife from his boot and was fingering it absently. With an abrupt movement he flung it away, across the room, hearing it skittering over the floor.
No! What was he thinking of? It was not just Lasgalen he would betray, it was Legolas as well. He could never, never, abandon his son. Legolas was all he had left now. Together - somehow - they could deal with this.
The door opened quietly, and Thranduil looked up, expecting to see Tionel, or maybe Lanatus. It was Legolas. He came into the room hesitantly, looking at his father with a strange mixture of resolve and pleading.
"Mireth told me where you were. I want to join you."
Thranduil opened his mouth to protest, that Legolas was too young, that he should not do this. But then he stopped. Legolas had inherited all of Thranduil's - and Oropher's - stubbornness; as well as Telparian's sweet nature. He could cope with this. And it was his right.
"Come, then," Thranduil said softly. "We can do this together." He moved slightly to one side, from the foot of the bed to one of the corners. Legolas took up the other position, and copied his father's stance - feet slightly apart, hands clasped before him. First, though, he made the gesture of farewell, touching brow and lips with his fingertips, and his heart with the back of his hand. They stood in silence, motionless, both lost deep in thought and memory.
After a while, there was a soft tap at the door. Tionel opened it. "My Lord - your majesty? It is time. Are you ready?"
Thranduil nodded. He led Legolas out, to a side room where new clothes in the white of mourning had been prepared for them. "Father? What happens now?"
Thranduil took a deep breath. "I have selected a place where - where your mother and sister will be buried this afternoon. I need you to be strong. Are you ready?"
Legolas nodded, but his resolve suddenly wavered as he finally voiced a fear that had been lurking all day. It was something he had never before contemplated in his whole life. Something that now terrified him more than anything.
"Ada? I remember something you said once about your mother, when grandfather Oropher died. You said she was very sad; so sad that she died."
Thranduil sighed, remembering again. "Yes, she did."
Legolas hesitated again. He didn't want to say this, in case speaking the words made them true. But he had to know.
"Ada? You're sad, because of Nana. Are you going to die too?"
Thranduil brushed at the tears that threatened to fall again, and shook his head wordlessly. When he could speak again, he hugged Legolas tightly and said fiercely: "No. Never. I will always look after you. Always."
"Even when I'm grown up?"
"Yes. Even then. Though you will probably not want me to then. I expect you will tell me I worry too much. Now, are you ready?"
Legolas nodded, very serious. "Yes. Yes, I am." He slipped his hand into his father's. "Let's go."Stories > Previous > Next


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Daniel Brick
Minotaur - Poem by Daniel Brick
We delighted in the sweetness of grass.
We rejoiced in the fragrance of rain.
We sought only readiness in sleep.
TOGETHERNESS was our motto.
Our desires entwined like summer vines.
We drank wine pressed from the purest grapes.
We anointed our heads with fresh oils.
Who can tell us this was not love?
Must I burn my dearest book?
Must I rip the yellow threads from my
favorite gown?
Must I choke on the choicest fruits?
Must I sleep always in an unlocked room?
Yes, yes, yes... yes.
Some of us are innocent.
Some of us claim innocence in firm voices.
Some of us stammer, fall silent, then start over,
with bowed heads.
All of us are on the move.
I, for instance, have loaded a cart with my things.
It contains everything I need for eternal life,
The weight is crushing my remaining strength.
I can no longer look at what's ahead.
I twist backwards, staring at the grooves
my heavy cart carves.
Is this the path my friends will follow?
Will my enemies find it first?
Should I hoard these things, or discard them?
Escape by sea! Stride
on board, grab hold
of the mast, turn
the sail into the wind.
Throw back your horned head
and bellow again and again.
Escape by sea? Crawl
along the wet sand, adjust
the broken sword
in your gut, gaze
across the water. Throw back
your horned head and howl.
Finally, this is my fate.
This is my drawn-out end:
stumbling, panting,
waving my mighty arms
in the unresisting air.
A child walks ahead of me,
holding my rough hand, guiding
my staff. She cradles
sheaths of wheat and barley.
Their fragrance reminds me
of wide meadows, of tilled fields
I crossed without fear
during my days of glory.
Now, just a shaking outcast,
I stretch out my hand
and touch the girl's hair.
She does not shiver or recoil.
Such a joy I never knew before.
Topic(s) of this poem: narrative
Poet's Notes about The Poem
a possible storyline, but in no way do I mean these five poems to represent Picasso's conception. He exists out there in his stunning genius, abundant, shining, complete. These poems are just shadows
created by the brilliance of his sun.
All five are based on particular drawings or watercolors which can be seen in a variety of Picasso books. The first poem is based on a picture of a woman singing while the Minotaur listens. The second portrays a rape. The woman speaks these two poems.
The Minotaur speaks the other three. He attempts to escape after his crime in the third. In the fourth, he first imagines he has escaped by sea in a boat, and then realizes he has been grievously wounded.
In the last poem, blinded, humbled and harmless, he is cared for by a child.
Comments about Minotaur by Daniel Brick
Valsa George (8/5/2014 4:38:00 AM)
A stunning series of poems inspired by the paintings of Picasso on Minotaur! I speciall y like the third one, though my knowledge of this mythological monster is limited and I haven't seen any of these paintings! His journey to the place of escape is described so dramatically!
The weight is crushing my remaining strength.
I can no longer look at what's ahead.
I twist backwards, staring at the grooves
my heavy cart carves.
Beautiful description that contain all the burden of a vanquished spirit!
The last one where he comes across his inevitable fall (rise?) also is very capturing! Humbled by his misfortune, he has softened under the kind care of the little girl who no more fears his presence as he is not able to intimidate her! Thus when trust is built, all heaviness vanishes and joy comes through! It has been an amazing experience travelling through the rise and fall of this mythological entity! ! (Report) Reply
Diane Hine (4/26/2014 1:29:00 AM)
I found the drawing which inspired your fifth poem. These days we feel sorry for the minotaur, poor outcast that he was. I think that drawing and your poetic interpretation of it is a perfect conclusion. Your style is always fresh, never laboured. (Report) Reply
Tanya Gupta (4/25/2014 9:25:00 AM)
its a great dedication to picasso.
so great, keep writing..
come and read my poems.
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AB de Villiers hit an unbeaten half century to steer South Africa to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh and an unassailable 2-0 lead in their one-day series on Wednesday.
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Gary The Puppet's Magical Internet Adventure
This Kirshenbaum Bond video has been out for about a month, but regardless of its age, I had to post it. I just watched it, with my jaw looking like that of a large mouth bass. "Shocking" was the word that bounced around my head as the video rolled. This copy accompanied the video:
"Created for Media Kitchen and Venture Day. I guess it was shown on a big screen for a bunch of important people, which is awesome.
Shot over the course of two days, edited on the third day. DP & Steadicam by Kyle Fassenella, Directed and Written by (me) Justin Johnson, starring Gary the puppet (Ben Ross, Erik Beck).
Shot on location at Tumblr, Next New Networks, Gawker, College Humor, and CBS Interactive."
If I had all those cool friends, I'd probably want to make something a little less strange. But that's just me. I imagine SuperSpy and DL would have a lot more to say, but it's only Tuesday and I'm just not in that kind of mood.
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March 2012
Region 2 Delegates Meeting
Tacoma, WA
Director Dan Morris called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and a moment of silence for the sick and departed was observed.
Minutes: A motion was made by Derrick Clark (Rednecks and Rugrats) seconded by Kathy Greenwood to accept the minutes as read. Motion passed.
Treasurers Report: Still shopping for a bank. Motion made by Derrick Clark and seconded by Kathy
We Did It/Club Power: New forms will be coming out this spring or earlier. Form has been approved by the board.
Naches: Snow on the Naches. There will be a work party to get the trail ready for use.
Evans Creek: Gate will open midnight on the 1st of April. Work party will be May 19th and 20th. There are a bunch of small alders in the campground that can be cut up for firewood for use at the campground. There are a few spots left for hosting this summer. Please contact Derrick Clark regarding hosting
Elbe: Go check out the Mainline extension trail. At the Focus group meeting there were a few new faces. The Trail Watch Program is starting to get in place. Please get in contact with Nancy if interested for the Trail Watch Program. There will be a work party at the end of April. There is heavy equipment available for the price of Diesel. Please contact Doupound Offroad for information. The WOW fun Run is June 10th; Outcast Fun Run is May 19th. The Campground at Elbe was studied and it was determined that it was in a Wildlife Area and the campground may need to be moved.
Tahuya: No report
Land Matters: report from Jim Putman
Naches- Trail adoptions as of last week more trails were adopted.
Naches Ranger District is having a Celebrate Trails for the Naches area. The Kaner is the focus for this year. Lots of work needs to be done to get this trail up to standard. Every host group is going to have a Crew Leader each Leader must have a chainsaw certification. New Chainsaw certification training will be April 28th & June 19th out of Naches. May 5th will be recertification day & May 19th also. Please provide your own protection gear. Please bring a saw, hammer and a ledge. Please be familiar with your saw prior to class. May 2nd will be the Westside training at the DNR building in Enumclaw. In order to take the DNR class you will need to have a first aid card.
Shore Patrol-A meeting was held and it would appear that our time with Shore Patrol is limited. It was said at the meeting that the event takes away from paying customers for that weekend. There have been comments that we should move our designated camping area and clean up to where it is appreciated.
Way & Means: There is an order in for 6inch stickers, please contact Tiffany Morris if you would like to purchase.
Membership: Membership will be handed off to Dianna Stafford going forward
Membership: Diana was at the Moonshiners swap meet last weekend. The new software has been a bit of a challenge however useful. She stated we did pick up 7 new members and several renewals.
PR: Diana will be at 4WheelParts Truck Fest April 14th and 15th. Lots of materials were handed out at the Swap. She still is looking for flyers to distribute information, so if you have an event, please let her know.
Future 4-Wheelers: looking for Under the Hill members. Please see Brody for information
Competition: Over the Hill gang is looking for members. Please see Rob Stafford for an application.
Old Business: no report
New Business: There is an audit coming up. Items were put on the list such as events that qualify for We Did It
Moonshiners would like to thank everyone for coming out to the Swap meet last weekend. The weather was fantastic!!!!
Future Meetings and Announcements:
Next is April 19th at 4WheelParts
4/22nd at Straddeline ORV park there will be a Customer Appreciation run with 4WheelParts.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:35Pm
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Secretary, Cascade 4x4s
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Post Falls Finds Coliform In Water Samples
Routine water samples taken Wednesday revealed the presence of coliform bacteria in five of seven water samples throughout Post Falls, according to Public Works Director Terry Werner. "This is not an emergency," Werner said. "The Water Division is currently resampling the system and has turned on the chlorination equipment. City residents do not need to boil their water. People with severely compromised immune systems, families with infants, and some elderly may be at increased risk and may want to contact their health care provider for additional guidance.
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In best-selling author Katie MacAlister's Love in the Time of Dragons, suburban mom Tully Sullivan wakes up in a far-off place surrounded by strangers—many of them muscular, sexy ones—claiming to be dragons. They insist Tully is a dragon, too, and that she's committed crimes deserving of death. Now Tully must disprove the allegations before time runs out.
©2010 Katie MacAlister (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
"He is not a fat dragon!"
In Love in the Time of Dragons, we meet Tully who is the resurrected Ysolde de Bouchier, mate to the dreaded ex-Black Dragon wyvern Baltic. Tully is suffering from severe memory loss. In order for Tully to fully regain her memory so she can either accept or reject her identity as Ysolde, she seeks out Baltic to answer her questions and all heck breaks loose. This is the first book in the Light Dragon series, but this plot calls heavily on characters and plots from earlier books in the Aisling Grey series and the Silver Dragon series. Most of the reoccurring characters are back including Jim who is present in a big fat Newfoundland way. Katie MacAlister's heroines are always comically flawed, and Tully/Ysolde de Bouchier does not break from this pattern. As with all of Katie MacAlister's books, Love in the Time of Dragons contains her offbeat, slightly Three Stooges infused sense humor and is a joy to hear. This is a fantastic book, and Barbara Rosenblat is as wonderful as she always is.
"Struggling to finish"
I loved the Aisling Grey series, the Silver dragons was okay. I'm having a hard time finishing this one. The stupid cute is leaning too far to the stupid for my taste. Tully's characterization is too much like Aisling. I love the narrator, but she needs to be edited for the swallowing and mouth full of saliva sounds, it's distracting. This lack of editing is a production fault, not Audibles or the writers or the narrators. Lazy, poor production. I think the biggest fault for me is the story at this point. If/when I finish I'll bump up or down my rating accordingly.
"My favorite Dragons- the Light Dragons!"
I have been a faithful Katie Macalister fan from day 1.... Before I joined Audible-I READ every series she has out and in doing so, my mind had created it's own opinion of all the character's voices, traits, etc... So, when I purchased and began listening to the Audible versions- narrated by Barbara Rosenblat, I admit I was a bit worried it wouldn't do them justice.... Her voice is very distinct- BUT... Oh, how I was SOOOO wrong!!!! Barbara's unique vocal ranges and absolutely superb variations on the characters accents BLEW ME AWAY!!! There really is no other narrator who could pull it off so flawlessly! Bravo Katie, and BRAVO Barbara!!!!
"Annoying narrator."
Love the premise of the main character discovering who she really is and her prior affiliations.
The narrator was just annoying. Her voice cuts right through me all of the time regardless of what character is speaking. The swallowing was very distracting. I've persevered hoping that the narrator would grow on me as others have. I'm within an hour of finishing the book, but I'm actually talking aloud to the narrator at this point just wishing it were over with.
If I live through this, I won't be listening to the other books in the series because of the narrator. I might read them instead if I still care about the characters in the end. I love Katie MacKalister's books and have listened to several and enjoyed them, but not by this narrator.
"Sexy male voice! Sounded like Antonio Banderas"
The story was okay but I did not think it was worth a five star. It was a bit flat and without any excitement. This book is the first in the series but the story did not finish leaving the next ones to complete the rest but at this point I'm resigned to not knowing the end. I'm just glad it was a book on sale.
"I'm soooooo disappointed"
This is a follow on from the last Silver Dragon's books but what a change in style. I thoroughly enjoyed that series but this one - not so much. It seems K.Mac. has gone more for the comedy aspect in this new series. It has romance but she seems to skip the love scenes, which were part of the Silver Dragons appeal. It was humorous but I am struggling to get through book 2 and keep stopping to listen to another book altogether.
The narrator was good but someone please give her a drink.... she sounded like her mouth was dry all the time, and the swallowing sounds were offputting.
Worth the credit? If, I hadn't already downloaded 2 and 3 then a definite No.
"I agree with some previous reviews"
I really enjoy Katie MacAlister and generally enjoy Barbara Rosenblat's performances, but I just started this one and I must say it is EXTREMELY irritating right now.
The story is fine so far
Editing the mouth noises!!!!!! None of the previous books have been this irritating with squishy, watery mouth noises from the narrator.
"It is a good book BUT"
It is a good book BUT the narrator made me want to puke!! The mouth noises were to much
I want to hear the next book but its the same Narrator.
"Enjoyable continuation of story line"
This is a nice continuation of the original Dragon series from MacAlister, which I listened to years ago. At times it seemed to drag a bit, as though Katie were trying to regain her pacing, but overall the story was enjoyable.
Barbara is great at keeping the different characters distinct through voices, so we don't have to constantly hear who is talking through banal dialog additions. You start to relate to each voice as a separate person.
The story ended rather suddenly, A whole book leading up to a final world-changing battle that lasted just over 5 minutes left me wondering if I had missed something...
"Good story,lousy narrator"
The constant swallowing has got to go,can this book be edited so that this can be taken out it ruined the story altogether
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Final Electoral College Prediction
Happy Halloween! I think most people above the age of 12 celebrated the holiday last night, so the most frightening thing on the horizon is the possibility of a John Kerry victory Tuesday. But, I don't think that'll happen. Below is my final Electoral College predictions. Throughout the summer and fall, I haven't made too many changes to this. For this final one, I predict Minnesota swings to the Dems, while Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa go for Bush. The big change is Hawaii. I think that Cheney's visit this weekend will swing the state to Bush.
Hopefully the margin of victory will be big enough that we don't have to go through months of lawsuits and complaints and the Bush Administration can get back to the business of governing and Kerry can get back to skiing in Vail or Switzerland or wherever.
I'd love to hear other predictions. How about putting your final electoral college counts in the comments?
Update: I made a mistake on the map. I meant Arizona to be in the red. Therefore, my final electoral count is actually President Bush: 300 and Senator Kerry: 238.
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Here are mine that I posted on my site earlier in the week:
George W. Bush with:
49.5% to Kerrys 48.2% of popular vote
296 to 242 Electorial votes
A couple of small law suits challenging some returns, but not anything to sway the election
Terry McAuliffe gets his walking papers
Most Democrats including Kerry and Edwards concede somewhat gracefully
uber-left trot out conspiracy theories, much groaning and gnashing of teeth
Hollywood and musical left idiots say stupid shit, face backlash, cry about 1st amendment rights
America rolls on
Terrorists wet pants
US, Brit, Aussie, and other coalition soldiers keep hunting
Gore gains another 40 pounds, head explodes.
Chirac says merde
Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan say please dont hit me anymore
Therahhhsa says, I vant a divorce loser.
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I've been following http://www.electoral-vote.com/ for a while, its as wavy as anything though.
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Back in Aug, I think I said 310. I'll stick with that.
Perhaps also peruse the other comments I posted under the "October Surprise" item.
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After Hurricane Sandy has passed, assessments of the damage continue. In the New York Times article "A Survey of Destruction by Hurricane Sandy in New York City," Archie Tse and collaborators investigated the impact of the storm. The New York Times team also created interactive maps and graphics to illustrate it, in consultation with Social Explorer's Andrew Beveridge.
In the days before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, few people in New York City anticipated the scale of destruction of the storm. Its surge, the wave of water driven by the storm's winds, topped 17 feet in some parts, according to surveys and weather data collected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Some neighborhoods in all five boroughs experienced floodwaters that were more than six feet high.
About 200 homes were washed away, burned down or otherwise destroyed by the storm, the city estimated, and at least another 200 will have to be bulldozed in the coming months. An analysis by The New York Times and Andrew A. Beveridge, a professor of sociology at Queens College, estimated that an additional 42,022 homes and buildings were in areas that had at least three feet of water at ground level -- enough to destroy furniture and require the replacement of walls, boilers, electrical panels and other costly equipment.
Nearly 1 in 10 New Yorkers lived in a building that saw some flooding. And about 1 in 20 lived where the flooding exceeded six feet.
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In a few days beatmaker and vocal artist MATIAS AGUAYO releases his brand new LP The Visitor through Kompakt and his own label Cómeme. Already now you can stream the entire album via Pitchfork.
Furthermore the Chilean-German producer has unveiled a typically peculiar music clip to the first single Levantate Diegors, a swinging club swagger full of jerking yet propulsive percussions. The video sees AGUAYO walking around a rugged island trying to uplift his shock-headed dude while a bird flies high and a cat prowls round. A strange clip for a thrusting track which you can check out right here:


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Jonathan Papelbon had not saved a game since July 11 when he entered Thursday night's game against the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park with a one-run lead.
By the time the bottom of the ninth rolled around, Papelbon still had not saved a game since the second week of July.
Papelbon blew his sixth save opportunity of the season and his sixth in his last 13 chances on Thursday night, taking a much-needed victory from starter Cole Hamels and serving it up for the Giants, 2-1.
For the Phillies, the loss was the second in a row to the Giants and the 10th in the 11 games since the All-Star break. At 50-58, the Phillies fell to 13½ games behind the first-place Braves in the NL East.
Starting pitching report
It was another hard-luck no-decision for Hamels, who pitched brilliantly for eight innings and set himself up for the win with an RBI single in the fifth inning.
Hamels scattered seven hits and a walk over eight innings. He struck out five and threw 113 pitches. After Buster Posey singled with two outs in the first, Hamels retired eight in a row and 12 out of 14. He also got out of a one-out jam in the fourth and held the Giants to just 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position.
For the Giants, Matt Cain also went eight innings, allowing just one run on six hits with two walks. Cain retired the first 11 hitters he faced and 14 of the first 15. He also had some good fielding on his side, too. Pinch-runner Michael Martinez was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single to left by John Mayberry Jr. in the seventh and Jimmy Rollins was thrown out at the plate on a fielder's choice.
Bullpen report
Papelbon's fastball topped out at 92-mph as he blew his sixth save since June 17. He allowed four hits and a walk in serving up two runs. The closer had three two-strike counts in which he gave up two singles and a walk.
Sergio Romo put the first three hitters he faced on base and managed to wiggle out of the jam. An error, bunt single and a hit batsman loaded the bases, but Romo got out of it with back-to-back shallow flyouts and a groundout to sew up his 25th save.
At the plate
Of the Phillies' seven hits, four of them came from the bottom half of the order. Hamels had the only RBI on a bloop single in the fifth, which is fitting considering how little run support the lefty has received this year.
Hamels leads the majors with 13 losses this year mostly because of a dearth of run support. Headed into Thursday's game, Hamels received just 3.38 runs of support per game, a total that ranked him 84th among the 92 starting pitchers to qualify.
Up next
The homestand continues on Friday when the first-place Atlanta Braves come to town for three games. Ethan Martin will make his big-league debut for the Phillies in Friday night's game against right-hander Kris Medlen (7-10, 3.74).
Acquired in the trade that sent Shane Victorino to the Dodgers at the deadline last year, Martin went 11-5 with a 4.12 ERA in 21 starts for Triple A Lehigh Valley. Martin had 107 strikeouts in 115 2/3 innings.
The Phillies have not determined the rest of the rotation for the weekend. Cliff Lee would have pitched on Friday, but the neck strain that kept him from starting last Saturday in Detroit appears to still be an issue.
The Braves will send Brandon Beachy (0-0, 17.18) to the mound on Saturday afternoon with lefty Alex Wood (1-2, 3.51) pitching on Sunday night.


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Barnes, Juanita, 60, of Washington; 1 p.m. at Springfield Baptist Church; Davenport McLendon Mortuary.
Corriher, Evelyn, 74, of White Plains; 11 a.m. at Liberty United Methodist Church; McCommons Funeral Home, Greensboro.
Gamblin, Lewis, 75, of Maysville; 11 a.m. at Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce.
Mann, Charles, 77, of Elberton; 11 a.m. at Berry Funeral Home.
Mattox, Jimmy, 64, of Carlton; 2 p.m. at Hicks Funeral Home, Elberton.
Roberts, Ed, 75, of Toccoa; 11 a.m. at Acree-Davis Funeral Home.
Thornton, Beorthy, 74, of Hartwell; 11 a.m. at Sardis Baptist Church; Mack's Funeral Home.
Woodward, Leeman Edward, 78, of Alto; 11 a.m. at Cornelia First Baptist Church; McGahee-Griffin and Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia.
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One of Flyzone's latest is the Millennium Master EP, a modern little speedster. Patterned after a full scale Italian light plane, the Flyzone Millennium Master beautifully replicates the sleek, flowing lines of the full scale aircraft and promises to answer the same dream of low cost, high performance fun for its RC pilots. See how it measures up in our 5X5 review…
The full scale Millennium Master was designed for high efficiency cross-country flight, while maintaining thrilling fighter-like performance and unlimited visibility. Key requirements for this mission are stable handling, smooth tracking and a shape that offers minimal disturbance to the air as it flies. Those same characteristics also make for a great model flyer and Flyzone has successfully capitalized on that recipe with this version.
We tested the Tx-R option and mated it to a Futaba 8FGA Super using Tactic's AnyLink module for control. AnyLink offers seamless compatibility between the Tactic receiver and Futaba transmitter. With the motor, servos and receiver pre-installed, the Tx-R edition reduces your prep time on the workbench to an absolute minimum. The compact Aero-cell foam airframe is beautifully molded and finished, a faithful replica of its inspiration. This is a model that looks great, travels well and uses affordable batteries, letting you take to the air whenever the mood strikes. If you already have a receiver and flight battery available, a Rx-R version is also available.
A quick snapshot on this one shows high marks all around. It looks great and flies wonderfully in the hands of anyone comfortable with a full-house, four-channel model. The efficient power system pulls the Flyzone Millennium Master into the air almost as soon as you advance the throttle and offers thrilling performance sure to satisfy any pilot. You will easily find great ground handling, high speed passes, stable inverted flight, smooth turns, traditional aerobatics and more as you explore its flight envelope. The light airframe also provides honest, slow-speed handling, allowing smooth, stabilized approaches and easy landings on the stable tricycle landing gear.
Check out our video review to learn more about this Italian beauty that you can take home and fly today.
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by Betty Dravis
Betty Dravis: Welcome to Dames of Dialogue, Bob. It's a pleasure to have such a distinguished photojournalist with us today. I'd like to make it clear upfront that I know you personally, having been friends back in the day…waaaaay back in Hamilton High School (Ohio) when we were classmates. You just happened to be my first movie date, but that has nothing to do with why I am interviewing you, of course. I selected you because you are a Dream Reacher of the first caliber and have been very successful in your chosen career. That said, I'm curious about how you got started; did the photography come before the writing or vice-versa? And which do you enjoy doing the most?
Bob Lee: Well, Betty, I think I could be described as an "in the moment kind of guy." Whatever I'm doing gets my full attention. When I was in junior high school, after seeing me hunt-and-pecking on her old, black Underwood typewriter, my mother predicted that when I grew up I would be a writer. (Incidentally, she was timed in a typing competition at one hundred ten words a minute. She was so fast the keys often stuck together…)
In my first year of high school I built a small darkroom in the basement and taught myself how to process film and print photographs. The best of my prints of classmates ended up taped to the inside of my school locker door—especially the shots of two pretty classmates wrapped in white towels over their swim suits. At graduation ceremonies I was chosen as the student most likely to become a Hollywood photographer. Both predictions were to come true before I was twenty-nine. Whatever I'm doing, I like best. To discover a truth from a chain of words that tumbles from your mind that you didn't know was there that literally sings to your heart and brings tears is the most satisfying gift of all.
A few years after graduating from Hamilton High School, I decided to move to California, but detoured in Denver, Colorado—planning to work my way to California. (More details of that below…) My first break in photography actually came through the US Air Force. In Denver in November of 1951, I enlisted in the Air Force and was assigned to the 307th Bomber Wing stationed on the island of Okinawa where I ended up in a photographic unit processing aerial photos of bombing raids by B-29s on North Korea's ammunition factories and dumps. Magnesium flares were dropped to light up the ground and the photos were used to evaluate the success of the mission.
The airfield had great photo processing facilities that we photographers were encouraged to use to expand our photographic skills in our free time. I bought an expensive German Rollaflex camera. On weekends and holidays I toured around the island going into many of the small, out-of-the-way villages and beaches on a bicycle I bought for ten dollars. I took hundreds of pictures of local scenes and people. Then I used the base labs to process film and make prints when the labs were not in use. Later, I took 8×10 prints to some of the people I had photographed. My commanding officer really liked my work and suggested that I had a natural talent for composition and "timing the moment with people." He encouraged me to consider becoming a photojournalist when my tour of duty was over. The CO gave me a third stripe and placed me in charge of the copy lab which was a smaller darkroom with a workroom set up for making copies. "As long as you can keep up with your work flow for me, you can do your own work anytime you feel like it," he said. That was the luckiest break in the world for someone who wanted to be a first-class photographer and had two more years to serve in the Air Force. The CO saw something in me that was planted and shaped by my hard-working, Christian parents.
When you're given a job to do, do it beyond what is expected and it will be noticed and rewarded. It turned out that I had this darkroom all to myself for the rest of my tour on the island and I didn't have to pay for any supplies but my film. I was the only one of the photographers who worked in the labs who wanted to be a photojournalist.
Betty Dravis: I can tell you're proud of your parents, Bob. They set a good example and now you're setting one for your children. I relate to our high school class predicting you would be a photographer. Coincidentally, the Class Prophecy, as we called it back then, also predicted I would be a writer. And it's also a coincidence that we both ended up in California–at opposite ends–after taking different paths to get where we are.
As I noted above, I have known you since my youth, but failed to state that we were not in contact during the majority of that time. I hope you don't mind if I share the unusual story of how we renewed our friendship after many years. When my first novel, Millennium Babe: The Prophecy, was published in December 2000, as part of a public relations campaign I bought a copy of a Hamilton High School Directory that listed my classmates with last-known addresses. You were one of the ones who received the letter I composed and you immediately wrote to me (snail-mail). Later we started emailing, exchanging "war stories" about our careers and families. Since then I have met your lovely wife, Ileana, and you two have been up North to visit me several times. Crossing paths again more than fifty years after graduation is mind-boggling, but I am grateful it happened. We have shared a lot of laughs since then and learned new writing skills from each other…not to mention life lessons.
Bob Lee: You're right, Betty. Whenever I relate that story, my friends are astonished. But to tell more of what happened after graduating from high school in 1947, I worked for a wholesale automotive parts store for two years. It became boring and repetitive and I yearned for something new and exciting and one day at the local library I found it: skiing! I decided to put dreams of California on hold, move to Denver, Colorado and learn how to ski.
The store I worked for was the Savage Auto Supply Company, owned and operated by three brothers and their aging father. One day I asked Bob Savage, the oldest brother and general manager, if he knew anybody in Denver in the auto parts business. He had met some men at a national convention several years earlier who owned ten stores throughout Colorado and he volunteered to write a letter of recommendation and introduction. Bob also phoned his friend and he offered me a job over the phone. I accepted and within a week I was on my way in my 1942 Buick Roadmaster convertible–with everything I owned in the trunk and back seat.
By 1951 we were in a war with North Korea, so I enlisted in the Air Force for four years. When I returned from Okinawa I was stationed at Travis Air Force Base, a few hours' drive north of San Francisco. I was assigned to the base photo lab along with forty other photographers and only enough work for two. Most of us were free to wander about the base at our leisure. It was obvious after a few weeks that we were not going to get an early discharge, except three months early was granted to those who enrolled in college. I enrolled, but that still left me with a year of service. When I started gaining weight I began going to the base gym to workout with pick-up games of basketball.
Then one day in the Special Services Lounge my ace-in-the-hole jumped up and hit me right in the eyes. Goosebumps ran down my back and arms. There it was again: skiing, my salvation from boredom. The Air Force owned a recreational ski lodge on top of Donner Summit. The notice of its existence was on a small sheet of paper on a bulletin board. The details of using it were pitiful.
I asked around and finally got in touch with the CO of Special Services, Colonel Rhodes. To make a long story much shorter, I got my CO to transfer me with Colonel Rhodes's approval to Special Services and assignment as the ski instructor to replace the one being discharged in three weeks. The photographs of my ski trips to the Japanese Alps from Okinawa are what convinced the Colonel to request my transfer. I put together photojournalistic posters that were displayed around the base with the visual and written details that made the lodge desirable. This chapter of my life is a novel in the making. I spent that winter on the mountains of the Sierra Nevada making friends with all the ski resort owners, photographing ski races, dating female Olympic racers and photographing them. All these contacts were going to serve me well after I graduated from college and began my career as a freelance photojournalist. There is more, but I need to follow a chronological line of thought.
Betty Dravis: That sounds good to me, Bob…whatever works for you, works for me. But before you continue, I'm glad you mentioned playing basketball in the service; that reminds me that you were captain of our school basketball team back in the day too.
It's interesting that your career got started in Colorado and really took off when you hit California. The photos and stories you wrote are intriguing and published in prestigious magazines, and I'm impressed by some of your interview subjects, especially the late, great, iconic producer Aaron Spelling. I really enjoyed all of his famous TV productions; the list is too long to place here but it includes Charlie's Angels, Dynasty, Burke's Law, Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place, all phenomenal hits.
Bob Lee: I didn't publish or write anything until after I was discharged from the AF in September of 1955 and had graduated from The Art Center School in Los Angeles with a degree in Photojournalism. Students in their last year at the Art Center are required to create the equivalent of a Thesis for a Doctorate, except there is no tolerance for sky gazing with wooly-muffle prose that has no chance of being published. I decided to shoot for the stars by writing and photographing a couple who had unsuccessful first marriages and in their second marriage they were living on Donner Summit year round, raising Husky sled dogs and small children and experiencing some of the largest snow storms of the twentieth century. My project was patterned after The Saturday Evening Post's "How America Lives" series.
After Will Connell, my PJ professor gave me an A+, I sent New Love—New Life in the High Sierras to the photo editor at The SEP. She rejected it, but her letter was very encouraging. She wrote, "This story is the finest, most complete free-lance submission I have ever received. We plan our stories a year ahead of time and we already have our winter stories set for this winter. It would be wrong of me to ask to hold it for a year; it's too good. Please send it to another magazine."
This rejection was a disappointment, but I have always believed that I have a powerful guardian angel. I would be graduating two months later and I had other work to do for other classes. Within a week, I was called into the Dean's office to meet a widely published PJ from New York and Florida named Carroll Seghers, lll. Carroll was looking to hire an assistant photographer with knowledge of the city, a good car and a good eye for "people" photography. He had three assignments for New York magazines. The Dean had recommended me, if I was interested. Fifty dollars a day and all expenses! Would I turn that down? Not on your life! Carroll was to become my most influential mentor. He was living the life I wanted to copy. The next four months of my life changed so fast that only a grace-bestowing God could bring all these elements to fruition in such a short period of time.
Betty Dravis: Wow, that's exciting, Bob. I'll never forget my first big break in journalism when I was a free-lancer and invited to interview the popular actor Clint Eastwood and shortly after that, the sexy movie star of the 50s, Jane Russell! Those were heady days for both of us, it seems.
Your list of credits and the big names that you photographed and wrote of are very impressive: producer Aaron Spelling, actors Zsa Zsa Gabor, Gloria Swanson, Vivian Leigh, June Allyson and Gene Barry (during Aaron's TV production of Burke's Law)…not to mention the 1960 Winter Olympics. And it must have been fun to photograph Bob Hope with Jon Provost, the new (at the time) boy in the popular Lassie TV series. And the list of magazines who published you reads like a Who's Who of magazines: Time, West, Cosmopolitan, TV Life, Saturday Evening Post. You even had assignments for the Encyclopedia Britannica; the list of credits goes on and on…
Bob Lee: Thanks, Betty, it was the most exciting and rewarding period of my life at that point and I'd like to share more: In the last four months of 1958 I graduated from the Art Center School with "distinction." Carroll Seghers read New Love—New Life in the High Sierras and loved it. He phoned Robert Atherton, the executive editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and praised my story. Robert said, "Send it overnight express." Within three days the story was sold for $750. Carroll's first assignment was to photograph Frank Sinatra while acting in a new movie. That went well. Next, was a story about a complete cast change in one episode of Lassie for Life Magazine. The PR rep for the show asked Carroll to take some pictures of the new boy, Jon Provost, that would make a nice cover for TV Life magazine. Carroll suggested that I do it. I think it paid three hundred dollars and Carroll told me to keep it all.
The next story was a photo study of the life of teen-agers in California for Cosmopolitan. The editor chose to use two of my shots. By the time Carroll was ready to return home, we were bonded friends and I had learned so much from him that I integrated over the next several years. His parting advice was, "Get some ideas together for stories you want to do and take them to New York and contact as many editors as you can. Bob Atherton told me that he thinks you have a bright future and wants to meet you. Your story is going to run ten pages and he's not changing one word. I don't suppose you're aware that he has edited Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald."
I was delighted, to say the least, so I followed Carroll's advice and went to New York where I bunked down at the Manhattan YMCA near Grand Central Station for three dollars a night. On the flight I considered that maybe I should try to get an agent. In the yellow pages I found the literary agency listings. I didn't recognize any names until I reached the s's and saw Ad Schulberg. I remembered reading a book called What Makes Sammy Run by Budd Schulberg and decided to give this Schulberg a call. After I told her that I had sold a story to Cosmo that was going to run ten pages in the December issue, she invited me to her home that was a beautiful apartment on Fifth Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. She was a small, elegant-looking lady with a friendly, engaging smile and demeanor. After a few minutes of conversation, I learned she was Budd's mother and for years had been a talent agent for some of the most famous movie stars in Hollywood. Her husband was the president of RKO and later, Paramount. In one book I read later she was referred to as "The Queen of Hollywood." She preferred the less stressful agenting of writers. She agreed to represent me and asked me to have dinner with her that night. She had two tickets to a classy supper club where a new singer named Barbara Streisand was performing. It was a grand evening.
The following day, Bob Atherton took me to lunch. I told him about my experience as a ski instructor during my last year in the Air Force and that I wanted to do a story about the Alexander Cushings of Squaw Valley and the coming 1960 Winter Olympics. He said he would think about it and let me know. After a week in Manhattan, I had four pre-sold assignments and had met ten editors that I could approach by phone later with ideas. I was on my way…
Back in California I decided to make the rounds of the LA advertising agencies with my portfolio of children's photographs. I sold two to a young account executive named Angela Fox Dunn. She asked me where I had taken the pictures. The answer necessitated telling her about New Love-New Life. She wanted to read it; she was a frustrated writer and after reading it, she invited me to a picnic on the beach where we discussed writing. I learned that she was in love with an Italian man whose sister had recently returned from Spain after two years of working in Madrid for an American contractor as an interpreter. "Her name is Ileana and she speaks four languages, lived in Milan, Italy through WWII. You two would really like each other. She's from a good family and she graduated from Scripps College in 1956. She will make someone a fantastic wife. You're both the same age."
Angela's uncle is William Fox of Twentieth Century Fox Studios. Her mother is the story editor at Fox Studios. Angela has published several hundred movie star profiles in the LA Times, but most important to me, as it turned out, Angela was a born matchmaker! She hosted a Christmas Eve dinner party for Ileana and I to meet and invited another couple that she had brought together. The Fox family in LA is sizable and some of them take turns hosting holiday parties between Christmas and New Year's Eve every year and Angela took us to every one of them. After the fifth night-party at a beach house north of Malibu Beach and under a full moon I proposed to Ileana and she accepted. We stopped at Coffee Dan's in Santa Monica to drink a toast to each other and plan how to break the news to our families.
As timing would have it, the following morning I had a call from Bob Atherton in New York. "Good news, Robert. We've decided to go ahead with the Cushing Squaw Valley Olympics piece, but you'll have to be in Squaw Valley early morning New Year's Day to get the pictures we need. Okay?"
"Why the rush, Bob, I'm planning to get married in a few days."
"I apologize for the short notice, but the three Cushing daughters are attending a private school in Virginia and are home for the holidays, but they are returning to Virginia by train at 3 pm on January 1st. We need pictures of the entire family on the mountain showing the valley below."
I hesitated for long moments before Bob interrupted my thoughts by saying, "I appreciate your dilemma. Let me sweeten the pot to present to your fiancée. We will pay all your honeymoon expenses by giving you a second assignment of "How and Where Californians Have Fun" and you can take all the time you need—within reason, of course."
"Okay, Bob, it's a daunting task, but I'll try. I've got to schedule a preacher, get a blood test, a license, buy a ring, put my ski gear together, organize my camera gear, then notify all the family on both sides. I'll ask Ileana and get back to you shortly."
I phoned Ileana and she said, "Let's do it." And we did! That turned out to be the most important and luckiest day of my life.
Betty Dravis: Sounds like your guardian angel was working overtime that day, Bob–fantastic photography deals and a lovely wife in one fell swoop! Your life was taking off to stratospheric heights… But time flies, and you and Ileana now have a grown daughter and son and reside in Idyllwild, California, with a second home near Palm Springs. Both locations are among the most beautiful places on earth. I'd like to ask a simpler question about photography and then move on to your novel. We love talking "books" here at Dames of Dialogue, but since I know you also photograph breathtaking landscapes and seascapes, I would like you to share your favorite one with us.
Bob Lee: That may be a simpler question, Betty, but since I love nature in all its manifestations, I can't choose a favorite. Is it okay if I e-mail you a selection of my best nature shots and you choose your favorite?
Betty Dravis: That's a deal, Bob! I'm the winner in this situation because I get to see a number of your lovely works. I won't name the one I select now because the story is finished before I select the photos; instead I'll post my favorite here. It will be hard to choose between a mountain mirrored in a lake and a glorious sunset or sunrise, for example, but I'll do my best. Thanks for the opportunity.
And now on to your adventures in Peru and a bit of book talk: I know that you have some connection with Peru and a trilogy you are creating is set in that country. Bob, I have read your unpublished manuscript and it's a powerful, dynamic accomplishment with unforgettable characters. I hope it gets published soon because you've worked on it for over twenty years and it's a remarkable story. I think the world is ready for something so well-written and original. I think it would make a blockbuster of an action movie with a strong love story.
Please tell us about your adventures in Peru and whether that inspired Circles of Destiny. Feel free to name the books that form the trilogy, capturing the essence of each in one line…which is the hard task that publishers ask us authors to do…
Bob Lee: My daughter's Godmother, LiLita Fraser Mellon was born and raised in Peru. A close friend of hers was in the San Pedro area looking to buy five used tuna boats to take back to Peru because the local boat builders had lost too many unseaworthy new boats and there were millions of tons of anchovies running just a few miles off the Peruvian coast. We entertained this wealthy young man at our Lake Sherwood home. I traveled to Peru with his fleet of five tuna boats and was welcomed into the Fraser household as a family member by LiLita's physician father and her mother, brother and sister-in-law. All of them had been guests at our Lake Sherwood home. I was also welcomed into the homes of all of LiLita's friends that she had written letters to. Her brother was a very well-connected businessman. The eldest daughter of the vice-president of Peru taught me much about Peruvian society. I had many adventures in Peru and they did inspire the writing of the novels, but at the time I wasn't conscious of gathering research.
As you know, Betty, it's almost impossible to put a story concept in one line, so I hope it's okay if I give a portion of an overview that I use with my submission letters:
In 1968, the year of the assassins, an angst-driven priest, Father Doug Ryan, is sent to Peru from Los Angeles to investigate an Andean padre accused of using mission funds to buy guns for Communist guerrillas. He is mistakenly identified by a dictator-in-the-making as the source of the Andean padre's gun money and is marked for torture and death. Choosing to take a dying street urchin to a hospital, rather than meeting with the Cardinal-Archbishop of Lima, saves the priests' life. The death of the street urchin creates an unbreakable bond between the priest and the doctor who tries to save the boy. Several hours later, the doctor chooses to risk his own life to help save the wounded priest who is being chased through downtown Lima by two squads of counter–revolutionary soldiers. The doctor hides the priest in his nieces' bookstore with her help. The realization that the dying boy as well as the doctor and his niece, Chabuca Barcea, has saved his life compels the priest to follow a treacherous path to fulfill his spiritual mission.
By helping to save Father Ryan's life, Chabuca is forced onto an unknown path to preserve her life and her father's manuscript. She volunteers to be Ryan's guide and Quechua interpreter by going into the Andean wilderness with him to find the renegade priest. Their journey turns into a quest for spiritual peace, an epic blend of fiction , history and personal experience.
The narrative continues in the second book of the Circles of Destiny trilogy, Heart of a Warrior – Soul of a Saint, and comes full circle with a satisfying, dramatic ending in the third book. It's titled Spirit of the H.A.R.P; it's a work in progress and is almost finished. Chabuca and Doug continue the search for her father's assassins until she is kidnapped by a communist guerilla leader, Pactimbo, the Russian. The ransom is that her uncle, a senator, write and persuade the legislature to pass a land reform. After the dictator's attempt to assassinate the president fails, a coup d'état succeeds, and the secret policy of genocide continues against the landless Indian population.
Betty Dravis: I know you are not a man of few words, Bob, so am not surprised that you didn't wish to condense your ambitious, exciting trilogy into one sentence per book. Whenever an agent or a publisher asks me to do that, I often think how unrealistic it is…but I try to go with the flow. I'm happy you gave this more lengthy description. It's very well presented here and will surely intrigue all who read it. Since you're retired now and have always believed in following your dreams to fulfillment, I assume that getting your trilogy published is your next big dream. Is it out to submission currently and what do you hope for your writing career in the next few years?
Bob Lee: Yes, Betty, I'm very excited by the prospect of getting these books in print. The first book of the trilogy is with one of Hollywood's leading literary agents, Joel Gotler in Beverly Hills. I'm awaiting some news, but have learned to be patient when dealing with agents and publishers.
Betty Dravis: You already mentioned the influence of Carroll Seghers, lll on your life, but who are others you look up to? I, myself, have had a lot of mentors and mine are as different as the sun and the moon: Clint Eastwood influenced me when he went on after I interviewed him to reach astronomical heights. He taught me to dream big and not let anything stop me; Eleanor Roosevelt was a font of wisdom; and my parents taught me all about honesty, kindness, the importance of dreaming and to follow Biblical teachings. And like many writers, my favorite authors inspire me: from famous ones like Pat Conroy, Joseph Finder and Maya Angelou to soon-to-be-famous writers like my friends Christy Tillery French, Chris Platt, Chase Von, Laurel Rain Snow, Caitlyn Hunter and Maggie Bishop. I'm wondering who your favorite authors are and which one inspired you most.
Bob Lee: Pearl Buck, The Good Earth; John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath; Graham Green, The Power and The Glory: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo; all the books of Thomas Merton; all the books of Carl Jung; Soul Mates by Thomas Moore; The Life of Saint Francis by Nikolas Kazantkazakis; The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone; Lust for Life by Irving Stone; Scene and Summary by Leon Surmallion. I also spent twelve weeks with Lajos Egri , a Hollywood script doctor and renowned Hungarian playwright who wrote the quintessential The ART of Dramatic Writing and several others.
I've learned much from each one of these men and women, but the most inspiration comes from my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Betty Dravis: I can see His influence on you, Bob, and find that admirable. If you had the influence to change anything in the history of the world, or the present or the future, what would you choose to change and why?
Bob Lee: The Bible tells us that "God hates a Liar." President Abraham Lincoln said, "No man (or woman) has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." I would vote for a law that says, "Every politician that lies to those who have put their trust in them shall be subject to jail time at hard labor based on the severity of their lies and the damage their lies have done to innocent lives." Just being voted out of office into a cushy retirement income for the rest of their lives is cultural suicide and unjust to those who have to work harder to pay the increased taxes to keep these lying thieves in the luxurious lifestyles they've become accustomed to.
Betty Dravis: That might sound harsh to some readers, Bob, but most Americans have political savvy and would agree with you; politicians have gone too far and have caused catastrophic damage to too many people, to the detriment of our great nation. Now for another question: If you could spend the day with one person (someone in history, a favorite author, a public figure, a character in a book, etc.), who would you choose and why?
Bob Lee: Jesus Christ, because He gave me mercy, grace and love, cleaned up my life and offered me the gift of eternal life. I've accepted that gift with gratitude.
Betty Dravis: Bob, I too am a believer and I admire your faith. Now this question is really two in one… and I think I know how you will respond: Next to your faith, writing and photography, what is your passion and what is your pet peeve?
Bob Lee: You probably guessed right, Betty. My passion is to honor each day and thank God for one more day of life on this beautiful earth and to revel in the miracles of life all around me. My pet peeve is a liar who lies about his lies.
Betty Dravis: Thanks for sharing so openly with us about your life, Bob. It has been a delight learning more about you. I'm sure our readers will want to know even more about C. Robert Lee, so do you have any websites or links you would like to share with us?
Bob Lee: Not at this time, but people can reach me on FaceBook.com.
Betty Dravis: I'm on FaceBook, too, Bob, as are all the authors I know, many Amazon reviewer friends and many members of my extended family, including grand nieces and nephews. It's a great place for quick, easy communication.
In closing, I would like to add: I know Circles of Destiny has received pre-reviews from a cross-section of people with well-developed critical faculties and impressive credentials. I don't have room to share them all, but I would like to leave this one for our readers to digest because it's the opinion of Norman Corwin, a writer-producer-director who holds visiting lectureship chairs at five major universities; chairs two Motion Picture Academy Award committees; has won twenty-two major awards in media and the humanities and has published seventeen books. A documentary film, The Golden Age of Norman Corwin was awarded an Oscar in March of 2006. After reading parts of Circles of Destiny to his advanced writing class at USC, he told the students: "The scenes of the dying street urchin, the feeling of impotence, compassion and loneliness on the part of Father Ryan, and how he and the good Doctor Tomas tasted the boy's death in their souls haunted me to the point of tears. It was only my long professional training that got me through." After lengthy discussion, Norman ended the session by saying, "As you have seen and felt, this writing achieves great power."
Corwin's evaluation is a perfect way to end this interview, Bob. Thanks again for sharing with us, and best of luck with Circles of Destiny. Check back with us and let us know when it's published.


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Former Disney exec now scripting wine for successSeptember 25, 2012
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