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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Pat, I love how you can weave a great story stretching from childhood to today from your love of museums. Most of us would probably just write about the art at a single museum, the food or the people, but you mix it all together and leave us reflecting on our own experiences. Thanks for another enjoyable read!

Kathy Napoli's avatar

Yet another pull me in by my mind’s boot straps and capture my undivided attention by your story! I can visualize each person and place vividly which you describe in short comprehensive sentences. A born storyteller emerges each time you share a story you lived. Thank you for giving me a few minutes of escape from this troublesome world, relaxing my thoughts and plunging me into the present. A present which causes me to remember how creative writing has its base in reality and me, the reader, is mesmerized by its content.

Pat Willard's avatar

Oh, Kathy, thank you! That's about what I felt on Thursday at the Brooklyn Museum. A momentary pull away from the outside world. We need to go to museums more often to help us get through!

Jolene Handy's avatar

Beautifully written, as always, Pat.

Pat Willard's avatar

Thank you Jolene. Hope you are well and warm out there!

Vicki Smith's avatar

When my son was small we spent many hours at the Forbes Collection admiring the toy soldiers set in imaginative dioramas. Thanks for reminding me of that!

Pat Willard's avatar

I missed that one for my sons! I don't think they're too big for me to drag them to it...Thank you for reminding me.

Susan Wittig Albert's avatar

Pat, I especially enjoyed the detailed description in your "Hours later..." paragraph. Always admire your habit of seeing the small things that make a scene *real*. Thank you!

Pat Willard's avatar

Thank you Susan...and my notebook thanks you too!

Pat Willard's avatar

That's about the nicest thing I heard today! Thank you Ruth!

Joe Willard's avatar

You drank coffee?