Running With Quills: Responsibility. Guilt. Honesty. Okay, I need a good excuse...

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Responsibility. Guilt. Honesty. Okay, I need a good excuse...

Happy Monday Morning, My Flowers!!

That's a good start.

Yes, I'm responsible, have a horrible capacity for guilt, and I'm honest. But there are moments when the evil child within runs screaming free and demands to be released from all these demands. Even the ones she loves.

I'm at the very end of the first in a trilogy of paranormal stories set in New Orleans. This has been a blast but now it's just plain old "I gotta get it done in about three days and I know I've forgotten something really important."

All I can concentrate on is Marley, Gray, Willow, Gus, Boston Terrier Winnie and, of course, Sykes. Portals and fathomless lights, dangerous travels, do they see what they think they see, and is that a dragon, I see, or? . . . later. But I do just have to say that this had better work out or we're all going to be in mourning

So, I'm thinking about you and hope you think good thoughts for me. I'll do better next time. Meanwhile, anyone with a good recipe for de-sliming should send it along asap.

Love to all,

Stella

34 Comments:

Catherine said...: Stella
It sounds interesting!
my recipe for de-sliming--Windex and hot water.
Here's some good thoughts and hugs for your week =)

Catherine; 9:15 PM
DFender said...: Morning Stella!

Call Ghostbusters! They HAFTA have a de-sliming concoction ;-)

Hope you finish up on time cuz I'm lookin' forward to any triology from you!

Good Luck!
Deb; 3:07 AM
Tammy said...: Depending on the slime, either 4 parts vinegar, 2 parts ammonia, and 1 part gasoline to 1 part water. Or if it's a really bad slime substitute match for water and run. ::grin::

No it won't really blow, but it may well smolder and catch fire. As for the smell use nose plugs!; 6:34 AM
susan andersen said...: Slime? Hmmm.I recommend salt. But then I'm thinking of the slug variety. ~Susan; 8:50 AM
elizabeth said...: Have you asked your cats for an un/worldly opinion?; 9:36 AM
Anonymous said...: Responsibility is a good thing, as long as you limit it to yourself. You can't be responsible for the whole world, after all. Honesty and guilt are sort of intertwined - I frequently feel guilty when I've been a bit too honest, when a little white lie would have been better.

As for de-sliming, I recommend a big, drooly-faced dog. Dog slobber conquers all. Besides, doggie drool is fairly easy to wash off, whereas slime isn't.

HTH.

still karibear; 11:20 AM
Cissy said...: Oops! I read that as "recipe for de-slimming. I was going to offer up a yummy cheesecake recipe.; 12:17 PM
Jayne Ann Krentz said...: Portals, fathomless lights and dangerous travels, oh my! Great stuff, Stella. And since I've had a peek at the first few chapters of your new manuscript I say that with absolute certainty! Can't wait to read the rest...

--Jayne; 1:26 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh no!

I'm hearing the beat of Dragon wings!

And the lights just flickered!

Louis; 3:30 PM
talpianna said...: Well, a bucket of soapy water with lemon juice added works for vanishing wizards, so you might try it.; 3:42 PM
Elizabeth Guest said...: Can't wait to read your new paranormal series, Stella!!!!!!

I follow Heloise's Hints for anything slimey: 1/2 part water, 1/2 part vinegar.

Hugs,
EG; 4:28 PM
Anonymous said...: Coca Cola-it'll cut through anything.
It also makes a dynamite southern baked ham.

Keep rockin' Stella, You know your one of the very best.
Lynne Thomas; 4:47 PM
Stella said...: Thank you, Catherine. All hugs accepted here:) Stella; 6:17 PM
Stella said...: Ghostbusters, hey, Deb? Well, I already contacted them and what they suggested can't be repeated here.
Stella; 6:19 PM
Stella said...: Tammy:

I'm reading a newspaper serial called Corduroy Mansions. One of the characters just tried to charge his batter by stripping the wires at one end of an extension cord and applying to his battery. Yes, the cord was plugged in.

The paddles worked for him.

Stella:); 6:21 PM
Stella said...: Susan: Salt ain't gonna touch this slime... Stella; 6:22 PM
Stella said...: EL

This has been a difficult day. A cat knows when their person has difficulties. Mango hasn't left my side except to eat, etc. I shall ask her opinion forthwith.

Stella; 6:23 PM
Stella said...: HTH

Only my own sense of responsibility troubles me. Interesting comment on honesty/guilt. I see your point but think there might have to be intent to harm with honesty before guilt would occur--you think?

Yeah for doggie drool. Millie, not to be outdone by Mango, has been licking me all day. I now know the IDs of my true friends:)

Stella; 6:26 PM
Stella said...: Cissy--that's hysterical! We've got to smack our heads to keep them on track.

Stella; 6:27 PM
Stella said...: Thank you, Jayne. If I can entertain you, I'm doing what I live to do. Telling stories is a great way to spend a life.

Stella; 6:29 PM
Stella said...: Louis, Louis, hold on. Everything will be okay. Unfortunately garlic, crosses and daylight won't do you any good but the next time I have a spare moment I'll let you know how to save yourself:)

Stella; 6:30 PM
Stella said...: Hmmm, Tal. You wouldn't play with me, would you? This is serious stuff.

Stella; 6:31 PM
Stella said...: Thank you, EG. Vinegar has many mystical qualities. You underscore my own belief.

Stella; 6:32 PM
Stella said...: Lynne: Coca Cola? Seriously. Why do I automatically think of surfaces disintegrating?

Mmmm--you may have given me just what I need:)

Stella; 6:33 PM
Anonymous said...: Humm... I seem to remember a great description of making Lye Soap, Which ought to eat through just about anything I would think) using the ashes of a certian kind of hard-wood ,lard,(from the newly butchard pig) and leaving it all out in the rain. I think.
It was in a "Laura Engles Wilder" book that I read as a kid. I'm pretty sure it was the first one, "Little House in the Big Woods". I loved that book, lol, and have been happily hating blonds ever since!...(Just an asside- ahem...{sad but true}- nothing personal re any of you lovely writters, who may be blond, or your loyal readers, or anyone else.. or... I'll shut up now)
Good luck with your slime.
Jill; 12:19 AM
Stella said...: Now Jill...I can read between the lines, y'know. What's this blond stuff? I have a hunch it could be unkind--probably true--but unkind nevertheless.

Are you sure you didn't forget the grave dust, hairs of lizard and poop of vampire in that mixture?

Stella; 3:39 AM
Anonymous said...: Yup, Stella, coca cola. It takes love bugs off the windshield of your car, strips floors, cuts through slug slime, and gives you a caffeine lift. Then you pour it over your Virginia ham before putting it in the oven to make it moist and tender. It's sort of an all-purpose solution. If it doesn't take off paranormal slime, then I don't know what will.

Lynne Thomas

Goes pretty well with bourbon, too!; 8:29 AM
Tammy said...: That serial wouldn't be the one where a guy breaks down in the swamp and discovers he blew a fuse on his pickup would it?

And if I recall correctly the only thing he had on him was a 22 rifle, so he took one bullet out and replaced the fuse. That way he still had a nearly full rifle to fight off the slime makers, and the truck worked.; 10:57 AM
Stella said...: Tammy: This is by McCsll, the guy who wrote The First Ladies Detective Agency (I think that's the title, funny book) and it's called Corduroy Mansions. Takes place in and around London with all that luverly/strange humor you can pull off with Brit characters.

This guy goes out into the garage where the battery is dead on his thirty year old Morris (complete with wooden sides) and tries to start the thing with an indoor extension cord.

Google Corduroy Mansions if you're interested. Each chapter is very short.

Stella; 3:44 PM
Stella said...: Lynne: You are so funny--and fun. I shall try to remember all those uses for Coke.

Stella; 3:45 PM
Anonymous said...: I drove a Morris Minor "Woodie" for 15 years and then gave it to DS #3. He drove it for several many more years. Nice little car.

Louis; 5:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Seven Up works just as well as coke, especially on light colored carpets. You pour it all over a yucky stain, blot it up, and all that's left is a slight discoloration which vanishes with the next shampooing. Handyman where I used to work did that whenever someone walked through the building with tar or oil on their boots. Just like magic.

still karibear; 8:37 PM
Stella said...: Wow, Kari--I never heard that before. Great tip. Stella; 1:13 PM
Stella said...: Louis: That's great! My uncle had a Woodie and when he eventually sold it (as a collectible) it brought quite the price. Of course, he had made a baby out of it and it was beautiful.

In England I always loved to see the beautiful, classic cars on the road. Don't see many anymore. I still think the Morgan is perhaps the most interesting vehicle still around.

Stella; 1:15 PM

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