tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post5391905374884853919..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: The Milk Maid and The Boy Who Cried For the MoonJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-86414102516030493472015-08-08T19:28:30.417+10:002015-08-08T19:28:30.417+10:00You should totally go into social work when you ha...You should totally go into social work when you have finished being brilliant in education:) This story mostly wrote itself, but a lot of it came out of questions I have been asking myself for years.. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-68183714157708541012015-08-08T09:45:39.992+10:002015-08-08T09:45:39.992+10:00True, Jo. But I want to say to woman like this, &q...True, Jo. But I want to say to woman like this, "But you're so clever!!! Leave you idiot." Cause I like giving helpful, caring advice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-29672988705641779442015-08-07T18:03:25.408+10:002015-08-07T18:03:25.408+10:00Thanks Lucinda:) re Bit you don't like: why do...Thanks Lucinda:) re Bit you don't like: why does a woman stay with a man who is obviously wrong for her? Ok, when you solve that you can start on world peace..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-79655786864309911762015-08-07T17:23:05.877+10:002015-08-07T17:23:05.877+10:00Love it. Beautifully written and well crafted. Lov...Love it. Beautifully written and well crafted. Love how it gives hope. You should win!!!<br /><br />Bit I don't like: clever educated woman with a conscience in love with a man who obviously is elitist and she is happy to be his other woman. If she has a conscience and social awareness, how could she stay with him so long? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-71825260580440643062015-08-01T22:11:49.838+10:002015-08-01T22:11:49.838+10:00You know Jen, it's interesting, I would never ...You know Jen, it's interesting, I would never have used the word 'balance' to describe the way I believe I want to live my life, but there it is, sometimes I think the best reason for writing things down is to discover what I really think:)<br /><br />And also, I don't know about you, and yes, I lecture my children a lot as well, but balance in any area of life is a very difficult place to stay in. Requires a lot of practice..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-6656150775599022582015-08-01T22:00:10.539+10:002015-08-01T22:00:10.539+10:00Thanks Jo. A very thought provoking story. Balan...Thanks Jo. A very thought provoking story. Balance is something I talk to my boys about alot, usually about personal lifestyle choices, but this is a new way to talk about balance in our whole lives and how we live in this world.<br /><br />Best wishes<br />Jen in NSWJen's Busy Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556286599575103565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-77586291258934673682015-08-01T14:56:27.250+10:002015-08-01T14:56:27.250+10:00Hi jj, thanks so much for that, and yes, I am hopi...Hi jj, thanks so much for that, and yes, I am hoping that in a thousand years, maybe some of my descendants will still be living the Good Life in Tas:)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-439553943110750242015-08-01T11:15:35.173+10:002015-08-01T11:15:35.173+10:00I greatly enjoyed your story, many thanks for post...I greatly enjoyed your story, many thanks for posting it here<br /><br />& Tassie just might be the place for this to happen too ;) jjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-37345308317750763272015-07-30T21:27:23.398+10:002015-07-30T21:27:23.398+10:00Ha, you girls are hilarious. I did suggest to my f...Ha, you girls are hilarious. I did suggest to my friend Karlin that a series of 'whodunnits', Miss Marple-style set 1000 years in the future was something that probably hadn't been done yet..<br /><br />Jess, if you find that that typo is still there, let me know. I am OCD too..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-12375965151629094592015-07-30T19:40:31.089+10:002015-07-30T19:40:31.089+10:00Goodness, you've got the pair of us going. Se...Goodness, you've got the pair of us going. Several hours later we are still discussing it on the phone. We decided if no one publishes this story we will crowd fund your first book. :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-926802648522244732015-07-30T18:52:22.137+10:002015-07-30T18:52:22.137+10:00No worries re the spaces - I think there was only ...No worries re the spaces - I think there was only 1 I had to ponder a second to understand. It's just the OCD monster inside that simply HAS to mention it. ;)<br /><br />And totally agree with Lynda too. I want MORE! MUCH more. I want to hear about Una's years, about returning with the bun in the oven, about what it cost her to keep on living and raising her daughter and to repress all her learning. Tell me about Star too. She's only a shooting star, flashing briefly through this story. I want to hear about her first steps (through a cow pat ;) ) and her first words (bwo-kee) and meeting her husband and then her wedding and her child's birth too. And about her death. I want to sob with Una!<br />I've never felt such instant kinship with characters before in my life and they have accompanied me doing the washing and clearing the kitchen and cooking dinner tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-86566503192167147942015-07-30T18:15:52.807+10:002015-07-30T18:15:52.807+10:00Ooh, Lynda, I am so glad you like it:) The stories...Ooh, Lynda, I am so glad you like it:) The stories for the competition could be 2500-7500 words long. Guess which end of the spectrum this story is? And how many hundreds of words I had to brutally edit out. Torture!<br /><br />Jess, I found those extra spaces, thanks:) - seemed to be a formatting problem when I imported from Libre Office. It still has much closer line spacing than the normal blog.. but I haven't the faintest idea how to solve that problem. I hope you can all read it ok. Oh, also found a missing 'ed'. I love editing:)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-59009025285997147172015-07-30T17:32:17.016+10:002015-07-30T17:32:17.016+10:00Im sitting in my office, well after closing time. ...Im sitting in my office, well after closing time. I could not stop reading. This story must go on. I must know what happens. So very well written Jo and i read a lot of novels. It was like entering into a new world. I saw each character and every location in my minds eye. Oh to have such writing ability. Well done. More please....... <br /><br />In another life, id be in Tassie in a flash. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-42104330071476029292015-07-30T17:27:42.187+10:002015-07-30T17:27:42.187+10:00Oh, Jess, what a lovely comment, thank you so much...Oh, Jess, what a lovely comment, thank you so much my dear - what more could anyone who aspires to write hope for more than tears... hmm, maybe some laughs here and there. Next time. And how exciting for me to have started a new religion:) Will now pop back and check for those spaces..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-5766784287114739182015-07-30T17:00:56.838+10:002015-07-30T17:00:56.838+10:00Oh my goodness Jo, your story has moved me to tear...Oh my goodness Jo, your story has moved me to tears! Well thought out, an excellent twist in the story , a moral, humour, sadness, absolutely everything a good story must have. Apart from a few missing spaces, I could not fault a single part of it! If such hope is in our future then I hope to be reborn into The Balance and it resonates so deeply to me now that you have your very first convert!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com