tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548010454583144284.post7475625986018514932..comments2023-06-14T06:17:27.052-05:00Comments on Brand of Make Believe: In A Holler With A Couple FirefliesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548010454583144284.post-9018852818736780912009-09-27T19:47:54.716-05:002009-09-27T19:47:54.716-05:00Wow Jenny,
What a wonderful story. People from m...Wow Jenny,<br /><br />What a wonderful story. People from my past, no longer alive, haunt me, mostly in pleasant ways. That's why I wrote that line, "I have seen apparitions in the dark....." at the bottom of my Email. <br />I will have my songs on a Website I am creating for them, within 30 to 60 days. I promised my parents, more or less, that I'd have it done by the fall.<br /><br />On occasion, you'll meet people who think fireflies are something only in Fantasy books, or a Disney movie. It's serious fun to tell them otherwise. But it's sheer magic to show them, take them by the hand to a "holler" in the dark.<br /><br />When people visit me from a place that doesn't have "lightning bugs" (gotta love the Hoosier words) I often take them down to some hilly Hickory, Beech and Oak woods, on the way to our reservoir. We stop next to an unassuming highway, and they look at me while their eyes are adjusting, like, "What now? We're gonna change your tire, or something." Standing by the side of the road, isn't everyone's idea of fun. But their eyes adjust, and before they know it, their children, and their wife or husband are making sounds that preoccupy the happy. And that strange American is standing there, his face barely visible in the dark: smiling and happy as hell.<br />By the way, it's a little macabre, but: when you hit fireflies with your car, they leave a lovely glowing goo, for a minute or so. They also leave a falling star trail as you pass them at high speed. So they are pretty entertaining. I am thrilled you saw them in Slovakia. I'll have to query Google earth, and see if there is a way they can map firefly habitat. <br />Fun fun fun till Daddy takes the computer away.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548010454583144284.post-24578606755189083072009-09-27T13:24:06.111-05:002009-09-27T13:24:06.111-05:00My mobile Internet connection gets sodding slow du...My mobile Internet connection gets sodding slow during the evenings sometimes... But now I finally reached this section.<br /><br />Fine song. It is lovely to read your lyrics and I definitely see them as poetry in their own right. Yet, since I know you are a musician and all, I would love to hear this song played as well. <br /><br />Fireflies, I have seen them once in a forest in Slovakia back when I was 18 and a wild grunge gal (I am much calmer these days). An amazing sight those flies. That was on a vacation with an old boyfriend, who is not alive today. <br /><br />I really like the bluesy poignant intimacy in this song.Jenny https://www.blogger.com/profile/17128326064445770505noreply@blogger.com