tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2964436141301211678..comments2024-03-29T10:25:17.813-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Treadmills, and the Stories We Tell About Ourselves @LauraHankinJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44748316385673053832023-04-25T15:43:53.320-04:002023-04-25T15:43:53.320-04:00I done so many dumb things over the years that I t...I done so many dumb things over the years that I think I regard it as business as usual. If it's really dumb my husband will oh so cheerfully remind me of it. But that goes both ways! Laura, your book sounds so good and I can't wait to dig into it.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72877018126128308182023-04-25T14:49:08.702-04:002023-04-25T14:49:08.702-04:00Thank you, Hallie! And I don't think so!Thank you, Hallie! And I don't think so!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50748906234489525112023-04-25T14:46:38.565-04:002023-04-25T14:46:38.565-04:00"The Sprinting Turtle," amazing! And so ..."The Sprinting Turtle," amazing! And so glad to hear you enjoyed the excerpt! Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81009181930909905382023-04-25T14:45:43.918-04:002023-04-25T14:45:43.918-04:00Ah, I love this!Ah, I love this!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38698099427279893422023-04-25T14:40:36.438-04:002023-04-25T14:40:36.438-04:00These stories are excellent, thank you for sharing...These stories are excellent, thank you for sharing them with me!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90050089656094104612023-04-25T14:38:48.212-04:002023-04-25T14:38:48.212-04:00Thank you Deborah! So hope you enjoy it.Thank you Deborah! So hope you enjoy it.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33574433542444411652023-04-25T14:38:31.800-04:002023-04-25T14:38:31.800-04:00Oh no!! Oh no!! Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70165444529380275962023-04-25T14:37:27.807-04:002023-04-25T14:37:27.807-04:00Jenn, thank you! Crossing my fingers you're ri...Jenn, thank you! Crossing my fingers you're right!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32082304707855263062023-04-25T14:36:19.750-04:002023-04-25T14:36:19.750-04:00Laura you have a wonderful sense of humor! Got to ...Laura you have a wonderful sense of humor! Got to be able to make fun of yourself. Love the name you gave that "group" in your novel: Daydreams. Has nobody used it??Halliehttp://hallieephron.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9676806865376375242023-04-25T14:31:15.272-04:002023-04-25T14:31:15.272-04:00Thank you, Judi! And hah, I'm sure you're ...Thank you, Judi! And hah, I'm sure you're right, you've probably never done anything embarrassing in your life :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42848642431594425272023-04-25T14:26:48.049-04:002023-04-25T14:26:48.049-04:00Karen! I laughed out loud at the image of you fall...Karen! I laughed out loud at the image of you falling while trying to see a pool (though I am sorry you got hurt). This sounds exactly like something I would do.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53445872448977860832023-04-25T14:25:23.267-04:002023-04-25T14:25:23.267-04:00Laura, The Daydreams sounds like such a great read...Laura, The Daydreams sounds like such a great read. Congratulations on its publication. I mentioned above my first trip to Hawaii and my bathing suit top coming off. I can laugh about it now, but it was highly embarrassing at the time, which was 45 years ago. Now, there's not much that would embarrass me. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11513041610907283332023-04-25T14:19:12.070-04:002023-04-25T14:19:12.070-04:00I love the North Shore of Oahu and watching those ...I love the North Shore of Oahu and watching those giant waves. I was lucky enough to catch one of the big surfing competitions there on one of my visits. Your experience must have been unusual, right? I can't imagine this happening to people a lot. I did have a swimming suit malfunction on my first trip to Hawaii when we were trying snorkeling. For some reason, my top came off, which was quite embarrassing at 23 years old. Luckily, I was able to wriggle back into it before it drew much attention.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56464816855934818142023-04-25T14:11:31.156-04:002023-04-25T14:11:31.156-04:00You've got the best attitude DebRo!You've got the best attitude DebRo!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-482467887614551922023-04-25T14:09:46.462-04:002023-04-25T14:09:46.462-04:00Laura's story reminds me of when my oldest sta...Laura's story reminds me of when my oldest started high school. We expected each kid to do one sport and one arts activity. The latter wasn't an issue - Victoria was already into theatre and playwriting. Sports... not so much. The one she picked was, in fact, cross country, because, as she said, "I knew I could run forward in a straight line, and all I had to do was keep doing that until the end." Her team nickname was 'The Sprinting Turtle.' :-)<br /><br />I encourage everyone to go to the Random Penguin site Rhys linked to above (yes, I know it's really Penguin Random, but I like it better the other way) and read the excerpt from THE DAYDREAMS. I guarantee you'll be mashing that 'buy' button as soon as you finish.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65795766897334297642023-04-25T13:37:39.519-04:002023-04-25T13:37:39.519-04:00I’ve gotten to the point in life where nothing emb...I’ve gotten to the point in life where nothing embarrasses me anymore! I often describe myself as someone who can trip over air molecules. Something happened to me recently which probably would have embarrassed someone else. Now I don’t even remember what it was! It clearly didn’t ruin my life! <br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68337507014967888082023-04-25T13:36:28.591-04:002023-04-25T13:36:28.591-04:00Congratulations Laura! The Daydreams sounds great!...Congratulations Laura! The Daydreams sounds great! And what a great story. I think it's really good to be able to laugh at ourselves and not to hold our dignity too tightly. One story for me: I was 15 and we were living in England for 6 months. One of my jobs was to fill the hot water bottles every night. My sisters and I were sharing a room and we had a double bed and a single, so we took turns sleeping in the single bed. The morning we were leaving on a week long trip to Paris, I had a dream that I was filling the hot water bottles. Somehow, I retrieved the bottle from the bed, opened it and spilled the whole thing on the bed. Then I woke up. As you may guess, this did not make me popular with my family.<br /><br />One story about my brother-in-law (for which we continue to tease him). A few days before Christmas, I got up at 4 in the morning to take them to the airport (sister, bro-in-law, niece). They were going to Florida to spend the holidays with his parents. Rich told me the airline was "Air Trans" which I had never heard of. There was no Air Trans sign along the departure drop off road. I dropped them off and just as I got home, my cell phone rang, "Can you come back to the airport?" He had made their reservations to fly from Portland Maine instead of Portland Oregon!Gillian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475596719205511600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65685850042376366032023-04-25T12:55:28.657-04:002023-04-25T12:55:28.657-04:00Thanks so much, Liz! -LauraThanks so much, Liz! -LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2840938474475038422023-04-25T12:04:28.532-04:002023-04-25T12:04:28.532-04:00Laura, what a great "story." And The Day...Laura, what a great "story." And The Daydreams sounds just as much fun--it's going on my list right now! Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88209636838038272652023-04-25T11:26:59.466-04:002023-04-25T11:26:59.466-04:00What a "great" story Laura! That's h...What a "great" story Laura! That's hard to beat but, I remember an embarrassing moment on the island of Oahu at Waimea Beach on the North Shore. Waimea is famous for large waves, strong currents and many a wipe out. However, it was a sunny day and the large waves were breaking pretty far out - PLUS I was standing in knee deep water so what could happen? All of a sudden I was picked up by a small wave, tossed around and literally thrown onto the shore and landed face down. Of course the beach was crowded with beach go-ers. At least I had my bathing suit still on! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16752581970767084402023-04-25T11:25:20.393-04:002023-04-25T11:25:20.393-04:00Congrats, Laura! This book sounds so timely - I’m...Congrats, Laura! This book sounds so timely - I’m already dying to know what happened! I see a streaming series in your future! Jenn McKinlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62395286977029433382023-04-25T09:34:35.876-04:002023-04-25T09:34:35.876-04:00Laura, The Daydreams description definitely appeal...Laura, The Daydreams description definitely appeals to me so I'll be on the lookout for it. As for embarrassing moments, who, me? My kids love to tell funny stories about me but I am sure they are mostly their imagination and not at all the way I remember things!Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777683026890358953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74021655839595375442023-04-25T09:31:27.735-04:002023-04-25T09:31:27.735-04:00Karen, when I was asked that question at the ER I ...Karen, when I was asked that question at the ER I wad flabbergasted for a moment. I had recently moved into my new house in the woods and while some people had seen bears, I had not. I thought that was what the question was about but then I realized what I was really being asked.Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777683026890358953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4890994858896874882023-04-25T09:06:01.889-04:002023-04-25T09:06:01.889-04:00Thank you Kait!Thank you Kait!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78086306760327496682023-04-25T09:00:23.290-04:002023-04-25T09:00:23.290-04:00Thank you, Judy! And ahaha, thank you for sharing ...Thank you, Judy! And ahaha, thank you for sharing this excellent soup story with me! (It sounds like something I'd do too)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757893205613743223noreply@blogger.com