158 sats \ 13 replies \ @carlosfandango 4 Oct 2023 \ on: Stacker Saloon
Old hands tell stories
..a whittling slip.. wedding ring
Old faces tell truths
Very zen, good work
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Thank you!
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Damn! Stepping it up a bit this morning. Care to reveal the inspiration?
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You like it? I was writing a short story and didn’t feel it was going anywhere. These are a condensed version of the opening lines.
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I do like it. I was wondering if there was a literal inspiration. Really old hands can be shocking. I remember looking at my great grandfather's as a kid. They terrified my sister.
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Yeah. My grandfathers…. He lost the use of them towards the end. He was a craftsman in his dsy
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My great grandfather made it to 101. He had a backwards immigration experience, where he went from wealth to poverty. By the time he hit his mid 90s the skin on his hands was almost completely transparent.
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And that’s an interesting statement about reverse immigration - kinda where my short story was headed. In this case; A man treading water, minding his own business, yet being blown backwards by his government & inflation.
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I don't want to pressure you, but it would be great if you posted your story here when you are finished writing it. I understand that you might want to publish it elsewhere first.
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No pressure at all. I would publish it here and I’m not sure anyone else would be interested. I have a lot of competing demands at the moment but I may revisit it soon. Along with a poetry piece I told you about ‘Growl’.
I like that. I think about immigration and its impact on families generationally a lot. This isn't the place to fully discuss it, but my mother's family's immigration story from southern Italy to New York City was really crazy, a little funny, but ultimately devastating
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The hope of a new country and life doesn’t always provide a happy ending. My family is somewhat similar.
Wow. I remember my friends grandmother - her skin was like tissue paper…
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