(Complete) Coffee Break Collection #31 - SPRINGTIME - Lt
Spring Cleaning of Car is PL OK. It sure is a period piece and I hope every listener gets that and doesn't try to make those adjustments to a car 100 years newer!!!!!
Now if it were me, as a precaution, I would add a few descriptive words to the intro, thus
"a period piece from the New York Times, March 4th 1917", with emphasis on 1917.
Could this piece have been meant as a comedy skit? Spring is prosaic --- but first there is all this drudge work to go through, exaggerating every step. It could be read thus, with the background thought "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME, IS THIS WHAT PEOPLE USED TO HAVE TO DO????". Not that I'm asking you to do that, but it might be highly entertaining.
Now if it were me, as a precaution, I would add a few descriptive words to the intro, thus
"a period piece from the New York Times, March 4th 1917", with emphasis on 1917.
Could this piece have been meant as a comedy skit? Spring is prosaic --- but first there is all this drudge work to go through, exaggerating every step. It could be read thus, with the background thought "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME, IS THIS WHAT PEOPLE USED TO HAVE TO DO????". Not that I'm asking you to do that, but it might be highly entertaining.
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Hmm do you think I should modify it to make it more clear that this isn't contemporary advice for today? I don't think anyone could follow the steps in a modern car because the equipment is so different. I did include the date of the NYT issue. I just thought it was interesting what any motor-hobbyist was expected to do on his/her own to take care of their wheels! Also the cleaning everything with gasoline, yikes.
Is it TOO prosaic? Should I find something else?
Colleen
Is it TOO prosaic? Should I find something else?
Colleen
Colleen McMahon
No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
Not at all. I'm just saying I didn't notice the date 1917 at first, and being I know nothing about cars, it could very well have been a How-To Manual on car maintenance, sort of like a You-Tube video equivalent today. I felt silly when I realized it was not current advice. No worries, it pertains and you're marked PL OK.ColleenMc wrote: ↑April 14th, 2021, 10:43 am Hmm do you think I should modify it to make it more clear that this isn't contemporary advice for today? I don't think anyone could follow the steps in a modern car because the equipment is so different. I did include the date of the NYT issue. I just thought it was interesting what any motor-hobbyist was expected to do on his/her own to take care of their wheels! Also the cleaning everything with gasoline, yikes.
Is it TOO prosaic? Should I find something else?
Colleen
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Here are two last minute entries thanks to Tally Tiger sending them to me and saying "record these so the project can be complete!"
The Spring Maiden and The Frost Giants by Eleanor L. Skinner (1872-)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_maidenandgiants_am_128kb.mp3 (13:00)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64307
The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover by Grace James
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_springandautumnlovers_am_128kb.mp3
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35853
Hope you enjoy,
Annie
The Spring Maiden and The Frost Giants by Eleanor L. Skinner (1872-)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_maidenandgiants_am_128kb.mp3 (13:00)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64307
The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover by Grace James
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_springandautumnlovers_am_128kb.mp3
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35853
Hope you enjoy,
Annie
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SOLO The Fairy Latchkey
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SOLO The Fairy Latchkey
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Thanks. I look forward to listening.
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Annie here are PL Notes on:
The Spring Maiden and The Frost Giants
10:53 repeat, then he transformed
11:01 repeat, put on his, put on his falcon plumage
The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover
5:39 repeat, then lie down my son
6:01 repeat, there was no sleep for her
607 repeat but she went swiftly
6:25 repeat, but hidden in the
I stopped PL'ing at this point. Please PL thoroughly to the end and re-submit.
The Spring Maiden and The Frost Giants
10:53 repeat, then he transformed
11:01 repeat, put on his, put on his falcon plumage
The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover
5:39 repeat, then lie down my son
6:01 repeat, there was no sleep for her
607 repeat but she went swiftly
6:25 repeat, but hidden in the
I stopped PL'ing at this point. Please PL thoroughly to the end and re-submit.
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msfry wrote: ↑April 26th, 2021, 8:44 pm Annie here are PL Notes on:
The Spring Maiden and The Frost Giants
10:53 repeat, then he transformed
11:01 repeat, put on his, put on his falcon plumage
The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover
5:39 repeat, then lie down my son
6:01 repeat, there was no sleep for her
607 repeat but she went swiftly
6:25 repeat, but hidden in the
I stopped PL'ing at this point. Please PL thoroughly to the end and re-submit.
I am so embarrassed by that . I am so sorry. Here are *fingers crossed* finished versions of both stories.
Spring Maiden and the Frost Giants
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_maidenandgiants_am_128kb.mp3 (12:56)
The Spring Lover and the Autumn Lover
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_springandautumnlovers_am_128kb.mp3 (8:33)
Annie
DR: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Readers Wanted)
SOLO The Fairy Latchkey
I am without internet at the moment. Not sure for how long.
SOLO The Fairy Latchkey
I am without internet at the moment. Not sure for how long.
Annie, both of your stories are now PL OK. Charming little stories and nice additions to this collection. Thank you.
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Lynne, this project is ready to catalog at your convenience. I've tweaked the Summary and the cover is designed as well. I accidentally added 3 extra sections, which you'll have to remove as it appears I can't do that from here.
Last edited by msfry on May 1st, 2021, 12:29 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Hi Lynne:
Sleigh Bells
By Hasan Vokine
From Weird Tales, April 1925
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 6:32
Audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_sleighbells_dg_128kb.mp3
Text at:
https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV05N04192504/page/n59/mode/2up
About the author --
https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2014/11/who-was-hasan-vokine.html
Thanks
Dale
Sleigh Bells
By Hasan Vokine
From Weird Tales, April 1925
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 6:32
Audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc31_sleighbells_dg_128kb.mp3
Text at:
https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV05N04192504/page/n59/mode/2up
About the author --
https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2014/11/who-was-hasan-vokine.html
Thanks
Dale
Sorry Dale, I read your text but don't see any relationship to Springtime in it or I would add it. Please submit to the short story collection.
Also, this project is now being closed at 20 stories. Those extra 3 sections were mistakenly added, and are being removed.
Also, this project is now being closed at 20 stories. Those extra 3 sections were mistakenly added, and are being removed.
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