Here's my first contribution; "The night was humid." J
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 28, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > Write a book's worth of first lines then. > >> On 28 Sep 2015, at 20:22, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I wish I had a story that would go with. I write better first lines than >> most authors, it's the rest that escapes me. >> >>> On 9/28/2015 3:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>> I suggest this line of yours for the beginning of a short story or novel... >>> >>> "The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, >>> the moon hung unobscured in the night sky, >>> the dog didn't care." >>> >>> Or , as a line to start that game I played long ago with literary types >>> writing a line or two, folding over the paper so only part of >>> what you wrote showed, passing it to the next person to write a couplet, >>> repeat folding paper... around the room and then the >>> last person opens up the whole thing and reads aloud the resulting work. >>> >>> ann >>> >>>> On 9/28/2015 3:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >>>> The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for about two >>>> hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he wanted to go out. >>>> Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I threw on some clothes, and >>>> gave him the treat, of an after midnight walk. >>> The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung unobscured in the >>> night sky, the dog didn't care. >>>> >>>>> On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote: >>>>> Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to check >>>>> if it was visible. >>>>> >>>>> Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it >>>>> started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see there >>>>> is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse >>>>> through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's >>>>> shadow. >>>>> >>>>> When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey >>>>> spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an >>>>> instant or so before more clouds rolled in. >>>>> >>>>> I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get something >>>>> to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get >>>>> anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher clouds. >>>>> >>>>> So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never enough >>>>> to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image. >>>>> >>>>>> On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>>>>> had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... about >>>>>> 20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of >>>>>> anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover. :- ( >>>>>> >>>>>> ann >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote: >>>>>>>> The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can >>>>>>>> still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> . > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
