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i finished the book.   Read too fast,  wanting to know what he would say,  as the last words and i went too fast and am not sure what he said.  Who are the learners?   this is the foremost question and i know that i have a literal mind for some things,  so ,  probably how i missed it,   so i need to go back.  Read some end pages again,  get his picture.   Right now,  it's vague for me,  maybe because i     hoped.

the Beauty Full small bats flew in the evening sky,  their flight,  low.  So close overhead,  the fluttering  wings,   tender and elegant.  I want to know them.  Where ARE they,  all summer?   Where do they sleep now,  in these days between summer and Rain?  Where are they?,  before they appear with their particular flight each evening  when Talkie is already UP in her branches?  So many questions.   That i understand might remain unanswered.   But i want the voice of my asking to rise up in the closing of this day,   that i asked.   I guess that's a lot of all that i can do.   Ask.  Wonder.

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10 responses to “stone human, a species”

  1. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    Going back and reading that last 100 pages again. Do that. In where the crawdads sing I had to go back because something at the end puzzled me and I had to read backwards until I found it and then I read to the end again knowing. I will save this book for when I can read again. Now I am too fragmented. Grief is hard work.

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  2. Patty M Avatar

    After reading the book I kind of squinted my mind’s eye until the
    literal story blurred. One impression, that of many person histories stretching out seemingly fragmented. Then, they snap into the puzzle Big consciousness presents to us fast livers.
    Then on the feeling level, understanding that
    our understanding may be thousands of little glimpses of the
    Big consciousness. Our problem may just be we move too fast to see the Big Picture or Big C. If true, it may be why folks who let go of frantic ‘doing’ may be more able to see the larger reality, the one trees experience. Reality of survival thru shared resources, attention and cooperation. This is seen and lived inside, hidden to
    all who feel isolated inside.
    On the other hand I just may have had one too many cups of coffee.

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  3. Irene Avatar
    Irene

    I love those little bats, too…their flight makes dusk perfect.

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  4. Acey Avatar

    I was just happy my favorite character got the best ending. AND the book’s last work.
    That never happens. Not even when I’m the one writing the tale.

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar

    good choice. Grief needs what it needs

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s beginning to float through…in small images.
    Book sits here, right here, waiting for
    something

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    they are just so WonderFull to see…how they
    suddenly appear and are flitting all over
    i held once once, a baby, in the palm of
    my hand…such an incredible iteration of the All

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    O!…favorite character, !, i think….who would
    i choose as favorite character and why???? are
    they favorite
    and that led into a very open space of thought about
    the human variance and sameness of each of the characters,
    their individual experiences and the one thread of Same
    I went down to the gas station/ grocery yesterday just for a few
    minutes and all the people there suddenly had taken on
    way more dimension. Was kind of startling.

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