My Father, the Falconer

[cgronlund]

I have a book I've never read

Comments

[anonymous]

God, I loved your dad. If there's a big fishing pond or cliff to jump off of in the great beyond and somehow he's looking down, or up, I wish him a Happy Fathers' Day and I thank him for helping me bring two great people into this world. :)
Mary

[cgronlund]

There are times I miss him, obviously, but then I think of the neo-conservative angry man he was becoming and there are times I'm almost glad things happened the way they did.

[anonymous]

I can understand that, although I think of UB, who is getting that way, too, and I'm still glad he's alive.

[cgronlund]

I've never heard that story about one of the Buddhas.

In all his stories, my father definitely told tales that made me happy and feel like I could do anything, even if the stories were only based on a half-truth twisted to suit his needs.

He really did what any good storyteller does: he took a kernel of truth and ran with it. Trying to pass it off as truth--there were times I could almost appreciate what he did and times I felt sorry for the guy.

But he was definitely a major influence on my writing with the way he told stories.

[siths_mom]

Am catching up on my reading.

Sounds to me like his stories were the truth for him. And what good story teller doesn't embellish the truth. :)

[deaconmc]

i enjoyed this, thanks.