tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post7417193663467848217..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Top Ten Adviceses for Aspirating WriterersSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-38339005711894653672015-11-10T21:09:20.479-05:002015-11-10T21:09:20.479-05:00Hi Andy- I can testify without fear of contradicti...Hi Andy- I can testify without fear of contradiction that you've got cute kids. SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-66469673623927149202015-11-10T19:05:24.303-05:002015-11-10T19:05:24.303-05:00I had a real job for almost all of the first seven...I had a real job for almost all of the first seven years after I was discharged from the Army. I used that office computer to write like that's why they hired me (it wasn't). I haven't written a lick in the two years since I quit. But at least the kids tell me I smell worse now.<br /><br />I haven't posted here in ages. I'm glad you're still doing this.<br /><br />No matter how big my kids get, they won't stop using your steppers. I keep raising the countertops.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673842520123958712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-72331162486931539992015-11-09T01:19:05.230-05:002015-11-09T01:19:05.230-05:00My uncle Letsgo Lozko had English as his second la...My uncle Letsgo Lozko had English as his second language. He would recite out loud to his chickens whatever he had written. They are tough critics. he said whenever they were clucking it meant they liked what he had written. In Hungarian or in English. The hens were bilingual. <br />I talk faster than I think so maybe this will help me. I want to get a job with Hallmark or the one that sells Kincades, as a greetings writer. Here's a sample:<br /><br />"When I feel happy and full of good cheer,<br />it's because of you and a six-pack of beer".chasmatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962911972107586613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-52997823880417671312015-11-09T00:18:27.326-05:002015-11-09T00:18:27.326-05:00Leon, chucklin' liberally just don't sit w...Leon, chucklin' liberally just don't sit well with some of us in these here parts.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-32445772109397572872015-11-09T00:12:33.879-05:002015-11-09T00:12:33.879-05:00yep your numbre once on that giggle cerch. job wel...yep your numbre once on that giggle cerch. job well done. i chuckled moderatlyLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288771971363819090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-49877579498501938752015-11-08T18:30:38.630-05:002015-11-08T18:30:38.630-05:00Well, you probably won't get an Instalanche, b...Well, you probably won't get an <i>Instalanche</i>, but I think you usually get a Van-der-Leun-lanche.<br /><br />If Gerard at American Digest puts up a link to Sippican Cottage, I always come here -- it is always good for a chuckle, or to get one thinking.<br /><br />Thanks for being here......<br /><br />Hale Adams<br />Pikesville, People's still-mostly-Democratic Republic of MarylandHale Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444321234572718061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-31374869420104795592015-11-08T18:27:58.404-05:002015-11-08T18:27:58.404-05:00Now, Gerard posted an excerpt from this without ac...Now, Gerard posted an excerpt from this without acknowledging the author and I knew it was either you or Mark Twain by the end of the second sentence. Clemens is no longer returning my calls because I once told him being distinguished for that sort of writing is ironic. I would now like to change the subject to central heating before you get the idea to cancel my subscription,Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086055812844192867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-58924759543258181282015-11-08T15:12:01.326-05:002015-11-08T15:12:01.326-05:00You have certainly made me weep from uncontrollabl...You have certainly made me weep from uncontrollable (OK, I got over it) laughter. Not violent, being not-a-woman. I am going to post this article (by link, not the whole thing (can't afford the pixels) to a another writer's blog who also gives occasional advice to writers, but not nearly the quality of this advice. Perhaps you will get a Sippilanche.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com