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Kate Henry's avatar

That's people for ya. Hard to tell the lies from the truth sometimes. Shift the world or a part of it and you have to decide for yourself. Thanks for these little gems you tuck in our heads. Always a smile in them. )))

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thanks for always commenting, Kate. I learn a lot about YOU through them, you know.

A.T. Symeonidis's avatar

"Oh, we want lies!".... The eternal food for all humanity. Lies drive history.... and, almost always, our own lives. Well done, Sharron!!!!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

You got that right, AT. Hard to tell lies from truth these days...

James Ron's avatar

Lies just seem much more appealing and are easy to believe even when you know they are lies..

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thus fiction! ha ha ha I believe Jimmy Swann is alive. Don't you?

James Ron's avatar

I believe Jimmy is alive. But I don't know fore sure. : )

Sharron Bassano's avatar

I know where he lives. Keep the faith, baby... hah!

Janice Walton's avatar

Live together peacefully, now that would be a novel concept and a lie I would like to believe .

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Me, too. I have little faith in our species. We are capable of conceiving the glorious cathedral of Notre Dame , but built it on the backs of slaves. Sorry for my cynicism.

Janice Walton's avatar

As do I - have little faith in our species. Particularly these days.

Switter’s World's avatar

WAIT!!!

I have every reason in the world not to have faith in we people, then something comes along and shakes my faith in my opinion of us. Every time. The problem is nobody gets to hear about the goodness because there’s money to be made selling stories about the badness. But the goodness is out there. It can always be heard when the other noise is turned off.

Janice Walton's avatar

Hi, That's very true. There is kindness and goodness out there, we just don't hear about it.

Richbee's avatar

And in the days of yore humans could converse with animals. We listened and took a big bite of an apple . Then saw the truth with a forked tongue.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Hah! Write about this, Richard, and feature it on your Substack! You have a good start.

Richbee's avatar

Your encouragement raises expectations. My energy is going to a novel in the sky that may be read or not. Time grows shorter.

Mark Starlin's avatar

More lies, please!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

I am writing as fast as I can, Mark. Time's running out and I've got a lot of lies to tell. As do you, apparently.

Mark Starlin's avatar

The well is deep. 🤣

T. D. Wolf's avatar

LOL, ain’t that the truth!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Human's have proven themselves to be a hopeless species. Is that why they had to invent gods? (Sorry, did I actually say that?)

Jim Cummings's avatar

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

"... If I could turn the page In time, then I'd rearrange just a day or two..." I mean, who wouldn't? Thanks, Jim

Jim Cummings's avatar

I knew you would get it.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Hey! I am old, but still hip.

Switter’s World's avatar

Sharron, what am I going to do with you? You made me smile in spite of myself. Thank you, friend.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ah, well, just go with it, Colonel. Sometimes you just have to laugh, so you won't cry, right?

Switter’s World's avatar

Absolutely. There’s a reason for such things as gallows humor.

Sharon Hudson's avatar

I like Grandpa's story. Let's do THAT, okay? Great story, Sharron!

Justin Deming's avatar

I always enjoy listening to you read your stories, Sharron. Thank you!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Those voice overs are harder than they seem. I particularly like the voice overs of Kenneth Mills. And soon, I think we might hear from good old James Ron!

Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh gosh!

K.C. Knouse's avatar

That's a whopper of a lie! Well done.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thanks. Lies. My specialty. But just, you know, I call it fiction.

palmisanocj@yahoo.com's avatar

Excellent, Sharron. Especially love, "Embers smoldered like the seething breath of dragons." Great imagery well-suited to a great story. "And they all lived together peacefully." Indeed--what an imagination you have!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yeah, so that last line was definitely a lie... Thanks CJ. I hope you are well this morning.

Nathan Slake's avatar

Heh, yes, this made me smile: "Oh, we want lies!"