tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post2084720676571299145..comments2023-07-26T03:02:44.055-07:00Comments on ANWA Founder & Friends: Every Experience Can Be A Writing ExperienceMarsha Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-68631859498161096472012-01-18T23:35:36.254-07:002012-01-18T23:35:36.254-07:00Love your re enactment pictures. I have to agree I...Love your re enactment pictures. I have to agree I worried when I saw how small it looked in the picture. Your story made my skin crawl. I too try to remember sensations and experiences with the hope they might come in handy in writing.Susan G. Hawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149863824322299876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-72099092358429663252012-01-16T13:36:46.705-07:002012-01-16T13:36:46.705-07:00GAHH! I read this post with my legs up off the cou...GAHH! I read this post with my legs up off the couch, shuddering with horror every second! We live in Nevada where scorpions are a real possibility, but I've only seen one in my life--at girls camp in California so many years ago. It was a tiny one which--I still have no idea how--crawled right out of the campfire!<br /><br />I laughed so hard at your pictures, but this still must have been really a horrifying experience! As someone who freaks out when a spider crawls over her, I know I'd probably die of shock if I ever shared a bed with a scorpion!<br /><br />I have a friend who keeps them (and tarantulas) as pets, and goes out on night expeditions with her family to find them with a UV light. Crazy lady. ;) A couple weeks ago, one of her biggest tarantulas escaped its cage, and her arachnophobic husband was not happy. LOLKristin Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112300139571487439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-59107850502892709932012-01-13T11:55:27.684-07:002012-01-13T11:55:27.684-07:00Oh! My! Heck! Laura! While I was reading your acco...Oh! My! Heck! Laura! While I was reading your account of the "attack" my heart was thudding wildly. I know how poisonous scorpions are. Then I finally scrolled down far enough to see the picture of the scorpion and saw how terribly small it was. I was really frightened for you. If it bit you, you should be calling 911 for emergency care. When you called it big, I almost fainted--swooned, like I wore a too tight corset. Good grief! Where do you live? I've heard that the bigger the scorpion the lesser the poison too. The babies are the most poisonous. Down here in southern Arizona, the adult critters are the size of our palms, plus maybe a digit or two. Rarely do we have them crawl into bed with us, though. Eeep! I'm glad you're okay. <br /><br />Whew . . .<br /><br />Have you ever had the gas stuff when having dental work done? I had a tiny cavity filled last month and I don't like needles so I asked the doc to use the gas so I don't care what he does. "No problem," he said. The tech put that little cup over my nose and the hissing began. At first I didn't think it was working. I just felt kind of suffocated, but then suddenly the dentist's voice began to have echoes, like rings on a calm pond after throwing in a pebble. I looked up at him, and I saw swirling trails of color being left behind. The music that had played softly in the background pulsed louder and then faded away in the same echo effect as the doctor's voice. I struggled to lift my arm, trying to get his attention, and I'm not sure, but I think I asked him if I was supposed to be having a "psychedelic" experience . . . I never got another word out before I passed out. I woke up with my mouth numbed, and I wasn't totally sure he didn't complete the filling. Sad to say, he didn't. I refused anymore gas and suffered through the drilling totally awake. <br /><br />All the while I was having that weird experience I hoped I would remember every bit of it knowing I could and probably would us it somewhere in a story. Yeah, we writers are a strange bunch.Debra Erferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239033133090036826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-35755393608197171682012-01-13T09:56:04.091-07:002012-01-13T09:56:04.091-07:00We writers, and actors I might add, are a strange ...We writers, and actors I might add, are a strange lot in how we view things, aren't we?<br /><br />Gotta love this perspective. We all do this, don't we? Don't we? Please tell me it's not just Laura and I. :0TKAstlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853167834460094772noreply@blogger.com