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Patti Petersen's avatar

Haha, nice ending :)

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Karen Zey's avatar

Ah, still a working writer I see. And as always, a n astute observer of the world and life's absurdities.

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

Thanks, Karen. There's plenty of absurd to go around,

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Sari Lubitsch Tudiver's avatar

I really enjoyed this story. It made me notice the Onley we have hanging in our living room (Inland Sea), unobtrusive, the colours so pale compared to others in the room. Not a favourite (and definitely not worth more than we paid for it long ago), but I feel loyalty to its calm silence since his death. Thanks for the story.

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

Thanks! Onley is an acquired taste, one that I'm starting to take to.

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Gina Roitman's avatar

Great story! In another life, when I was married to a man who was certain one day he would capture the brass ring, we purchased three Dali prints--artist's proofs, signed in hand--from his Divine Comedy series. They were horrid depictions of hell but the key selling point for my ex-husband was that Dali was old and could not live for much longer. Out of spite, he lived another 10 years. And when my ex tried to sell the prints, he learned they were worth a little less than what he'd paid for them. He sold then anyway, just to get them off the wall.

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

Thanks, Gina... Art collecting isn't for the faint-hearted.

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Gina Roitman's avatar

Or for those expecting to get rich.

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

Thanks!

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

Thanks, Susie.

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

Thanks!

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Barry Nashen's avatar

Well written, right up to the the last pair of words!

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

We lived in awe of those senior editors.

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

And publishers, too!

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Susie Kaufman's avatar

I like the reserve and the dry wit of this piece very much.

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Kathy Glennon's avatar

Hope springs eternal….

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Rona Maynard's avatar

Loved this. The ominously perfunctory notes brought back memories of working for Peter Newman, who didn’t leave an only Onley for me to make my own.

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Anna C Rumin's avatar

Early chuckle - Thankyou great story!

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