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Noooooo!
Not just one more chapter!!!!
This one was quite the roller-coaster. When it started, I thought all that nice Chuck build-up was about to be for naught. But you spared us that. :)
Thanks for this story, Sammy. Lifts my heart every time!
— Emma
20 seemed like a good number
to stop at. If the muse pays me another visit with the further adventures of our gal Evie, I will joyfully write another book of 20. Right now, I'm champing at the bit to start posting a new story (stories?) that are occupying my neurons at this moment. I wish I was as productive as you are (or Maryanne or Melanie B) but my work habits are dreadful. lol.
I'm kvelling that my story lifts your heart every time. Nicer words could never be spoken to a scribbler like me.
Hugs,
Sammy
Real Time...
Sometimes this gets a little scary, between featuring a Micky Dolenz song posted September 13, 2023 and the ongoing California League finals (though Modesto beat San Jose last week, so Rancho Cucamonga's championship series starting today is against the Nuts rather than the Giants).
Eric
Aww, Nuts
Honestly, the only reason I used Rancho Cucamonga in the story was the setting being Los Angeles and The Quakes being the Dodgers' nearby Single A affiliate. I fully expected that none of the baseball-related events mentionned in the story would actually occur. As Dylan would say, RC winning the championship would be "a simple twist of fate." Also, I've always loved that Jack Benny episode with the wack train announcer voiced by Mel Blanc (apparently 'borrowed' from Blanc's Bugs Bunny toons). I doubt many readers on this site really got the joke.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Hugs,
Sammy
So glad you have promised us one more chapter
You could have finished there, allowing us to dream our own "happy ever after", but part 19 does really need rounding out to a nice tidy 20!
I can't (but will have to) wait!
Somehow "Out of the Past" felt much more remote, but I feel that "Sisters . ." is one of your best!
Dave
Rounding off the corners
The thought had occurred to me to end it right there but I've had great fun writing this (it's also one of my favorites, lol) and there are some loose ends to be tied up.
I'm glad you've enjoyed reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it. See you in the funny papers!
Hugs,
Sammy
Evie's still a superstar
Glad to see Chuck pull his head out of his arse and get back in the Evie sweepstakes. Is Trent really still a viable alternative? But c'mon Sammy, Mickey Dolenz 'Monkeyfying' REM? That is bordering on sacrilege! I do like newcomer Kate Bush.
Well, this has been a great story Sammy, perhaps put it on hold until the strike is settled? Thanks for sharing with us! :DD
DeeDee
You can never count Trent out...
but he's got his nose pressed against the window now while Evie and Chuck are enjoying a 4-star love feast inside the restaurant...
Even Trent's mom has given up. But I have a feeling Trent won't be "lonesome" for long.
Poor Ray Crawford. Coulda been a contenda...
Thanks for reading, as always, Dee.
Hugs,
Sammy
Guess I'll Ask...
Whose arrangement of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome..." is that? Reminded me of Kenny Rankin...
Eric
Ben Watt
From his album "North Marine Drive" released in 1983. This was before he formed Everything But the Girl with his eventual wife Tracey Thorn. I dubbed his vocal down a semi-tone while keeping the tempo pretty much the same. I thought it'd be obscure enough no one would identify it. You couldn't do that with Kenny. What a singer Rankin was. "The Kenny Rankin Album" and "Silver Morning" are my favorites from him.
Hugs,
Sammy
Weeeellll….
That was a real rollercoaster, Sammy. My romantic old heart can’t take much more of this! Like others I’m only sad that this delightful tale is approaching its finale. I’m really going to miss Evie, yet another wonderful heroine in a long list of beautifully written lead characters that your fertile imagination has created to beguile us.
And here’s to Chuck, albeit not before time. What is it about manchildren?
Thank you for including Barbara’s first big hit, too. Minor carp: Never My Love is by the Association, no one else, no arguments. And Windy is THE greatest summer song ever. Fight me.
☠️
I cherish The Association...really!
No argument on "Never My Love." Just wanted to subvert expectations with an interesting recent cover rather than insert The Association original version by rote. And did you know that Ruthann Friedman wrote "Windy" as a waltz but Bones Howe, the group's producer, switched it's time signature to 4/4? Windy, by the way, was a guy -- Ruthann's imaginary hippie boyfriend. She was living in David Crosby's Santa Monica house at the time (who knows why or how) and, one day, this good-looking guy with long, wavy hair walked in, sat down, and she was mesmerized. Only stayed for a minute and Ruthann never even got his name. Because of his hair, she named him Windy. She showed the song to her friend Van Dyke Parks and he gave it to Bones Howe, who was producing The Association. Friedman left music for over 30 years, working in the stationery business and raising a family. She's still alive and living in Los Angeles.
So...I would place "Windy" on the platform for best summer song alongside "Groovin'" by The Rascals. Oh but Felix could sing...
Hugs,
Sammy