Rarely does the list feel so short.

LHW, I didnt think your comment was condescending, I like honest, critical responses. I practically beg for them. I do think that as stable as trees can be, this one did more traveling than most trees ever do. Some of her seeds even went as far as NYC where they unfortunately perished while young at the hands (actually mouth) of our dog.

I tried writing the story in a more traditional way, but ultimately i felt it had too much detail, and i really wanted to write it from the pov of the tree, cause, really, this tree is like a person to us, and a very important part of our family, it’s like a pet you’ve had for 31 years, so long that the even the word pet doesn’t seem to work quite right. So the tree pov is a bit of a conceit, but i like how it makes it so that the kid and the tree get almost confused with each other. Anyways, please continue to comment before 7am.

And Stacey, I already feel like a writer, i mean, i’ve been doing this blog thing every week for over 2 years, and i think i’ve put together a few stories in that time that i like. So i’m not so concerned with whether i can write, but whether i can write a full length novel. why? really just because. i’m not sure i have enough to say to fill a novel and i certainly doubt my ability to focus for that long, but i’m giving it a try. I mean, i have a to-do list for my life with three things on it, that shouldn’t be all that hard right?

Oh, and John, I love that Zombie picture of yours, cracks me up every time.

Great post. Again. Bastard.

but why do you want to write a book? just cus?

yeah, justin, I didn’t think I would have kids either, and my doctor certainly told me that was the case. she was wrong. and I was wrong.

I guess it would be as a salutation but this sounds like grandfatherly advice. By default old people can’t be condescending.

Btw, I sound like a condescending idiot in my first comment. I shouldn’t write comments before 7 am any more. I think what got my going though was that I like the imagery of teen-you and the tree and also the whole idea of the science project and think all of that could be woven into a children’s book really well.

Other than putting pen to paper, I’m not sure about the getting it published part or the having it be a novel part, those are probably my own interpretations.

And Justin, be careful, famous last words, and all that…