Comments | furzicle: LJI Topic 18 topic: "Blood Harmony"

furzicle

LJI Topic 18 topic: "Blood Harmony"

Apr 05, 2020 13:57

Betty was on her hands and knees yanking at the weeds that were constantly popping up amongst her dahlias. The sunshine had started out as a welcome warmth after the chill of the house but by now was growing too warm. When a rivulet of sweat trickled down her forehead into her eyes, Betty sat up and cursed. “Drat these imposters! Do they think I’ll ( Read more... )

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millysdaughter April 10 2020, 05:09:55 UTC

Maybe I should try that instead of the spendy stuff...

banana_galaxy April 10 2020, 05:38:04 UTC

I loved that it had the same effect on both sisters.

rayaso April 10 2020, 18:36:19 UTC

This was such a fascinating, fun, engrossing story! It took us a lot of places.

halfshellvenus April 10 2020, 18:44:54 UTC

Wait, I thought Dick was Shirley's husband?

This was a delightful tale, and if only such a potion were real!

60 wouldn't seem that great looking at it from the perspective of having once been 30. But from 80? Oh, yes! And isn't it sad how much clearer hindsight often is than how we see things in the moment? Especially regarding ourselves.

furzicle April 11 2020, 17:52:53 UTC

That's one good side effect of hanging out with older people. No matter how critically you look at your own aging looks, you look quite fresh and young to the old ones. It also serves to put the whole aging thing into perspective for yourself!

halfshellvenus April 11 2020, 19:40:32 UTC

:D

I can imagine that one of the big differences between 60 and 80 would be the issue of aches and pains. At 60, there are a lot of people who have never had arthritus, but by 80, probably not.

Live long enough, and your body will be mad at you about something. And that will still be better than the alternative! ;)

dadi April 10 2020, 19:56:56 UTC

Great story :D makes one wonder if there isn't some fee to pay sooner or later....!

furzicle April 11 2020, 17:55:24 UTC

Yes, good point. When I finished (having already slightly exceeded my self-enforced rule of 2000 words or less,) I realized that Bashalli had claimed that Betty was destined for great things. I suppose had I fleshed that idea out, we might learn just why the potion was "free." But as I implied, the meter had run out on adding in new concepts.