Kittens and collage.
KateR (above) with vintage kitten stamps.
JeanR (below) with collage and a frog.
and zen-ish-tangles - with a hint of Benoit, eh?
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I am writing this part on March 29, 2025. I have scrolled back to edited my remarks - because an *anonymous* reader left a comment that you can read down below. They pointed out that the part I said was *not interesting* is essential to establishing what kind of person Uncle Fremmis is - and to also describe the setting. I'm so glad that *anonymous* took the time to leave the comment.
Also - I do not recall if I ever related the whole story - or the end - which is my favorite part - but, if I have not, I will not. If I have - I might find it and delete it. You really need to read the story.
I used the strike-through feature to delete what I had written.
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I started transcribing the entire story of Uncle Fremmis so that I can read it whenever I like. I mentioned the story one time - in 2019. I also said I would relate the story and I promise I will do that. I have not read it in a while and the first few pages are not interesting at all. If you know how it ends, it's not interesting to read all the background on what kind of person Uncle Fremmis is. I won't give away the ending just yet. I'll just repeat that it's a very good motivational story for how to snap yourself out of whining.
I promise I will refrain from further whining.
Or not.
For curious people, Uncle Fremmis is a short story by Theodore Sturgeon.
I agree with you that Sturgeon's story is a marvel, a "motivational" allegory unlike any other. It's also one of the funniest bits of fiction I've ever read. Where I see things a little differently from you is about Uncle Fremmis's background story. I actually think it's extraordinarily interesting, and vital to the "payoff" of the ending--both in terms of making the uncle's character and way of looking at life come alive, but also in terms of a certain amount of "misdirection" that is part of Sturgeon's magic in this story. It also has a front porch, sittin' on the rockin' chair whittlin' and telling stories feel to it that captures the rhythms of small-town, (probably) Midwestern American culture of a mostly bygone era. It's all golden, from where I sit.
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