Over the last week, many of you have messaged me wondering, ‘What’s up with all the Scrapbooks?’…. so I asked…..
Hi Forrest, I’ve received this question from multiple searchers, in different ways, but they all boil down to the following– if you’d like to answer…..
- Dear Forrest, What is inspiring you to write and share so many Scrapbooks on Dal’s site lately? How many more can we expect? We are all enjoying them. ~ TOTTC Searchers
I don’t know Jenny. I’ve almost run out of things to think about. Dal came down and spent a couple of days with me and we talked about a lot of things, and made some videos. He’ll get around to posting them one of these days. When I look at some of my old photos it’s like they pull a trigger and I start remembering again. Not being able to spell is one of the things I like about me. Sometimes when I make a word mistake I like the mistake better than the correct word, so I just laugh at everyone who would correct me, and stay with the mistake. If the reader knows exactly what I mean then heck with everything else.
Some of the old writing rules have been worn so thin it’s time for some new thinking. I relish in the thought that I’m the only one who can say things my very own way. I’m particularly good with commas. I just throw them in here and there where I feel like it. The English teachers who made the comma rules have no idea when I want my readers to pause in a story. At decision time in one of my sentences I just tell myself to say it like Forrest wants it said. People love to correct me when they think I’m wrong so I just start typing in the dark with gloves on, so to speak. When it comes to errors, a good laugh can be very well understood. Dal has 4 more SBs in the waiting room, and there will be more if I stay healthy. He decides when to post a story and he likes to spread them out. I never press him because I’ve learned that he has a wonderfully polite way of telling me no. f
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We all love you just the way you are….. Thanks for being you!
I am very glad he replied and you shared this! Your site is the very first place I ever publically commented on the Chase!
How special…. so many memories in the Chase (and many more to come), Forrest has given all of us….
Forrest, your scrapbooks will keep us warm this Winter. Thanks to you, Dal, and Jenny for all you do!
-Allen
No is a positive answer depending how the question is asked.
Daniel A,
Interesting perspective.
Dear Forrest,
I hope all is well! I’m having a blast reading these scrapbooks and I’m glad to hear that more are on their way. But more importantly I hope that you and Peggy are fairing well.
Thank you for the Chase.
Sincerely,
Robert Szelinski
Im a big fan of the comma’s thrown in, I like to pause and reflect when im reading, and sometimes I read so fast I get winded, so the pause becomes a necessity. Thank you for posting this Jenny !
I enjoy reading the scrapbooks. It sure beats reading the lead news stories these days. Keep ’em comin’. There hasta be some tasty morsels in those scrapbooks…I reckon.
In my mind I see Scrappy-Doo scurrying about under the Great Banquet Table…nose to the ground…to find whatever has fallen from the feast above.
Perhaps a Knight (Sir Francis?) will drop some bacon.
Thank you…Jenny and Forrest…and comma (or not)
Mr. Fenn , I have really enjoyed the SB stories, along with the history of your friends!
It’s great, keep making us smile.
Good health and God Bless you and your family!❤️
I love the fact that Forrest does it his way!
gloves, in the dark, waiting room
I think the recent flurry of scrapbooks may be payback to all the searchers who routinely choke Mr Fenn’s E-mail inbox to full capacity!! 😉
I don’t think you are wrong but I for one have been enjoying them immensely.