thrill of the chase treasure hunt

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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14 Comments

  1. 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

    Robert Szelinski
  2. 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)

    JC1117

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