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Christopher Gale's avatar

I could totally feel that painful experience and how we spin and swim in life’s refrigerator!

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...wonderful as always...pouring a glass of dogwalking sunrise up a misted hill...

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

beautiful -- turn that into a story.

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Derek Wong's avatar

The whole reading experience, from the typewriter aesthetic to the wonderful story combines into a beautiful bite-sized joy. This is living a memory, in its best form

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

"beautiful bite-sized joy"---Damn, I love that, Derek.

Also, it made me smile to see you came to read it like you said you would!! Thank you.

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Baxter Blackwood's avatar

Woah! The peace and watermelon juice in the sky imagery was some baller imagery Sandra! Great job.

This piece reminded me of what it's like to go through your photo albums, but much richer.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Hahaha baller imagery! Thank you, Baxter. I appreciate that you ended up reading!!

Photo albums? Can you say more?

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Baxter Blackwood's avatar

Yes - it's like when you go through your pictures at the end of the year and get a lot of memory flashes. Except that when you describe it as putting it in a bottle, it's like capturing all of the senses in that photo if that makes sense

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Yes, it does!! I love that, Baxter.

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Miche Priest's avatar

Such a delightful read!

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Thank you, Miche<3

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Diana Demco's avatar

So glad I got to read this. I savored every word, like a dessert eaten with a tiny spoon, to enjoy it longer. Exquisite writing!

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Whoa Diana. This is one of my favorite compliments I've gotten. Thank you for savoring!

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Indiana-Jonas's avatar

So beautifully written, I mean both the words and the feels. Keep it up Sandra!

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Words and feels!! You get me, Jonas.

Thank you for checking this out and letting me know what you think!

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

I felt like I was there! This was really cool.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

You were! Somewhere in the clouds, I think.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

I finally have words for how your writing makes me feel: like a sky someone squeezed watermelon and peach juice on!

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Lol what does this mean!

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

It's comforting and I constantly revel in the beauty <3

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

P.S. I'd like this on the rocks please.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Me tooo

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Carina's avatar

This was really, really wonderful.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Reading this comment was also really, really wonderful 😌

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randy's avatar

What an awesome change of pace. This was incredible, Sandra. More fiction please.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

You got it, Randy 🫡

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Oscar Obregon's avatar

So happy to read the published version! Loved, loved how it turned out. Your great quality writing, now applied to fiction, makes us all the more complete. I want more stories!

It's such an amazing world and concept you've developed here with so few words, what a colorful imagination you have. Glad she could readjust her memory, will try to do that someday ;)

So, what is she going to work on now?

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Haha the stories will come!! I think.

Thank you for your help and encouragement with this one. It means the world to me.

It's a mystery---what do you, dear reader, think she's going to work on now?

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Oscar Obregon's avatar

I think she'll fix a few more of her memories, before jumping into a grand crusade of fixing all the messed up memories of humanity as a whole. Cheers to her!

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

ALL the messed up memories of humanity?!

My god, man. Your dreams for her are ambitious.

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Oscar Obregon's avatar

Tell HER, I can't control her ambitions

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henri james's avatar

This was so fun. And so beautiful.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Thank you for reading :)

But...it's not Wednesday. This is not graphs or boring things, Henri. Data awaits!!

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henri james's avatar

I feel so caught out! Don’t tell the data people, okay! I needed some Sunday Candy for motivation.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

You ARE the data people!! You are your own enemy!

Honored that Sunday Candy can be a source of motivation to data it up. It's honest work, but someone's gotta motivate the data people. I hear they have many addictions. I'll be thrilled if Sunday Candy becomes one.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Unless this IS the boring things. Is this the boring things??!

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henri james's avatar

😂

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

There's only one way to interpret your lack of "no!" 🫠

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Shannon Colón's avatar

Damn, this rocks. What a treat. <3

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

No, you rocks. You’re the treat!

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Leo Ariel's avatar

Such a creative plot / concept of memories in bottles - would love to read more a pt 2 / 3 /4!

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randy's avatar

I agree. This could be a series.

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Also thank you for letting me know you thought the plot and concept are creative ! And for reading :)

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Really?! You like it? :)

I don’t know if I have more parts in me !

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Wow Sandra. I’ve been thinking about how to make my writing more beautiful, more of an aesthetic experience and you blew me away here.

Love it :)

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Oh. thank you for the kind words, Tommy!

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