Comments on: The Dreidel in Rudolph’s Manger http://shortpoem.org/the-dreidel-in-rudolphs-manger/ if compression is the first grace of style Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Todd http://shortpoem.org/the-dreidel-in-rudolphs-manger/comment-page-1/#comment-846 Todd Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:09:20 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/?p=894#comment-846 Thank you, Kathy. I love hearing you laughed out loud. When I read the story aloud (on my CD I Steal My Bicycle and other stories) I can hear the quaver in my voice as I battle my impulse to laugh at the end; but I mustn't so I don't botch the punchline. Thank you, Kathy. I love hearing you laughed out loud. When I read the story aloud (on my CD I Steal My Bicycle and other stories) I can hear the quaver in my voice as I battle my impulse to laugh at the end; but I mustn’t so I don’t botch the punchline.

]]> By: Kathy Larson http://shortpoem.org/the-dreidel-in-rudolphs-manger/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Kathy Larson Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:58:27 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/?p=894#comment-845 great story! had me laughing out loud -- the two grandma's are terrific - I especially like how you gave them a united 'cause' in the end. great story! had me laughing out loud — the two grandma’s are terrific – I especially like how you gave them a united ’cause’ in the end.

]]> By: Todd http://shortpoem.org/the-dreidel-in-rudolphs-manger/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Todd Thu, 21 May 2009 17:03:55 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/?p=894#comment-636 Kerry, Yes, I am that Todd Walton Kerry,

Yes, I am that Todd Walton

]]> By: Kerry Wood http://shortpoem.org/the-dreidel-in-rudolphs-manger/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Kerry Wood Wed, 13 May 2009 15:09:48 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/?p=894#comment-626 Dear Todd, Are you the Todd Walton of Woodside High School, writer of Inside Moves? Dear Todd,

Are you the Todd Walton of Woodside High School, writer of Inside Moves?

]]> By: Neal Whitman http://shortpoem.org/the-dreidel-in-rudolphs-manger/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Neal Whitman Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:28:31 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/?p=894#comment-480 Dear Todd, You are a true writer. Writing, it is said, is but another name for conversation. Thank you for staring the conversation in our home - memories of Hanukkah and Christmas past. Now recall the year high school principal (not our "pal") Francis X. Cavanaugh called Kenny Green and me in for not standing at the Holiday Assembly when "O Come All Ye Faithful" was sung. Would have been in bigger trouble if he had known that from our seats we had sung "Hmmm, Hmmm, the Lord." Peace on Earth, good will to men, Neal Whitman the Poetry Prof Dear Todd,
You are a true writer. Writing, it is said, is but another name for conversation. Thank you for staring the conversation in our home – memories of Hanukkah and Christmas past. Now recall the year high school principal (not our “pal”) Francis X. Cavanaugh called Kenny Green and me in for not standing at the Holiday Assembly when “O Come All Ye Faithful” was sung. Would have been in bigger trouble if he had known that from our seats we had sung “Hmmm, Hmmm, the Lord.”

Peace on Earth, good will to men,
Neal Whitman the Poetry Prof

]]> By: Elaine Weiss http://shortpoem.org/the-dreidel-in-rudolphs-manger/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Elaine Weiss Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:15:49 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/?p=894#comment-479 Oh, Todd, you captured the nuances of each grandmother SO well that I was laughing aloud as I read. You really "got" Rachel perfectly -- are you sure you never met my grandmother? But of course your story was so much more than funny. What a powerful look at families, expectations, and children's views of the world. Peace on earth, Elaine Oh, Todd, you captured the nuances of each grandmother SO well that I was laughing aloud as I read. You really “got” Rachel perfectly — are you sure you never met my grandmother? But of course your story was so much more than funny. What a powerful look at families, expectations, and children’s views of the world.
Peace on earth,
Elaine

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