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Ian Rochford replied to Robert McEvily's discussion Your Favorite Movie About Writing
"All of 'em! And Field of Dreams :)"
Mar 3
Ian Rochford commented on Angela's blog post To Those Who Find Me Here And Send Me On My Journey Home (Winslow's Challenge)
"Brilliant!"
Feb 12
Ian Rochford favorited Angela's blog post To Those Who Find Me Here And Send Me On My Journey Home (Winslow's Challenge)
Feb 12
Ian Rochford commented on Joey Delgado's blog post My Final Six
"Love it! Got the same Cheech & Chong reaction... cut 'em all, Dave. I once found an (unused) suicide note in an old girlfriend's room. She used bullet points :)"
Feb 12
Ian Rochford commented on Joey Delgado's photo
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"Longhand is the only way to go for putting ideas down. I remember writing out a film script that way - bits cut out and taped in, arrows everywhere... at least your writing is legible!"
Feb 5
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Laura Smith commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"ha ha Brilliant! It's such a complete story, too."
Feb 4
Ian Rochford commented on Laura Smith's blog post Pizza Runs
"Perfect. Beautifully balanced, loved the evocation of a beloved routine."
Feb 4
Ian Rochford commented on Deborah Jovan Reed's blog post Taking Back "the F-word"
"That's great! and this - "Readin' 'bout da brain on muh day off..." is one of those sit-up-and-listen openings that doesn't come along every day."
Feb 4
Michael Brown commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"Terrific tale, pun, and parable--neatly wrapped and delivered. Missed your byline along with the rest and hope you will always find some time to keep 'em coming--the sixes, I mean. Marchmans appear to be doing all right."
Feb 3
Angela commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"Oh, Ian.  Well, she warned him in sentence two."
Feb 3
Adrian George Nicolae commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"The ending takes the cake, if not everything else. I naughtier version of Tom Sharpe-ish writing."
Feb 3
Brittany commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"instilling wisdom has its benefits :-) too much, Ian. haha, love it!"
Feb 3
Joey Delgado commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"Hilarious. The ending made me laugh out loud at work. Fun six. "
Feb 3
Sandra Davies commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"Oh dear, orange juice on the keyboard ... worth it for this early morning parable.   Good to read you again Ian."
Feb 3
Dude A Bydes commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"Yeah and I told Eve I was just ribbin' her. Great little parable, Ian. -Dude"
Feb 2
Deborah Jovan Reed commented on Ian Rochford's blog post Adam Had ‘Em
"nice ending, nearly choked on my drink."
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Feb 2
Ian Rochford commented on Jordan Torrey's blog post Quip, take two
"Wow! I thought this read like poetry until my snoozing inner poet kicked me in the cerebellum and said "Dumbass! This IS poetry!" A joy to come back to 6S and find this :)"
Feb 2

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Adam Had ‘Em

Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:36pm 11 Comments

Adam’s teachers noticed it when, at nine, he stood up to introduce himself to the class, winked at Miss Hosemdown and said “I’m Adam and I was called Adam ‘cause Adam was the first man, and men always come first.”

She looked at him over the rim of her glasses and drawled “Tell me about it, kid, but you’ll learn not to be proud of that one day.”

She discussed Adam over coffee with Mr Marchman, who said “That kid’s got more front than a rat with a gold tooth, told me he wasn’t…

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The Man Who Threw Seed From His Window ~ Part 4 of 4

Posted on April 13, 2011 at 5:54am 6 Comments

I’ve found I have more time for him lately, as the weight of years begins to gather in my own bones. I’ve learned to tell on which days he might like me to help him up the stairs and across the wide back room to their window.

He settles into his favourite chair as I open the casement and put on Mahler’s Ninth and together we sit looking out onto the garden. What used to seem not much more than the considerable but random beauty of chaotic planting I now see with his eyes – it is his…

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The Man Who Threw Seed From His Window ~ Part 3 of 4

Posted on April 13, 2011 at 5:02am 6 Comments

When they first bought the house, the yard was bare, hard clay with patches of stringy grass. Over many weekends they dug and scraped, bringing in good topsoil begged from friends and transported in buckets.

They bought packets and packets of flower seeds, intending to plant them in beds of ordered colour, but then my Mother said “Let’s just go upstairs and throw them out of the window!”

And he heard his grandmother’s voice again and in that moment he knew what sort of man he…

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The Man Who Threw Seed From His Window ~ Part 2 of 4

Posted on April 12, 2011 at 10:56pm 3 Comments

It was his grandmother who gave him the idea, so many years ago, after he had contracted polio and spent nearly two years in bed.

 “It is up to you, Nathaniel; you can make the world whatever you want, as you would with a garden. You can plant in regimented rows, according to colour, genus and size, then weed and water, prune and protect, feed and foster. Your reward will be beauty and order, and these will satisfy a certain type of man.”

 Then she added, taking his small hand…

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The Man Who Threw Seed From His Window ~ Part 1 of 4

Posted on April 12, 2011 at 8:44pm 3 Comments

Look at him, standing in his unruly garden with his head wreathed in exhaled steam. It’s cold in the morning sun, the sort of cold that makes your joints ache but he’s still an early riser, as he has been all his life. No coy mottos about wisdom or worms – he just likes to get up early.

At least the dawn shows some promise, a warmer day on the way as Spring blossoms with the unhurried tilting of the Earth; At night, it can only get colder. At night, he withdraws to his small room at…

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At 4:08pm on December 22, 2010, Dude A Bydes said…
Thanks for the comment, Ian. Yeah, the Booze Fighters are like an anachronistic throwback to Marlon Brando. I attended one of their initiations to get a little feel for the guys--they gave me a bandanna... and a beer bath. (didn't really need either...) -Dude
At 6:29pm on June 27, 2010, Harry said…
I don't know, seems the counter is screwy. I get a different count depending on whether I'm signed in or not. Try it, sign out and go to blogs, check the number and then sign in and check it again.
At 10:38am on June 27, 2010, Harry said…
Didn't want to keep using your comments box for this, but what I see with your post as the most recent one, is:All Blog Posts (10,138)....when I first left that comment it said 10,006. Not sure why the jump. H
At 4:19pm on June 23, 2010, JM Prescott said…
Thank you for the comment on my poem. Isn't it funny how closely related poetry and photography are?
At 6:49pm on June 18, 2010, Jeanette Cheezum said…
It's like coing home. :)
At 10:10am on June 18, 2010, Jeanette Cheezum said…
Congrats on your feature here today.
At 11:04pm on May 6, 2010, Michelle Davis said…
Thank you so much for your comment on my blog. It's always nice to know when you have done something worthy enough to illicit responses. Thank you again.
At 10:33pm on March 11, 2010, Joe Gensle said…
That Toyota cartoon was fall-down funny, Ian! tyvm
At 12:48am on March 10, 2010, jkdavies said…
that is a lovely saying about the cat Ian! not heard it before and made me smile first thing of a morning!
At 7:43pm on February 4, 2010, Elliott Cox said…
Glad I could shed some light on Hedberg. He only has three albums because he was one of the unfortunate folks that allowed his drug addiction to overtake him. I wouldn't say Australia is slow on the uptake, maybe just slow on American uptake (no great loss there). Rock on, Ian.
 
 
 

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