This is true. I experienced this in my own backyard when bees invaded the oak trees surrounding our pool. I had to skim out their bodies (some drowned, some struggling) before going for a swim. I enjoyed your piece.
Thanks. There are times where I think I'm writing in a vacuum. Your comments really help give me a push to keep trying. Hope your writing life is going well.
Will do! It was an act of purest desperation to try to reclaim my health at the time. Kinda-sorta worked out but I wouldn't recommend it. At least not in any general sense.
Those bees have nothing on East Coast Yellow Jackets. They will gang bang any fruit or pastry, kamakazi a soda, get trapped in clothing, and otherwise make royal pests of themselves.
reminds me of "The Glass Bees", Ernst Jünger, translated by Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Mayer (NY: Noonday Press, 1960). Many good lines... among them:
“…why should words like ‘government’ still be taken seriously?” [19]
“A work of art wastes away and becomes lusterless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value.” [38]
“This is one of the mysteries of time. The moment is wedded to eternity.” [148]
Those are great lines, especially the first in the times we live in.
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This is true. I experienced this in my own backyard when bees invaded the oak trees surrounding our pool. I had to skim out their bodies (some drowned, some struggling) before going for a swim. I enjoyed your piece.
I'm glad you enjoyed the read. Thanks.
That opener is fantastic, as is the rest of the piece.
Good timing. That family heading for the pool will probably make things more exciting than they need to be.
“She adjusts her yellow sun hat from the light's rays rippling through cracks in the thatched ceiling.” — wonderful descriptions, as always. :)
Thanks. There are times where I think I'm writing in a vacuum. Your comments really help give me a push to keep trying. Hope your writing life is going well.
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Right back at ya :)
I did bee sting therapy for over a year and a half a little while ago...have to write that up at some point!
I've heard about it but don't really know anything about it. Please, let me know when you write/post the article.
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Will do! It was an act of purest desperation to try to reclaim my health at the time. Kinda-sorta worked out but I wouldn't recommend it. At least not in any general sense.
Gotcha. Hope your health is doing better, now.
Much better, thanks!
Those bees have nothing on East Coast Yellow Jackets. They will gang bang any fruit or pastry, kamakazi a soda, get trapped in clothing, and otherwise make royal pests of themselves.
Lol. Well put. I actually live in Florida and I agree
Thanks for the compiment!
Of course!
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