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KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50611]

Thu, 05 July 2012 21:00

Robin
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http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2012/07/06/kes-24/
http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2012/07/09/kes-25/
http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2012/07/14/kes-26/

[Updated on: Fri, 13 July 2012 21:45]

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50612 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Thu, 05 July 2012 21:10

glanalaw
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I was expecting something quite different -- something, well, alive, for a start, and probably malignant. This is much better! And I'm beginning to quite like Hayley. If she can like good literature and be an awestruck fangirl and be savage about inventories - and not kill herself in 4-inch heels - then she's a keeper!

And I cannot tell you how glad I was to find a new episode of Kes tonight when I got home from work. Why is it that the howling masses in general treat you as less than human if you work in food service? SO not a good day. Kes makes things better Smile

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50613 is a reply to message #50612 ]

Thu, 05 July 2012 21:15

EMoon
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Second the "Kes makes things better." Yes. It was a day of catching up with things (and far too much time hunting down emails from one, two, and even three weeks ago, in the great mass of emails I foolishly keep, things that had to be answered or printed out or both.) Having Kes face down a monster coal & wood stove...perfect. Having Hayley annoyed....perfect.

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50614 is a reply to message #50612 ]

Thu, 05 July 2012 22:24

LadyGrace
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glanalaw wrote on Thu, 05 July 2012 21:10

I was expecting something quite different -- something, well, alive

I sort of get the feeling the stove (Caedmon?) is alive—though I, too, was expecting something more on the furry (and breathing) spectrum of living things.

-Grace Makley

www.gracemakley.com

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50615 is a reply to message #50614 ]

Thu, 05 July 2012 22:28

glanalaw
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LadyGrace wrote on Thu, 05 July 2012 22:24

glanalaw wrote on Thu, 05 July 2012 21:10

I was expecting something quite different -- something, well, alive

I sort of get the feeling the stove (Caedmon?) is alive—though I, too, was expecting something more on the furry (and breathing) spectrum of living things.

Well, yes. It does give the impression of being at least somewhat sentient, doesn't it?

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50616 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Thu, 05 July 2012 22:53

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I like Hayley so much. Very Happy

Smooshes!

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50617 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Thu, 05 July 2012 23:27

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LOL
So my next question is: will this mysterious oven start producing mysterious food when she is busy writing?? Wink

hmmmmm....

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50618 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Fri, 06 July 2012 04:08

KatydidNL
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Caedmon! Yay! Smile

Clearly this stove, aside from heating and cooking, will also produce beautiful alliterative verse. Smile

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Re: KES, 24 [message #50625 is a reply to message #50617 ]

Fri, 06 July 2012 13:04

shalea
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b_twin_1 wrote on Thu, 05 July 2012 23:27

LOL
So my next question is: will this mysterious oven start producing mysterious food when she is busy writing?? Wink

hmmmmm....

If so, I must ask where I can get one for myself!! Very Happy

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Re: KES 24, 25 [message #50673 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Mon, 09 July 2012 20:24

b_twin_1
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Ms. MacFarquhar is going to take Rose Manor.

Snooooooorrrrrrrrk

I knew she was doomed.

*chortle chortle chortle*

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: KES 24, 25 [message #50676 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Mon, 09 July 2012 23:20

Diane in MN
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On our return journey I tried to pretend that cows in a field right next to the road where you could see how gigantic they were was normal and ordinary

Heh. Talking of gigantic, it's a good thing there weren't any bulls in that field . . .

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: KES 24, 25 [message #50678 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Tue, 10 July 2012 04:20

Catherine
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I love the name of her house! I'm also wondering (through shades of Rose Daughter) just how many rose bushes she's going to find in that garden... (lots? Lots would be good!)

The power of Kes is such that I used her as a quite excellent get-out-of-bed carrot. Get yourself, up, dressed, dog walked and off to the station in good time for the train and you shall have a new episode!

Cath

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Re: KES 24, 25 [message #50679 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Tue, 10 July 2012 08:01

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Bahahahahahaha! Rose Manor!

Kes never stood a chance.

Smooshes!

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50723 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Fri, 13 July 2012 22:11

EMoon
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Oboy! More Kes.

And Sally...well. Prepared to hate her and suddenly she's a sympathetic character...maybe. Gardening magazines? And Kes has that rosebush in the van? Needlepoint? There's nothing in fantasy books that rules out roses, gardening, and needlework of any kind. Hmmm.

Plus the Caedmon mystery. Maybe Caedmon only manifests when someone arrives it/he approves of?

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50725 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Fri, 13 July 2012 23:43

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I <3 Kes muchly. That is all.

"Purity of heart is to will one thing." Kirkegaard

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50726 is a reply to message #50725 ]

Sat, 14 July 2012 00:08

equus_peduus
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blondviolinist wrote on Fri, 13 July 2012 20:43

I <3 Kes muchly. That is all.

+1

I haven't been posting much here because pretty much everyone else beats me to it. But know that even though I'm not saying it, I am very much enjoying these episodes, and am very glad you decided to start them Smile

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50729 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Sat, 14 July 2012 03:39

Re Williams
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Dear Kes,

Thank you so for these adventures. I love you attitude and your sharp wit. You never fail to bring a smile to my face, and considering my un-pollyanne life at the moment, it means a lot.

Danke, Takk, Merci,

Re

[Updated on: Sat, 14 July 2012 14:20]

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50730 is a reply to message #50723 ]

Sat, 14 July 2012 06:02

Catherine
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EMoon wrote on Sat, 14 July 2012 03:11

And Sally...well. Prepared to hate her and suddenly she's a sympathetic character...maybe.

Yes, that was the exact same thought I had! And I liked that she admitted it out loud.

Yay for Kes!

Cath

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50731 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Sat, 14 July 2012 09:21

Kathy_S
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Kes is such a bright spot. Smile

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50734 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Sat, 14 July 2012 15:17

Mockorange
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Kes is meeting a whole load of interesting people in her new neighbourhood. I wonder if the book that kept Lena up past midnight is one of Kes's books. I'm so happy every time I see a new episode posted.

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50737 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Sat, 14 July 2012 18:40

shalea
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It really does brighten my day to find a new Kes episode on the blog.

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50749 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Sun, 15 July 2012 13:07

Stardancer
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My favorite part of episode 26 was this:

A machine at the back of the room made a noise surprisingly like arrrrgh and started chomping out a page with printing on it.

I know this printer! It must be a cousin to the one at my office, which despite billing itself as a giant machine that can do anything you want, chokes if you ask it to print more than 10 pages. It's somewhat inconvenient, as we often use it for large stacks of fliers and handouts.

You know, I didn't even notice--in episode 25--that we hadn't yet learned that the house was called Rose Manor. I think I was sort of unconsciously expecting it all along Smile

[Updated on: Sun, 15 July 2012 13:07]

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Re: KES 24, 25, 26 [message #50771 is a reply to message #50611 ]

Mon, 16 July 2012 17:56

Mockorange
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I am probably deranged or bonkers or something, but having just been staring at the pictures equus_peduus posted of the organ in her guest posts, I can't quite shake the feeling that the organ and Caedmon the stove may have some sort of kinship.

No, come on, it's not as mad as it sounds. See, the thing is .... Oh, OK, it's totally mad.

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