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Eva’s Byte #329 – Therein Lies the Difference
Besides the six-year age difference between my younger sister and me, we have a different way of navigating life. Till this day, she has always been a daredevil. I’m the fraidy-cat.
Therein lies the difference.
During childhood and adolescence, I can recall my reluctance to embark on the family’s weekly trip to an amusement park during the summer. My sister lived for getting her thrills on the grown-up rides which required my dad to accompany her. I was more interested in pressing my luck at the game stands. I did enjoy the merry-go-round. And, oddly enough, the Ferris wheel, where my sister deliberately rocked the seat whenever we were stopped at the top.
During my sister’s previous summer vacation here on the East Coast, she and my grandnephew were the only two daring enough to strap themselves in for the Soaring Eagle Zip Ride 115 feet above Roger Williams Park Zoo. I was part of the spectator crowd on the ground below cheering them on.
This year, on Tuesday, all of us—my sister, brother-in-law, and grandnephew—went to Newport, a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island. We toured The Breakers, the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages," and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial preeminence at the turn of the 20th century in America. The video shows most of what we explored, traversing the stairs up to the balcony, and another set of stairs to the servants’ quarters. We didn’t have to break a sweat and there was no imminent danger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v13IB...
In my capacity as a daring pantser, I’m on the final leg of my journey with drafting my Contemporary work in progress. Having finished Chapter 82, the last chapter, I am now composing the epilogue with both feet firmly on the ground beneath my desk.
*However you navigate through life, may you enjoy the ride.
My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
Therein lies the difference.
During childhood and adolescence, I can recall my reluctance to embark on the family’s weekly trip to an amusement park during the summer. My sister lived for getting her thrills on the grown-up rides which required my dad to accompany her. I was more interested in pressing my luck at the game stands. I did enjoy the merry-go-round. And, oddly enough, the Ferris wheel, where my sister deliberately rocked the seat whenever we were stopped at the top.
During my sister’s previous summer vacation here on the East Coast, she and my grandnephew were the only two daring enough to strap themselves in for the Soaring Eagle Zip Ride 115 feet above Roger Williams Park Zoo. I was part of the spectator crowd on the ground below cheering them on.
This year, on Tuesday, all of us—my sister, brother-in-law, and grandnephew—went to Newport, a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island. We toured The Breakers, the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages," and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial preeminence at the turn of the 20th century in America. The video shows most of what we explored, traversing the stairs up to the balcony, and another set of stairs to the servants’ quarters. We didn’t have to break a sweat and there was no imminent danger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v13IB...
In my capacity as a daring pantser, I’m on the final leg of my journey with drafting my Contemporary work in progress. Having finished Chapter 82, the last chapter, I am now composing the epilogue with both feet firmly on the ground beneath my desk.
*However you navigate through life, may you enjoy the ride.
My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
