tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post1828166437763454164..comments2023-10-09T02:29:36.357+11:00Comments on Sails of Oblivion: ~ preserved in amethystAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05240781173459676515noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-63634175588570369792008-01-30T17:17:00.000+11:002008-01-30T17:17:00.000+11:00ps: unfortunately, I'm one of those sad people who...ps: unfortunately, I'm one of those sad people who are devastated that there are only going to be 9 episodes of LOST this year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240781173459676515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-65116885766528052882008-01-30T17:15:00.000+11:002008-01-30T17:15:00.000+11:00I should open the discussion for creative ideas mo...I should open the discussion for creative ideas more often. Carbon dioxide is a really useful suggestion. I don't know about the bones in the tree because it would probably be found in the search, but I'm putting it in my wildcards file. Amber is also something I hadn't thought about [fits with the name of the play too], and it's reminiscent of honey. You're right Matt, about preserving the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240781173459676515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-73258049960448057632008-01-29T13:27:00.000+11:002008-01-29T13:27:00.000+11:00Maybe you are letting your personal fatherness get...Maybe you are letting your personal fatherness get in the way of the story.<BR/><BR/>My personal avoidance issue would be anguish of the loyal dog.<BR/><BR/>So is she allergic to the bee-sting which happens when she climbs a tree to smell a flower, lapsing into sleep from which she does not awake, leaving a perfect white bleached skeleton suspended sculpturally in the branches.<BR/><BR/>My own BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-49286553512332774052008-01-29T12:07:00.000+11:002008-01-29T12:07:00.000+11:00Interesting idea, Sam.If you want to have a preser...Interesting idea, Sam.<BR/>If you want to have a preservation-of-beauty theme then something like amber would be good (although I'm not sure how you'd conjure enough for a little girl . . . it's generally for preserving mosquitoes and similar).<BR/>Natron or some other natural mummification would dessicate the corpse and the beauty would be lost.<BR/>Just a thought.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469462608067586388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-6944376945348087422008-01-29T07:48:00.000+11:002008-01-29T07:48:00.000+11:00an ametrystan ametrystlily was herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707971562306341234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-68543774152791098662008-01-29T02:29:00.000+11:002008-01-29T02:29:00.000+11:00How literal do you want to be? Carbon monoxide ca...How literal do you want to be? Carbon monoxide can happen and brings on a quiet, unknowing, death (and short/sweet employment for canaries). Dessication could follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-47262705234861329412008-01-28T20:47:00.000+11:002008-01-28T20:47:00.000+11:00death by rutile?death by rutile?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-6609275259774730822008-01-28T18:35:00.000+11:002008-01-28T18:35:00.000+11:00Love the way your mind ticks. Im very fond of amet...Love the way your mind ticks. Im very fond of amethysts and have collected a few tho' but not as vivid in colour as the museum piece. A large piece sits on my desk here. Bees = Honey, one of nature's best natural preservatives. A sweet morbid sticky end like Herod's wife? I like your amethyst scenario better and look forward to reading what you do!! As Im partial to Lilys, please be kind and lily was herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707971562306341234noreply@blogger.com