Comments on: Greg Lippert and Robert Haydon Jones

By: pam jones

pam jones — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:29:19 +0000

So wonderfully written and what a perfect!! illustration to accompany it. I had the marvelous privilege of hearing this story read aloud. There’s no comparison. It was a real treat. Any possibility, in this multi-platform age, that you can include an “audio” version with the published written piece?

By: dan shulman

dan shulman — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:50:31 +0000

True and moving. I can testify from personal experience.

By: John H. Tucker

John H. Tucker — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:29:13 +0000

Wonderful storytelling, and an amazing tapestry of the present woven into past, back to the present, with a message for the future. I loved this!

My favorite line: “My old friend. My first best friend. My tandem partner. My me and him.” Is there anything else to life?

By: Mark Liberman

Mark Liberman — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:45:23 +0000

Jonsey – Brought an inner flame of my love for my brother Skip that truly was my first best friend and the father image I never had! I forgive him and most importantly me for the distance that we have created over the years. Thanks for touching me with your creative and revealing way of story telling.

By: sean beaudoin

sean beaudoin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:21:17 +0000

“Designated Importuner” is my new favorite phrase. “Civil but not close” is an interpersonal philosophy I intend to employ. “Almost but not quite” is a mantra that will lull me to sleep. This story has done wonders for me. Thank you, Mr. Jones.

By: malachy McCourt

malachy McCourt — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:33:22 +0000

I love love stories with a happy ending. Am I my brothers keeper ? Not always but I am sure as prostate cancer thay I am his and my fraternal memory custodian And then we chose to smile if we are mature and frown if we are in the throes of arseholeism. What a great well told story will do to help us love our brothers again as of old. Its a melody we will always hum

By: Charles L. DeFanti

Charles L. DeFanti — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:25:19 +0000

Wow, Bob. This is sheer lyricism. Every line jolts my own experience with my similarly-aged younger brother. I also met the fictionalized brother several times, as did my mother-in-law, since he covered the U.N. How well you capture him.
The genius here is that you can transplant your catharsis to your readers. Pitch perfect word choice is the method.

By: Ed Lambertson

Ed Lambertson — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:41:55 +0000

A emotionally warming story. It’s nice to be reminded that no matter how stuck we may be in a relationship we can look back to its beginnings and find the basis for “a fresh start”.

By: Dave Monroe

Dave Monroe — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:37:43 +0000

A very touching story about a long forgotten bond, forgotten, but never lost, just deeply buried. There’s also the mystical aspect of why suddenly would the narrator be open to remembering, be open to the healing energy of the memory. I guess it doesn’t matter why. But by being open to remembering he also is open to healing. Powerful stuff.