Comments on: The Winston Woman http://janedevin.com/2009/02/24/the-winston-woman/ Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeanne http://janedevin.com/2009/02/24/the-winston-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-10901 Jeanne Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:13:29 +0000 http://janedevin.com/?p=1913#comment-10901 amazing - I have come back to read several times. I could close my eyes and be there...in the moment. I quit nine years ago.....and miss the intimacy of me and the cigarette once in a while. But can't stand the smell at all anymore. amazing – I have come back to read several times. I could close my eyes and be there…in the moment.

I quit nine years ago…..and miss the intimacy of me and the cigarette once in a while. But can’t stand the smell at all anymore.

]]> By: Elaine http://janedevin.com/2009/02/24/the-winston-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-10898 Elaine Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:56:57 +0000 http://janedevin.com/?p=1913#comment-10898 I thought this was really exceptional. Keeping in mind that I like what you do always, this was so smooth, metered, fictional enough that I kept reading to find the end (political stories sometimes make me think too much while I am reading), and something that could be taken many different ways depending on your individual perspective. To me, that’s good writing. I was taking it as a straight (pardon the pun) up love story and then it went deeper when I read it again and then I (finally!) got it. I won’t comment on the addiction of smoking any more than to say that the reason(s) I quit were because a) it was friggin’ expensive, b) my arm felt funny when I enhaled sometimes, like my veins were constricting or something c) I could never be a light smoker…if I had ‘em I burned ‘em AND d) the love of my life loved me when I smoked but hated the habit and the smell. So ultimately I did not quit because of a, b or c…but of because of D! I thought this was really exceptional. Keeping in mind that I like what you do always, this was so smooth, metered, fictional enough that I kept reading to find the end (political stories sometimes make me think too much while I am reading), and something that could be taken many different ways depending on your individual perspective.
To me, that’s good writing.
I was taking it as a straight (pardon the pun) up love story and then it went deeper when I read it again and then I (finally!) got it.

I won’t comment on the addiction of smoking any more than to say that the reason(s) I quit were because a) it was friggin’ expensive, b) my arm felt funny when I enhaled sometimes, like my veins were constricting or something c) I could never be a light smoker…if I had ‘em I burned ‘em AND d) the love of my life loved me when I smoked but hated the habit and the smell. So ultimately I did not quit because of a, b or c…but of because of D!

]]> By: Doris Rose MacBean http://janedevin.com/2009/02/24/the-winston-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-10897 Doris Rose MacBean Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:49:16 +0000 http://janedevin.com/?p=1913#comment-10897 Wow, that is really masterful. Vivid and alive. I could smell the smoke and feel the panic.Felt like a Mickey Spillane mystery. I smoked for 20+ years and quit over 20 yrs ago. I was never that addicted, but had a hard time quitting. I don't miss the smell or the need to always remember the cigarettes and a lighter before I went Anywhere. Freedom. Wow, that is really masterful. Vivid and alive. I could smell the smoke and feel the panic.Felt like a Mickey Spillane mystery.
I smoked for 20+ years and quit over 20 yrs ago. I was never that addicted, but had a hard time quitting. I don’t miss the smell or the need to always remember the cigarettes and a lighter before I went Anywhere. Freedom.

]]> By: Mary http://janedevin.com/2009/02/24/the-winston-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-10896 Mary Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:13:19 +0000 http://janedevin.com/?p=1913#comment-10896 I like the imagery in this story! Say, nicotine lovers and smokey kisses - that sounds like it could be a country song. I like the imagery in this story!
Say, nicotine lovers and smokey kisses – that sounds like it could be a country song.

]]> By: Ann Parker http://janedevin.com/2009/02/24/the-winston-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-10895 Ann Parker Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:38:57 +0000 http://janedevin.com/?p=1913#comment-10895 The last words my husband ever spoke when he was dying of lung cancer were "I'd like to have a cigarette". I said "You can't smoke in here". He went into a coma that night and died five days later. In almost every picture I have of him he had a cigarette in his hand. He was only fifty six. You captured the addiction perfectly, Jane. The last words my husband ever spoke when he was dying of lung cancer were “I’d like to have a cigarette”. I said “You can’t smoke in here”. He went into a coma that night and died five days later. In almost every picture I have of him he had a cigarette in his hand. He was only fifty six. You captured the addiction perfectly, Jane.

]]> By: Donna L. Faber http://janedevin.com/2009/02/24/the-winston-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-10894 Donna L. Faber Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:09:21 +0000 http://janedevin.com/?p=1913#comment-10894 Wonderful ... and thoroughly enjoyable. D~ Wonderful … and thoroughly enjoyable. D~

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