tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post4140277190119164805..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: The Masked BallFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-35246164573513726522011-07-21T15:52:57.002+01:002011-07-21T15:52:57.002+01:00Truly inspired! You wove a wonderful and very beli...Truly inspired! You wove a wonderful and very believable tale. Strange things happen in Shropshire . . .jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31406271207228190002011-07-21T07:31:40.384+01:002011-07-21T07:31:40.384+01:00Great story, Friko. It would be interesting to see...Great story, Friko. It would be interesting to see you concentrating on just one of the partygoers - same storyline - and hear how that person's fate worked out.Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31281981374563373232011-07-20T23:47:29.867+01:002011-07-20T23:47:29.867+01:00Dear Friko: This wonderful story reminds me of Gri...Dear Friko: This wonderful story reminds me of Grimm's fairy tales. This is an excellent children's story. I love how the masks swapped their own mask for the exact opposite mask...now wouldn't this magic be nice?chiccorealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834462795623856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-23782689393466662542011-07-20T18:29:05.278+01:002011-07-20T18:29:05.278+01:00Wonderful story, Friko. A delightful read.Wonderful story, Friko. A delightful read.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-41762508794087716502011-07-20T16:13:12.196+01:002011-07-20T16:13:12.196+01:00I'm going to be very careful next time I go to...I'm going to be very careful next time I go to the British Museum !SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-87525795096933040232011-07-20T14:03:14.634+01:002011-07-20T14:03:14.634+01:00Friko, I found your are one of my favorite not onl...Friko, I found your are one of my favorite not only poets but also story-tellers. I enjoyed the tale from the beginning to the end. When I started learning English communication skills, I put on a mask (a wise English-speaking person mask) to be more assertive, and now that years passed, the mask has become part of me even when speaking Japanese. The mask became united with me, but favorably stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-29200163724760182622011-07-20T13:08:34.049+01:002011-07-20T13:08:34.049+01:00I just love this!! What a wonderful imagination yo...I just love this!! What a wonderful imagination you have. I'd like to think that they stayed with their 'people'..and that they all - the people and their masks - lived happily ever after!!!Marciehttp://www.marciescudderphotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82345244547484678772011-07-20T04:30:18.055+01:002011-07-20T04:30:18.055+01:00Stellar piece! It set my head on wonder. :)Stellar piece! It set my head on wonder. :)Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82056153667263475532011-07-19T22:44:36.601+01:002011-07-19T22:44:36.601+01:00deeply strange and resonant-
Aloha from Waikik...deeply strange and resonant-<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki;<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br /> ><}}(°>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-9124301738775653872011-07-19T21:07:01.604+01:002011-07-19T21:07:01.604+01:00Hey! Hey! As with those masks, you had me 'hoo...Hey! Hey! As with those masks, you had me 'hooked'. Fabulous!.....And I wouldn't change a word of it! *wink*Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447013188405986054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82132230429325036102011-07-19T19:26:54.177+01:002011-07-19T19:26:54.177+01:00Ahhh, but who is maskless in this world. Who does ...Ahhh, but who is maskless in this world. Who does not pretend to be or feel different now and again. Do we all wear those masks?<br /><br />Great story. Loved that you mentioned the chair later in the story. We knew why it had become rickety. Clever of you ;-)Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288856854422999687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-6621718971105812032011-07-19T15:21:49.397+01:002011-07-19T15:21:49.397+01:00Fascinating tale. Just when magic was on my mind.
...Fascinating tale. Just when magic was on my mind.<br />You know what, I was just thinking, may be this is how we get split personalities in our world.SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439071211238467709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4467121627080596742011-07-19T11:05:55.515+01:002011-07-19T11:05:55.515+01:00I like the notion that they still exist on the fac...I like the notion that they still exist on the faces of their new owners! Causing mayhem in the real world. They are finally free!<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4491417097423898172011-07-19T06:46:56.478+01:002011-07-19T06:46:56.478+01:00Brilliant, Friko. What a lively imagination--and a...Brilliant, Friko. What a lively imagination--and a great moral. More stories, please!dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12579893656412560032011-07-19T06:13:49.458+01:002011-07-19T06:13:49.458+01:00Would you consider cutting the very first sentence...Would you consider cutting the very first sentence? Without it, I think the reader would be much more intrigued to find out "What's going on here?"<br />You fix the story in a museum in your third paragraph . . . for readers who need a bit of help! Lovely tale . . as always.Lucy Westenrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787225228788303013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-67267013691533079672011-07-19T04:31:23.543+01:002011-07-19T04:31:23.543+01:00Wonderful story-telling, Friko! I too remember bei...Wonderful story-telling, Friko! I too remember being told that if I made an ugly face, it might freeze that way.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-44376206209869055872011-07-19T02:57:28.281+01:002011-07-19T02:57:28.281+01:00Wonderful story Friko! You write so well!Wonderful story Friko! You write so well!Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813380986631007962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79232098261703549702011-07-19T01:01:18.168+01:002011-07-19T01:01:18.168+01:00Great read!Great read!LChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369350929348290480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61297685526051381672011-07-18T23:09:26.870+01:002011-07-18T23:09:26.870+01:00Friko---A wonderfully entertaining tale. That mask...Friko---A wonderfully entertaining tale. That mask really inspired you.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-18304538567400894432011-07-18T22:52:13.033+01:002011-07-18T22:52:13.033+01:00wonderful storywonderful storyJeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320507412459242451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32980156858116830762011-07-18T22:17:10.468+01:002011-07-18T22:17:10.468+01:00I love your stories Friko. I can remember pulling ...I love your stories Friko. I can remember pulling faces when I was a little girl and being told -'If the wind changes, you'll stick like that!' Perhaps there was more truth in it than I realised :0)Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11516351721031565642011-07-18T21:48:26.428+01:002011-07-18T21:48:26.428+01:00Such a terrific tale :)Such a terrific tale :)Chronicles of Illusionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168156674895078729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2232192872101601312011-07-18T21:25:52.718+01:002011-07-18T21:25:52.718+01:00friko this is a fascinating tale you have done...l...friko this is a fascinating tale you have done...love stories with that little bit of magic away from real...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86135981280455965352011-07-18T21:00:43.187+01:002011-07-18T21:00:43.187+01:00Oh no! No resolution? Oh, you must come up with on...Oh no! No resolution? Oh, you must come up with one. I was totally hooked...then disappointed. Great story!Ann Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501522748426995035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49482622514120371052011-07-18T20:41:04.283+01:002011-07-18T20:41:04.283+01:00'The scientist chose the shaman’s face,'
...'The scientist chose the shaman’s face,'<br /><br />These are not opposites.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.com