Comments on: Murder in a Small Town: The Stabbing in Brattleboro Vermont on June 15th

By: Tim Roper

Tim Roper — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:05:32 +0000

It’s a little bit strange to me how people have these deep voyeuristic urges to feel what it’s like to live on the edge. It seems that often, the more removed from the edgy, raw danger of the street they themselves grow up, the more powerful the pull to feel that danger. Is this just because as humans we have a primal need to experience what we don’t know? Or maybe it’s because being safe, comfortable, always warm in winter and cool in summer and being able to go wherever and do whatever you want is boring.

I love irony. How ironic that the very people you want to be able to feel, would trade lives with you at the drop of a hat, only to find themselves too bored to long stay away from life “on the street.”

By: Ed Burke

Ed Burke — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:20:05 +0000

Great work Suzanne! Profound, personal, real. It made me think of the Joni Mitchell song “Blue”, about your proximity to danger. Thanks for sharing this with us.

By: LANE

LANE — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:36:17 +0000

“…I have the strange urge to reach out and touch him, just to know if his skin, being that he is human, feels the same as mine.” –Wow. Perfect. Moving.

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:57:29 +0000

Suzanne,
I love your writing! Saw you mention your blog on twitter and came to check it out. Got sucked in and am so, so impressed. Who knew way back during our Finnish summer that you were so talented?!? Take good care!

By: Kerry Perkins

Kerry Perkins — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:55:41 +0000

Suzanne,
A friend of mine suggested I read your “Mean Clean” article and I was so impressed, I had to read this one too. I absolutely love your writing style, your passion and creativity. Thanks for sharing, I will be back to read more.

By: Sandy Rouse

Sandy Rouse — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:50:44 +0000

I know what you mean-when everything is too perfect and too plastic; it is just not quite real. Better to have it mixed up. Thank you for writing!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:57:02 +0000

Hey girl! I really enjoyed this post. I posted it to my FB and your are getting comments on my page there.

By: Wyn Cooper

Wyn Cooper — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:45:17 +0000

Nice piece, Suzanne.

By: dandam

dandam — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:26:44 +0000

Great post!

Reminds me of why I always liked living in NYC & Brooklyn – no matter how meaningless the day job or lousy my love life or empty my pockets, I was in NYC and somehow ‘in on the action.’

So, when are you a closet columnist?