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Blackwood Farm, Chapter Sixteen
Aug. 4th, 2016 04:16 pmBLACKWOOD FARM, CHAPTER 16
Quinn describes the two sets of gates that are at Blackwood Farm, and he mentions that Pops planted a pair of "great oaks" by one in memory of Sweetheart. This may be a dumb question, but how long would it take for a pair of great oaks to become, well, great? I always looked at big oaks and thought they must take centuries to get like that, but I don't know much at all about trees. Not a criticism, just a question.
Quinn says that he later found out from the Shed Men that when Pops went out to plant flowers (at least I assume that is what "multicolored impatiens" means) they thought that he seemed "confused and strangely unconcerned about the goings-on at Sugar Devil Island. One side of his face had not looked right, and they had gone to check on him."
Sounds to me like he was having a stroke? Something up with the face means a stroke, right? But do strokes take that long? Wow, I don't know much about strokes either.
Patsy went out to talk to Pops about money, telling the Shed Men on the way that she hated to have to ask for it and it wasn't fair and man, I get it Patsy. Poor kid wants to do what she loves and be independent from her parents but she can't do both. She clearly doesn't want anything to do with this family, especially not Pops, but I guess she really wants to sing, and she needs money for that. Unpleasant as we're meant to find her, I feel for her, as I've said before.
Anyway, she "came screaming back, having already called for emergency help on her car phone" and the Shed Men run over there to find Pops on the ground dead. The whole family go with him to the hospital but it's too late. Aunt Queen orders an autopsy, but isn't able to bring herself to manage the funeral arrangements, so Quinn does.
This is probably the first time I admire Quinn. He's 18 right now, if I remember right, and while that might legally be an adult in the US, I can tell you right now I would not have been capable of doing this at all. And while I've got it very easy, I'm still not as sheltered and babied as Quinn is. So good on Quinn for stepping up for this and getting through it, and not even complaining in the narrative about it.
I love flawed characters, but when a character has been as infuriating as Quinn as thus far, I'm actually glad for them to do something right.
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Quinn describes the two sets of gates that are at Blackwood Farm, and he mentions that Pops planted a pair of "great oaks" by one in memory of Sweetheart. This may be a dumb question, but how long would it take for a pair of great oaks to become, well, great? I always looked at big oaks and thought they must take centuries to get like that, but I don't know much at all about trees. Not a criticism, just a question.
Quinn says that he later found out from the Shed Men that when Pops went out to plant flowers (at least I assume that is what "multicolored impatiens" means) they thought that he seemed "confused and strangely unconcerned about the goings-on at Sugar Devil Island. One side of his face had not looked right, and they had gone to check on him."
Sounds to me like he was having a stroke? Something up with the face means a stroke, right? But do strokes take that long? Wow, I don't know much about strokes either.
Patsy went out to talk to Pops about money, telling the Shed Men on the way that she hated to have to ask for it and it wasn't fair and man, I get it Patsy. Poor kid wants to do what she loves and be independent from her parents but she can't do both. She clearly doesn't want anything to do with this family, especially not Pops, but I guess she really wants to sing, and she needs money for that. Unpleasant as we're meant to find her, I feel for her, as I've said before.
Anyway, she "came screaming back, having already called for emergency help on her car phone" and the Shed Men run over there to find Pops on the ground dead. The whole family go with him to the hospital but it's too late. Aunt Queen orders an autopsy, but isn't able to bring herself to manage the funeral arrangements, so Quinn does.
This is probably the first time I admire Quinn. He's 18 right now, if I remember right, and while that might legally be an adult in the US, I can tell you right now I would not have been capable of doing this at all. And while I've got it very easy, I'm still not as sheltered and babied as Quinn is. So good on Quinn for stepping up for this and getting through it, and not even complaining in the narrative about it.
I love flawed characters, but when a character has been as infuriating as Quinn as thus far, I'm actually glad for them to do something right.
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