An Exchange and Discussion about the stories in EINSTEIN'S BEACH HOUSE by Jacob M. Appel

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

AT LAST...

GODOT or least some version of that elusive figure did arrive. At long last, let the dialogue begin. Please drop the "Dear Wyzard" salutation. We are not writing letters.

Just begin your conversation. I'm still waiting for your acknowledging any of the content that was written entirely for your benefit and no one else. All of that commentary was intended to launch several conversations, but alas, we are still bogged down in HUE AND CRY--- Oh, the wonder of it all!

Hue has a double meaning as it can refer to color, or it can refer to the quality of one's values. Cry might be someone shouting, or it might be someone weeping. This hadn't occurred to me until now, although I've read this story before, and now I can see that Appel's ambiguity is deliberate.

PLEASE: TITLES IN CAPS! Let's have a sense of style.

Godot did arrive

 Dear Wyzard,

Forgive me for my absence, I’ve been struggling with time consuming tasks. Reading, for some reason, is quite a laborious task. I’ve yet to master the art of speed reading, much less reading carefully.

In my opinion, Godot did arrive. The two men, Vladimir and Estragon made him (whoever Godot is) into someone we desire to meet. In that sense, Godot (who may not have existed) become a person 

WAITING FOR GODOT?

I've come to this space twice since our email exchanges. I find no response to my entries. 

Maybe you should schedule some of your Messaging and FaceBook time to a regular interaction with me on this Blog. An attractive feature of a Blog format is that it allows an asynchronous conversation between or among participants.

So I am waiting. I hope it is not for Godot. I don't think he ever arrived.