1. Don't Drop Anchor Here (Part IV)


    Date: 9/28/2015, Categories: Love Stories, Author: flytoomuch, Rating: 4, Source: LushStories

    summer day. Rob, his mind troubled by the impending call-up to active service, decided to mow his lawn to distract himself from the looming dark clouds. With a drifting absent-minded brain the wild racket of the Lawn Boy mower was tonic for his soul as was the monotony of one row after another. On that particular blistering hot southern California day the sexy blonde next door was conveniently laid out on a pink plastic sun chair. Clad in only a skimpy black bikini the horny young teen could not restrain his temptation to “look”. His sexy neighbour’s hair was in a mid-length “flip curl” coif, one of the fashions of the time. As Ronnie baked her self in the glaring sun Rob would crane his neck for surreptitious lascivious glances. Taking in the swells and curves of his neighbour’s sexually ripe body was arousing. One ogle was followed by a second as his sexual interest rose. Rob didn’t think she noticed him gawking as she was distracted by reading her book. Rob was equally certain this gorgeous creature had no idea that sometimes he retreated to his room and whacked-off to the image of her naked body. The novel Ronnie was reading was the popular “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” by John Fowles. Sub-consciously it may be that the “feminist” character of Sarah Woodruff was inspiring the abused and neglected suburban wife. Perhaps, who knows? Could reading great books actually make a difference in a person’s life? The inventor of the iPad many decades later certainly thought so. ...
    Steve Jobs would choose to send his children to a private school named “The Waldorf School” in Los Altos where (“GASP”) they don’t allow any computers and children read actual physical three dimensional paper books—what a revolutionary concept! Ronnie did not inhabit a Victorian life and she shared few similarities with Sarah Woodruff. Yet the strong independent leading lady in the novel made Veronica think about her self and the possibilities in life. Could you change your destiny? She was struggling desperately with the void of unhappiness wrapped about her like a black shawl of sadness. The idea that an abandoned woman, an ignored woman, her husband gone adrift, could find happiness was a thought-provoking concept to Veronica. The character of “Tragedy” resonated deeply with Ronnie’s own inner void. She was now almost finished the novel, turning the last few pages in the sun. Ronnie had loved Thomas Hardy as a student and this book was just as good. Nearing the end of Fowles amazing novel Ronnie was struck by its impact. The author had intervened and stepped onto the stage to address his readers. What a wild idea? He had then offered not one ending, but rather THREE possible endings. Was the reader supposed to choose? Could a reader choose? Didn’t the writer control the narrative? Each ending he offered was unsatisfying in its own way. Could you lie back and make up your own ending? The book made Ronnie wonder about all kinds of crazy new ideas. This theory of multiple ...
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