tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post6416971406653347210..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Guest Author Lisa BrackmannOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-36366957306860271712019-08-22T06:41:26.096-04:002019-08-22T06:41:26.096-04:00Personally, I like novels that combine romanticism...Personally, I like novels that combine <a href="http://josecarlosbermejo.com/wilde-encadenado/" rel="nofollow">romanticism and intrigue</a>. Thank you for your contribution to literature. I will read yours. Thank you.Arte, Historia y Literaturahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14049289238967553213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-51514495677679835492011-11-09T14:18:54.353-05:002011-11-09T14:18:54.353-05:00Charlotte, how interesting! Do you have good Chine...Charlotte, how interesting! Do you have good Chinese language programs for American students along with that?<br /><br />Tim, I need to hike into Santa Monica at some point in the next week; I will look for you there!Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80187573982413584662011-11-09T13:29:27.199-05:002011-11-09T13:29:27.199-05:00Lisa! I think you've set the record for most ...Lisa! I think you've set the record for most replies, and it's easy to see why. Travel book, I see a travel book in your future. This is a wonderful piece, everything good travel writing should be, and I read tons of travel writing.<br /><br />See you at the Novel if I ever start writing again.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84199955580248575192011-11-09T09:47:07.292-05:002011-11-09T09:47:07.292-05:00Lisa, I'm a native Kansan and believe it or no...Lisa, I'm a native Kansan and believe it or not, at Fort Hays State University--the only four year college in Western Kansas--the second language signs in the union are in Chinese. Out of 10,000+ students, one quarter are Chinese. Thank you for sharing this cultural train ride. <br />Charlotte HingerCharlotte Hingerhttp://www.charlottehinger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77705941520182987912011-11-09T00:41:06.784-05:002011-11-09T00:41:06.784-05:00BTW, Hi, Jeffrey!!BTW, Hi, Jeffrey!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-12808277993028199662011-11-09T00:38:29.717-05:002011-11-09T00:38:29.717-05:00Your courage stuns me. I can barely make it over t...Your courage stuns me. I can barely make it over the mountains to what passes for civilization, and that's in my native country. But I love living vicariously through your adventures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-40657723549306503742011-11-08T19:56:16.078-05:002011-11-08T19:56:16.078-05:00Love it! I think there's a book in this:
Lava...Love it! I think there's a book in this:<br /><br />Lavatory Laffs<br /><br />(beats closet organizers ;)Toni Dwigginshttp://tonidwiggins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-1970837084175118582011-11-08T16:19:55.637-05:002011-11-08T16:19:55.637-05:00HAHAH! Oh, that is awesome, Toni!
I have another...HAHAH! Oh, that is awesome, Toni! <br /><br />I have another classic Chinese toilet sign, from a cruise boat, that says...<br /><br />"Stool Room."Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-7961493895024029982011-11-08T13:31:29.047-05:002011-11-08T13:31:29.047-05:00Lisa, as always, love your storytelling. Virtual t...Lisa, as always, love your storytelling. Virtual traveling with you is a hoot! Of course, you could tell a story about unplugging your toilet and it would be a hoot.<br /><br />Speaking of toilets...love the pix with the garbled lavatory signs. Reminds me of a sign over a toilet in Mexico: 'Please do not throw paper in toilet. We are on a sceptic system.' That about summed up my faith in the toilet.Toni Dwigginshttp://tonidwiggins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4446217253039882872011-11-08T09:43:59.950-05:002011-11-08T09:43:59.950-05:00More evidence that the world is a far odder place ...More evidence that the world is a far odder place than I could ever imagine, though I'll keep trying. I enjoy these vicarious adventures and I urge you to do more. Easy for me to say, eh? I hope the new book sells a million.Ken Coffmanhttp://www.stairwaypress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91317308479398069442011-11-08T03:14:12.221-05:002011-11-08T03:14:12.221-05:00Thanks, all of you, for your kind words! It was de...Thanks, all of you, for your kind words! It was definitely one of those experiences that as I was having it, I was thinking, "This will be an adventure that I'll be glad to have had. Especially once it's over."Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34618554859023628562011-11-08T00:39:34.211-05:002011-11-08T00:39:34.211-05:00Hola Lisa, I posted above, and decided to post aga...Hola Lisa, I posted above, and decided to post again . . Woot . . I love trips, although I haven't gone on one it quite sometime, I like reading about your trips . .Paul Allen Leoncinihttp://lordaugust.gather.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66697465722610953522011-11-08T00:35:28.597-05:002011-11-08T00:35:28.597-05:00Hi, Lisa, I enjoyed your article . . . P.A.L.Hi, Lisa, I enjoyed your article . . . P.A.L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22014267928484471702011-11-08T00:32:19.265-05:002011-11-08T00:32:19.265-05:00Wow. I LOVE reading about your adventures. I find ...Wow. I LOVE reading about your adventures. I find myself completely enthralled, rapt by your story telling, and like you on the train, finding myself "coming awake" in blinking confusion when the tale ends. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us, and doing it so beautifully!Kat Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115380745293826767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61575759166227043662011-11-08T00:31:51.444-05:002011-11-08T00:31:51.444-05:00I liked hearing about your adventures, and I have ...I liked hearing about your adventures, and I have to say I think you're pretty courageous. I will check out your books. They sound intriguing.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45400705642378770002011-11-07T23:21:00.915-05:002011-11-07T23:21:00.915-05:00Why do adventures always sound so much more doable...Why do adventures always sound so much more doable when someone else is having them? I like new and different, but I think this one would have done me in.<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder that TV and the Internet haven't managed to make us all clones of one another yet.Bethhttp://theeditorsblog.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-36381565809305696822011-11-07T16:31:33.230-05:002011-11-07T16:31:33.230-05:00Your writing is so lyrical, Lisa. You made what m...Your writing is so lyrical, Lisa. You made what must have been a stressful trip sound intriguing and adventurous. I loved it.Liz Michalskihttp://www.lizmichalski.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80339385691298714532011-11-07T15:56:36.686-05:002011-11-07T15:56:36.686-05:00I love armchair traveling. No wonder I like your b...I love armchair traveling. No wonder I like your books, Lisa. Vivid descriptions that transport me into the story. <br /><br />My experience with a six-bed sleeper in Germany is similar to yours. Except there were multiple stops during the night and people came and went. Trust me the sound of shoes being tossed from the top bunk to the floor would wake the dead. Yeah...never did that again. I'd rather sit up awake all night then pretend to sleep.VAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670036848321892345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-71176930499815631632011-11-07T15:46:59.177-05:002011-11-07T15:46:59.177-05:00Frankly, Lisa, I'd want you back just for givi...Frankly, Lisa, I'd want you back just for giving me all those new Chinese words to horribly mispronounce. And in answer to your "how many times to the border" question, after your description of the journey some might say, if you're lucky, only once--crossing it:)Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-90695650564900243252011-11-07T15:36:21.923-05:002011-11-07T15:36:21.923-05:00Jeffrey, I actually ended up with a horrible respi...Jeffrey, I actually ended up with a horrible respiratory ailment and was sick for most of my stay in Xinjiang (don't know if I can blame the train ride but it seems likely!). I was determined to carry on because dammit, how many times do you get to Xinjiang and the Kazak border? A very nice Uighur school administrator advised baijiu with garlic. It might have cured me. Or I just might not have noticed I was sick any more.<br /><br />Thanks for having me here on your lovely blog! Sorry to get a late start but I was on the road yesterday and last night, unfortunately not in a train...Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-3033498916482981482011-11-07T15:30:42.242-05:002011-11-07T15:30:42.242-05:00Lisa,
Having endured all of that and emerged with...Lisa,<br /><br />Having endured all of that and emerged with sense of humor and immune system intact, you deserve to be "The Queen." I, though. personally prefer the more existential, read-about-it class of carriage for such a journey. Thanks!Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76287364932750947302011-11-07T14:38:45.413-05:002011-11-07T14:38:45.413-05:00No wonder you're such a good writer. I loved t...No wonder you're such a good writer. I loved the tale. Somehow, I think my experience with a soft sleeper, here in the States, doesn't come close to what you had. <br /><br />You have so many good memories of your travels.Things to tell the Grand nieces and nephews and perhaps write a book of travel tales? You put us there so effortlessly, Lisa.<br /><br />Loved the post!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.siamckye.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Sia McKye's Thoughts...OVER COFFEE</a>~Sia McKye~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08470562659597351033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83878840062276955552011-11-07T14:35:13.302-05:002011-11-07T14:35:13.302-05:00Lisa, rereading this threw me back into the story,...Lisa, rereading this threw me back into the story, which I loved. I particularly like the ways in which you weave Chinese culture into the story. Now I'm thinking, maybe it's time to read it again.<br /><br />Can't wait for the next one. Thanks.John Philipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604658079530341673noreply@blogger.com