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Esther Merves's avatar

I remember reading this when you shared through email a long time ago. It was scary then and still is now. Lucky you had some change on you. ❤️

As usual, great musical selections!

Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Luck was on my side all the way through this; somehow, I was 'protected.'

Yes! The music is great: the DS guitar (!) and Tracy C...never less than great. I'm so glad you are listening.

Francisco Rivera's avatar

What a nightmare! Does your assailant still haunt you? My childhood attackers still torment me at night.

Rebecca Kalin's avatar

No, I never think about him. He was a blur, the trip-wire for a stark, bigger picture. I must admit that telling/retelling and illustrating the story is unsettling. Such a close call.

Francisco Rivera's avatar

The wrong place at the wrong time. To think...we might never had met!

Rebecca Kalin's avatar

You may not believe that I have thought about that.

Joan Marlow Golan's avatar

Ouch, that machete!

Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Ouch indeed.

In the #1 song by Dire Straits (with exquisite guitar), he sings something about the feel of the blade on the skin. I remember that.

Julie Thompson-Dobkin's avatar

The enigma...the unknown; Crossroads a perfect accompaniment!

Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Yes, the unknown. Looking back, how little I knew.

It's hard to go wrong with Tracy Chapman and Crossroads. The Dire Straits song also hits in a number of places (e.g., the feel of the blade on the skin) but (must admit) it's the guitar that pulls me in.