Comments on: Politics and Thorn

By: JWH

JWH — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:44:54 +0000

In reply to Karen Ronald. Wow, Karen. Thanks so much for the thoughtful and glowing response. I sometimes wonder if what I'm spending so much of my life creating has an impact sufficient to justify all those hours. A response like yours is the kind of validation that keeps me plugging on. Thanks for taking the time and energy to craft this comment.

By: Karen Ronald

Karen Ronald — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:54:52 +0000

I think Thorn’s political leanings would be more in line with Skink. Thorn’s charm has always been his willingness to defy social norms. I would not have followed his adventures all these years had I not believed he was authentic. Thorn is a survivor. Thorn ties his flies to catch a fish and he sells those flies to individuals, not corporations. He ‘counts his affairs on his thumbnail’ and lives each day as it comes. Thorn is moral, flawed, optimistic and perfectly broken and for me and most appealing he recognizes he is alone! There have been moments when I was bored with him, mad at him, thought he had sold out, or considered him insane but mostly I’ve been in love with him. As my bookshelf has expanded with his adventures, my appreciation for his universal appeal to Everyman has solidified. I’ve heard it said that youth is for learning and age is for understanding. Thorn has been a vehicle for both. Perhaps I’m prejudiced but I think Thorn is a man for the ages. Good job Jim!

By: Lynn Harrell

Lynn Harrell — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:01:34 +0000

I will never understand why some people believe blind partisanship is the hallmark of patriotism., when it’s actually the trait of an ignorant bigot. Thorn might not be up to the minute on current affairs, but he’ll never be mistaken for a self-centered fool!