tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post7421311136060561474..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: In over my head again: Music to wring tears from starsRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-53199087705962580492009-02-18T12:49:00.000-07:002009-02-18T12:49:00.000-07:00I haven't read Cider with Rosie for many a lon...I haven't read Cider with Rosie for many a long year. I must try it again. And YOU reading a FRENCH author? Well, I'll be blowed. I loved Madame Bovary. It's been a long time since I read that too.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-7896701642363081782009-02-18T12:53:00.000-07:002009-02-18T12:53:00.000-07:00Madam Bovery? I thought it was Mamie's Ovary. ...Madam Bovery? I thought it was Mamie's Ovary. That's very different. I might reconsider.Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-56307849749752770372009-02-18T13:10:00.000-07:002009-02-18T13:10:00.000-07:00Sigh. And there I was thinking we were going to h...Sigh. And there I was thinking we were going to have a sensible conversation. :)A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-1227927493630303932009-02-18T13:17:00.000-07:002009-02-18T13:17:00.000-07:00What? Have I ever done anything to lead you to bel...What? Have I ever done anything to lead you to believe such a thing would be possible? What would be the fun in that??Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-20949103987787645842009-02-18T13:57:00.000-07:002009-02-18T13:57:00.000-07:00I've heard that Laurie Lee is really good, and...I've heard that Laurie Lee is really good, and I keep saying I will read Cider With Rosie...So far I have an unbeatable record in procrastinating over this. But now, who knows?<br><br>Mamie's Ovary sounds like the title of a very naughty Victorian yellowback novel.Lidianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-90696777584937166262009-02-18T15:36:00.000-07:002009-02-18T15:36:00.000-07:00Hey Lidian. I have ordered the book. So far I have...Hey Lidian. I have ordered the book. So far I have only read excerpts from various reviews I have found here and there. Plus some of his bio.<br><br>You must explain the term "yellowback" to me, and also why I have never heard of it since I am so up on most hip things. :)Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-70461835199544247812009-02-19T00:24:00.000-07:002009-02-19T00:24:00.000-07:00There's a blog award waiting for you HERE!There's a blog award waiting for you <a href="http://angelika1972.blogspot.com/2009/02/lets-be-friends.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>!Angelikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00157990727797664266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-72224787571362214932009-02-19T06:56:00.000-07:002009-02-19T06:56:00.000-07:00Thank you Angelika. :)Thank you Angelika. :)Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-66823929253884324262009-02-19T08:15:00.000-07:002009-02-19T08:15:00.000-07:00Excellent. New authors. I once did a paper in whic...Excellent. New authors. <br>I once did a paper in which I compared Emma Bovary with Lady Macbeth called "Lady or the Tramp?" I got an A. I couldn't write anything like that now if my life depended on it.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190489990653412687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-16283208337993916222009-02-20T10:49:00.000-07:002009-02-20T10:49:00.000-07:00I'm glad to see I've led you to discover a...I'm glad to see I've led you to discover a great writer. Laurie Lee, in between writing books and poetry, was employed by the british government in the planning and active stages of the Festival of Britain, a celebration that was held to usher in a new era after the second world war. Lee held the title of "Curator of Eccentricities", which is a job I covet.<br>I read "Cider With Rosie" whilst learning to be a teacher. For students on teaching practice, each morning at six-thirty we would board a bus, and travel on a winding route through the Cotswold hills, stopping at every little village school, to drop students off one or two at a time.<br>Teaching in those schools introduced you to village life, taking children on walks to discuss local history, geography, flora and fauna, a different pace.<br>I learned as much as my students. I grew up as a country boy, my relatives were mostly farming folk, though from a different part of England. The children loved to compare their local dialect words with mine.<br>Although the visits those schools were supposed to be work, for me they were a passport to another world. <br>I sometimes wonder how my life might have panned out if I had accepted the offer of a job in my first teaching-practice school, on my leaving college.soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-5554899248312493312009-02-21T15:28:00.000-07:002009-02-21T15:28:00.000-07:00@Janet - I have Soubriquet to thank for that. Well...@Janet - I have Soubriquet to thank for that. Well, not for Enid, but the other one. :) I highly recommend you read his blog. (Try not to ask him a question though. :) Kidding Soub.<br><br>I love the "Lady and the Tramp". I loved that movie.Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-86918149902752169252009-02-21T15:41:00.000-07:002009-02-21T15:41:00.000-07:00@Soubriquet - Curator of Eccentricities. Yes. You ...@Soubriquet - Curator of Eccentricities. Yes. You would do well at that. :)<br><br>I find the bits and pieces of your life that you choose to throw my way fascinating. I think you should consider formal memoirs. I'm not kidding. And apologies if you have already published them. I will just add you to the list of famous British authors I never heard of. But you should.<br><br><a href="http://www.ifyouwriteit.com/" rel="nofollow">Descartes</a> made a <a href="http://clarity2009.blogspot.com/2009/02/three-people-we-are-still-feeding.html" rel="nofollow">comment</a> to a recent post to this blog about an author (Robert A Heinlein) who wrote about "what if" scenarios - if other roads had been taken, or if certain things had happened differently. Another author I should know but don't. I think I will follow up on him too.Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-48063637768624350632009-02-24T10:27:00.000-07:002009-02-24T10:27:00.000-07:00Which blog? Grits or drafts?Which blog? Grits or drafts?Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190489990653412687noreply@blogger.com