tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post6414584417150666019..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: Whoa!Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-14353730688753542612011-08-03T08:29:12.445-04:002011-08-03T08:29:12.445-04:00Blue Fruit, thank you. Oh, boy, do I know that sit...Blue Fruit, thank you. Oh, boy, do I know that situation where you know you read but as to what ...<br /><br />To cancel the vacation was a wrench but as needs must. The good thing is, I heard yesterday I can go to New York in two weeks time. Fingers crossed!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-7588109540878367592011-08-03T08:24:18.469-04:002011-08-03T08:24:18.469-04:00Gaye, thank you. Apologies for the late reply - I&...Gaye, thank you. Apologies for the late reply - I'm going stir crazy, thus am cranky. I thought it best to wait until I could be civil again. I read Emile's list of books - precisely what I would have expected (not that I foresaw what he would say) and some good guidance for additions to the library.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-70390188875990800432011-08-02T20:55:27.897-04:002011-08-02T20:55:27.897-04:00It must be gutting to have had to cancel such a ho...It must be gutting to have had to cancel such a holiday. I would be left speechless. But glad to see that you not, and have put a brave face on it all. <br /><br />Your comments about the emag format are really interesting, and I absolutely have to concur. The leap doesn't seem to have been made yet in terms of how they can format in their own right. They drive me nuts with their content layouts - but I guess these are early days and things will rapidly change. <br /><br />And as for your summer of readings, man am I jealous of that. My bedside table consists of no less than 3 books I am attempting to read. But a couple of pages each evening is all I seem to manage, tragically! Then the next night, I have to re-read those same pages, because I was too tired to take it in properly! <br /><br />Finally, glad to know that you have managed to get up in a chair, and hopefully further progress will now be swift. If a strong mind can will the body to be strong too, you will have no trouble at all.Glamour Dropshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651174250292927988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-74053663965434910242011-07-31T14:25:02.999-04:002011-07-31T14:25:02.999-04:00oh Blue-whether sitting in a chair or strolling a ...oh Blue-whether sitting in a chair or strolling a gallery, your insights are always spot on. Venture to say You could have "faked" it and shared your wealth of knowledge via chair to us. I hate that you have been way under. We will commiserate in the "Fall." I have your what have you been reading in a post-and have had several or our esteemed bloggers share their picks in Summer Reading ii at la.This week Emile is featured. pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-82294964418642684202011-07-30T20:13:25.283-04:002011-07-30T20:13:25.283-04:00Lindaraxa, thank you. Good to hear from you! I'...Lindaraxa, thank you. Good to hear from you! I'll be up and about soon and we'll get together.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-18495099652130717662011-07-30T15:51:53.839-04:002011-07-30T15:51:53.839-04:00Dearest Blueish,
Been thinking of you and the Cel...Dearest Blueish,<br /><br />Been thinking of you and the Celt enjoying your summer vacation in the UK. What a suprise to hear you have not been well. So sorry! Nothing worse than being sick and aching and on top of that having to cancel a vacation.<br /><br />The Hare with Amber Eyes was excellent, also remember In the Garden of Beasts by the same author of Devil in the White City. I also enjoyed The Greater Journey by David McCullogh about Americans in Paris in mid 19th century.<br /><br />Please keep cool and let me know what I can do to cheer you up. Muah!lindaraxahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721286284279902181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-43451895966795490672011-07-30T13:17:16.932-04:002011-07-30T13:17:16.932-04:00Home before dark, thank you and my apologies for a...Home before dark, thank you and my apologies for a late reply. I'm not yet at the stage where I want to sock my physical therapist but you've given me signs to watch out for. You're right about aging not being for sissies - having just come back from my twice-daily walk around the motor court and viisitor parking (12 minutes) totally knackered and ready for a lay down. Still, a 12 minute walk is right now, for me, up there with a walk on the moon.<br /><br />I remember in college learning to hand set type and then shortly after seeing those same cases for sale as decorative shelving for knick-knacks! Upper case and lower case - everyone uses the phraseology but so few know the derivation. <br /><br />Thank you for the book suggestions. The pile grows! <br /><br />For the times, they are a-changing ...Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-55714619850016533472011-07-30T13:05:03.182-04:002011-07-30T13:05:03.182-04:00Laurent, thank you. I am sorry for the late reply....Laurent, thank you. I am sorry for the late reply. You're right, I'm likely to finish reading The Aspern Papers but not quite yet. Hibbert served the king and queen very well and thank you for reminding me about Giles St Aubyn - a name I'd long forgotten. The university library has two of his books but not the one about Edward VII which I am looking forward to buying.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-42286712022608316672011-07-29T11:21:39.184-04:002011-07-29T11:21:39.184-04:00Gobsmacked I am. I thought for sure you and Blue E...Gobsmacked I am. I thought for sure you and Blue Eyes were high tailing across London...sorely to hear your tale of woe. Aging is a bitch and is not for sissies, no? <br /><br />How many people out there even know what widows and orphans are in typeset pages? I have spanned the time line from hot press to computers. I am a dinosaur! I do think your comments about being hamstrung by the past and not adapting to the future is both hysterical, perceptive and wise.<br /><br />Do hope you take the time to mend and do all of that wretched physical therapy. Good lord, that stuff is a pain in the ass. When I broke my thumb and wrist, I knew I was on the mend when I wanted to sock that therapist in the face! Big hugs that don't hurt.<br /><br />As for reading: I reread Wharton's House of Mirth, enjoyed Colm Toibin's The Empty Family, am starting Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns and dabble in Thierry Coudert's Cafe Society. Have I mentioned I have become addicted to reading all the newspapers I can gobble up online?home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-58668916376748480392011-07-28T18:43:25.131-04:002011-07-28T18:43:25.131-04:00Only "improbable" note in a very welcome...Only "improbable" note in a very welcome update is the doubt of finishing The Aspern Papers. You certainly will, not that you can be intimidated by an unfinished chore, not because it's a moral "thriller," not because it's subtle and not because it's shrewd and not because it's James but because it's about privity and invasion, vulnerability and deception - in short. on making a character and putting him on a page to ease oneself. No, you'll read it, and you'll love it.<br /><br />As to the late, good King, I admire Hibbert on the Mob (London Riots, 1780), so I'm bound to assume an elevation of his gifts, am I not, in approaching this genuinely relevant of sovereigns? My 'life' of E vii RI<br />is Giles St Aubyn's, which I prize for his reminiscence via the wedding, of Princess Alexandra's most delicious trait: "The Bride was ten minutes late but was seldom ever again to be so punctual." I hope Hibbert captured their qualities so well; I shall believe you if you say so.<br /><br />"Tottering" is enviable, and you've given us enough grounds for that. Get better, as we used to say, and come out and play.<br /><br />Great to see you up. I check every day.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-43404890124253835632011-07-28T09:12:35.310-04:002011-07-28T09:12:35.310-04:00Anonymous, thank you.
The Hare with Amber Eyes b...Anonymous, thank you. <br /><br />The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal will top the pile of books on my bedside table as soon as I can get my hands on it. Thank you for the recommendation!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-57160732443661021892011-07-28T09:08:59.552-04:002011-07-28T09:08:59.552-04:00Columnist, thank you. I pressed "delete"...Columnist, thank you. I pressed "delete" instead of "publish" (not wearing reading glasses) but was able to cut and paste your comment into one of my own - just in case you look and don't see your name. <br /><br />I think the rooms are the same but in the case of the sitting room during the time of the Queen Mother the walls were hung with damask thus hiding the moldings above the dado rail. I agree, the contrast between the two styles of decoration is remarkable and in the case of the Princess's there is oddly enough, despite the richness a certain "austerity in a time of rationing" feel. The Queen Mother's rooms did not, in contrast with her daughter's, have the feel of a stage set. <br /><br />Prince Charles had the wisdom to call in Robert Kime and judging by what I saw in WoI it was a job well done. There were, I think, a lot of repairs to be done before Kime was able to do his work.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-59919986460518780212011-07-28T08:53:45.635-04:002011-07-28T08:53:45.635-04:00Jane and Lance Hattatt, thank you very much. I hav...Jane and Lance Hattatt, thank you very much. I have not read the Roy Strong diaries but I shall order them as quickly as I can. A recommendation I cannot resist. Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother is a worthwhile read - if you have not read it, that is.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-33155884926803051212011-07-28T08:48:56.805-04:002011-07-28T08:48:56.805-04:00Terry, thank you. Good to hear from you and thank ...Terry, thank you. Good to hear from you and thank you for your prayers! <br /><br />I've through all the "toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, and waddle" stages and this morning seem to be reliving them all again - just one of those days! <br /><br />I shall get Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" - it should be right up my alley, as it were.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-62313324798971415772011-07-28T08:43:46.428-04:002011-07-28T08:43:46.428-04:00The Devoted Classicist, thank you. I am definitely...The Devoted Classicist, thank you. I am definitely on the mend even if a little impatient at what I see as the slowness of it. I read The Devil in the White City when first in paperback and thoroughly enjoyed it, in a horrified way. I'm tempted by the author's latest but will wait until the other pile of books on my bedside table are read.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-67922885940691255302011-07-28T07:42:49.164-04:002011-07-28T07:42:49.164-04:00So sorry to hear that you have been in such pain.....So sorry to hear that you have been in such pain...<br /><br />My recommedation is The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. Not a thriller but a compelling biography of an aristo Jewish family. The 'rosebud', which ties it all together, is a collection of Netsuke.<br /><br />Please read it and let us know what you think?<br /><br />BestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-48945415156991931842011-07-28T07:33:42.111-04:002011-07-28T07:33:42.111-04:00columnist has left a new comment on your post &quo...columnist has left a new comment on your post "Whoa!": <br /><br />Goodness, I am sorry your sciatica has given you so much grief, but I hope that you are on the mend.<br /><br />The contrast between the way the Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh and the way Queen Elizabeth decorated Clarence House is remarkable. Of course, we may not be comparing like with like, (the rooms). But I think the dowager queen certainly had much better taste than her daughter and son in law. And her grandson seems to have inherited that, leaving the "state" rooms much as they were during her time, with a bit of sprucing up by Robert Kime.<br /><br />Hope you continue to mend well.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-25308728445176366142011-07-28T04:00:40.298-04:002011-07-28T04:00:40.298-04:00Hello:
We are so very sorry to read here that thin...Hello:<br />We are so very sorry to read here that things have, over the last few weeks, rather gone from bad to worse. We very much hope that now there is some light to be seen at the end of the tunnel.<br /><br />Also, you must have been very disappointed to have to cancel your holiday. Let us hope that it can take place at some future date.<br /><br />A right Royal read here! Have you read the Roy Strong diaries which include many intriguing insights into the late Queen Mother's life [as well as much else]?Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-27737014103154739152011-07-27T22:52:18.360-04:002011-07-27T22:52:18.360-04:00We've been a bit worried but "whoa" ...We've been a bit worried but "whoa" at least you are tottering now. At our house we're praying that you progress though the "toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, and waddle" stages as quickly as possible.<br /><br />My brother got a Kindle for Christmas. They fell in love eloped I think.<br /><br />Nobody whines about cultural decline like Robert Hughes. I'm reading Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" right now. She hits just as hard as Mr. Hughes but didn't do TV.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154846109609330503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-21736336391603138512011-07-27T22:03:23.835-04:002011-07-27T22:03:23.835-04:00Blue, I am glad to know you are on the mend, as I ...Blue, I am glad to know you are on the mend, as I have been concerned. I hope to soon start THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, the story of architect/fair planner Daniel Burnham and handsome doctor/landlord/sadistic serial killer Henry H. Holmes during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com