tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post740309665975386016..comments2024-03-28T10:16:38.716-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Twickenham GardenLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-40228407131185825622022-04-22T09:24:24.312-04:002022-04-22T09:24:24.312-04:00There was a man who watched the ballet class undre...There was a man who watched the ballet class undressing & dressing in a space next to his office - the only thing that was done about it was the woman who ran the ballet class kept taping over the peephole he had in the wall. So... <br />But isn't Donne wonderful? I remember reading his poems when I was 18 and it broke my heart that he'd been dead for over 300 years because I fell in love with him. And Browning - boy, he was good. "Grow old with me; the best is yet to be."Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14264208226277514082022-04-21T22:35:50.005-04:002022-04-21T22:35:50.005-04:00I’m so glad you dodged that COVID bullet. Whew, Ev...I’m so glad you dodged that COVID bullet. Whew, Eve! Good for you.<br /><br />Prevailing Winds<br /><br />I am also glad to see Ravnsborg brought to justice. I have concerns about Norm, but holding one crook’s feet to the fire is a start.<br /><br />I read both his letter and the attached document. Typos (quite instead of quiet, for example) and a couple of weirdly worded sentences in the document caught my attention. I generate typos and I recall you made one back in 1971, but I would have expected him to proofread his letter a few times and perhaps ask a secretary to glance at it.<br /><br />That suggests to me he’s feeling the pressure… unless he’s simply a bad speller.<br /><br />Eve, you (and RT among others) know about the Mistral, but for other readers, it’s a wind that flows down the Rhône Valley, seasonally averaging 45mph (75kmph)! Frankly, I didn’t mind it but the constant wind has been known to drive residents mad.<br /><br />Small Towns, Big Trouble<br /><br />Eve, small towns seem capable of hiding dark secrets. But on the other hand, if someone is angry with a neighbor, they’re quite ready to unveil those secrets.<br /><br />I haven’t experienced the last two items in the list. A local theatre owner had a thing for boys. Parents handled it by not allowing their children work for him and having ‘a quiet word’ with the man.<br /><br />Although they gave me hell when I transferred in (a whole 10 miles) my sophomore year, I have to admit my village was always welcoming when I’d return. Or perhaps they didn’t realize I was missing!<br /><br />I haven’t read Donne since college. Frankly, I had forgotten what a visual wordsmith he was. My mother kept a printed Browning quotation pinned above her kitchen sink:<br /><br />Thy reach must exceed thy grasp, else what’s Heaven for?<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-73987026404883517632022-04-21T08:59:45.592-04:002022-04-21T08:59:45.592-04:00Thanks, Janice! I love John Donne.Thanks, Janice! I love John Donne.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56815718994519706052022-04-21T08:38:25.232-04:002022-04-21T08:38:25.232-04:00Glad you are free of the Covid and thanks for intr...Glad you are free of the Covid and thanks for introducing me to Twickenham Garden!Janice Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406971307368250281noreply@blogger.com