tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post6869953317151263832..comments2023-07-04T08:16:28.684-07:00Comments on Kirk Dale: Child . . . Child . . .Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-42401994307688070882012-09-27T13:39:27.997-07:002012-09-27T13:39:27.997-07:00Thanks for the info Kirk. I think they will be on ...Thanks for the info Kirk. I think they will be on my list too.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830177691014290662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-59993566155745112812012-09-22T13:00:07.320-07:002012-09-22T13:00:07.320-07:00Hello Susan,
yes there was a short story that SG w...Hello Susan,<br />yes there was a short story that SG wrote entitled A Cold Comfort Christmas. I had a look on Amazon.co.uk and found that there is also Conference at Cold Comfort! I have added these to AGAs wish list in case he is thinking of buying me a present!<br />Bye for now<br />KirkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-64421295056530154152012-09-22T12:13:52.735-07:002012-09-22T12:13:52.735-07:00I'm a fan of Cold Comfort Farm too, in fact I ...I'm a fan of Cold Comfort Farm too, in fact I sometimes think Stella Gibbons may have met my family. Many years ago I heard a reading on the radio entitled A Cold Comfort Christmas. I'm not sure if it was taken from the book or a stand alone piece. I would love to find it. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830177691014290662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-16107384868061227862012-09-20T22:11:43.312-07:002012-09-20T22:11:43.312-07:00Dear catmint,
I hope you will enjoy this book as i...Dear catmint,<br />I hope you will enjoy this book as it is great fun.<br />No I don't think that it bad form to comment on two posts in one. Sometimes it seems that writing a blog is like writing a letter to a good friend and so one can say all sorts of things in it!<br />Such visits are indeed compensation for not having a garden but as time passes I wish more and more to have a plot of our own. Time will tell...<br />Bye for now,<br />KirkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-2108898847059083802012-09-20T22:06:07.627-07:002012-09-20T22:06:07.627-07:00Dear Rosemary,
Thank you for your nice comment and...Dear Rosemary,<br />Thank you for your nice comment and yes, I am meeting some very nice people in this blog world!<br />Bye for now and have a safe journey.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-60201358994512995192012-09-20T16:40:45.336-07:002012-09-20T16:40:45.336-07:00Hi Kirk, thanks for the recommendation. This is a ...Hi Kirk, thanks for the recommendation. This is a book I always meant to read but somehow never got round to, so if I can tear myself away from my current diet of sci fi, I'll make a reading space for this. <br /><br />Is it bad form to comment on 2 posts in one? Since blogosphere etiquette is so new, I will chance it. I loved the photos of your idyllic weekend with your visiting friends. Having that on your door step, of course, is the compensation for not being able to garden in winter.<br /><br />glad to hear the tea worked its magic and your flat listnessness lifted very soon. <br />cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-22827716136205317192012-09-20T15:40:08.992-07:002012-09-20T15:40:08.992-07:00Dear Kirk - thank you so much for introducing your...Dear Kirk - thank you so much for introducing yourself to me. I notice that you have already met one or two of my very good blogging friends. From a quick look at your blog I can see that I shall enjoy my visits here. Catch up with you after my travels.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-10632500430762307512012-09-20T11:39:43.395-07:002012-09-20T11:39:43.395-07:00I couldn't agree more!I couldn't agree more!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-33584652732451891142012-09-20T11:39:15.799-07:002012-09-20T11:39:15.799-07:00Hi Faisal,
I agree with you. While not exactly th...Hi Faisal,<br />I agree with you. While not exactly the same as the book, the film more than holds its own. The actors chosen to portray the characters are perfect and add to the enjoyment. And now having written this I have a feeling I may watch it again over the weekend!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-78853692526483705562012-09-20T08:09:03.038-07:002012-09-20T08:09:03.038-07:00There's nothing worse than politics in the Art...There's nothing worse than politics in the Arts ... save politics itself!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-918913348285617822012-09-20T06:55:44.069-07:002012-09-20T06:55:44.069-07:00Hi Kirk. I too love this book, AND, I have to say,...Hi Kirk. I too love this book, AND, I have to say, the film. It absolutely rolls along in its own unique way. Nothing like it. Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-77791627568299336012012-09-19T13:07:39.865-07:002012-09-19T13:07:39.865-07:00Hello Jane and Lance,
Thank you for your comments....Hello Jane and Lance,<br />Thank you for your comments. I wish I had been set such a book, although upon reflection I doubt I would have appreciated it. We were given the joys of Animal Farm and Brave New World to work on....<br />Gerard Manley Hopkins? Was it 'The Windhover'? That is the one I was set.<br /><br />No I have no real down on VW except that she didn't want SG to win because her friend wanted the prize money to buy a new carpet. Her letters were afterwards most disparaging of Miss Gibbons.<br /><br />Yes my gloom is gone thanks to that superb restorative: a cup of tea - or two.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-56258604008329742772012-09-19T12:34:05.165-07:002012-09-19T12:34:05.165-07:00Hello Kirk:
It must now be many years since we rea...Hello Kirk:<br />It must now be many years since we read 'Cold Comfort Farm' which we do recall having once been set as an 'A' Level text in schools. That seems now rather an odd choice for whilst we remember it as very entertaining, and very readable, we wonder if it could, for example, be considered comparable with 'The Rainbow' [always a popular choice] or the poems of Gerald Manley Hopkins? That said, this post is a prompt to revisit what is, when all is said and done, a very entertaining novel.<br /><br />Do you have a down on Virginia Woolf?!!<br /><br />We do hope that the gloom of earlier today has lifted and you are restored to normal spirits.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com