tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post115990089602028728..comments2023-05-16T04:46:21.091-06:00Comments on ALONE ON A WINDY RIDGE: I like to workBrenda Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03576550905189206215noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160151788489684112006-10-06T10:23:00.000-06:002006-10-06T10:23:00.000-06:00There was a young man named Rhett (Grrrrr...)who c...There was a young man named Rhett (Grrrrr...)<BR/>who claimed he had sent a letter<BR/>along with the candy<BR/>that was promised me,<BR/>but no. I should've known better.Brenda Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576550905189206215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160151352384628162006-10-06T10:15:00.000-06:002006-10-06T10:15:00.000-06:00Wonderful! If you can't make it to the conference/...Wonderful! If you can't make it to the conference/AGM, there's always the colony...<BR/><BR/>I like rereading letters. Handwritten ones. That's something I don't often do with email. There's something about the handwriting itself that lends to the experience.Brenda Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576550905189206215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160147822990157162006-10-06T09:17:00.000-06:002006-10-06T09:17:00.000-06:00I gave a letter to the postman,He put it his sack....I gave a letter to the postman,<BR/>He put it his sack.<BR/>Bright in early next morning,<BR/>He brought my letter back.<BR/><BR/>She wrote upon it:<BR/>Return to sender, address unknown.<BR/>No such number, no such zone.<BR/>We had a quarrel, a lovers spat<BR/>I write Im sorry but my letter keeps coming back.Rhett Soveranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156758747926122945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160108655073748482006-10-05T22:24:00.000-06:002006-10-05T22:24:00.000-06:00I have copies of the Griffin and Sabine books I'd ...I have copies of the <I>Griffin and Sabine</I> books I'd be happy to lend - I have to check the scheduling to see if I can make it to the AGM in Saskatoon.<BR/><BR/>I like letter-writing. It's a narcissistic activity in some ways. I get to ramble on about whatever I want, and the receiver has to listen (or I suppose they could choose not to read it, but that's like having an unopened present!). The reply is lovely if it comes, but usually I'm happy just to have felt I've said something, even if the person receiving doesn't actually hear the words for a while.Paula Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187510621280048398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160104504629188692006-10-05T21:15:00.000-06:002006-10-05T21:15:00.000-06:00Darn.I see it's a big day for Abe.Darn.<BR/><BR/>I see it's <A HREF="http://www.bookninja.com/?p=1552" REL="nofollow">a big day for Abe</A>.Brenda Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576550905189206215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160055410256680512006-10-05T07:36:00.000-06:002006-10-05T07:36:00.000-06:00I had the first two, lent them out, and they never...I had the first two, lent them out, and they never returned. Sorry. They don't seem to be easy to find in used book stores either, but maybe Abe?Tracy Hamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268950046166039920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160024182316404072006-10-04T22:56:00.000-06:002006-10-04T22:56:00.000-06:00I was never much of a letter writer as I always st...I was never much of a letter writer as I always struggled with the page and how to best fill it, often imagining what might become of it, what box it might land in. Sometimes I wondered whose eloquent letter would be tossed on top of mine. But I was and am a grateful receiver. I guess I'm the selfish side of letters. I hoard them. On the other hand, I am an avid emailer to say the least, my messages brief, fleeting. Flittery.<BR/><BR/>Friday is nearly here.<BR/><BR/>Nick Bantock? New to me. I just looked up <I>Griffin & Sabine</I>. I might have to check it out. You don't by any chance have a copy that I can borrow? Not that I haven't got enough of your books here already. :)Brenda Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576550905189206215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160023299264360132006-10-04T22:41:00.000-06:002006-10-04T22:41:00.000-06:00Speaking of interventions, interruptions, and lett...Speaking of interventions, interruptions, and letters, tonight I was in the car chauffering children here and there, and I caught an interview with Nick Bantock as he jawed about <EM>Griffin and Sabine</EM> (which I was enthralled with for years). He talked about writing the books, the idea and such, and I think he was talking about a new book, but this was hard to discern over the chatter of children.Tracy Hamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268950046166039920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1160022029333434502006-10-04T22:20:00.000-06:002006-10-04T22:20:00.000-06:00Friday, but the trip will most likely have to be s...Friday, but the trip will most likely have to be split over two days...<BR/><BR/>I miss letters. I used to be an ardent letter-writer but email slowly took over whatever energy I had for letter writing and eventually supplanted it.Ariel Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879719960202249424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1159996845658986292006-10-04T15:20:00.000-06:002006-10-04T15:20:00.000-06:00Ah, true. Nicely put, Ariel. When will you be maki...Ah, true. Nicely put, Ariel. When will you be making your way back?<BR/><BR/>You're right, Paula Jane, some interruptions are more than welcome. <BR/>Letters are lovely, though I never know what to expect when I open yours. Freaky cat, alligator, apocalyptic penguin. Actual jars...<BR/><BR/>Today I had no interruptions. And for some odd reason I wrote a poem titled "Hush."Brenda Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576550905189206215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1159980165307044472006-10-04T10:42:00.000-06:002006-10-04T10:42:00.000-06:00Some interruptions are definitely worth it.One of ...Some interruptions are definitely worth it.<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons I tend to send letters is exactly because you can read it in your own time ... no jarring at all - except for the occasional freaky cat picture. (Halloween is coming, you know!)Paula Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187510621280048398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10177155.post-1159977377256757132006-10-04T09:56:00.000-06:002006-10-04T09:56:00.000-06:00THere are interruptions and there are intervention...THere are interruptions and there are interventions, aren't there...Ariel Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879719960202249424noreply@blogger.com