tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post7040887645142303836..comments2023-11-24T17:22:49.598+11:00Comments on Sweet Wayfaring: Blue Hour 1 of 6Joan Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-20600743555774954592012-01-03T19:09:36.062+11:002012-01-03T19:09:36.062+11:00I love all the different shades of blue. The passa...I love all the different shades of blue. The passage from the book describes the blue time/ gloaming very well. Her book sounds interesting but I get bored with too many descriptive passages. Looking forward to the following series of pics.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-56052608235515030032012-01-03T09:51:54.676+11:002012-01-03T09:51:54.676+11:00Julie, like you I had mixed feelings on Magical Th...Julie, like you I had mixed feelings on Magical Thinking and similar mixed feelings on this one. For example, I dislike the American stye of 'name dropping' in their memoirs. I guess it establishes the position of privilege her daughter had but it erks me. I was annoyed that she did not reveal what her daughter died off - some say it was alcoholic related - but perhaps it says something about her inability to cope. As you say it must take massive strength to write as she does. I found her exploration of ageing great. She has a way of digging into things which is terrific and relates more to my experience of life.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-69290704981929500622012-01-02T23:47:11.551+11:002012-01-02T23:47:11.551+11:00What a glorious passage! I like the sentence "...What a glorious passage! I like the sentence "The very word “gloaming” reverberates, echoes— the gloaming, the glimmer, the glitter, the glisten, the glamour—carrying in its consonants the images of houses shuttering, gardens darkening, grass-lined rivers slipping through the shadows". Such an image she has conjured in my mind.<br /><br />I read "The Year of Magical Thinking" last year. I was captivated for 3/4 of it. Then I thought it became a little self-indulgent. But she had massive strength to write it at all.<br /><br />What did you think of "Blue Nights".<br /><br />You little off-centre fishing troupe is quite evocative for me.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-9673671997126021672012-01-02T12:20:44.841+11:002012-01-02T12:20:44.841+11:00Very peaceful... Looking forward to seeing the cha...Very peaceful... Looking forward to seeing the changes in the landscape.Winamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065947445339036623noreply@blogger.com