tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post2018677124455140323..comments2023-11-26T17:19:22.499+00:00Comments on RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR: Lost TalentScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-76417646229718990682013-03-22T11:06:47.724+00:002013-03-22T11:06:47.724+00:00Funnily enough, only yesterday I came across anoth...Funnily enough, only yesterday I came across another one you introduced me to - Piet Hein. Have either of us blogged him I wonder? Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-6251184341356367122013-03-22T10:26:48.134+00:002013-03-22T10:26:48.134+00:00I'll not start on my anti-war ranting but just...I'll not start on my anti-war ranting but just concentrate on being grateful that I managed to introduce you to at least one author and such a wonderful one at that: Saki aka H H Munro has to be one of the wittiest and sometimes one of the most biting of authors (for those appreciating true English wit).GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-59198648039370054772013-03-19T22:00:52.683+00:002013-03-19T22:00:52.683+00:00I had a dear friend named Leslie Norris – a Welsh ...I had a dear friend named Leslie Norris – a Welsh poet. He spoke often of his father, a man who was formed, and in many ways ruined, by that war. When you mentioned artists lost, I immediately thought of Leslie, and poem he wrote titled “His Father, Singing.” It is worth Googling. I wonder if some artists were also created? Nothing Exceptionalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12666218630975607005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-64757687677363874572013-03-19T20:28:52.494+00:002013-03-19T20:28:52.494+00:00I remember the story 'Tobermory' quite wel...I remember the story 'Tobermory' quite well. The cat comes to a bad end, undeservedly I think. Once I started reading him, Saki became one of my favorite authors. I was about 10 years old at that time, and no one at my elementary school had heard of him, nor did they care to. The instructors weren't hired for their intelligence, you see.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-12953623922312090932013-03-19T18:23:30.924+00:002013-03-19T18:23:30.924+00:00Years ago there was a magazine called "This E...Years ago there was a magazine called "This England." Don't know if it still exists, but I hope so. They published poems by several of the WWI poets who so tragically died in the trenches, Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen among them. WWI seems a particularly sad and pointless war, even more pointless than most wars. So many young men died, including Rob's great-aunt's fiance. Hilda never married and lived to the age of 90+, as an impoverished spinster and piano teacher.Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-19219707910738851362013-03-19T17:53:23.238+00:002013-03-19T17:53:23.238+00:00Thanks for the tip. Don't think I ever heard o...Thanks for the tip. Don't think I ever heard of Saki... Just dowloaded two of them free for Kindle to add to my Classics list.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-836087263536608402013-03-19T16:48:59.420+00:002013-03-19T16:48:59.420+00:00"The Schartz-Metterklume Method" was in ..."The Schartz-Metterklume Method" was in my first reader in college, when I was eighteen. I was very much a "holy boy" (as I apparently remain) and I loved Munro's wry and almost innocent wickedness.dennistheeremitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801567321734091885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-62413428781676321492013-03-19T16:31:34.518+00:002013-03-19T16:31:34.518+00:00Owen sure ws a handsome man.Owen sure ws a handsome man.~JarieLyn~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02519086938256175022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-45221462317589096852013-03-19T15:57:53.824+00:002013-03-19T15:57:53.824+00:00Now that has really depressed me.
The sad thing is...Now that has really depressed me.<br />The sad thing is little has changed.<br />Make the head of state lead the troops is my suggestion. Our queen is a bit old now so Dithery Dave should take her place. There would be fewer battles and a bit more diplomacy.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-73086765844983137192013-03-19T13:22:53.270+00:002013-03-19T13:22:53.270+00:00I loved learning about these authors.
British writ...I loved learning about these authors.<br />British writers have the best way with words in my opinion, but I may be biased.<br />Honestly, who could have put it any better?<br />"it goes quite nicely up-hill if you push it.”<br />VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.com