tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post9160868649592833561..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: BecalmedLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-67792086431602553312011-02-24T04:26:18.885+01:002011-02-24T04:26:18.885+01:00How interesting. I'd not heard of that book ti...How interesting. I'd not heard of that book till last week when a friend told me she was reading it, and I saw it on her kitchen table; and now I'm seeing it here. Funny how things happen.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-55031283268663251042011-02-16T16:15:09.808+01:002011-02-16T16:15:09.808+01:00Thanks for the recommendation; I read Montaigne in...Thanks for the recommendation; I read Montaigne in college and would like to look into his work again.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-32692640971218635412011-02-15T19:01:50.972+01:002011-02-15T19:01:50.972+01:00Gray is a soothing colour to look at on your blog ...Gray is a soothing colour to look at on your blog . . . but stormy and bleak to look at from the window of my little study.<br /><br />I wonder if this book can give me a reason to get out of bed in the morning; or perhaps, to explain David Cameron's Big Society?Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-10382635990696903142011-02-15T00:40:46.979+01:002011-02-15T00:40:46.979+01:00Let us know how was it!Let us know how was it!HLizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501423875033391870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-74609442865369773682011-02-14T17:16:07.463+01:002011-02-14T17:16:07.463+01:00A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share
T...<em>A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share <br /> <br /> The impulse of thy strength, only less free <br />Than thou, O uncontrollable!</em><br /><br />We can wait :-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-12050833981507065742011-02-13T23:09:22.498+01:002011-02-13T23:09:22.498+01:00Bakewell. Perfect name for a writer. The subtitle ...<i>Bakewell</i>. Perfect name for a writer. The subtitle does make you want to open the book ...Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-3421918073137190782011-02-13T17:23:17.508+01:002011-02-13T17:23:17.508+01:00It looks very interesting. I'll look forward ...It looks very interesting. I'll look forward to your comments on it.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-43422774408732455582011-02-13T17:15:29.571+01:002011-02-13T17:15:29.571+01:00I've been reading Montaigne more carefully tha...I've been reading Montaigne more carefully than ever since finishing this book. M calls out to us across the centuries always with humour and common sense. He has the gift of making you feel comfortable with what he says and how you react to it. Sarah Bakewell as done him and us a great service.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-67405299626289073052011-02-13T15:59:09.373+01:002011-02-13T15:59:09.373+01:00happy readinghappy readingFire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-20607357737347225472011-02-13T13:50:11.803+01:002011-02-13T13:50:11.803+01:00I want to know more, when you have finished it.I want to know more, when you have finished it.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-40510368123764851852011-02-13T13:09:01.161+01:002011-02-13T13:09:01.161+01:00Terrific book, n'est-ce pas? Terrific photo to...Terrific book, n'est-ce pas? Terrific photo too.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.com