tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post1297278590149766186..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Adjectival: between showers; cauli; and ToënoLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-59214417890974157702015-11-22T19:52:49.211+01:002015-11-22T19:52:49.211+01:00"obligatory late start" indeed. where do..."obligatory late start" indeed. where does that come from?<br /><br />sometimes writing letters is a good way to make things happen and to feel useful, but sometimes, as in this case, it'll just dredge up the bad feelings, so you did well to focus on the sea.the polish chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929281676865641560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-73426509199893641602015-11-22T09:58:15.185+01:002015-11-22T09:58:15.185+01:00Z - indeed. She was kind of like a little ball of ...Z - indeed. She was kind of like a little ball of colour herself.<br /><br />Robbie - in fact the music, luthenist and couter-tenor, wasn't a washout, but very good, just totally ill-suited to the venue, a long, draughty, heavy stone church, badly lit. To add insult to injury, though we paid full price for non-numbered seats and missed dinner to wait around turn up early to get decent places, when we finally got in, at least two thirds of the seats from the front were reserved for 'amicale abonnés', so I heard little well and Tom nothing at all. Then there was the obligatory late start, followed by the self-important twit from the association prattling on about the who knows what beforehand. We left at the interval, went back to our hotel to get warm and have a glass and some more cheese and biscuits which fortunately we'd brought with us. I meant to write a letter of complaint to the relevant persons, but it all takes longer in French and I lost the will after a bit, wouldn't make any difference anyway.<br /><br />Ellena - oh touché! Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-65117674291817509122015-11-21T17:51:44.326+01:002015-11-21T17:51:44.326+01:00I guess you ordered "a pleasant hour on the r...I guess you ordered "a pleasant hour on the rocks, please".<br /><br />Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-61086831842398545362015-11-21T09:17:59.541+01:002015-11-21T09:17:59.541+01:00Only writer-thinkers "take a turn". The ...Only writer-thinkers "take a turn". The rest of us are weighed down by plastic bags marked Tesco, we find mud even on a sunny day, dogs come bounding towards us full of exuberance that nevertheless looks manic. Round every tussock is discreet excreta. <br /><br />And you can even rise above music that is a wash-out. How do you do that? Any moment you'll be finding sermons in stones.<br /><br />I've just received a very rare comment from FigMince and it shows. Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-50713722938469986922015-11-21T02:45:10.845+01:002015-11-21T02:45:10.845+01:00Aren't flashy, outgoing, colorful people a del...Aren't flashy, outgoing, colorful people a delight? The Rules never apply to them, and although they can be hard to work with, they are so much fun in every other context. <br /><br /><br />There is no such thing as watching the ocean too much. Your photos... oh, my. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com