tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post8117978772541820967..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: leaf, playroom, gooseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-6865746985085651042009-12-15T16:52:11.270+00:002009-12-15T16:52:11.270+00:00I like your use of the word 'goosiness,' w...I like your use of the word 'goosiness,' which makes me giggle, though I don't know why.<br /><br />I love words that tickle my fancy like that. A moment of sheer happiness invades the brain upon sight of them.<br /><br />:)The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-13656861546626431502009-12-15T16:19:10.617+00:002009-12-15T16:19:10.617+00:00It was the squareness and emptiness of those toys ...It was the squareness and emptiness of those toys I suppose that made them so unattractive. The best forts now I come to think of it were real mounds or hillocks or corners of a field, which as small boys we defended against gangs of other small boys. An early imperative based on territory.<br /><br />Geese are I suppose older Christmas fare than turkeys. Pepys notes having eaten a turkey, but goose remained the Christmas bird right through the 19th Century.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-40162303166763415842009-12-15T14:18:58.329+00:002009-12-15T14:18:58.329+00:00Reflecting on forts, perhaps one of the unpromisin...Reflecting on forts, perhaps one of the unpromising things about them would be their containment, they couldn't easily be rearranged or extended and added to very easily, unlike a farm, say, or model of a town or village. We had one around, I seem to remember, but neither my brother or I ever played with it much, it seemed a rather dreary and uninteresting thing. This wasn't just because I was a girl, as I was partial to lego and red toy buses, and loathed dolls.<br /><br />Funny how live geese are frequent symbols of Christmas, while live turkeys are somewhat avoided.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-79527874206543049782009-12-15T11:31:48.777+00:002009-12-15T11:31:48.777+00:00Since they were made of wood, forts were one of th...Since they were made of wood, forts were one of the few new toys available for children during the war. Worthy of a William Trevor short story: a man who spent the war making children's toy forts. Another WW2 toy: a fighter plane of no discernible identity very poorly moulded in lead.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-49944259268686052432009-12-14T19:08:56.359+00:002009-12-14T19:08:56.359+00:00Love that photo!
Hmm, 'strata of disappointm...Love that photo! <br /><br />Hmm, 'strata of disappointments' sounds like a line for a poem - something to save in the notebook for future use along with the goose sketch.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com