tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post1190132183264227405..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: pose, name, noceboAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-54251759512177544722009-05-18T14:23:00.000+01:002009-05-18T14:23:00.000+01:00Lucy: That was somehwere at the back of my mind. T...Lucy: That was somehwere at the back of my mind. Thanks for reminding me of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-17542199152399230332009-05-18T10:35:00.000+01:002009-05-18T10:35:00.000+01:00Lovely post all round! Your rose rhyme reminds me...Lovely post all round! Your rose rhyme reminds me of <br /><br />'they haven't got no noses, the fallen sons of Eve, and even the smell of roses, is not what they supposes...'<br /><br />that my mother used to say! I've never checked its origins...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-30686214164605046432009-05-16T15:58:00.000+01:002009-05-16T15:58:00.000+01:00Somehow it makes me feel a lot better, although in...Somehow it makes me feel a lot better, although in retrospect, that it was not a complete stranger at work and that the verifications were yours. What was interesting was the words I already knew and those which I didn't know, some of which were not underlined.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-36120883418260711452009-05-16T15:44:00.000+01:002009-05-16T15:44:00.000+01:00The book was Gros Calin, the author Romain Gary. A...The book was <EM>Gros Calin</EM>, the author Romain Gary. And I must confess to being that interloper between you and the author. The book was one of many used as part of my French classes, and is defaced by underlinings of difficult words with <EM>verifications</EM> in the margin. You got off lightly with Gary; you would be hard put to read the current book, <EM>Père Goriot</EM>, which is covered with many more Q&As.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-89341288650298283512009-05-16T10:23:00.000+01:002009-05-16T10:23:00.000+01:00BB. You lent me a delightful book once of which I ...BB. You lent me a delightful book once of which I have been trying to remember the title. It had included the word calin I believe. I do remember however that there was a third person in the relationship between me, the reader, and the author. That was the previous owner who proffered translations over my shoulder, which I found rather disturbing. Please remind me of the title and the author. It is worrying me that I can't remember them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-75708438373616952382009-05-16T09:56:00.000+01:002009-05-16T09:56:00.000+01:00I must admit, Friend Crow, that I did not notice ...I must admit, Friend Crow, that I did not notice the down when I focused the camera. It couldn't have come their afterwards. Crows have good eyesight. Well spotted.<br /><br />M-L Now that we have met it is easier and an even greater pleasure to visualize you and Fred strolling by the Seine, or looking at rose by Notre Dame.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-69121977229149375662009-05-16T09:33:00.000+01:002009-05-16T09:33:00.000+01:00Discussed the used-book experience with Avus some ...Discussed the used-book experience with Avus some months ago. He took the romantic view but I've been less lucky. I don't mind a signature, what I hate is "No!No!" written in the margin against some philosophic argument, or a pathetically triumphant but small-minded correction of a typo. Even worse when this happens in a library book.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-77507043070884239382009-05-15T19:00:00.000+01:002009-05-15T19:00:00.000+01:00Greetings from Paris! Thanks so much for the wonde...Greetings from Paris! Thanks so much for the wonderful visit we had with you and H. recently, and for the sweet mention a few blog posts past. we are <br />catching our breath after the rush of London, and of arriving here. Such big big cities with so many people and their machines! We are enjoying ourselves but realizing that we do live in Vancouver, a small town in comparison! Today we admired a large bank of many different coloured roses in full bloom under Notre Dame Cathedral and thought of you.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-88511159364369094212009-05-15T17:04:00.000+01:002009-05-15T17:04:00.000+01:00It appears the unopened bud has adorned itself wit...It appears the unopened bud has adorned itself with dandelion down. Perhaps it saw you coming with your camera.<br /><br />:)The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com