tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post4128083141323500252..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Essential Tulips And A Gorgeous MadnessThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-15012239340795084382012-07-15T00:21:21.419+01:002012-07-15T00:21:21.419+01:00Or a long getaway — yes, I read it today. An incre...Or a long getaway — yes, I read it today. An incredibly beautiful and remote area of France. I want to go back, I only scratched the surface on the Chemin. Stevenson must have whetted your appetite too.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-86835931943013621882012-07-15T00:09:52.051+01:002012-07-15T00:09:52.051+01:00Well, I thought this was as good a place to post t...Well, I thought this was as good a place to post this as any. Did you happen to see this in the Guardian? Sounds like a pretty amazing spot for a short getaway:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/jul/13/remote-hut-buron-auvergne-franceGoathttp://thegoatthatwrote.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-70419100192682387142012-06-26T16:13:38.634+01:002012-06-26T16:13:38.634+01:00I too am very happy indeed to think that tulips ar...I too am very happy indeed to think that tulips are essential, Ruth.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-90442790132904284562012-06-26T16:12:13.868+01:002012-06-26T16:12:13.868+01:00The Guardian is one of the things I miss when I...The Guardian is one of the things I miss when I'm abroad, Goat. That and Marmite, of course.<br /><br />Sofa = settee, couch, divan...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-29487988806115880902012-06-26T14:02:51.686+01:002012-06-26T14:02:51.686+01:00I got as far as the Merton quote and stopped readi...I got as far as the Merton quote and stopped reading. <br /><br />I was so happy to think that tulips are essential. And then I was in bliss in that firefly-lit darkness in Kentucky, because that is precisely what we have been experiencing every night. We walk back to the meadow, and fireflies light the trees all the way to the tippy top. There are no mosquitoes [yet], and this light show truly does "melt my soul within me."<br /><br />Thank you. I'll be back to finish the rest.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-58588958891700431842012-06-26T01:46:36.621+01:002012-06-26T01:46:36.621+01:00Yes, great quotes. I always enjoy the Guardian whe...Yes, great quotes. I always enjoy the Guardian when I find one and check it out online sometimes - though it's not the same. The paper and the perfect size of it are missing.<br /><br />By the way, what's a "sofa"?Goathttp://thegoatthatwrote.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-88363291734903422842012-06-25T18:40:09.105+01:002012-06-25T18:40:09.105+01:00Weaver — I know you are a cryptic crossword buff, ...Weaver — I know you are a cryptic crossword buff, Pat, but to have won a prize for one, that's really something! I kind of understand how to do the cryptic ones, but need a lot more regular practice, which I don't give myself. Consequently, if I attempt one it can take me all day to half-compete it. Not very good, I know.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-89692167777526366802012-06-25T18:36:25.392+01:002012-06-25T18:36:25.392+01:00I've hardly read this poet, Rachel, but I thin...I've hardly read this poet, Rachel, but I think this poem is really clever.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-72512671315134232592012-06-25T17:55:31.111+01:002012-06-25T17:55:31.111+01:00I always read the poem first Robert - some of them...I always read the poem first Robert - some of them are really good. I like the Family section on a Saturday too and I am a great fan of Araucaria with the cryptic crossword. At holiday times he does a specially unusual one - I won it once and it was the highlight of my crosswording career.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-85738620498667235052012-06-25T17:19:28.001+01:002012-06-25T17:19:28.001+01:00Funny.. I was just looking at a Fenton book on my ...Funny.. I was just looking at a Fenton book on my shelf this afternoon and thinking "maybe I should read you again"!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-65956209321340984002012-06-25T16:50:56.941+01:002012-06-25T16:50:56.941+01:00?!?! Mmm...?!?! Mmm...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-35820590093314773402012-06-25T16:49:40.921+01:002012-06-25T16:49:40.921+01:00Re newspapers. My sentiments exactly. There must h...Re newspapers. My sentiments exactly. There must have been Saturday mornings when you and I have been doing almost the same thing, minute to minute.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.com