tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post4558395526492830034..comments2024-03-28T04:25:44.179-05:00Comments on Lone Wolf Concerto: WELCOME TO AUGUSTJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-70409793028651064522015-08-04T17:23:57.304-05:002015-08-04T17:23:57.304-05:00I had forgotten about "The Mill n the Floss&q...I had forgotten about "The Mill n the Floss", but you're right - it's even more boring than "Silas Marner." <br />"To Kill a Mockingbird" is well worth reading. It provides more details that the movie.<br />I hope the air conditioner repair guy arrives soon, and I also hope your work schedule gets straightened out. It's no fun to be on call when you're only supposed to be working part time.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-51977231046605142982015-08-04T15:31:48.185-05:002015-08-04T15:31:48.185-05:00Jon,
As I sit here in the sweltering 90 degree plu...Jon,<br />As I sit here in the sweltering 90 degree plus heat awaiting the air conditioning service man, I'm finally catching up on my blog reading. Of course yours is the first on my list. That is a perfect picture of Bosco on the watch. You have the talent for composition as well as your many other talents. I too went to high school when Silas Marner was required reading. I agree with you, BORING. The only novel more boring was "The Mill on the Floss". I never did finish it. Believe it or not, I never read "To Kill a Mockingbird" and I missed your blog post (I will go back and catch up). The past few weeks have been crazy around here what with me being called into work every day with only an hour's notice. I had a "talk" with my boss last week and I think I have that problem straightened out, I'm not "on call." I'm retired working PART-TIME. Now where is that air conditioner service man?<br />RonRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-88556225569723136202015-08-04T13:17:17.549-05:002015-08-04T13:17:17.549-05:00I would be very hesitant to suggest a version of W...I would be very hesitant to suggest a version of Windows, since they're all annoying. It took me awhile to figure out Windows 8. I'd be afraid to try Windows 10, since is reported to be "easy to use."Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-73331970152173885282015-08-04T13:13:36.488-05:002015-08-04T13:13:36.488-05:00I never knew that. It's foggy here every morni...I never knew that. It's foggy here every morning but it burns off by 9:00 or 10:00.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-42536834881782460072015-08-04T07:54:41.731-05:002015-08-04T07:54:41.731-05:00Well, that's reassuring to know, Jon - though ...Well, that's reassuring to know, Jon - though not really. Windows XP is now so prehistoric that it's surprising it works at all, though when it does it's unreliable as you know. If I were to get a new computer I'll be in a quandary as to which Windows version to purchase. Every time a new one comes out the widespread complaints are massively off-putting, Windows 10 being only the latest one to be generally cursed - at least until number 11 arrives. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-36414826822994168392015-08-04T06:11:10.116-05:002015-08-04T06:11:10.116-05:00Fogs.......old mountain tale about the fogs in Aug...Fogs.......old mountain tale about the fogs in August predicted how many snow in the winter.....BlueRidge Boomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549047992944619968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-78463115768515914712015-08-03T10:29:02.387-05:002015-08-03T10:29:02.387-05:00Fogs? Frogs??Fogs? Frogs??Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-87006518792160400952015-08-03T06:10:06.224-05:002015-08-03T06:10:06.224-05:00Don't forget to count the fogs...!Don't forget to count the fogs...!BlueRidge Boomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549047992944619968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-70929773979843277442015-08-03T01:48:12.054-05:002015-08-03T01:48:12.054-05:00It does require application, Jon, it's true. B...It does require application, Jon, it's true. But it's less taxing than reading an entire novel in a foreign language, though maybe only marginally so. I suppose it comes down to facing up to and meeting a challenge. Unfortunately it's only the physical challenges that get the kudos.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-21512532335284699982015-08-03T01:43:56.583-05:002015-08-03T01:43:56.583-05:00Less courage, more the Everest 'Because It'...Less courage, more the Everest 'Because It's There' syndrome, Jon.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-53421127767619633642015-08-02T23:02:10.097-05:002015-08-02T23:02:10.097-05:00Thanks, Jenny. It really is very lovely here and a...Thanks, Jenny. It really is very lovely here and a delightful change from Texas. Despite the bugs - and the inconveniences of rural living - I do like it.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-91107491075224929932015-08-02T15:36:51.395-05:002015-08-02T15:36:51.395-05:00Actually Jon it sounds pretty nice, and looks it, ...Actually Jon it sounds pretty nice, and looks it, with those beautiful blue skies. There again you haven't included any bug photos. But better than Texas, right? Bosco is a lovely looking cat. <br /><br />I haven't been visiting blogs so missed earlier posts, which I will now read, and of course I'll look at the photo blog. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-62692848442078644382015-08-02T13:13:42.973-05:002015-08-02T13:13:42.973-05:00We read the "Tales" in modern English. M...We read the "Tales" in modern English. Medieval English would have been FAR too difficult for California kids to grasp. Heck, they can hardly speak modern-day American English.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-82663099361454911922015-08-02T13:10:53.044-05:002015-08-02T13:10:53.044-05:00You were courageous to have read more than one.......You were courageous to have read more than one......Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-45964527939659422762015-08-02T13:09:06.685-05:002015-08-02T13:09:06.685-05:00Ray, I still have Windows XP on my desktop compute...Ray, I still have Windows XP on my desktop computer but I use Windows 8 on my laptop.<br /><br />Incidentally, my desktop computer behaves in the same annoying manner as yours.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-54961197326197913192015-08-02T13:06:00.350-05:002015-08-02T13:06:00.350-05:00I'll never know why we were forced to read cra...I'll never know why we were forced to read crap. <br />That's my favorite photo of Bosco. Actually, he was looking out the bedroom door at the other two cats.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-17020585656722477332015-08-02T13:04:04.120-05:002015-08-02T13:04:04.120-05:00I love fresh mint, but I had no idea that fruit fl...I love fresh mint, but I had no idea that fruit flies don't like it. I'd better opt for a pot of dirt, since the cats are destructive.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-54885505113646858762015-08-02T10:55:13.438-05:002015-08-02T10:55:13.438-05:00cat food goes in a plastic tub. LOVE the pix of b...cat food goes in a plastic tub. LOVE the pix of bosco (looks like he's seriously thinking).<br /><br />"david copperfield" - UGH! we had to read some of the most boring shit in high school. "canterbury tales" too.anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-68147377310710721262015-08-02T08:43:41.013-05:002015-08-02T08:43:41.013-05:00And I'm still using Windows XP - just, as it o...And I'm still using Windows XP - just, as it ought to have become completely extinct by now, as this blasted computer itself is threatening to become. Any day now!Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-20035421225264596292015-08-02T08:40:04.022-05:002015-08-02T08:40:04.022-05:00Having read several of Eliot's (just 3 or 4, t...Having read several of Eliot's (just 3 or 4, to be honest) must admit I found 'Silas' to be one of her less digestible oeuvres.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-33177407323749569482015-08-02T08:36:43.729-05:002015-08-02T08:36:43.729-05:00Was that 'C. Tales' in modern or medieval ...Was that 'C. Tales' in modern or medieval English? I've read the latter just twice - and, as you can imagine (or may know), it takes an awful long time - and the former, well, at least half a dozen times. As you might surmise, I do love the work, though of course it's a pity that it has such an overlong, concluding fizzle-out in devotional and pietic excess. But the tales themselves, I think, are magnificently told, even though some (most?) of them are cribbed from other writers. However, each to her or his own.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-47175585026798134192015-08-02T06:19:32.075-05:002015-08-02T06:19:32.075-05:00Put some mint - or a lot of mint - in water in a g...Put some mint - or a lot of mint - in water in a glass and keep it in your kitchen, or wherever the fruit flies congregate. The mint will seriously cut down on the fruit fly problem. (Can't hurt, right?) Oops, maybe with cats it should be mint in a pot of dirt; that's easier to clean up than broken glass and water everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-78254096868414738912015-08-02T04:17:32.039-05:002015-08-02T04:17:32.039-05:00"Ethan Frome" was also a reading require..."Ethan Frome" was also a reading requirement, but I liked that one. Sorry to admit that I've never read "Ivanhoe". I loved "Jane Eyre" and it's one of my favorite novels, probably because it's so "dead-depressing" and brooding. "A Raisin in the Sun" is fantastic, but I've only seen the play and the movie.<br /><br />I most often strayed away from what I was required to read and read what I wanted to. It hasn't damaged me too much.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-712195994036971672015-08-02T04:06:23.231-05:002015-08-02T04:06:23.231-05:00I've read "Catcher in the Rye" but n...I've read "Catcher in the Rye" but never really understood why it was so immensely popular. It seemed rather mundane to me, but maybe I missed something. I agree that "Sons and Lovers" is much better.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-39656363899916487732015-08-02T01:48:31.779-05:002015-08-02T01:48:31.779-05:00I remember reading Catcher in the Rye in English l...I remember reading Catcher in the Rye in English literature class. A classic for sure but it seemed so American to a 14 year old British school boy and I couldn't really relate. But when I read Sons and Lovers, I was totally smitten. I was entertained and my raging teenage hormones were temporarily entertained. Congratulations on finishing your poetry book. I too like the title.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034726832462755283noreply@blogger.com