tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post3200584652164875946..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: The fifth elementThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45215487650026540512008-12-04T03:37:00.000-08:002008-12-04T03:37:00.000-08:00Just found your blog via your comment on a handful...Just found your blog via your comment on a handful of stones - I loved this book! Also agree with Solitary Walker - MacFarlane writes exquisitely. Good to 'meet' you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599095035971045492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91696072765734832272008-12-01T17:01:00.000-08:002008-12-01T17:01:00.000-08:00I love trees too and have lived in a few homes wit...I love trees too and have lived in a few homes with fireplaces - nothing is cozier than a fire on a cold winter's night.<BR/>Great post Weaver.Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-58400724535323538732008-12-01T09:41:00.000-08:002008-12-01T09:41:00.000-08:00I like the sound of that book and will try to get ...I like the sound of that book and will try to get a copy. I love the smell of log fires - it reminds me of my childhood. My grandmother had her own method of sweeping the chimney. She would light the fire then stick a branch of holly up the chimney and push it as far as she could. Once it got stuck and caused a fire in the chimney which smoked out half the village! I think that probably happened on more than one occasion. Trees are so beautiful at this time of year - you can really appreciate their shape and form, and the wonderful textures of various barks, which are somehow less noticeable when there is blossom and foliage everywhere.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43473436639372760082008-12-01T02:58:00.000-08:002008-12-01T02:58:00.000-08:00Nice to read all these comments about wood and fin...Nice to read all these comments about wood and find that you all have a kind of nostalgia for wood fires. The cleaning up in a morning is not so exciting, but still worth it, I think.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-58428973497538847442008-12-01T00:49:00.000-08:002008-12-01T00:49:00.000-08:00Glad you liked it Dave - e mails keep telling me t...Glad you liked it Dave - e mails keep telling me that I am not getting through to your site but i presume i am as you are visiting mine.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40839220646615161602008-11-30T14:43:00.000-08:002008-11-30T14:43:00.000-08:00What an interesting post - thanks. Your poem took ...What an interesting post - thanks. <BR/><BR/>Your poem took me back to my days as a Guide leader. I must have been one of the few people who actually enjoyed 'wooding'. It used to surprise me why most people found looking for wood irksome. Nothing like standing in the ditch under a hawthorn and pulling out all the huge dead branches that are entangled there - naturally dried and ready to be burnt.Mistlethrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051761614198488243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11271943772538134332008-11-30T13:08:00.000-08:002008-11-30T13:08:00.000-08:00When we used to burn logs, our log delivery man ga...When we used to burn logs, our log delivery man gave me this rhyme:<BR/><BR/>Logs from Oak if dry and old<BR/>Keep away the winter’s cold.<BR/>Poplar wood gives bitter smoke<BR/>Sets eyes watering and makes you choke.<BR/>Elm burns like graveyard mould<BR/>Even the Elms’ flames burn cold.<BR/>Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom<BR/>Apple wood scents the room.<BR/>Ash wood wet or ash wood dry<BR/>Good to warm your slippers by.<BR/>If Beech logs are kept for a year<BR/>The fire will burn bright and clear.<BR/>Chestnut’s only good say they<BR/>If for years it’s stored away.<BR/>Birch and firwoods burn too fast<BR/>Blaze very bright but do not last.Pat Posnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024751148905919332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67082675884556086842008-11-30T09:39:00.000-08:002008-11-30T09:39:00.000-08:00I'll have to track down a copy and read it Weaver....I'll have to track down a copy and read it Weaver. I love trees too. We've lost a few in our forest sadly to rot and bad weather. I love wood fires they make a home more welcoming in the winter. Love the artwork on the cover of the book as well.<BR/>LizLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100812038496671783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21668708150869928842008-11-30T07:52:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:52:00.000-08:00If you like Deakin, you must read also the books o...If you like Deakin, you must read also the books of Robert Macfarlane - a friend of Deakin and, I have to say it, an even greater writer... But I love Deakin too, I hasten to say.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61137250863365219252008-11-30T04:33:00.000-08:002008-11-30T04:33:00.000-08:00Sounds an interesting book. I love the scent of a...Sounds an interesting book. I love the scent of a wood fire.Dragonstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935435587527038459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-54776179290439952222008-11-30T03:36:00.000-08:002008-11-30T03:36:00.000-08:00What an interesting post. Each paragraph something...What an interesting post. Each paragraph something new.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com