tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post382291978099347660..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: All Stations Go.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-76162293023181021902010-01-30T22:26:54.322-08:002010-01-30T22:26:54.322-08:00What a busy life your farmer has, even semi-retire...What a busy life your farmer has, even semi-retired. We are creatures of hopeless time keeping and very erratic 'habits'. I could never be a farmer's wife - I hate getting up early and it's now 6.25am and Jim and I are both still up. How hopeless are we?BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25871493681076196912010-01-28T10:15:54.460-08:002010-01-28T10:15:54.460-08:00Re habit: I don't expect we shall ever change...Re habit: I don't expect we shall ever change now, but Poet and TFE are probably right - it does make it hard to deal with change - I do get put out when things get our of sequence.<br />Re: our book. We are all writing about Railways in a book called "Trains of Thought" which is going on sale at Easter. We are all amateur writers but it has made us all focus our minds and we are reasonably pleased with the book after proof-reading it.<br /><br />Re: Poetry reading afternoon: We heard peotry by Keats, Fanthorpe, Coleridge-Taylor, Dylan Thomas, Sir Philip Sydney, Roger McGough, Longfellow, Carol Ann Duffy, Housman - to name but a few. Lovely to hear both new stuff and old familiar stuff. It is a splendid afternoon.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31164522729651063982010-01-28T05:38:48.183-08:002010-01-28T05:38:48.183-08:00I suppose almost everyone has a set routine if the...I suppose almost everyone has a set routine if they have a job they must go to on a schedule. My job, though, is generally anything but routine--the day's plan changes at a phone call or email. In warmer months when I do most of my storytelling, the routine is anything but-I travel to all sorts of places, take the back ways, stop to see things along the way...it's so much fun.<br /><br />Congratulations on your group's book! We've discussed that in our group and I would like to try it. Let us know when it's done and how to get it.<br /><br />An afternoon of reading poetry by the fire, with tea--perfect. I can just picture it.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-77205128826936590962010-01-28T02:05:41.879-08:002010-01-28T02:05:41.879-08:00Glad friend is recovering well.Familiarity and rou...Glad friend is recovering well.Familiarity and routine breed comfort and security, but makes it hard to deal with change. Tea and biccies round the fire with your friends? Lovely.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-68676977676481895992010-01-28T01:08:38.401-08:002010-01-28T01:08:38.401-08:00What is habit? Whatever it is, don't be a slav...What is habit? Whatever it is, don't be a slave to it. Here's an illustration.-<br /><br />A Chinese man was recently asked what he thought about economic progress in his country. He replied -<br />I now have a steel box in which I sit for 2 hours each day.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7945209985852661912010-01-27T23:18:03.641-08:002010-01-27T23:18:03.641-08:00Yes, lots of habits here, and I was thinking of th...Yes, lots of habits here, and I was thinking of this only on Monday. Our routines have changed in the past year, since our youngest "child" has left school (he's nearly 19 now!) Before, I was always up at 6.30 a.m. to do breakfast etc and then drive him down to the A40 to catch the school bus. Equally, afternoons were punctuated by driving down to the bus stop to pick him up after school (4.30 ish). We now have the luxury of staying in bed longer, and have been doing so - as long as the cats allow anyway!<br /><br />The farmer next door still has unchanged milking habits so we can usually tell it's 6.30 if we're awake, by the sound of his farm machinery as his middle European milking duet set about feeding the cattle and start on milking.<br /><br />3 p.m. is cup of tea time here - a habit of my husband's . . . Oh, and Sunday morning is always car boot sale and Archers Omnibus . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60229246106905343422010-01-27T21:52:27.543-08:002010-01-27T21:52:27.543-08:00"This morning we are proof reading our first ..."This morning we are proof reading our first publication as a writers' group"<br /><br />How exciting! How wonderful this will be. Although I envy you the day with your friends, writing and poetry, I know you have worked hard to get it. I'll think of you when teaching World Geography tomorrow - when my fingers brush over the British Isles on the way to Prague.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-26479861633466372572010-01-27T19:18:38.922-08:002010-01-27T19:18:38.922-08:00Dear dear companionable habit!
Aloha, Weaver
...Dear dear companionable habit!<br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha, Weaver<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39365564641121928052010-01-27T09:23:32.609-08:002010-01-27T09:23:32.609-08:00A fire, hot tea, friends, and literature -- no, I ...A fire, hot tea, friends, and literature -- no, I can't think of a much better way to spend a morning. It sounds wonderful. :)kimberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619167075054678786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84958691180782063722010-01-27T08:53:54.021-08:002010-01-27T08:53:54.021-08:00I envy you your routine, Weaver. Being used to li...I envy you your routine, Weaver. Being used to living by bells and a very ordered routine at boarding school (very many years ago, I might add), my adult life has not been so ordered. I've tried to impose routines from time to time, but with the free lance world of my husband's work in the past, it's been hard to establish and keep a routine! I hope you have a lovely afternoon with your writing friends and that your farmer isn't too exhausted from the tractor driving exercise!Jane Moxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771039102502842946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71868941538643660802010-01-27T06:42:42.068-08:002010-01-27T06:42:42.068-08:00Perhaps because we spent so many years ar the whim...Perhaps because we spent so many years ar the whim of the Air force I crave order in my personal life. The Great Dane used to laugh when I'd wail 'I want a little boredom!' I agree with you that having some things set firmly allows the rest of life to flow smoothly.<br />Have a wonderdul afternoon.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36317582108360811732010-01-27T05:52:11.284-08:002010-01-27T05:52:11.284-08:00Sounds like a wonderful day, Weaver. I enjoyed yo...Sounds like a wonderful day, Weaver. I enjoyed your post about friendship - it's a blessing to have someone who goes back far enough to understand the ups and downs that shaped us.Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8079838344152918232010-01-27T05:30:07.314-08:002010-01-27T05:30:07.314-08:00Hello Weaver,
I'm not sure about this routine...Hello Weaver,<br /><br />I'm not sure about this routine business. After all, the benefit of being retired (even semi) is being able to go with the flow! And on these cold, dark mornings, I'd happily stay in bed! Enjoy the poetry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-81078615367117844682010-01-27T04:03:34.623-08:002010-01-27T04:03:34.623-08:00hello weaver! that reads like a dream of an aftern...hello weaver! that reads like a dream of an afternoon. enjoy your time with the words, the friends, and the warmth on a mid-winter's eve. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53820685927614743952010-01-27T03:57:39.751-08:002010-01-27T03:57:39.751-08:00My best wishes to your friend , heart touching pos...My best wishes to your friend , heart touching post.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Dinesh ChandraDinesh chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258082864099940181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84318153663768325122010-01-27T02:41:35.231-08:002010-01-27T02:41:35.231-08:00So pleased your friend's op. went well. We too...So pleased your friend's op. went well. We too are creatures of habit and still eat our main meal in the evening as that is when we had it for donkeys years before my husband retired. We get up a bit later than you - I like to be up at about 7.30 but on these cold mornings it does tend to run on a bit! Breakfast at about 8am, lunch at 1pm and dinner at 7pm. I think it makes life easier and as you say, it is easier to plan one's day. Enjoy your poetry reading and keep warm.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37305663325880634032010-01-27T02:32:10.140-08:002010-01-27T02:32:10.140-08:00I, too, am a creature of habits, but mine are diff...I, too, am a creature of habits, but mine are different from yours - city life versus country I suppose. <br /><br /> I love the rhythm of a life lived around certain regular sequences. That way you can alter the rhythm on weekends and during holidays to offer diversity, inside a safe and tidy frame.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-24571547923452321342010-01-27T01:10:07.982-08:002010-01-27T01:10:07.982-08:00Except maybe eight of you all writing poetry...Except maybe eight of you all writing poetry...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66516391712308957712010-01-27T01:07:05.031-08:002010-01-27T01:07:05.031-08:00My best wishes to your friend, M - and I wish I co...My best wishes to your friend, M - and I wish I could be joining you all this afternoon round the fire!Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.com