tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post4225607834143324929..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Ships that pass in the night.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32298032224225379472015-02-02T08:29:02.003-08:002015-02-02T08:29:02.003-08:00I agree with Rachel...sometimes today is really al...I agree with Rachel...sometimes today is really all there is.<br /><br />Linda ❤⊱彡 <br />http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com<br />https://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/sherlock-boomer<br /><br />Terry and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016496778254072639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13981620048911098602015-02-01T22:36:05.367-08:002015-02-01T22:36:05.367-08:00Here on the west coast nearly everyone comes from ...Here on the west coast nearly everyone comes from somewhere else, so we tend to be pretty tolerant and pretty interested in one another.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3491061791943385642015-02-01T21:29:48.592-08:002015-02-01T21:29:48.592-08:00Farmers are naturally helpful to each other. Here,...Farmers are naturally helpful to each other. Here, if a local man is not well everyone immediately rallies round and his daily tasks are undertaken without further thought. It's one of the things I love about living in the country.<br /><br />My people lived in a well known, and v expensive, E Sussex village where house prices were crazy. My poor mother had to drive 15 miles each day to fetch her daily help, then drive another 15 miles to take her home again. No-one who did that sort of work could afford to live in the village. Madness.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7021138516829299952015-02-01T14:35:04.842-08:002015-02-01T14:35:04.842-08:00Interesting post. Here we have people in and out l...Interesting post. Here we have people in and out like the tides. . . . <br />Long-timers, "locals" are another culture altogether which we permanent residents find our place in - or not.<br /><br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ComfortSpiral</a><br /> <3 Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32110804428456008702015-02-01T14:30:16.482-08:002015-02-01T14:30:16.482-08:00Wonderful post today.
As soon as I go the the mark...Wonderful post today.<br />As soon as I go the the market I will try your cabbage dish and the way you eat your potatoes. I wonder if your oven cooks it nicer than ours do.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-20219330726586338542015-02-01T10:01:49.314-08:002015-02-01T10:01:49.314-08:00I've just watched one of his videos about mode...I've just watched one of his videos about models etc. on YouTube. Really interesting and entertaining.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-83030752697652811292015-02-01T09:49:53.086-08:002015-02-01T09:49:53.086-08:00So difficult. My daughter's mother-in-law went...So difficult. My daughter's mother-in-law went on vacation in West Germany in the early days of the Berlin Wall and never returned. As an orphaned teenager during the war she was impressed farm labor. I would love to write about her life but haven't the courage to ask her. It seems too intrusive. Yet, what is history if not recorded?Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25237673277892238952015-02-01T09:44:01.412-08:002015-02-01T09:44:01.412-08:00I used to know a shopkeeper called Mr. Wolf. He to...I used to know a shopkeeper called Mr. Wolf. He told me he had been a German prisoner of war in the English Lake District and enjoyed it so much he settled in the area after the war.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36625255967860128982015-02-01T08:18:53.347-08:002015-02-01T08:18:53.347-08:00Glad about the red cabbage Mary.Glad about the red cabbage Mary.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-4192130199091894622015-02-01T08:17:36.807-08:002015-02-01T08:17:36.807-08:00jaw, jaw is better than war, war JoAnn - as Winsto...jaw, jaw is better than war, war JoAnn - as Winston Churchill once said.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66916764535251291542015-02-01T08:17:23.714-08:002015-02-01T08:17:23.714-08:00Hubby reads obituaries to me - the ones that stop ...Hubby reads obituaries to me - the ones that stop you in your tracks, make you do a double take and say - "Wow, I would never have known that".<br />Regarding housing for the younger generation - here, there seem to be two very distinct groups trying to put a roof over their heads. The under-educated, or unemployed, having to survive on minimum wage, handouts and parents, and the six figure, two income, well-educated young couples buying, building huge homes, and I'm sure praying they keep those well paid jobs so they can hold on to the fancy, much too large, house. <br />We heard only this week that our city is gaining about 50 new residents A DAY! That's what happens when you make the top of the list of 'best places to live'. Masses of apartment buildings/condos are going up within the city limits - small houses are purchased, then razed, and huge homes are built out here in the suburbs.<br />Most native southerners are usually very friendly, and the few farmers I've had the pleasure of meeting (like my pumpkin farmer and his wife - they also have cattle) are delightful. Incomers from certain states, you know who you are, can be abrasive and have to learn southern manners!<br /><br />Pat - the red cabbage casserole turned out perfectly and was awesome for supper last night. I actually had just that with bread - and admit I went back for seconds!!! Thanks for the recipe, such a delightful mix of flavors - I will definitely make it again.<br /><br />Happy day,<br />Mary Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46905848983668701572015-02-01T07:26:09.324-08:002015-02-01T07:26:09.324-08:00Interesting topic. I do find that each person tha...Interesting topic. I do find that each person that we take the time to get to know on a deeper level always has something in their past that is quite interesting. I am always interested to find out just how someone came to the area where I live. When we lived in very northern California (250 miles north of San Francisco - though most people, even in California, think that the very top of the state IS San Francisco) - anyway - there was a smallish restaurant on a dock - far from cities - but it served delicious food and had a fabulous view of a fishing dock and the ocean bay, and often we would hear foreign languages being spoken and I always wondered just how those people came to be in such a remote area of our country - so far from their homelands.<br /><br />I have always said that if we would sit down with a stranger and share a bowl of ice cream and talk, there would never be any wars any more, since we are all basically alike and want the same things for our friends and families. Pass the ice cream please.JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-1108939460145984392015-02-01T05:55:06.959-08:002015-02-01T05:55:06.959-08:00Food for thought. It probably doesn't matter ...Food for thought. It probably doesn't matter whether we know much about each other but I daresay there are plenty who have led very interesting lives.<br />In a recent Countryfile programme there was a young Somerset couple who had purchased some land and started farming. They couldn't afford to build a farmhouse or buy a local property so rented a flat in Taunton and commuted each day to care for their stock. There is something wrong in the current housing setup. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45213667962116185782015-02-01T05:54:27.192-08:002015-02-01T05:54:27.192-08:00If you don't know the past you can't learn...If you don't know the past you can't learn from it. If nobody had ever talked about parents murdered by Nazis we wouldn't know about the horrors of WWII. I think the past is just as important as the present. MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-16403405785358675282015-02-01T05:46:48.974-08:002015-02-01T05:46:48.974-08:00I do regret not asking my parents more about their...I do regret not asking my parents more about their early lives before they died, but if they had a shocking past, then maybe it's best left unsaid.<br /><br />P.S. I like your little 'prove you're not a robot' thing - I might have to get one. I'm being troubled by robots at the moment.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-76977597889040530702015-02-01T04:49:14.341-08:002015-02-01T04:49:14.341-08:00I sort of think it doesn't matter and live for...I sort of think it doesn't matter and live for the present and like people as you find them. Sometimes it is best not to know and even if it isn't happiness today is best and don't spoil it.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2150134633401939552015-02-01T04:11:49.409-08:002015-02-01T04:11:49.409-08:00Very good point Pat. The new residents in our vill...Very good point Pat. The new residents in our village tend to lead a very independent way of life....wonder how they will cope in an emergency?mrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.com