tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post9061538671326776695..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Am I sentimental?The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-41119636810815575682012-10-11T08:15:24.819-07:002012-10-11T08:15:24.819-07:00Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment - seems ...Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment - seems we are more or less all agreed.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7630409777214284722012-10-11T05:10:51.615-07:002012-10-11T05:10:51.615-07:00Let us hope the stiff upper lip times are over wit...Let us hope the stiff upper lip times are over with. No kisses and no hugs and no showing of feelings allowed. Horrible way to grow up.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64950154116387144612012-10-11T05:02:51.558-07:002012-10-11T05:02:51.558-07:00I feel sure that the Stiff Upper Lip has led us in...I feel sure that the Stiff Upper Lip has led us into more trouble than the Romantic Movement ever did!<br /><br />Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88823763708142831172012-10-11T03:55:38.437-07:002012-10-11T03:55:38.437-07:00In fact - here it is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplaye...In fact - here it is: <br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01n7r80/Ian_Hislops_Stiff_Upper_Lip_An_Emotional_History_of_Britain_Emergence/<br />MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59973961286365465912012-10-11T03:53:55.830-07:002012-10-11T03:53:55.830-07:00Ian Hislop talked about the word 'sentimental&...Ian Hislop talked about the word 'sentimental' in the first of his Stiff Upper Lip programmes. It didn't used to mean mawkish - it used to mean capable of feeling. <br /><br />I'm sure I would sooner be capable than incapable of feelings. <br /><br />(You can pick up the Ian Hislop thing on the BBC iPlayer if you missed it. Let me know if you need a link to it.) MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-1178338397566663382012-10-11T01:27:32.258-07:002012-10-11T01:27:32.258-07:00That sounds like a good book, Pat, and I shall loo...That sounds like a good book, Pat, and I shall look out for it.<br /><br />As for being sentimental, I shall put my hand up to that, but what you were doing, taking in that beautiful Autumnal landscape was surely akin to that poem of poet William Henry Davies:<br /><br />"What is life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare . . ."Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-5574403669222117692012-10-11T00:21:51.396-07:002012-10-11T00:21:51.396-07:00My daughter has never been to the U.K and arrives ...My daughter has never been to the U.K and arrives today - I'm happy she'll see the Autumn colours. Perhaps she'll feel a bit sentimental when she travels on to Scotland in the coming weeks - her ancestors migrated to Australia from there in the 1800's. <br />I do think homesickness is near the top of the list of things that make us sentimental - she has been living away from Australia for over a year now and anxious to get home for Christmas -(another sentiment-laden time of year!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67444157733785913152012-10-10T20:13:06.362-07:002012-10-10T20:13:06.362-07:00Yes, Pat, - a lovely post, as is the previous one....Yes, Pat, - a lovely post, as is the previous one. I think that deep appreciation is a better way to describe your emotions, and a feeling of gratefulness, - autumn is such a beautiful season that nevertheless has a tinge of poignancy, and I guess that's where the sentimental part comes in.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2815096116141621062012-10-10T19:21:10.127-07:002012-10-10T19:21:10.127-07:00you filled our souls as well. such magick!
Alo...you filled our souls as well. such magick!<br /><br /><br /><br /> Aloha from Waikiki,<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br /> > < } } ( ° >Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37146961308815552592012-10-10T16:18:02.505-07:002012-10-10T16:18:02.505-07:00What a lovely post. How wise you were to take adv...What a lovely post. How wise you were to take advantage of the opportunity to just sit, and drink in the view. These serendipitous moments are what make life worth living. Enjoy the autumn colours! xoxoCanadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74550716750117745642012-10-10T15:59:33.069-07:002012-10-10T15:59:33.069-07:00I am content to be simply sentient these days, but...I am content to be simply sentient these days, but I sometimes weep when I can't remember why or what for.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60156581507877284262012-10-10T13:31:39.667-07:002012-10-10T13:31:39.667-07:00I used to be very sentimental in the worst sense o...I used to be very sentimental in the worst sense of the word when I was younger and really indulged in it to the point of losing myself in sentimentality. I grown wiser and don't do that anymore but I do appreciate the beauty of the world around me if it is present. I think that's what you did. Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67084828093848280652012-10-10T12:17:38.661-07:002012-10-10T12:17:38.661-07:00I am!!!!
I AMI am!!!!<br /> I AMJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-54583196110454498672012-10-10T12:17:24.327-07:002012-10-10T12:17:24.327-07:00I A DREADFULLY SENTIENTAL
and I think I love bein...I A DREADFULLY SENTIENTAL <br />and I think I love being so<br /><br />To be able to cry at pet rescue on tv ( I can bawl for Britain) is so therepeutic.....the woes of the world can be expelled in one fell swoop as little fluffy breaths his last infront of a hyperventilating Rolf Harris<br />John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-38670653128061625282012-10-10T12:12:47.746-07:002012-10-10T12:12:47.746-07:00I think a little sentimentality is acceptable as l...I think a little sentimentality is acceptable as long as we don't lose touch with reality. As for your relishing the delights of autumn - I don't see that as being sentimental but rather as a straightforward appreciation of the delights of nature on a beautiful day. I have been doing the same when the weather allows everything to look it's best.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21703803211487762512012-10-10T08:53:26.152-07:002012-10-10T08:53:26.152-07:00Wallace Stevens said "sentimentality is a fai...Wallace Stevens said "sentimentality is a failure of feeling". I tend to agree with him. He and we use it to describe a certain sort of emotionalism.<br /><br />The word used to be used differently (18th C), simply meaning "pertaining to the sentiments/emotions", I think.<br /><br />I'm reminded of the word "pathetic" and what it used to mean and the way it's currently used - Ian Hislop was going on about it in his Stiff Upper Lip series which I think is really good.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.com