tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post2792047427473527211..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Roads not taken.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2103179640093000902018-08-01T16:35:59.087-07:002018-08-01T16:35:59.087-07:00I'd choose the present day, partly due to medi...I'd choose the present day, partly due to medical progress. Although due to my love of horses I could have enjoyed riding them and in a carriage in an earlier era.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36886379636854979222018-08-01T10:09:06.297-07:002018-08-01T10:09:06.297-07:00Hello, sorry at being anonymous but I can't ge...Hello, sorry at being anonymous but I can't get my Google account working.<br />We spent a week at Gunnerside a few years ago, walking in the local area. The mining ruins suggest that things were very different in the past, only a century or so ago, working in the lead mines must have been a really hard life and it certainly wouldn't have been "pretty rural scenery" back then. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22089483427056015652018-08-01T07:20:11.444-07:002018-08-01T07:20:11.444-07:00I've always had such great memories of my Engl...I've always had such great memories of my English childhood from the mid-forties through the fifties following WWII. To me it was close to perfect, safe, happy, peaceful, and with so few material things made us even stronger and more independent. I fear there will never, ever be another such time for children to grow and prosper on their way to a productive, happy adult lifestyle. . . . . . which is sad.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60779343689441072362018-08-01T05:00:15.228-07:002018-08-01T05:00:15.228-07:00I love that I regularly need to look up a word you...I love that I regularly need to look up a word you use in your writing. Today - fen. Can you tell me a little more about them? How were they drained? Were there still swampy areas? I live in the central US and am a farm girl too - born and raised and married a farmer. We vigorously tile and drain low areas to get more land into production. And lo and behold are now finding that the marshy spots serve a purpose.<br /><br />But we still tile and drain. Love your blog. It's the first one I read every morning.Jean Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06196240994719010142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23587686484457867202018-08-01T00:22:48.740-07:002018-08-01T00:22:48.740-07:00I would like to have lived in a time of less of th...I would like to have lived in a time of less of the smug and self righteous people we have today.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-83923896687392824742018-08-01T00:17:21.088-07:002018-08-01T00:17:21.088-07:00Food for thought - but on the whole I think I have...Food for thought - but on the whole I think I have been very lucky to be born into the 20th century in spite of wars and other bad times. So many aspects of life have been improved during my lifetime and I think, on the whole, that I have had the best of it. For the sake of my grandchildren and great-grandchildren I hope their lives will be as blessed. I know I have been very lucky.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65067397597231828372018-08-01T00:15:56.557-07:002018-08-01T00:15:56.557-07:00Seems we are all pretty happy where we are then.Seems we are all pretty happy where we are then.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45590569766647074382018-07-31T23:13:57.658-07:002018-07-31T23:13:57.658-07:00Well I suppose a time machine is the answer, thoug...Well I suppose a time machine is the answer, though of course the human race had devolved into two types, the Eloi and the Morlocks, and I suspect the world is just a bit like that.... You have to build up good karma to get anywhere ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-70419970880174961292018-07-31T22:34:17.101-07:002018-07-31T22:34:17.101-07:00Even today, the lot of many (especially women) is ...Even today, the lot of many (especially women) is like something straight out of medieval times. Just think of countries like Afghanistan or Pakistan. Or the awful tradition of genital mutilation of young girls in many African countries. <br />So, just like most others here, I am grateful for where (and when) I live - with all mod cons and being able to make my own choices as what kind of work to do, where to live and who with, and so on.<br />As for the 1930s (and other decades, like the 50s and 60s), I really like the fashion, music and design of that time, too. But that is just "outside" stuff and does not mean I'd wish to live in that era.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11357417706581191442018-07-31T21:53:09.133-07:002018-07-31T21:53:09.133-07:00Funnily enough, here on Sheppey in the Thames Estu...Funnily enough, here on Sheppey in the Thames Estuary, some of the earliest settlement remains found have been Viking also. <br />Chis Elliot echos my thoughts the closest. I love a lot of how it was in the 1930's but if offered the chance, would happily go back and re-live my teenage years in the 1960's. Those ten years not only shaped me as I still remain now but also gave the world a range of freedoms <br />and equalities that it had never known before.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88374908713497299322018-07-31T21:22:36.902-07:002018-07-31T21:22:36.902-07:00I would love a time machine. I would flit from era...I would love a time machine. I would flit from era to era to see what life was like. Of course your status would have a baring on how your easy or hard your life was too. Living Alone in Your 60'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848266282669835475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43015706554369478752018-07-31T20:46:40.180-07:002018-07-31T20:46:40.180-07:00I was born right at the end of the second German w...I was born right at the end of the second German war, and, frankly, I don't think there's been a better time to have lived. There's been peace, wealth, and plenty; what more could one ask! Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3270146099366508712018-07-31T18:43:11.888-07:002018-07-31T18:43:11.888-07:00I'm quite happy to live in the present age. It...I'm quite happy to live in the present age. It may be far from perfect at times but the positive side of education,health, transport & communication, for me, outweigh the negative.<br />My paternal grandmother wished she had been born 50 years later as she observed and experienced much change for the better at the end of her life.<br />AlphieAlphie Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041492283753978975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74368195772127362018-07-31T16:03:39.573-07:002018-07-31T16:03:39.573-07:00I always felt I should have been born in the 30...I always felt I should have been born in the 30's - I love the clothes, movies and music from that time... and at least it was relatively civilized! Having said that, I was a teenager in the 60's and that was a fun era too.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224823051315463861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60485491494285181192018-07-31T15:17:22.489-07:002018-07-31T15:17:22.489-07:00It is easy (for me) to forget the influence of the...It is easy (for me) to forget the influence of the Vikings on life in the North. Loads of Viking words and customs the further North you go. My mother was partly Viking. Her name gave it away.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11645311328346571772018-07-31T14:31:15.375-07:002018-07-31T14:31:15.375-07:00No thanks to changing times. For all the faults o...No thanks to changing times. For all the faults of our modern world, there are huge benefits, especially in the lot of women. My grandmother was born in the late 1800s, and I knew her for long enough to appreciate how grindingly hard farm work was for everyone in those days. Give me safe food to eat, clean hot and cold water, and a washing machine and I'm very grateful.the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14080011455700538362018-07-31T13:35:27.775-07:002018-07-31T13:35:27.775-07:00I would love to take quick visits and peek at the ...I would love to take quick visits and peek at the lives of people in a variety of different time periods... but I would never want to actually exist and live in different time periods. I like pain free medical care, being able to vote or own land, not being in the middle of a horrible war, and cars. I really like being able to travel by car. Oh and indoor plumbing is nice, too. -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-20895377774231503472018-07-31T13:20:17.626-07:002018-07-31T13:20:17.626-07:00Wonderful, interesting post. I think of the fact I...Wonderful, interesting post. I think of the fact I would like to live in a different time because of the art and design. With possible the people and the world being somewhat better ? That could just be a dream.<br />I rater like where I am I just wish the people were better.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-44171218010518653872018-07-31T13:04:30.956-07:002018-07-31T13:04:30.956-07:00Looking back to past times when people had to wear...Looking back to past times when people had to wear so many clothes even in hot weather - how did they cope? So I'm happy to be around now when I can wear shorts and a vest top!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15847061299867323202018-07-31T12:40:13.751-07:002018-07-31T12:40:13.751-07:00I am happy where I am. My late Mother really enjo...I am happy where I am. My late Mother really enjoyed the war when she shot down planes. justjillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253881958131548009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69941090282456851172018-07-31T12:11:59.844-07:002018-07-31T12:11:59.844-07:00Normally I'd say - "The present one"...Normally I'd say - "The present one" - I'd miss the technology andcommunications. But frankly the shitty Brexitty nonsense and the power given to the illiterate means I'd like to go back to the 90s and try and have a better University lifeSimon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.com