tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post4942059437671842587..comments2024-03-28T03:18:00.418-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: Living in the past with Edward ThomasBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-66591377533159115442013-03-27T13:53:39.549-07:002013-03-27T13:53:39.549-07:00Here is a link to the classic "In Pursuit of ...Here is a link to the classic "In Pursuit of Spring" by Edward Thomas.<br /><br />http://amzn.to/Yg2OJBunc.nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312812853936713064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-6112186052408402122013-03-25T03:07:48.201-07:002013-03-25T03:07:48.201-07:00I agree with you AJ. How wonderful to "pick ...I agree with you AJ. How wonderful to "pick up" on that piece of pottery. When Tam and I were helping out on the dig at Dinefwr Roman Fort(s), we got to clean out the "Pissoire" (fortunately cleansed by 2000 years of rain) which had once been an amphora containing olive oil or fish paste or something similar. Right at the bottom was the thumb print of the potter and although I didn't get that sort of buzz when I put my thumb in it, I got the buzz from "the last person touching this lived 2000 years ago . . ."Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-5732822209787182422013-03-24T07:38:52.603-07:002013-03-24T07:38:52.603-07:00I'm a great believer in the ability of 'th...I'm a great believer in the ability of 'things' to carry some sort of essence of their previous owners. I once had a similar experience when I was working as a field archaeologist. I found a piece of pottery with (presumably) the potter's fingerprint on it. I had an overwhelming sense of the satisfaction of knowing the firing process had worked. <br /><br />I hope you get to handle the notebooks. MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-72826170042035010362013-03-24T00:22:26.634-07:002013-03-24T00:22:26.634-07:00RR - my friend DW pointed me in the direction of T...RR - my friend DW pointed me in the direction of The Wessex Reiver's blog, and he is the director of the ET tribute - the centenary of his writing of In Pursuit of Spring. I can't wait to listen to it and thank you for highlighting it too. Definitely in pursuit of spring here, but it's hiding itself very well . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-65088213009270022232013-03-23T17:30:22.131-07:002013-03-23T17:30:22.131-07:00Wonderful, fascinating and interesting post about ...Wonderful, fascinating and interesting post about Edward Thomas and what an awesome experience you had re: Lord C's son. Do so hope you are able to handle Edward Thomas' documents.<br /><br />I am sure you probably know but there are a few programmes on Radio 4 over Easter concerning Edward Thomas - I think they start on Good Friday. I am really looking forward to them :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-31798064485834367492013-03-23T13:59:55.562-07:002013-03-23T13:59:55.562-07:00No snow Weaver, but the wind is a proper Beast of ...No snow Weaver, but the wind is a proper Beast of Berlin and would flay you given half a chance. I managed a walk up the hill today, but the entire horizon was milky and no sign of Black Mountain covered in snow, which is what I was hoping to see. I stayed on the sofa after that, tucked up with Edward Thomas . . .<br /><br />Em - so do I. I would love to get a sense of the man, but I think it would be a very despondent sort of sense. Harassed by the world, never really allowed to be himself for himself, but what he had to be to support his family and that made him resent them.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-31802837640314187402013-03-23T11:24:01.885-07:002013-03-23T11:24:01.885-07:00I always think that any kind of research into one&...I always think that any kind of research into one's favourite writer does serve to make you feel that you know them better. If your weather is anything like it is here (eight inches of snow) then research is as good as any way I know of making a horrible day pass happily.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-21327859060535499682013-03-22T12:41:16.412-07:002013-03-22T12:41:16.412-07:00I do hope you do get to handle them. Isn't it ...I do hope you do get to handle them. Isn't it amazing how the hours slip by whilst researching on the internet!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-41875214786618984572013-03-22T12:06:30.905-07:002013-03-22T12:06:30.905-07:00Terra - I shall add her to my list of books to rea...Terra - I shall add her to my list of books to read (which grows ever longer!) I just cannot explain OW I felt what I did, but I know it to be absolutely what he felt. I have had other unexplicable experiences too and can only put it down to a degree of . . . I suppose you would call it mediumship, although all I can say is these things come TO me and cannot be summoned up.<br /><br />Lynda - glad you enjoyed. I am having such satisfaction from getting to grips with my research and could do it all day long!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-67210937801073467992013-03-22T11:16:24.706-07:002013-03-22T11:16:24.706-07:00What a powerful experience you had experiencing wh...What a powerful experience you had experiencing what the young man did at the moment of his death. It is grand to find unexpected treasures and detours as you research a topic, isn't it? I am a librarian and a writer and love those detours like you do.<br />I am reading the Maisie Dobbs novels and the heroine sometimes has fey experiences as she solves crimes. You might like those books.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-8940008461709354472013-03-22T10:54:23.595-07:002013-03-22T10:54:23.595-07:00fascinating history. i look forward to hearing mor...fascinating history. i look forward to hearing more. thanks for sharing.Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08938791116446859160noreply@blogger.com