tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post116771002747905857..comments2024-02-15T23:41:36.425-08:00Comments on SIMPLY WAIT: 2007, HERE WE COME!Patry Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1168137444740378092007-01-06T18:37:00.000-08:002007-01-06T18:37:00.000-08:00I am terribly late, but not so late that we're out...I am terribly late, but not so late that we're out of January, or even the first week! I'd like to be running along that beach too!<BR/><BR/>Wishing you the very best for the upcoming year ~ one of such excitement with your book and that will herald a new phase of your life...<BR/><BR/>hugs, Brenda xoBrenda Clewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400505552810078505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1168005829761157482007-01-05T06:03:00.000-08:002007-01-05T06:03:00.000-08:00So now you have two blogs? Let us know how that go...So now you have two blogs? Let us know how that goes. I imagine it to take up more time, but also it will serve for some good cross pollinaion and give some of your wonderful writing here more applications. <BR/><BR/>I was very moved by the piece you linked to. I yearn for simplier times, which is why I think I live in the country. I would never have left Mass. if not for my first marriage. I don't go back because it's too crowded and too expensive. But the, they have an ocean!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167836558025477902007-01-03T07:02:00.000-08:002007-01-03T07:02:00.000-08:00I read the Theroux-article and reflected a bit. I ...I read the Theroux-article and reflected a bit. I wouldn´t say that Sweden is overcrowded. Our population is 9 million and the density is 29/km2, compared to 32 in the US, but that is overall numbers. The density is offcourse much higher in cities and suburbs, and 90% of the swedes lives in such environments. One tragic observation that use to symbolize the urbanized swede is the way we take place on busses. Swedes place themselves alone as long as they can. A swede prefere to have an empty bus-seat beside him than a person. This can make a bizzare metaphore of the modern humans, going by the same bus in the morgning for years, together, physically near each other, but all alone, never charing a word. This weekend a was, just as you, taking a promenade on a whide winter beach in southern Sweden. 300 meters north of me another man walked down to the shore to take a walk, he saw me and walked back up the hill. Probably becouse i stod too near him. It´s a mystery how swedish babies comes to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167835746017452592007-01-03T06:49:00.000-08:002007-01-03T06:49:00.000-08:00I don't know if using comments is the right way to...I don't know if using comments is the right way to do this, but I have my review up of Suite Francaise. Am I the first one?<BR/><BR/>(I want to read the Theroux article. I like his travel books and essays, particularly "Riding the Iron Rooster," but some of his fiction was somewhat offputting to me. He lives on Cape Cod, doesn't he? Have you run into him, Patry? I know, I know, lots of famous people live on Cape Cod.Crockheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410758631825372736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167833901679141332007-01-03T06:18:00.000-08:002007-01-03T06:18:00.000-08:00Really like the Theroux bit. Your stuff I always l...Really like the Theroux bit. Your stuff I always like.<BR/><BR/>Cape Cod, I still hope to winter over one year.gerry rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095232815291651669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167828112241974602007-01-03T04:41:00.000-08:002007-01-03T04:41:00.000-08:00A happy and peaceful new year to you pf. Your dog ...A happy and peaceful new year to you pf. Your dog has the right idea.....run at the waves that life sends you!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167812320870595402007-01-03T00:18:00.000-08:002007-01-03T00:18:00.000-08:00Interesting essay by Theroux. It brought to mind ...Interesting essay by Theroux. It brought to mind how I feel when I visit (what used to be) my (tiny) hometown. I grew up just blocks from the Pacific, and in those days, there were very few homes on the beach side of the drive that snakes along the coast of California's northernmost town. But that was before retirees from So. Calif. bought up the beach side, since it was the last 'affordable' land along our state's coastline. Now there are not only houses lining the beach side of the road--they're right on top of each other on small parcels. They tore down the hospital my brother and I were born in (overlooking the lighthouse)...and built a motel. These days, like Bubba, all I look for is an untrammeled beach... Happy New Year, Patry! I've so enjoyed your blog and friendship this last year. xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167802542079475572007-01-02T21:35:00.000-08:002007-01-02T21:35:00.000-08:00Aack! The Third Day is tomorrow?!? Hmm, I've got ...Aack! The Third Day is tomorrow?!? Hmm, I've got 24 hours - and a whole book to buy, then read! I'll see what I can do...<BR/><BR/>Wishing you and your family a happy, peaceful, and healthy New Year, Patry!Tinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584047180190646921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167800989866098932007-01-02T21:09:00.000-08:002007-01-02T21:09:00.000-08:00The photo of your dog running so joyfully on the b...The photo of your dog running so joyfully on the beach makes me smile every time I see it.<BR/><BR/>I once met with a "pet psychic," and she said that the pets in our lives choose us as much as we choose them. Isn't that interesting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167791822533820742007-01-02T18:37:00.000-08:002007-01-02T18:37:00.000-08:00leslee: The Cape in winter isn't really all that q...leslee: The Cape in winter isn't really all that quiet anymore. In fact, most days the roads seem so crowded with us year-rounders, I wonder how we expand to hold all the summer visitors. The exurbs are sounding more and more appealing to me...<BR/><BR/>devon: "believing that anything is possible and it will be good" Yes, that's it exactly! Thanks for your visit and comment.<BR/><BR/>jenny: A new stack of books to explore! What could be better?Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167788906034691742007-01-02T17:48:00.000-08:002007-01-02T17:48:00.000-08:00Haven't read much this month, but thanks to Christ...Haven't read much this month, but thanks to Christmas gifts I have a fresh stack to start on. Yay!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862496090402365429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167786713769708622007-01-02T17:11:00.000-08:002007-01-02T17:11:00.000-08:00And interesting story. I'd missed it. It may be wh...And interesting story. I'd missed it. It may be why I continue to live out in the exurbs, which are becoming more populous but I can still go for long walks without hardly encountering a soul, and if I do there's always a polite greeting and perhaps a mention of the weather. I commute now into a more crowded area and it's fun but it would be hard for me to live there, I think. It's still possible to find emptier spaces, isn't it? The Cape in winter, for instance - well, maybe during weekdays! But it's impossible to drive anywhere where there aren't many other cars day and night.lesleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127872882510411387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167785890111111732007-01-02T16:58:00.000-08:002007-01-02T16:58:00.000-08:00Oh, Bubba is adorable! There's nothing so joyful a...Oh, Bubba is adorable! There's nothing so joyful as a dog having a great play. May we all experience a little of that unmitigated joy this year! Happy New Year, Patsy.lesleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127872882510411387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167779444409883712007-01-02T15:10:00.000-08:002007-01-02T15:10:00.000-08:00zhoen: Yes! I want to see Crane's Beach!zhoen: Yes! I want to see Crane's Beach!Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167778993752457442007-01-02T15:03:00.000-08:002007-01-02T15:03:00.000-08:00Ah, now I am going to have to put up a photo from ...Ah, now I am going to have to put up a photo from a November walk on Crane beach a few years ago. Such a happy dog moment you have there.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167778102120212052007-01-02T14:48:00.000-08:002007-01-02T14:48:00.000-08:00r: And don't forget the BABY!avus: You know, in re...r: And don't forget the BABY!<BR/><BR/>avus: You know, in recent years I've heard more about New Zealand than ever...<BR/><BR/>marja-leena: Thank you for such a beautiful comment! I will be dropping over to your place to leave my regards later.<BR/><BR/>augustine: And whenever my optimism flags, I head to the blaug and it is immediately restored. <BR/><BR/>tara: Look forward to hearing what you say tomorrow. It sounds as if you are ahead of me...<BR/><BR/>liz: Yes, running into the future-- what we are all doing, whether we like it or not--Happy 2007 to you!<BR/><BR/>robin: I feel the same way--sharing some of his nostalgia, but also knowing that we must embrace the world and all its inhabitants as it exists now. And somehow we must find a way to treat each other with goodwill and tolerance.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167774050850458832007-01-02T13:40:00.000-08:002007-01-02T13:40:00.000-08:00I liked Theroux's piece and am glad that you linke...I liked Theroux's piece and am glad that you linked to it. It veers off, I think, into the politics of the present day with less insight than his visceral longings for a time on earth when there were fewer people. I long for that emptier earth too, but not for the politics of that time. Today there are too many people and too much bad politics everywhere. How long before we export our attitudes along with our tee-shirts and sneakers?robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167773720051756712007-01-02T13:35:00.000-08:002007-01-02T13:35:00.000-08:00this photo of bubba - as though he is running into...this photo of bubba - as though he is running into the future. fantastic.<BR/><BR/>thanks for the link to the theroux article. it was nice to take a break from work and read your words and then read his words and pause for a moment. think about it all. thank you for always extending the invitation to think outside of myself.liz elayne lamoreuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014874211913051234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167771340531346692007-01-02T12:55:00.000-08:002007-01-02T12:55:00.000-08:00I'm only a bit more than halfway through - besides...I'm only a bit more than halfway through - besides guests, illness and London with my daughter, Dec. was a little hectic - but will blog about initial impressions or possibly will finish it by tomorrow. I am a big Paul Theroux fan and will read his piece with interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167769533350342742007-01-02T12:25:00.000-08:002007-01-02T12:25:00.000-08:00Adventurous, playful and alive, yes! All of that I...Adventurous, playful and alive, yes! All of that I wish for you, and all of us, in 2007. Patry, I'm sure it will be a wonderful year.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167767793448838002007-01-02T11:56:00.000-08:002007-01-02T11:56:00.000-08:00Patry, thank you for your always beautiful and tho...Patry, thank you for your always beautiful and thoughtful writing and for your friendship this past year! Wishing you abundant creativity and joys this New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167764945624798732007-01-02T11:09:00.000-08:002007-01-02T11:09:00.000-08:00Re the Paul Theroux piece. America overcrowded? Yo...Re the Paul Theroux piece. America overcrowded? You ain't seen nothing until you have visited south east England - it can be hell.<BR/>At the risk of spoiling it for them, I would suggest New Zealand for room and spaces between - particularly the South island.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167759632132374592007-01-02T09:40:00.000-08:002007-01-02T09:40:00.000-08:00awhh, how cute; can't wait to meet Bubba and Nicol...awhh, how cute; can't wait to meet Bubba and Nicola too of course.<BR/>Happy New Year dear friend.rdlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062856086277201874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167759025268081512007-01-02T09:30:00.000-08:002007-01-02T09:30:00.000-08:00fred: Haven't heard of that book, but I love the t...fred: Haven't heard of that book, but I love the title. Sounds like what I've been doing all my life...Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1167756919544555652007-01-02T08:55:00.000-08:002007-01-02T08:55:00.000-08:00I have been rereading fragments of books I like. T...I have been rereading fragments of books I like. This morning I reread the last 3 pages of " Return to the Same City" by Paco Ignacio Taibo II.Fred Garberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308938520063396329noreply@blogger.com