tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post8300730757952228188..comments2023-04-02T03:26:04.053-07:00Comments on Planet Joan: As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust - Alan Bradleyjoan.kylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-23219731995037686922015-02-07T04:48:59.332-08:002015-02-07T04:48:59.332-08:00I'll have to take a look at Seven Pillars agai...I'll have to take a look at Seven Pillars again. I'd pulled out Moby Dick and Don Quixote for my first big reads of the year. I'll let you know.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-59938463568597908032015-02-07T04:41:20.199-08:002015-02-07T04:41:20.199-08:00Oh, good, I'm glad you don't know what the...Oh, good, I'm glad you don't know what the mission is either! I really like Dogger, too. He and Flavia are the only characters I think are fully fleshed out and endearing.<br /><br />Thank Robert Frost for the poem. He was one of my father's favorite poets.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-64919201035051311302015-02-06T10:49:41.140-08:002015-02-06T10:49:41.140-08:00I enjoyed this one too, Joan and also missed Dogge...I enjoyed this one too, Joan and also missed Dogger. He's my favorite character. They have never been clear on 'the mission'. Not that I could make out! Lovely poem. Peggy Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426356514707257708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-58447204683954258652015-02-05T14:18:53.559-08:002015-02-05T14:18:53.559-08:00Well that's two more than I can remember! I...Well that's two more than I can remember! I'm glad you're over your reading slump. How about a Seven Pillars of Wisdom readalong sometime this year, I think we've both had that one unread for years.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-87595000588831711062015-02-05T13:47:56.746-08:002015-02-05T13:47:56.746-08:00Wait! I just remembered another of them: 'Lo...Wait! I just remembered another of them: 'Loveliest of trees the cherry, now' by A. E. Housman. You might notice that poems about nature are the ones I find most soothing and inspiring.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-82963545252183576602015-02-05T13:43:31.856-08:002015-02-05T13:43:31.856-08:00About fifteen years ago, I went through a phase wh...About fifteen years ago, I went through a phase where I vowed to learn one short poem each week. When my father went to school, in the 1920s, they had to memorize poems all the time. He continued to amaze me as, into his eighties, he could recite The Wreck of the Hesperus, among other poems. I taped the poems on my mirror so I could see them every time I brushed my teeth, washed my hands, etc. Of course that didn't last too long, and this is the only one of them I remember.<br /><br />Yes, thank you books that get us back on track! I picked up a book of essays (you'll read about it shortly) at the library yesterday and have already read about 160 pages.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-85620446399885994242015-02-05T07:02:17.476-08:002015-02-05T07:02:17.476-08:00Love the Frost poem! Yay for books that help you t...Love the Frost poem! Yay for books that help you through a slump!Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.com