tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post7994716781874559891..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: New Year's Eve 2010George Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-44635498770226254522011-01-02T13:57:09.511+00:002011-01-02T13:57:09.511+00:00ps-
Spiegel Online is consistently the best Europ...ps- <br />Spiegel Online is consistently the best European newsblog. They keep a weather eye on the state of play in Europe for very obvious reasons.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-21055024096280451002011-01-02T07:08:57.265+00:002011-01-02T07:08:57.265+00:00Roughly the same situation must have arisen when I...Roughly the same situation must have arisen when I was born sixty something years ago. And roughly born I was. Pulled out of the tunnel with forceps. I suffered strange from falling into vortex nightmares and had problems with my ears for quite a few years. I think our birth circumstances, those first impressions, can and do affect our own personalities to some extent.<br />Mum was probably the only English person in the room; everybody else almost certainly Welsh.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-83648778854910142452011-01-01T23:57:11.857+00:002011-01-01T23:57:11.857+00:00Isn't your good lady C English ? presumably SH...<i>Isn't your good lady C English ? presumably SHE was in the room at the time ?</i><br /><br />er..."She was the only English person in the room, and even she was born in China."...<br /><br />Happy New Year to all.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-48141973106736482222011-01-01T22:32:27.009+00:002011-01-01T22:32:27.009+00:00Isn't your good lady C English ? presumably SH...Isn't your good lady C English ? presumably SHE was in the room at the time ?<br /><br /> Happy New Year !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-6496906027154781092011-01-01T20:54:04.062+00:002011-01-01T20:54:04.062+00:00Cheers and happy new year to you George, and every...Cheers and happy new year to you George, and everyone here. I just love this chance to have conversations with you over time and space. It's like a slow motion party. <br /><br />Here: around freezing, first sun in days, raking the yard, moving the minivan so the boys can tricycle, daughter doing artwork, Hansel and Gretel opera on, one boy sans clothing since coming inside, considering baking something, and determining to put on more coffee.danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902311224633734779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-69081750718112292582011-01-01T19:21:20.464+00:002011-01-01T19:21:20.464+00:00I was mixing Alexander Smith up with James and Hor...I was mixing Alexander Smith up with James and Horace Smith who put together a book, famous in its time, Rejected Addresses (1812), a book of parodies to do with the re-opening of Drury Lane Theatre after the fire which destroyed it. I actually have a copy of that right in front of me, bought at a second-hand bookshop for a pound or two.<br /><br />Alexander Smith's essays can be found here: http://www.electricscotland.com/history/skye/index.htm <br /> <br />Cheers, Gwilym. And all best for this new year.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-11193764465508746282011-01-01T16:49:31.663+00:002011-01-01T16:49:31.663+00:00George,
I have survived prosecco and oysters. Her...George, <br />I have survived prosecco and oysters. Here's another birthday boy.-<br /><br />31st Dec 1830 <br />The spasmodic poet Alexander Smith was born in Kilmarnock. No idea what he wrote. Probably not much.<br /><br />Here's wishing you good health and best of luck for 2011.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-61429390816999407612011-01-01T10:24:44.940+00:002011-01-01T10:24:44.940+00:00All the best for 2011 to you and yours, George.All the best for 2011 to you and yours, George.Angela Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039428389406819768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-76108384035817737532010-12-31T20:34:55.746+00:002010-12-31T20:34:55.746+00:00Cheers George, and to you and yours also!Cheers George, and to you and yours also!Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.com