tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post8412223244147415234..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: My Mother Would Have Been 90 TodayGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-35193805363567311162014-02-04T12:44:10.254+00:002014-02-04T12:44:10.254+00:00Thank you for that. It bought to me thoughts of my...Thank you for that. It bought to me thoughts of my mother who, had she not left my story just a few years ago, would have been 95 in April.John Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06269579852499589966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-394407178056733742014-02-03T01:56:03.337+00:002014-02-03T01:56:03.337+00:00Oh, I saw your last tweet about her--so sad! Sendi...Oh, I saw your last tweet about her--so sad! Sending an e-hug to your former self, way back when before there was e-anything.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-65266588402613731102014-02-02T23:02:45.277+00:002014-02-02T23:02:45.277+00:00A lovely piece. The last line is too (unintentiona...A lovely piece. The last line is too (unintentionally) melancholy though, stop that! Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584053792701199876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-54351099590857656432014-02-02T22:18:05.680+00:002014-02-02T22:18:05.680+00:00That's quite true, Marly, and beautifully put....That's quite true, Marly, and beautifully put. All was not great in fact and she didn't have that long left, but there were many days like this, assured, even a touch coquettish (which she could be, as I could recognise even as a child). The helmet was the look in those days. This is not too bad as helmets go.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-61137639491029537982014-02-02T22:15:09.799+00:002014-02-02T22:15:09.799+00:00The last time I thought about your mother, she was...The last time I thought about your mother, she was fleeing over a border--and now here she is, so safe that she can strike a pose among others, so safe that she can appear in a bathing suit (even if her hair is safely locked into a helmet.)<br /><br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com