tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post7128351520500128930..comments2024-03-27T20:36:43.009-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: March 8, 1952Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-86906210294915654242012-04-08T13:32:34.757-04:002012-04-08T13:32:34.757-04:00Great minds! :<) I didn't go back after tha...Great minds! :<) I didn't go back after that day in March. I just couldn't commit to reading it just now. I shall read it and when I do it will be all at one time rather than in segments. I've realized that other than my Gladys and Rachel project I like to read a book all at once.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-22396066425464976912012-04-08T12:20:25.566-04:002012-04-08T12:20:25.566-04:00I read the first 60 pages in January, but set the ...I read the first 60 pages in January, but set the book aside and have not returned to it. Not because I didn't care for it, but because other books were calling for my attention. I want to write up a little report for my January reading of this book and then get back to it. I love the exchanges between Julia and Avis! Julia was quite funny! This is such a wonderful book.<br /><br />Thanks for the link-love. :)Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-74449313382332207282012-03-09T20:42:56.723-05:002012-03-09T20:42:56.723-05:00That's a fun thought, Becca! I think there are...That's a fun thought, Becca! I think there are big spaces between some of them but I'm not positive. <br />I think blogging is really more like it than even emails because often blog posts are more personal, more like letters. Usually a lot of thought goes into them.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-3805593926292992302012-03-09T17:43:41.573-05:002012-03-09T17:43:41.573-05:00I do want to read this book, and you’ve given me a...I do want to read this book, and you’ve given me a wonderful idea as to how to go about it. One letter at a time, on the day they were written :)<br /><br />I too have often thought of blogging as the modern day equivalent to the letter writing so prevalent in earlier times.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623887166087444590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-55037504328390678882012-03-09T11:51:15.152-05:002012-03-09T11:51:15.152-05:00And really, I have kept many, many more emails tha...And really, I have kept many, many more emails than letters. It is so easy to do so, with no clutter in the house, or mice getting into them. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-60595564848863404442012-03-09T11:49:08.444-05:002012-03-09T11:49:08.444-05:00I will quietly say that I like my stainless steel ...I will quietly say that I like my stainless steel knife. :<) Though I don't have to cut meat with it, just veg. so maybe that makes the difference.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-5180986104208352122012-03-09T11:47:55.631-05:002012-03-09T11:47:55.631-05:00She was on public television way back in the late ...She was on public television way back in the late 60s, and made history. More info here. A strong and delightful personality.<br />Isn't it interesting how some things travel from one country to another while others don't. For example, there are two series which have never made it over here- Emmerdale and Heartbeat. And occasionally on British bloggers' blogs I read of people I've not heard of, and I go off to explore and often buy their work. Patrick Leigh Fermor, and the River Cottage Books are a couple that come to mind immediately.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-71666648085731341032012-03-09T11:39:31.535-05:002012-03-09T11:39:31.535-05:00You'll love it!You'll love it!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84142473372301613502012-03-09T11:39:10.567-05:002012-03-09T11:39:10.567-05:00I dearly loved the movie, but couldn't read th...I dearly loved the movie, but couldn't read the book at all. Her attitude and language didn't appeal to me. <br />I have read it, and have seen the movie. Love them both. You moved it up one address. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-80313431536899976032012-03-09T09:28:10.720-05:002012-03-09T09:28:10.720-05:00What fun it would be to read these letters day by ...What fun it would be to read these letters day by day, or date by date. I'm afraid I would start out with good intentions then my greedy, impatient self would arrive and I'd gobble them up in a sitting or two. <br /><br />In reading the comments you already have, I would agree that blogging is rather like letter writing with a modern twist. I can imagine Julia and Avis emailing each other.Pennyhttp://lifeonthecutoff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-23239776814622190422012-03-09T07:28:51.581-05:002012-03-09T07:28:51.581-05:00Nan, Thanks for posting this letter. I love it an...Nan, Thanks for posting this letter. I love it and the one single knife I own as a result of it. I have always marveled at the friendship between Avis DeVoto and Julia Child. Now I want to read As Always, Julia, but not sure I could do it a little at a time - my curiosity would get in the way.<br /><br />I will be curious, however, to hear how you decide to read it and what you think of As Always, Julia.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988251415347075888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43856202528757107892012-03-09T04:19:00.493-05:002012-03-09T04:19:00.493-05:00I think I'd enjoy reading this although Julia ...I think I'd enjoy reading this although Julia Child is much more famous in the US than she is here in the UK. I went to see the film Julie and Julia when I was last in NH and that was my first real introduction to Julia although I'd come across her in a vague sort of way - I think there was a TV series a few years ago? This sounds like a nice book for summer reading - a bit here and a bit there. I enjoy books of letters as I'm one of the few people I know who still actually writes them.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21904764829119701232012-03-09T02:43:18.059-05:002012-03-09T02:43:18.059-05:00Will there ever be letters worth reading published...Will there ever be letters worth reading published again? I doubt it. I think letters are as dead as the passenger pigeon-betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777978398680764604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-56949378139907457602012-03-08T20:32:45.359-05:002012-03-08T20:32:45.359-05:00This sounds like a delightful read, Nan! Julia Chi...This sounds like a delightful read, Nan! Julia Child had such a charming wit and it manages to shine through in her writing, too. I must pick this up soon.Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7664081204306321162012-03-08T20:06:09.235-05:002012-03-08T20:06:09.235-05:00Oh, I would read them all! I love letters! LOVED t...Oh, I would read them all! I love letters! LOVED that movie with Meryl Streep playing Julia. Don't you just know that Julia would have HOOTED at the thought of Meryl Streep playing her?<br />Have you ever read the book "85 Charing Cross Road"? It was made into a movie and I loved both the book and the movie.Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-10115857220513957392012-03-08T18:51:18.735-05:002012-03-08T18:51:18.735-05:00I will be interested myself in how I end up readin...I will be interested myself in how I end up reading it. :<) <br /><br />It absolutely is, as is the time spent writing your thoughtful blog.<br /><br />People in other times did set aside big chunks of time in communicating. It really is all the same, just different.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-55762063278848538152012-03-08T16:34:04.444-05:002012-03-08T16:34:04.444-05:00This sounds like such a good book and, I admit, I ...This sounds like such a good book and, I admit, I like the idea of reading it a wee bit at a time, rather than swallowing it up quickly. And I, too, wondered about sending knives through the post!<br /><br />I often feel guilty about spending ages sending e-mails and FaceBook messages to friends, but it's really just a modern way of writing letters, isn't it? In one of my favourite O. Douglas books, 'A Proper Place', the mother spends most of her day sitting at her desk, writing to friends and relatives. I don't spend QUITE as long as that.......Pennyhttp://svh2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-645641654952825012012-03-08T15:07:53.663-05:002012-03-08T15:07:53.663-05:00I thought of the same thing! I've been transfe...I thought of the same thing! I've been transferring my own 'too rampant enthusiasm' toward B&N these days. I fear A. taking over the book world.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-44813838466598200912012-03-08T14:46:30.784-05:002012-03-08T14:46:30.784-05:00I do, too. How wonderful for your mother. I think ...I do, too. How wonderful for your mother. I think you'll love this delightful book. Julia's spirit comes right through her letters.<br />I guess all our blogs are letters, aren't they?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2969328158463171272012-03-08T14:45:30.327-05:002012-03-08T14:45:30.327-05:00I can hear her voice in the letter, loud and clear...I can hear her voice in the letter, loud and clear. Would knives make it through customs these days I wonder?<br />I too would find it hard to ration, I'm sure I'd keep thinking, 'just one more'!<br />To curb my too rampant enthusiasm for Amazon, I always give up book buying for Lent, however I do have an ever growing list for the future, this is going on that list pronto!<br />CaroleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-18213909551319417672012-03-08T14:41:42.985-05:002012-03-08T14:41:42.985-05:00I love that letter! In fact, I love reading lette...I love that letter! In fact, I love reading letters, especially from 'that' generation - before the total takeover of the telephone (and later the internet). My mother has found some of the letters she received from my grandfather, and they have the same tone, which is really delightful to read. I may have to go out and find this book...Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-10478993405967644172012-03-08T14:27:50.386-05:002012-03-08T14:27:50.386-05:00I love it! Do you suppose they were mixed together...I love it! Do you suppose they were mixed together? :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-61648719093598060532012-03-08T14:09:23.842-05:002012-03-08T14:09:23.842-05:00I think I'd find it hard to ration Julia as sh...I think I'd find it hard to ration Julia as she's such fun. An American friend of ours had dinner with her once. I asked him what they ate (she cooked for him): gin and oysters!Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85013579999624570432012-03-08T13:31:53.000-05:002012-03-08T13:31:53.000-05:00I do, too. I'm the same way, usually. But I do...I do, too. I'm the same way, usually. But I do like Tia's way of reading these letters.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-71731396998881232112012-03-08T13:10:45.258-05:002012-03-08T13:10:45.258-05:00I bet this is a good read. I love reading books of...I bet this is a good read. I love reading books of letters. Julia was such a good writer. I will have to see if I can find this one. I must say that if I get a good book I gobble it up. It is difficult for me to just read a little at a time.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.com