tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post1163867143411942895..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Four seasons with Susan Hill and Gladys Taber - Gladys' winterNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14211680778712299072019-03-22T12:59:50.196-04:002019-03-22T12:59:50.196-04:00Amazon's copies were expensive but I found Cou...Amazon's copies were expensive but I found Country Chronicle at AbeBooks! So excited to have found one, can't wait to read it!Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19134500035706612302019-03-20T19:42:51.663-04:002019-03-20T19:42:51.663-04:00I think that is the name! I love what you wrote ab...I think that is the name! I love what you wrote about showing respect and love. No patronizing, or looking down on them. It was so wonderful, and so like her. I thank you for your long, thoughtful comments. <br />Old Cape Cod is one of my favorites, too. It makes me nostalgic, and the words themselves are nostalgic.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85042143816623278512019-03-20T19:08:16.585-04:002019-03-20T19:08:16.585-04:00I have the song playing while reading this, it'...I have the song playing while reading this, it's one of my very favorite songs in the world and always made me wish to visit. I realize that the Cape Cod of the 50s and Gladys's time probably don't exist anymore. Nan, this is one of the few Taber books I don't have and I really must see if any are available at a reasonable cost. Just reading your post makes me want to read the whole book. I have the slim book she wrote after Jill died (I guess I'll always think of her as Jill) and I do have My Own Cape Cod but not the other one. She makes Cape Cod sound almost as special as her own village. I'm trying to remember, does she say the name of her street? The name Jeremy Swamp Rd. is in my mind. I love the old Yankee responses! She did such a wonderful job in all her books of showing respect and love of the people in her town. <br /><br />Now to go see if Country Chronicle is available!Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27500761889469865612019-03-20T13:38:14.238-04:002019-03-20T13:38:14.238-04:00I don't even listen unless my kids have to be ...I don't even listen unless my kids have to be out in it. I'm the kind of weather person who looks out the window to see what the weather is! Sorry you got caught in the rain!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-37631089438762105402019-03-20T09:03:52.177-04:002019-03-20T09:03:52.177-04:00You are so right about our obsession with the weat...You are so right about our obsession with the weather. It is contagious. I find the weather forecast affecting my decisions about what I will do to an absurd extent considering the generally congenial weather outside. But storms, flooding, gales and drought are flagged up in such an excited and doom-laden way that it is hard to ignore the warnings. Mind you, the other day I did get drenched to the skin going up to town and was horribly uncomfortable for the rest of the day. But it wasn't exactly life-threatening. Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-20496503197251598522019-03-19T21:39:30.190-04:002019-03-19T21:39:30.190-04:00Have you ever read Gladys Taber?Have you ever read Gladys Taber?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-63644398095221650992019-03-19T17:19:07.616-04:002019-03-19T17:19:07.616-04:00They look fine here.
Thanks for the introduction t...They look fine here.<br />Thanks for the introduction to two interesting wordsmiths. I shall try them.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-87074867387338585572019-03-19T12:50:05.178-04:002019-03-19T12:50:05.178-04:00"Unravel" is a good way to describe it! ..."Unravel" is a good way to describe it! Even too much conversation can cause it! Introvert, all the way. I do love Mr Teale's words. I had forgotten that in WS. Very funny. Thanks for your thoughts.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49981344133829375112019-03-18T20:22:11.399-04:002019-03-18T20:22:11.399-04:00"we all desperately need some quietude in our..."we all desperately need some quietude in our lives.' I would add that some of us 'unravel' rather quickly without it! Having always lived in rural areas [other than 3 years in a New England college town] I'm atuned to the sounds of nature--I suppose that mentally I'm always describing the sound of the wind, trying to identify the bird that is calling just out of sight, waking to hear rain begin deep in the night. The late nature writer, Edwin Way Teale, wrote of those he called 'the noise needers'--I think it was the era when 'boom boxes' were popular. By the way: in Rosamunde Pilcher's novel, Winter Solstice, when the church organist falls ill before the midnight Christmas service, a 'ghetto blaster' is hastily brought in to provide carols!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7192602616865852682019-03-16T10:21:37.804-04:002019-03-16T10:21:37.804-04:00And I thank you for your perfect description of he...And I thank you for your perfect description of her work!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-86890892122287701412019-03-16T10:20:35.084-04:002019-03-16T10:20:35.084-04:00Thank you for another timely reminder of Gladys Ta...Thank you for another timely reminder of Gladys Tabor's work. I love the excerpt, and as usual, Tabor's writing calms me and makes me appreciate anew the healing power of nature. Reading Tabor's combination of common sense and beautiful prose is a treat.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21096966168601351822019-03-15T12:48:39.633-04:002019-03-15T12:48:39.633-04:00I just can't imagine texting and driving. I ca...I just can't imagine texting and driving. I can barely text when I'm doing nothing else! <br />You are absolutely right about the weather people! They get everyone all shook up. "Historic" Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-71625022147737505632019-03-15T12:46:28.428-04:002019-03-15T12:46:28.428-04:00Cath, I would start with her earlier books. There&...Cath, I would start with her earlier books. There's a list here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3451536.Gladys_Taber<br />I plan to write about "Susan's winter" soon!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-10617658539787955892019-03-15T08:48:32.046-04:002019-03-15T08:48:32.046-04:00This was quite enjoyable to read, Nan. I understa...This was quite enjoyable to read, Nan. I understand your worry about your kids being on the road in the bad weather. Even though you guys are used to those things - unlike us - there's always the 'other guy' and not being able to trust what they are doing. Texting on their phone? Likely. The weather people are quite funny these days. I keep thinking that it must be that they have more time to fill or maybe it's just the expectation that if they don't warn people constantly, no one will know what to do. We get the same thing here when there is even a sprinkle. Be afraid, be afraid, it's slick out there. I want to say 'it's spring in Texas and there will always be rain and thunderstorms and even tornadoes'. It is ever thus. As to the warnings and the fact that each storm is 'historic', I remember my grandmothers talking about weather in the Texas Panhandle in the 30's and 40's and 50's. Yeah, it's happened before. Ha!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-68340605029393260932019-03-15T07:37:36.340-04:002019-03-15T07:37:36.340-04:00Having read this wonderful post I think I shall ha...Having read this wonderful post I think I shall have to read something by Gladys Taber now. I rather fancy Connecticut... what would you recommend, Nan? The one you're talking about here, Country Chronicle, or something else? I do hope you're enjoying The Magic Apple Tree. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.com