tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post3444465849962400730..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's short story - The Proxy Marriage by Maile MeloyNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-67476848251108144902012-05-21T08:46:31.971-04:002012-05-21T08:46:31.971-04:00Do you mean the Maile Meloy story, or Agatha's...Do you mean the Maile Meloy story, or Agatha's Crooked House?<br />I so enjoy AC, too. Last night I began Destination Unknown and it is so different from Crooked House that you'd think it was another author!<br />I've never read JT.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49319689134246616932012-05-21T08:19:03.384-04:002012-05-21T08:19:03.384-04:00I am going to have to go back and re-read this. I ...I am going to have to go back and re-read this. I enjoy Agatha Christie so much. Right now I am re-reading Josephine Tey, who unfortunately does not have such a large oevre.commonweederhttp://www.commonweeder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-57602819362143261832012-05-19T11:25:11.969-04:002012-05-19T11:25:11.969-04:00I love it that you took the time and read them bot...I love it that you took the time and read them both. Thanks so much.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-24684535067695150732012-05-19T11:23:55.998-04:002012-05-19T11:23:55.998-04:00Well, Nan, I just spent a good part of my morning ...Well, Nan, I just spent a good part of my morning reading this story, the interview, digging a little deeper into the author, and here I am, pleased to say how much I enjoyed this little interlude on a perfect May morning. A most enjoyable post!lifeonthecutoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657395265006688388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-56505308131728408882012-05-19T09:20:25.528-04:002012-05-19T09:20:25.528-04:00I loved The Apothecary. She has written a couple o...I loved The Apothecary. She has written a couple others I haven't read yet. <br />It is a very interesting concept.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-59681535829315718592012-05-19T03:22:04.060-04:002012-05-19T03:22:04.060-04:00I have not heard of this author, but it sounds an ...I have not heard of this author, but it sounds an interesting basis for a story - I wonder if proxy marriages are possible anywhere else? It's the kind of thing British Kings did way back in history - all those poor little princes and princesses, married off as children to people they didn't know and didn't get to meet until years later...Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-33058603735689375882012-05-19T00:55:40.984-04:002012-05-19T00:55:40.984-04:00Well, we subscribed ages ago, and then quit a few ...Well, we subscribed ages ago, and then quit a few years back. It had changed in a way we didn't like. And then, two bloggers mentioned articles and I thought to give it another chance. And we've been happy with it. It's a nice story. Have you read The Apothecary? She is a really good writer.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-52664462483526101712012-05-19T00:53:45.950-04:002012-05-19T00:53:45.950-04:00I really like the way she writes. Did you get to r...I really like the way she writes. Did you get to read the interview?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-66008323589567977542012-05-18T17:54:49.631-04:002012-05-18T17:54:49.631-04:00You are the first blogger I have read who also rea...You are the first blogger I have read who also reads my favorite magazine, The New Yorker. I am officially a "letters from a hill farm" blog fan! I have the May 21 issue and will put it on my nighttable to read this weekend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-78978693483844360072012-05-18T14:44:13.132-04:002012-05-18T14:44:13.132-04:00Such a sweet story!Such a sweet story!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.com