tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post4191229468249734921..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's poem by Robert ServiceNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-67320506431333179252013-04-18T14:01:40.460-04:002013-04-18T14:01:40.460-04:00I feel the same way. Service' work is interest...I feel the same way. Service' work is interesting. I think you'll like it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-29888606113425828132013-04-15T22:34:44.822-04:002013-04-15T22:34:44.822-04:00How wonderful, to inherit a treasured shelf of boo...How wonderful, to inherit a treasured shelf of books. I hadn't read any of Service's poetry before, thanks for the introductionDeniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27740072080456369222013-04-14T11:31:13.583-04:002013-04-14T11:31:13.583-04:00I don't write in my books, but I sure do in my...I don't write in my books, but I sure do in my cookbooks. That's how I remember when I go to a recipe after months or years. So often there'll be a note that says it was excellent, or not so good or don't make again. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-12644338994430154702013-04-14T11:30:01.020-04:002013-04-14T11:30:01.020-04:00I should have emailed you to tell you I began agai...I should have emailed you to tell you I began again. Sorry.<br />Wonderful words from EM. I'll check out your page.<br />That's a lovely thing to do. Just so dear.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19644416125858366522013-04-13T22:26:20.788-04:002013-04-13T22:26:20.788-04:00It frustrates me that used book sites are quick to...It frustrates me that used book sites are quick to proclaim a used book free of markings as if that's a plus. I dearly love to buy old books that have been marked in the margins or underlined. It is rare to find an old cookbook where someone has written by a recipe, "This was delicious!" i write in all of mine. They won't be as valuable for my kids to sell someday but while I have them I am going to converse with the author in them.Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-8228112923631266542013-04-13T12:26:11.077-04:002013-04-13T12:26:11.077-04:00Hi Nan
I was so happy to see you back on the blog...Hi Nan<br /><br />I was so happy to see you back on the blog - and I came across it quite by accident<br /><br />I have a treasured copy of "Songs of a Sourdough" that belonged to my father. I wrote about it <a href="http://blogdelivre.blogspot.ca/2009_03_01_archive.html" rel="nofollow"> here</a>. Scroll down to the second entry in March. His biographer, Enid Mallory, wrote, "Words were his lifelong passion ... he could make them dance, shiver with cold or choke with loneliness and despair ... but they danced their best on the wide white stage of the Canadian North."<br /><br />The bank where he worked in Victoria still stands there, altho sadly, not as a bank. I salute him each time I pass that old building when I'm in town.<br />Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202844576079790285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14403690025851144572013-04-12T13:09:52.616-04:002013-04-12T13:09:52.616-04:00We are so pleased to have it. Margaret and Matt go...We are so pleased to have it. Margaret and Matt got the matching one. He had them built when he moved into his apartment.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-56881029318865342772013-04-09T01:07:40.359-04:002013-04-09T01:07:40.359-04:00Wonderful, wonderful poem - and fits well with Rog...Wonderful, wonderful poem - and fits well with Roger Ebert's quote. <br /><br />I love books that have passed others' hands as well, most especially those of our family or friends. I like to wonder what they were doing, what they thought of the book, who the person was who gave it them if there is an inscription. It is a very fine bookshelf and a family treasure. Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-61253330763065132172013-04-08T15:15:51.194-04:002013-04-08T15:15:51.194-04:00I thought of you as I was taking the photo. :<)...I thought of you as I was taking the photo. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85829919464284269822013-04-08T15:15:27.013-04:002013-04-08T15:15:27.013-04:00Oh, thank you.Oh, thank you.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42127010672295058112013-04-08T15:15:12.086-04:002013-04-08T15:15:12.086-04:00Isn't that the truth! Love that description.Isn't that the truth! Love that description.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-89695805585921183612013-04-08T15:14:35.282-04:002013-04-08T15:14:35.282-04:00Thank you! It is fun reading 'pre-owned' b...Thank you! It is fun reading 'pre-owned' books. Sometimes you find writing in the margins or even notes tucked inside.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-11308191095974829692013-04-08T15:13:49.884-04:002013-04-08T15:13:49.884-04:00That is just amazing to me. Wow. I'm shaking m...That is just amazing to me. Wow. I'm shaking my head in wonder. Really.<br />And thanks for those nice words. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-41358471609547022982013-04-08T15:12:55.617-04:002013-04-08T15:12:55.617-04:00I would imagine he is read in the schools particul...I would imagine he is read in the schools particularly there.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-90885129003366715702013-04-08T15:12:22.624-04:002013-04-08T15:12:22.624-04:00So great that you took the time to read about him....So great that you took the time to read about him. He's quite famous here for two particular poems - The Cremation of Sam McGee, and The Shooting of Dan McGraw (titles easily confused!).Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-37727809682311728212013-04-08T08:26:19.757-04:002013-04-08T08:26:19.757-04:00Lovely! And as you know, I love seeing photos of y...Lovely! And as you know, I love seeing photos of your beautiful home. :)Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30723287665089908282013-04-07T17:56:56.354-04:002013-04-07T17:56:56.354-04:00I've been searching for a clay pipe, the missi...I've been searching for a clay pipe, the missing ingredient here, all to no avail I'm afraid. !!!<br /><br />CaroleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30266747095237563282013-04-07T12:59:33.473-04:002013-04-07T12:59:33.473-04:00How funny to read these comments above because I t...How funny to read these comments above because I thought the poem sounded like someone from England too! <br />"Just carry on and keep a-humming". I love that!<br />Thanks for sharing this.<br /><br />Oh, and I am GLAD to see your posts again, dear Nan! Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-17879427703716024212013-04-06T18:56:42.800-04:002013-04-06T18:56:42.800-04:00Robert Service was certainly one to grab life by t...Robert Service was certainly one to grab life by the . . . whatever . . . and make the most of each day. <br /><br />I always think of him as Canadian (I suppose because we studied quite a bit of his poetry - especially the Yukon poems - in school) but I guess spending the first 20 years of his life in Britain, and another two decades in France, as well as his many years in Canada, qualifies him as citizen of the world. :-)<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this!Debbie Rodgers @Exurbanishttp://www.exurbanis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27808348014873025782013-04-06T17:20:29.712-04:002013-04-06T17:20:29.712-04:00Beautiful post :) And this is one of the reasons I...Beautiful post :) And this is one of the reasons I love old books so much...just imagining the history behind them!chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-75700717331334636912013-04-06T15:26:46.886-04:002013-04-06T15:26:46.886-04:00When I was reading the poem, I found I was somehow...When I was reading the poem, I found I was somehow using a Lancashire accent, on looking him up in Wiki, I find that he was born in Lancashire, as was I, it's some cadence that must have remained despite all his travels.<br />Nan, your posts make me a much better read woman, thank you.<br />CaroleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39781720388578365692013-04-06T12:43:53.729-04:002013-04-06T12:43:53.729-04:00Being Alaskan born and bred I am partial to Robert...Being Alaskan born and bred I am partial to Robert Service :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274481412344071315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-69304057822054528702013-04-06T12:02:39.333-04:002013-04-06T12:02:39.333-04:00Sorry - I'm back! There is a whole section ab...Sorry - I'm back! There is a whole section about him on Wiki, which is fascinating! I rather thought he might be English by the style, and indeed he was, though he spent years in Canada and America. His style is just like a lady who has been writing and performing for many years in the UK, her name is Pam Ayres, and she has a wonderful Bristol accent. Thanks for the discovery. Mrs Mac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13169786083907144694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19935638914131777542013-04-06T11:47:01.331-04:002013-04-06T11:47:01.331-04:00What a lovely poem! Thank you Nan. I have never ...What a lovely poem! Thank you Nan. I have never heard of the poet - will have to go and look him up. Mrs Mac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13169786083907144694noreply@blogger.com