tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post6911119985308927532..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: February with Gladys and RachelNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-62336893519037480682012-03-01T14:55:00.284-05:002012-03-01T14:55:00.284-05:00I so loved reading this. Thak you.I so loved reading this. Thak you.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-88634012704450343862012-03-01T10:04:48.840-05:002012-03-01T10:04:48.840-05:00It's funny how much I can relate to Gladys'...It's funny how much I can relate to Gladys's writings -- not only in remembering back to when we gardened but also to the way I live now. For example, the mysteries -- I have given up reading cozies ("girl" mysteries) because they annoy me so much for the same reasons. And the doggerel. I substitute taking pictures of other people's flowers for seed catalogs and I also don't have to hoe! <br />But the thing I look forward to most in your monthly reviews is that they remind me so beautifully of the passing of the seasons. Something I do miss in our trade-off (and can't imagine ever living a whole life without, as, I guess, life-long Floridians do.Sallie (FullTime-Life.comhttp://www.travelingrainvilles.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-48398571810597252462012-02-29T20:38:02.716-05:002012-02-29T20:38:02.716-05:00Oh, thank you!
Yes, Gladys could be very funny!Oh, thank you! <br />Yes, Gladys could be very funny!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49568833456538734632012-02-29T20:37:27.549-05:002012-02-29T20:37:27.549-05:00And my temperament is too much the sitting, methin...And my temperament is too much the sitting, methinks. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-5730280045206627662012-02-29T19:50:42.378-05:002012-02-29T19:50:42.378-05:00It is a great way to measure time and I've rea...It is a great way to measure time and I've really enjoyed the monthly posts!!<br /><br />"At this point, I feel they deserve to be killed. … The author always saves them, but are they worth it, I ask."<br />This quote cracked me up!!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-74673036106515647032012-02-29T19:08:58.589-05:002012-02-29T19:08:58.589-05:00I need to get my hands on these books, Nan. Right...I need to get my hands on these books, Nan. Right now I don't seem to have the necessary temperament to read these quiet, nourishing stories. I always seem to be rushing around lately. 'Walking too fast,' as my daughter says. Yeah, I sort of do everything too fast.<br /><br />But the time is coming when I will settle down with these wonderful sounding essays and stories. I hope I can find some nice trade paperback editions.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-33244118012648780782012-02-29T18:46:23.638-05:002012-02-29T18:46:23.638-05:00Yes, her choice of words really expresses the exub...Yes, her choice of words really expresses the exuberance and healthy appetites of those long-ago teenagers!<br />I'm so pleased you like these monthly offerings.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-24500188396966364972012-02-29T18:41:29.714-05:002012-02-29T18:41:29.714-05:00Dear Nan,
I really love your Gladys and Rachel pos...Dear Nan,<br />I really love your Gladys and Rachel posts. <br />"We swarmed all over everything and ate like mastodons". That made me laugh!<br />"Nothing is hidden in February". <br />So happy that you call attention to these excellent writers!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-25320518115282186322012-02-29T13:53:06.018-05:002012-02-29T13:53:06.018-05:00Perfect rainy day, or any day, reading!Perfect rainy day, or any day, reading!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-25409392596967725542012-02-29T13:52:42.543-05:002012-02-29T13:52:42.543-05:00Oh, aren't you lucky! Her fiction isn't ea...Oh, aren't you lucky! Her fiction isn't easy to find. My local library has only her short stories. I don't know anything about this one. If you read it, and have a minute, I'd love to hear what it is about and how you liked it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-90510079055877751672012-02-29T13:50:19.801-05:002012-02-29T13:50:19.801-05:00The amazing thing to me, the thing that makes me t...The amazing thing to me, the thing that makes me think, is how the present day always looks to the past with nostalgia. And sometimes, it wasn't all that different. And of course, most of the time it was worse than now in many ways.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51001644473294601862012-02-29T13:48:13.035-05:002012-02-29T13:48:13.035-05:00Thank you so very much. It was great fun to write....Thank you so very much. It was great fun to write.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65879173230877782682012-02-29T13:47:41.652-05:002012-02-29T13:47:41.652-05:00It really was amazing to read her words.
You know,...It really was amazing to read her words.<br />You know, when I wrote that, I thought about hockey! :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-34099430295837486202012-02-29T13:42:19.629-05:002012-02-29T13:42:19.629-05:00I thought that was particularly wonderful, too. I&...I thought that was particularly wonderful, too. I've never smelled it, but I have a good idea now. The combination of hay and donkey feed in our barn may be a little the same.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-60851013196446442542012-02-29T13:40:50.716-05:002012-02-29T13:40:50.716-05:00Thank you, Lisa. They were both such wonderful wom...Thank you, Lisa. They were both such wonderful women. As you know, Rachel was new to me, and I've bought her other two books to read when I've finished this one.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2024802906387152012012-02-29T10:37:29.418-05:002012-02-29T10:37:29.418-05:00I love these books
they are on my shelf
Today rain...I love these books<br />they are on my shelf<br />Today rain is coming in<br />and I am taking them off the shelf :)One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-6112175097924009272012-02-29T08:29:01.963-05:002012-02-29T08:29:01.963-05:00I have been reading your posts on Gladys and Rache...I have been reading your posts on Gladys and Rachel since you began them and enjoying each one very much. Imagine my surprise when I found a book called Nurse in Blue by Gladys Taber on my bookshelves. Now I can read it with a greater appreciation thanks to you.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988251415347075888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7259182364798185972012-02-28T19:00:33.897-05:002012-02-28T19:00:33.897-05:00Funny, I was just thinking it was about time for G...Funny, I was just thinking it was about time for Gladys and Rachel to turn up on your blog, Nan. I'm always thrilled when they do. <br /><br />It is interesting that Gladys was remarking about the demise of handwritten letters in 1955. By then, I suppose, greeting cards had taken their place and television to pass the time. I've actually been on a quest of at least sending out a few handwritten cards each month with this now not-so-new year. I used to be a constant letter writer. Oh well . . . <br /><br />All those early warnings of pesticides, including Rachel. <br /><br />Thanks, Nan, for another good one.lifeonthecutoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657395265006688388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-4681850364998182402012-02-28T18:55:25.922-05:002012-02-28T18:55:25.922-05:00That was all lovely, Nan. I particularly enjoyed t...That was all lovely, Nan. I particularly enjoyed the crime book bit. So true! I've heard these characters described as TSTL... Too Stupid To Live. They certainly make you wonder. And the doggerel was so funny too - my husband would definitely agree with the sentiment. Thoroughly enjoyable post.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49144487696287726572012-02-28T18:49:52.240-05:002012-02-28T18:49:52.240-05:00Ah, Nan, the more things change...I guess informat...Ah, Nan, the more things change...I guess information at your fingertips is all relative, as is the number of letters being written. (It's that new-fangled invention - the telephone - that's ruining letter-writing.)<br /><br />I laughed at the Canadian dog show description but can well believe it. In my childhood in the 1950s and 1960s, Canadians were mostly well-behaved in public- well, except for hockey games ;-)Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53787721784776783612012-02-28T18:40:40.184-05:002012-02-28T18:40:40.184-05:00Aren't they wonderful - that incredible descri...Aren't they wonderful - that incredible description of silage.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-70016713834328628982012-02-28T18:40:07.978-05:002012-02-28T18:40:07.978-05:00And I have enjoyed every post you have shared with...And I have enjoyed every post you have shared with us.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-5618885630746265502012-02-28T18:30:11.186-05:002012-02-28T18:30:11.186-05:00I'm very pleased that you enjoy them. Thank yo...I'm very pleased that you enjoy them. Thank you for saying so. Oh, and you'll love Aunt Flora! I'm tickled that you are going to read it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-89518706905568447082012-02-28T18:21:50.598-05:002012-02-28T18:21:50.598-05:00Both are such beautiful writers, I enjoy your post...Both are such beautiful writers, I enjoy your posts from their books. By the way, Aunt Flora is on order from inter library loan! there are 2 copies in the whole state.Peggy Annhttp://peggyannspost.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com