tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post7096207380666457969..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: THE MAGIC YURT - Nicola MorganUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70694782180972219692010-05-07T17:42:21.024+01:002010-05-07T17:42:21.024+01:00I love how you recapture the smells of the yurt - ...I love how you recapture the smells of the yurt - and how cool is it that there's actually a *yurt*! I think it's one of those things I'd be scared to enter - exactly like you're crashing into a party uninvited. It does sound like it's worth it once you're in, though.Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43379421586031889832009-10-06T18:36:29.416+01:002009-10-06T18:36:29.416+01:00We recently had a visiting American dinner guest w...We recently had a visiting American dinner guest who lives in a yurt. She loves it. She has three yurts, and she’s named them all: Gurt, Burt, and Yurt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-71122551667831154002009-09-05T13:04:36.398+01:002009-09-05T13:04:36.398+01:00A beautiful post Nicola... it took me right back t...A beautiful post Nicola... it took me right back to Mongolia. Good that you didn't have to eat Yak meat stew though! The photographs of the roof were wonderful as were your shoes against that carpet!Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-85073244738452175522009-09-02T18:05:57.612+01:002009-09-02T18:05:57.612+01:00Nicola, thanks for that post. Loved it. Gives me s...Nicola, thanks for that post. Loved it. Gives me something to aim for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44106462408681463492009-09-01T21:01:31.154+01:002009-09-01T21:01:31.154+01:00Thank you, all - glad it resonated. It's such...Thank you, all - glad it resonated. It's such an amazing place and even though I've been too tired and busy to enjoy it properly this year, I want it back again!Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-47523513887196133162009-09-01T20:26:46.891+01:002009-09-01T20:26:46.891+01:00loved this lovely piece of writing, Nicola...it is...loved this lovely piece of writing, Nicola...it is a very wonderful Yurt and I had my last piece of quiche there this afternoon. Roll on next year! I too experienced the knee numbing sensation of meeting Michel Faber, not in the Yurt though......Ferguslie Park Library!annelouisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115005703896313418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-72716774632464758552009-09-01T20:04:31.331+01:002009-09-01T20:04:31.331+01:00You captured it all so well, Nicola.
Today was...You captured it all so well, Nicola. <br />Today was the school's Gala day - general public not allowed - when the entire place is turned over to a chatter (is that the collective noun?) of children - all so excited to be there. <br />The yurt was quieter than it has been of late as if it was preparing to hibernate.<br />All of a sudden it is over and we will have to wait a whole year for it to begin again.Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-40816479304358970012009-09-01T18:51:51.097+01:002009-09-01T18:51:51.097+01:00Nice shoes. And your posting made me feel I had re...Nice shoes. And your posting made me feel I had reached Xanadu - a magic land, an oasis, if you like, on the Mongolian steppes, filled with laughter, congenial company and the joy of kindred spirits. All reached after a long time in the arid central Asian plains.Helenhttp://www.motheratlarge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-5323106768511074162009-09-01T17:20:41.296+01:002009-09-01T17:20:41.296+01:00What a beautifully atmospheric post - I shall now ...What a beautifully atmospheric post - I shall now aspire not only to be published but to be a Yurt-habitee (Yak blankets sound so cosy and the aroma of coffee and Highland Park is surely conducive to...well, I'm not quite sure what so I shall have to sample it and see!)Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466817234425104422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22232379259326869472009-09-01T11:48:13.447+01:002009-09-01T11:48:13.447+01:00Beautiful, Nicola, and spot on in highlighting the...Beautiful, Nicola, and spot on in highlighting the way it manages simultaneously to make us feel as special as the celebs we're sharing the air with and as shy as the humblest of stammering fans. I envy the face to face (or face to knee) meeting with Michel Faber. I could only write to tell him how wonderful his Crimson Petal and the White was.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57143429135371808222009-09-01T10:10:59.984+01:002009-09-01T10:10:59.984+01:00Lee - glad I have almost inspired you!
Gillian ...Lee - glad I have almost inspired you!<br /><br />Gillian - oh, thank goodness. I knew there was an appropriate explanation.<br /><br />bookwitch - the very shoes! And as for the toilets, if you want to know, I did actually try to take a pic of the inside, but someone kept coming in and I kept having to pretend to be sending a text instead...Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-28160630782674696142009-09-01T09:53:00.654+01:002009-09-01T09:53:00.654+01:00Those are the very shoes we didn't catch '...Those are the very shoes we didn't catch 'on film', Nicola. Thank you.<br /><br />Didn't mention the toilets. Or os that your next installment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-35315971694984793992009-09-01T09:20:08.250+01:002009-09-01T09:20:08.250+01:00Ooh, Nicola, you took me right back there. I must ...Ooh, Nicola, you took me right back there. I must add a mention of the crayfish wraps, though.<br /><br />By the way the yurt is folded up and stored in an old brass lamp and is brought out with a quick rub of a duster each August. At least that's what I hear.Gillian Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775401199564200537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-88281778849649485972009-09-01T06:43:38.171+01:002009-09-01T06:43:38.171+01:00What a lovely post! You almost make me want to att...What a lovely post! You almost make me want to attend a festival. I won't, ever - but so far, you've come closest. (I'm also a Michel Faber reader.)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com