tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8765218685506158068..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: A confession of my own - John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-91686658120143726602014-01-23T12:50:39.875+00:002014-01-23T12:50:39.875+00:00John! I've only just seen this blog. Wonderful...John! I've only just seen this blog. Wonderful, honest and lovely. Thank you for what you said about my post too xxLiz Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12675259815023413448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-2036527144145469282013-12-17T13:29:17.469+00:002013-12-17T13:29:17.469+00:00Well said, John! My children were very lucky - we ...Well said, John! My children were very lucky - we had a gay lodger when they were very young, and she talked about how she missed her partner (she was studying in the UK while her partner was living in Austria - they were both Austrian), so my girls saw the normality of a loving gay relationship very early. But that's an unusual circumstance, and books should supply that perspective for children in entirely straight households. Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-40547739208049536472013-12-16T12:24:19.534+00:002013-12-16T12:24:19.534+00:00There can be more true education in a good work of...There can be more true education in a good work of so-called 'fiction' than in a library shelf of textbooks.<br /><br />(And "Two Weeks With The Queen" is an absolute stunner of a book. Should be on every syllabus.)Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-28517423606880785802013-12-16T12:12:25.193+00:002013-12-16T12:12:25.193+00:00Yes.Yes.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-2215926453250721262013-12-16T10:15:10.556+00:002013-12-16T10:15:10.556+00:00Well said!Well said!Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.com