tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post7670909488884459413..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Atropos too is a Weaver - Catherine ButlerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86035851249896920162015-10-19T19:49:25.716+01:002015-10-19T19:49:25.716+01:00Jean Rhys's husband sounds like someone many o...Jean Rhys's husband sounds like someone many of us could do with about the house!Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24422786001456126192015-10-19T19:08:59.361+01:002015-10-19T19:08:59.361+01:00Yes very beautifully written. I seem to remember s...Yes very beautifully written. I seem to remember some lines in the play After Mrs Rochester when Jean Rhys's husband sends off her manuscript without her knowing and she says it wasn't ready. His reply: it will never be ready! <br />Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60235160265765822832015-10-12T22:25:03.990+01:002015-10-12T22:25:03.990+01:00Emma, I truly wish I could say that I got it from ...Emma, I truly wish I could say that I got it from somewhere other than Wikipedia... <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...but I got it from Wikipedia.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86765003619074257552015-10-12T20:09:57.828+01:002015-10-12T20:09:57.828+01:00I love the picture of Atropos - where is the origi...I love the picture of Atropos - where is the original? (Nice post, too!)Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-66483252864501729702015-10-12T14:30:47.114+01:002015-10-12T14:30:47.114+01:00I'm pleased I did - thanks for the kind words!...I'm pleased I did - thanks for the kind words!Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70130680857742307232015-10-12T09:05:06.306+01:002015-10-12T09:05:06.306+01:00Beautifully written post. You were certainly right...Beautifully written post. You were certainly right to send this one out into the world!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-13363556978424467782015-10-12T01:16:46.458+01:002015-10-12T01:16:46.458+01:00Aha.. this is brilliant!Aha.. this is brilliant!Rich Jerkhttp://richjerk.xyznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-1087209180031923342015-10-11T14:47:08.261+01:002015-10-11T14:47:08.261+01:00Thank you for this!Thank you for this!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58064070742799056652015-10-11T10:20:31.977+01:002015-10-11T10:20:31.977+01:00That is a beautiful thought, and in such a perfect...That is a beautiful thought, and in such a perfect form too.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799125598133377058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53989257409111523462015-10-11T10:05:29.861+01:002015-10-11T10:05:29.861+01:00That was such a good post! Thank you!That was such a good post! Thank you!Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90889400054362787262015-10-11T09:57:58.648+01:002015-10-11T09:57:58.648+01:00Brilliant! I love this :-)Brilliant! I love this :-)Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7297265690407824682015-10-11T09:35:55.075+01:002015-10-11T09:35:55.075+01:00Clementine, I've just been reading Black Heart...Clementine, I've just been reading <i>Black Hearts in Battersea</i>, and now I can't help but picture your teacher as Dr Furneaux: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CwRUSWheZqoC&lpg=PA38&ots=CnHj8qXbTw&dq=dr%20furneaux%20aiken&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-40039621713263032032015-10-11T09:23:15.009+01:002015-10-11T09:23:15.009+01:00Lovely :) I remember my drawing teacher used to sh...Lovely :) I remember my drawing teacher used to shout at us, 'stop tinkering with this painting! can't you see it's finished?'Clémentine Beauvaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115567199751033932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74282680852666234712015-10-11T08:47:02.850+01:002015-10-11T08:47:02.850+01:00I can't take credit for that phrase, sadly - i...I can't take credit for that phrase, sadly - it's a straight quote from the end of Chaucer's <i>Troilus and Criseyde</i>. I can't resist quoting the whole stanza, as it's rather lovely:<br /><br />Go, litel book, go litel myn tragedie,<br />Ther God thy maker yet, er that he dye,<br />So sende might to make in som comedie!<br />But litel book, no making thou n'envye,<br />But subgit be to alle poesye;<br />And kis the steppes, wher-as thou seest pace<br />Virgile, Ovyde, Omer, Lucan, and Stace.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-64754831996815848442015-10-11T08:10:03.703+01:002015-10-11T08:10:03.703+01:00Brilliant! From now on, I shall say 'Go, littl...Brilliant! From now on, I shall say 'Go, little book,' as I tap the button to send each one on their way.Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.com