tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post4821947714723896899..comments2024-03-25T09:59:02.715-07:00Comments on Eat The Blog: Good Morning, it is Another Lovely Day in The VillageGoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-7659059325191117992016-04-26T06:57:33.597-07:002016-04-26T06:57:33.597-07:00@Beth
I'm heeding your advice. Every time I th...@Beth<br />I'm heeding your advice. Every time I think I'm starting to feel better, the coughing and body aches come back to remind me I'm not. There comes a point where you just need to crawl back into bed.<br /><br />@Mim<br />Danny said to tell you, "Thanks for the save, and I love you!"<br />I wasn't going to make him do Paradise Lost read aloud, but I'll let you take the credit for rescuing him from it *wink*. Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-67891603640478483732016-04-25T07:24:39.384-07:002016-04-25T07:24:39.384-07:00I'd ditch Paradise Lost and do some of the sho...I'd ditch Paradise Lost and do some of the shorter stuff - something like the masque Comus, and comparing/contrasting L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. They're really lovely shorter poems, still showing how Milton works with classical allusion and Christian imagery. To my mind, they sum up Milton as well as anything: the extreme dichotomy between the poet and the Puritan. If you need a longer poem, why not Samson Agonistes instead? <br /><br />Honestly, Paradise Lost is too much for most literature undergrads, if Danny can avoid it, don't push him to to it. I'm not sure 12 heavy-duty books of poetry someone doesn't want to read teaches them anything other than that they never want to read it again. Better to wait till the time is right. If you *do* do Paradise Lost, can you cherry-pick sequences to compare and contrast rather than doing the whole thing. <br /><br />People always misunderstand Milton's Satan. ALWAYS. The point is, he's self-deluding as well as a liar, but people take him at face value. Which I guess is Milton's point. <br /><br />People also misunderstand Blake's comment that 'Milton was of the Devil's party without knowing it'; 'The devil's party' was, in Blake's time, a term for antinomian Christians. Basically, Blake's saying Milton was as religiously extreme as himself.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-46106990386487397192016-04-21T05:38:34.833-07:002016-04-21T05:38:34.833-07:00Please take the flu very seriously, Goody. Whatev...Please take the flu very seriously, Goody. Whatever is making the rounds here in the Midwest appears to be collaborating with allergies and a bacterial infection. Dehydration becomes an issue, as does exhaustion from a lack of sleep.<br /><br />Quite right about taking those turkeys seriously, as well! We've got a flock that conducts field maneuvers at a rural highway intersection. Unfortunately, their flight pattern takes them almost exactly hood-high... Peacocks are worse nuisances, however. Blasted birds scream loudly enough to shatter glass.Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-14122901492220010202016-04-20T19:24:01.274-07:002016-04-20T19:24:01.274-07:00@Thrifty Parka
Turkeys are nothing nice. We had a ...@Thrifty Parka<br />Turkeys are nothing nice. We had a flock that lived on our county road years ago that terrorised anyone driving by. My father-in-law nearly took out the lot of them flying around the corner although I'd just warned him to, "Look out for the turkeys". He slammed the brakes just in time as he was starting to respond, "What turkeys...?" Strangely, no one ever believed me when I'd tell them to watch out for turkeys. I guess people expect deer on roads but can't get their heads around wild turkeys. <br /><br />The shirt was OK-the jacket is probably ruined though. <br /><br />@Propagatrix<br />I'm glad. It was my very favourite show, and I forced Danny to watch all the episodes so we could bond properly as parent and child. <br />Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-78120917688179264892016-04-20T06:09:54.090-07:002016-04-20T06:09:54.090-07:00"Prisoner" references make me so happy."Prisoner" references make me so happy.Propagatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07450679576020462553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-85719727861804712242016-04-19T18:33:44.833-07:002016-04-19T18:33:44.833-07:00Gadzooks!! I'd jump out of my skin if wild tu...Gadzooks!! I'd jump out of my skin if wild turkeys came crashing through the windows!!!! Phew!!<br /><br />Back to the clothes....love that vintage Naturalizer purse!! So glad the hipster, man-bun guy didn't snag it first!<br /><br />Looove that Hawaiian shirt....did it get anything spilled on it?<br /><br />Holy cow, good thing Danny is a weatherman, looks like there's a twister comin'!!!<br /><br />happy thrifting and hope you feel better soon!!!ThriftyParkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295345786296221184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-9373595813512462042016-04-19T17:57:51.200-07:002016-04-19T17:57:51.200-07:00@Vix
I think what's so frightening about turke...@Vix<br />I think what's so frightening about turkeys is that they have no fear, whatsoever-and they're huge. I've been a vegetarian since 1982, so I only vaguely remember what it tastes like, but my memory was of a very dry chicken (that could have been mum's cooking though). <br /><br />@Bibi<br />Oh, Port and Starboard...that's goooood (makes mental note). When the swine flu was around last it was in the spring, but yeah, our weather and viruses are all messed-up. I think I lucked-out with a very mild case-the fever is mostly gone. Everyone is panicking over Zika now. <br /><br />@Mim<br />I'm not sure what I want to do with Milton (because I don't want to do it!). I had Paradise Lost forced on me as a Western Civ. requirement at school, and that was the last I thought about Milton. Honestly, I'm a better science teacher than I am literature and humanities. We still have Petrarch to get through before June because I saved him for last! Maybe I'll die of flu and get out of it.<br /><br />@Ann<br />I like "flew" better-it sounds like something leaving!<br /><br />@Veronica<br /><br />Don't tell anyone...but they're "Jeggings" (leggings that look like jeans). Shhhh, let's keep it a secret!Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-42640370452960866882016-04-19T10:14:02.319-07:002016-04-19T10:14:02.319-07:00Well despite being ill you look great! Lovely outf...Well despite being ill you look great! Lovely outfits. The Indian skirt and top go so well together, I love blue and yellow. Loved the pant suit with the matching accessories (brooch and necklace) and wow Goody you were wearing jeans! I think that's the first time I've seen you in jeans and you look fab!<br /><br />Yes, deadlines are not good things to have hanging about so good on you for getting on with it! I tend to put off until the last minute things I don't like/want to do.<br /><br />Those turkeys were fearsome looking things and as for grackles I have no idea what they look like so I'm off to google them.<br /><br />Tell Danny he most definitely has a career as a weatherman - he so looks the part!<br /><br />Hope you feel better soon...<br /><br />VeronicaVronni's Style Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122302881528071270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-89075325557246741622016-04-19T07:21:30.951-07:002016-04-19T07:21:30.951-07:00Get well soon Goody. Touch wood, but I've neve...Get well soon Goody. Touch wood, but I've never had flu in my life. Or as my ex colleague would say: flew! I'm once again amazed that you still have things you wore as a teenager. xxxPolyester Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602613792584925087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-11364001549608507512016-04-19T05:55:32.698-07:002016-04-19T05:55:32.698-07:00Oh, boo to flu! It is horrible. Swine flu has been...Oh, boo to flu! It is horrible. Swine flu has been doing the rounds again here - like regular flu but with a side order of the worst, erm, digestive repercussions you can think of. I hope you've avoided that one. No wonder you weren't up to browsing in the shops.<br /><br />It's not a weather balloon, it's deffo a captive Rover.<br /><br />I did two years of a (never-completed) MPhil on Milton. What are you covering? I even visited the old git's memorial in Westminster Abbey. (I have a soft spot for Milton; heb gets neglected nowadays because his work is so challenging, but the man was a genius.)Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-12414273780374951542016-04-19T04:32:20.190-07:002016-04-19T04:32:20.190-07:00Turkeys don't listen, even if a boy as smart &...Turkeys don't listen, even if a boy as smart & cute as Danny lectures them. That's why they're turkeys. Those wild turkeys are pests in my native Sonoma too, often attacking their own reflection in expensive car paint jobs. and glass patio doors with disastrous results. <br />Sorry to here you've got the flu. What weird time for flu to be making the rounds. We rarely have flu outbreaks here in Nepal but when we do it's dealy for many Nepalis. Nepalis don't have much resistance to flu viruses. Typhoid & hookworms yes, flu no.<br /><br />Your left & right Chucks remind me of a preppy wannabe that had port & starboard printed on her canvas deck shoes.<br /><br />Get well soon, lots of fluids & rest!Bibi Maizoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383381158640915162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-65267345647054858542016-04-19T00:30:44.658-07:002016-04-19T00:30:44.658-07:00Danny makes a great weatherman.
How weird about tu...Danny makes a great weatherman.<br />How weird about turkeys, I know nothing about them (not even what they taste like).<br />Sorry to hear you're ailing and hope you find the right medicine soon. Madras strength curry and rum never fails in this house.<br />Loving the Indian skirt and Hawaiian shirt - what is it about "exotic" clothing, I'm always drawn to it. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.com