tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post2115058707013212891..comments2023-11-01T00:38:49.400+11:00Comments on Ampersand Duck: Wintery wondersAmpersand Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-33084736552222272862008-07-06T11:05:00.000+10:002008-07-06T11:05:00.000+10:00Oh, I'm a blog lemming: my blog is at LiveJournal....Oh, I'm a blog lemming: my blog is at LiveJournal...<BR/>http://42itous.livejournal.com<BR/>I don't put a lot of personal info there, but you can see pictures of my hobby/obsession (quilting) here:<BR/>http://ingols.org/marthaMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935602315371618689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-53075613658118852312008-07-06T09:30:00.000+10:002008-07-06T09:30:00.000+10:00Hi MarthaI'm very glad you de-lurked and over the ...Hi Martha<BR/>I'm very glad you de-lurked and over the moon that you liked Gilgamesh! I had the same experience with it, and couldn't wait for her to write something else. If you can find The Good Parents, see what you think of it. <BR/><BR/>Stick around... I love the name of your blog, but it doesn't seem to have any posts!Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-5090757055594561262008-07-06T01:08:00.000+10:002008-07-06T01:08:00.000+10:00Dear Ampersand Duck,You don't know me -- I found y...Dear Ampersand Duck,<BR/><BR/>You don't know me -- I found your blog by accident and I've been reading it for the last few weeks. I've been wanting to introduce myself, but I couldn't find your email address anywhere.<BR/><BR/>Last week, biking home from the dentist, I was thinking about the book I was about to finish reading, and wondering what I should read next... and I came home to find your post about Joan London and Sophie Cunningham. I biked up to the library and sure enough, they had a copy of Gilgamesh.<BR/><BR/>I've just finished reading it. I'm impressed with how spare it is, but then I look at it through the frame of the Gilgamesh story and I see its themes echoed everywhere -- unlikely friendships, travellers, the question of what defines a person as good or bad.<BR/><BR/>I hope you feel better and have lots of fun at Winter School -- I looked at the website and there are several courses I'd love to take (the airfare from Massachusetts would be prohibitive).<BR/><BR/>cheers,<BR/>MarthaMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935602315371618689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-59412863154989153932008-06-25T13:15:00.000+10:002008-06-25T13:15:00.000+10:00We drive past the local pool everyday and boychild...We drive past the local pool everyday and boychild asks most days when it will open again so he can go swimming. He doesn't seem to feel the cold.<BR/>When I arrive to pick him up from school the classrooms look dark and the playground is deserted and it's easy to believe that they might not be there at all. Quite spooky sometimes, especially when it's overcast, cold and wintry. Then children suddenly start spilling out of classrooms and the spell is broken. Thank goodness.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634135486127575735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-73313862102203366292008-06-25T12:15:00.000+10:002008-06-25T12:15:00.000+10:00I know what you mean about Canberra allowing you s...I know what you mean about Canberra allowing you space to feel like the last person on earth. I travel back to Melbourne a few times a year and often spend time on my ma's land at Springfield - it's one hundred acres of rolling hills and trees and there are no houses nearby and sometimes its beautifully foggy - but it still doesn't have that stillness that Canberra can carry at odd times. I love it! Thank you for recording that feeling!<BR/><BR/>Thanks also for the book links - have been looking for book inspiration!krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309948348299702710noreply@blogger.com