tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post2130911795690007791..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: DON'T CRY OVER SPILT SHRIMP - Umberto TosiKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84195365765320263222016-05-06T20:25:37.953+01:002016-05-06T20:25:37.953+01:00Marvellous essay, Umberto, as always. Like many of...Marvellous essay, Umberto, as always. Like many of us, I'm inspired when reading about creatives like 90-year-old poet, essayist, artist Etel Adnan and writer English Diana Athill, who continues chronicling life at 93. Her memoir, "Somewhere Towards The End," won the Costa Book Award when she was in her late 80's. Marsha Coupéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231252789789817205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-87775381536070192902016-05-04T14:26:01.824+01:002016-05-04T14:26:01.824+01:00Lovely post, Umberto. And long may your flag wave....Lovely post, Umberto. And long may your flag wave.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-33462369499417897572016-05-04T10:57:44.868+01:002016-05-04T10:57:44.868+01:00Yes, Umberto, what a marvellous post which, speaki...Yes, Umberto, what a marvellous post which, speaking as one who crossed the dreaded barrier eight months before you will, has made my day. When I was 70, I said to my daughter, "I may be entering my eighth decade but I still have ambitions.' Ten years on and I still do. So you are dead right - one really is never too old for new beginnings, though I've dropped quite a few metaphorical shrimps in my time. I think it's wonderful that your inamorata (great word, which I haven't heard for years) is creative too. So is mine. It sure keeps us going!Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-19306448338219730112016-05-04T08:33:15.052+01:002016-05-04T08:33:15.052+01:00Love this post Umberto. Having had a birthday in A...Love this post Umberto. Having had a birthday in April this was something which ch resonated with me. Thank youWendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76297599697082342942016-05-03T22:23:43.499+01:002016-05-03T22:23:43.499+01:00Brilliant post, Umberto!! Please keep steaming on...Brilliant post, Umberto!! Please keep steaming on and never mind the shrimp!<br />Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-33314297512624173552016-05-03T11:43:26.259+01:002016-05-03T11:43:26.259+01:00What a great post to read and so many positive thi...What a great post to read and so many positive things to think about, especially close to certain birthdays. Thank you very much, Umberto.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-50078505312059563682016-05-03T10:34:59.424+01:002016-05-03T10:34:59.424+01:00Excellent, Umberto. The NOW is all that matters. I...Excellent, Umberto. The NOW is all that matters. I did my PhD on Victor Hugo in my twenties and reckoned that (marital infidelities apart) he wouldn't be a bad role model. Arguably his best novel, Quatrevingt-treize, was written when he was 72 - that was 51 years after his first - and he was still publishing drama, poetry, pamphlets and stories right up to the end. His cure for writers' block may be apocryphal but it was interesting. He'd write naked in a room and instruct his servants not to bring him any clothes until he'd finished a chapter. I'm not recommending that, but as a last resort... Have to get some servants first, though.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-37898580138316032102016-05-03T10:00:51.689+01:002016-05-03T10:00:51.689+01:00Great post, Umberto! It reminds me of a favourite ...Great post, Umberto! It reminds me of a favourite quote from and 80-something friend: 'inside this old woman is a young girl dancing' - and/or 'there may be snow upon the roof, but there's a fire in the cellar' (I don't know where that's from).Rock on!Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9387277440784734862016-05-03T09:56:53.423+01:002016-05-03T09:56:53.423+01:00As someone who wasted much of her misspent youth, ...As someone who wasted much of her misspent youth, Umberto, I can only hope that this is true! And yes, a beautiful quote from Rebecca Solnit.Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51273777189110864432016-05-03T09:47:12.752+01:002016-05-03T09:47:12.752+01:00That'a beautiful quote to end with - and Umber...That'a beautiful quote to end with - and Umberto, may you and Eleanor continue creatively for decades yet.<br />My mind is pretty popular, but I don't think I've ever thought that genius equalled precocity. Some genius is precocious, that's all - and because people are surprised, it gets a lot of attention.<br />But genius is close allied to madness - it doesn't care where it strikes.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com