tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post553452799997779133..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Grim Reaper, some wonderful books and a poem. -- Enid RichemontKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-72168945694144359242020-11-01T11:49:32.599+00:002020-11-01T11:49:32.599+00:00Your account of the school friend who died gave me...Your account of the school friend who died gave me goosebumps. That is exactly how it is. Because she wasn't a dear friend it wasn't like losing part of yourself but the poignancy and wrongness of that loss of young life among the green grass and the bright sunshine have stayed with you forever. <br /> I am so sorry for what you are going through now. All praise to Edward Thomas who has come to your side just when you need consolation and support. I love his poetry. His use of trees and plants and birdsong brings out a sense of the sheer goodness and calm of the natural world in a way no other poet I know does.Griselda Heppelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207965148074302337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-61007107818952934802020-10-28T11:08:38.589+00:002020-10-28T11:08:38.589+00:00I’m not a poet, Enid, but I marvel at their gift o...I’m not a poet, Enid, but I marvel at their gift of using ordinary words to evoke the inexpressible. The trouble is that leaves me speechless but with so much I’d like to say. So I just send my love.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-73930010631881501972020-10-28T10:47:43.021+00:002020-10-28T10:47:43.021+00:00Thank you, Enid - books are the best! I love Adles...Thank you, Enid - books are the best! I love Adlestrop too. Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-59089038174413389562020-10-28T10:28:27.372+00:002020-10-28T10:28:27.372+00:00Thank you Enid. Your post sent me to my files on E...Thank you Enid. Your post sent me to my files on Edward Thomas, a staple of my Poetry of War course. I love Adlestrop, the poem and have visited there with Sue my wife, although there is no station now. Tomorrow we travel by train to Sherborne for the funeral of her aunt, the grim reaper indeed, but she was 94 and had had a good life. I liked the childhood story you told about the girl who died sad as it was. I hope you continue to be as well as you can be despite the bumps.Peter Leylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717370262319438102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30635156624042737742020-10-28T09:14:19.318+00:002020-10-28T09:14:19.318+00:00It’s a bumpy path we walk, isn’t it, Enid. And tha...It’s a bumpy path we walk, isn’t it, Enid. And thank goodness for books - they keep our thinking going even if the rest of us is falling to bits. XxJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com