tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post8636451946225994780..comments2024-03-20T10:17:53.388+01:00Comments on tales from the birdhut: ......plying her needle and threadSaskiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-73901671541949986102014-11-08T17:57:44.754+01:002014-11-08T17:57:44.754+01:00geen probleem Yvette, ja een kleine bijeenkomst er...geen probleem Yvette, ja een kleine bijeenkomst ergens in nl of be zou leuk zijn!Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-52640048806510698362014-11-08T12:11:16.331+01:002014-11-08T12:11:16.331+01:00oepssssss
sorry maria en saskia....
het is dus al ...oepssssss<br />sorry maria en saskia....<br />het is dus al geregeld qua mail<br /><br />can the 2 of you visit me after you visited each other?<br />i live near our amsterdamYvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138424562030321140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-19829982720933096542014-11-07T14:44:46.458+01:002014-11-07T14:44:46.458+01:00have to get your laughs where you can Grace and Li...have to get your laughs where you can Grace and Liz, our's is a funny language; imagine if the Dutch hadn't exchanged New Amsterdam for whatever it was they got in return, we'ld all be speaking Dutch! hey ho<br /><br /><br />Maria ik heb het via facebook geprobeerd, nog niets van haar gehoord, mijn email adres is saskiavanherwaarden@gmail.com groetjesSaskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-72946219697481101112014-11-07T02:15:22.559+01:002014-11-07T02:15:22.559+01:00I'm with you, Grace ... although I hadn't ...I'm with you, Grace ... although I hadn't thought to read aloud (yet)Liz Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397660873950991774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-1264426658844321032014-11-06T21:39:15.240+01:002014-11-06T21:39:15.240+01:00hey saskia , zal ik de thee al klaar maken of heb ...hey saskia , zal ik de thee al klaar maken of heb je toch liever koffie , vraag maar aan Yvette m'n mail adres <br />nee hoor niet brutaal ," recht toe recht aan "<br />grtjs mariaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-49475229794317559962014-11-06T18:16:28.926+01:002014-11-06T18:16:28.926+01:00love reading the responses to comments
in Dutch......love reading the responses to comments<br />in Dutch...!!! i read aloud...you<br />would LAUGH!!!!<br />makes me ADMIRE everytime MORE those<br />who are bilingual....grace Forrest~Maestashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853978388902544613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-79384633263070962832014-11-06T09:59:49.861+01:002014-11-06T09:59:49.861+01:00Exactly Julie, that is the way it goes.....a life ...Exactly Julie, that is the way it goes.....a life without reading I cannot imagine<br /><br />Liz, oh I love that song too (I still have a post in mind where that song fits so well...)<br />what struck me after finding this quote is how the poem still resonates more than 150 years after it was first published and how what it describes and bemoans alas still happens today in other parts of the world (maybe even happens here in secret sweatshops) and of course it is sad that what could have brought joy brings pain and suffering, sadder still that so little has changed for so many of us.....how fortunate I am to have been born in a Western European country with equal rights, minimum wages, democracy, decent education....et cetera, we all have a long way to go still for the world to be a better and safer place for everyone<br /><br />hello Maria, yes I've seen you in Grace's blog and Julie's; jij hebt die prachtige stoffen naar Grace gestuurd; waar in Belgie woon je? wie weet kan ik een keer langskomen, of is dat te brutaal?<br /><br />zo is het Yvette, ongelooflijk wat er kan en het mooie is dat er ook zoveel moois gebeurt hier in onze blog cirkel.Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-17594298050756042562014-11-05T19:27:21.578+01:002014-11-05T19:27:21.578+01:00Actually, I misquoted. The correct (and much bette...Actually, I misquoted. The correct (and much better)version is "In the reading life, one thing leads to another."Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-38016813490545349812014-11-05T17:50:00.709+01:002014-11-05T17:50:00.709+01:00When I first read this poem I despaired that somet...When I first read this poem I despaired that something we love so much (cloth and thread and stitch) could have been a source of pain and suffering ... but what struck me was that still she sang.<br /><br />So I thought about it and of course one thing led to another ... in this case to a Walt Wilkins song entitled Poetry:<br /><br />I can't explain a blessed thing<br />Not a falling star, or a feathered wing<br />Or how a man in chains has the strength to sing<br />Just one thing is clear to me<br />There's always more than what appears to be<br />And when the light's just right<br />I swear I see poetry<br />Liz Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397660873950991774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-68828262946861488642014-11-05T09:09:14.117+01:002014-11-05T09:09:14.117+01:00hey saskia , thanks for the opposite of the poem
...hey saskia , thanks for the opposite of the poem <br />ja we verbinden / herkennen ons via dit web gebeuren en zo evolueren we verder rijkend naar wat " WAAR "is <br />ik groet je maria Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-16014008631235051212014-11-05T01:59:39.755+01:002014-11-05T01:59:39.755+01:00love the web's opportunity to look up everythi...love the web's opportunity to look up everything.......leuk Saskia, van hier naar de andere kant van de wereld en weer terug!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138424562030321140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-75715369204764506852014-11-05T01:12:16.358+01:002014-11-05T01:12:16.358+01:00I am going to follow you through this path but I j...I am going to follow you through this path but I just wanted to say that one of my favorite quotes, from novelist Pat Conroy, is "one book leads to another."Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978914181459849382noreply@blogger.com