tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post2567362146749824346..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Act of God?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-632937944207412812010-02-01T14:11:46.678+00:002010-02-01T14:11:46.678+00:00I'm part in earnest - is that where it comes f...I'm part in earnest - is that where it comes from? I don't know the Harper Lee original and haven't seen the wonderful film for ages, so I can't remember the origin of the phrase.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14566495189981629962010-02-01T14:03:19.615+00:002010-02-01T14:03:19.615+00:00Ha! Cruel--but very funny.Ha! Cruel--but very funny.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-71014507314422278482010-02-01T13:53:48.178+00:002010-02-01T13:53:48.178+00:00Whence the phrase, then, 'to kill a mockingbir...Whence the phrase, then, 'to kill a mockingbird'?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-45208985598270670022010-02-01T13:49:42.745+00:002010-02-01T13:49:42.745+00:00When I lived in one of Boston's neighborhoods ...When I lived in one of Boston's neighborhoods just outside of the center, I had mockingbirds at night. They's start around 1AM and sing until 3 or so, going through their entire repertories. I suppose I should have been upset at the disturbance but I always loved it.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-24218582920404174052010-02-01T11:37:30.568+00:002010-02-01T11:37:30.568+00:00David Damant writes
Mr Nice's report on cityd...David Damant writes<br /><br />Mr Nice's report on citydwellers who are kept awake by the nightingales reminds me of the Wodehouse character Admiral George "Fruity" Biffen, who, having taken a country cottage near Blandings Castlem left it abruptly to return to Piccadilly where a man can get a good night's sleep, undisturbed by the dawn chorusDavid Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-50908939119794864432010-01-20T09:42:47.956+00:002010-01-20T09:42:47.956+00:00Sadly bellringers, like nightingales, are an endan...Sadly bellringers, like nightingales, are an endangered species, under threat from citydwellers who move to the country and don't like the noise...I kid you not ('those damned nightingales are keeping us awake all night...')Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-51731572481195466662010-01-20T00:49:25.228+00:002010-01-20T00:49:25.228+00:00I read Nine Taylors, too. Most of what I remember...I read Nine Taylors, too. Most of what I remember of the book has to do with change ringing, but I haven't retained much of the mystery plot. We had, during all my years in Boston, one church that had a full peal hanging in its tower and every now and then a change ringing club would come and fill the Back Bay neighborhood with the sound of bells for most of a day. Some people hated it but whenever I heard it I loved the sheer raucous, joyous noise of it.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-50756051530769182612010-01-19T09:00:57.041+00:002010-01-19T09:00:57.041+00:00It was certainly the novel of which she felt proud...It was certainly the novel of which she felt proudest, declaring that the detective element was subordinate to her own feelings about the life of the intellect.<br /><br />The Nine Tailors, which I cited last year, is a miracle of atmosphere and detail, too (everything you always wanted to know about campanology...)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-84593513141594280132010-01-19T00:59:56.405+00:002010-01-19T00:59:56.405+00:00Back a couple of decades, I read almost all, if no...Back a couple of decades, I read almost all, if not all, of Sayers Wimsey novels. I remember Gaudy Night in particular because she revealed in such detail the workings of English college culture.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.com