tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post2973073681589470349..comments2024-03-28T23:31:06.181-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: APRIL 23 -- YOU LIVING TAKE GREAT CARERoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52452541380930620222014-04-23T20:44:49.424-05:002014-04-23T20:44:49.424-05:00Chrys:
My ghost friends know that I am exhausted, ...Chrys:<br />My ghost friends know that I am exhausted, and they are pitching in to help! :-)<br /><br />Stepheny:<br />Your post of today was lovely. Rupert wrote great poetry -- and the ladies all loved him! Mark Twain waggles his eyebrows at you. Watch out, for he is such a flirt! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-831419945792734792014-04-23T17:42:03.866-05:002014-04-23T17:42:03.866-05:00Not during the #atozchallenge, but i have written ...Not during the #atozchallenge, but i have written about Rupurt Brooke on my blog. I wish I could link it to this comment but not sure that is possible. I love his story and many of his poetry. This photograph of him is handsome. He is worth learning more about.<br />Glad I stopped by today on my blog hop and found all your wonderful ghosts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-57864502762327807092014-04-23T14:08:44.264-05:002014-04-23T14:08:44.264-05:00So many ghosts are taking over your blog, Roland.
...So many ghosts are taking over your blog, Roland.<br /><br />Tolkien is an excellent choice!Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-29785539123616765832014-04-23T11:13:38.820-05:002014-04-23T11:13:38.820-05:00Hilary:
So many good men from England died during ...Hilary:<br />So many good men from England died during WWI -- how much more art, prose, and music could have been written if Man could only have learned to live together without killing, right?<br /><br />Poor Mark Twain's ghost has a hard time with Wikipedia!<br /><br />Thanks for visiting!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-76334741897155524712014-04-23T11:03:21.617-05:002014-04-23T11:03:21.617-05:00Hi Roland - interesting inter-mixture of ideas and...Hi Roland - interesting inter-mixture of ideas and thoughts here - World War 1 certainly generated some fantastic works - literary, artistic and musical ... <br /><br />I was somewhat surprised that JMW isn't known .. but that questionable now I call it .. thingummy 'Wikipedia' calls him Joseph Malford William ... and that feels right.<br /><br />I want do a post on him sometime .. lots happening with Shakespeare too .. and remembrances on WW1 are taking us back to some great works ... <br /><br />Cheers to Tolkein too .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-75716309497481430312014-04-23T10:45:37.940-05:002014-04-23T10:45:37.940-05:00Robin:
Especially on the internet. Some have gotte...Robin:<br />Especially on the internet. Some have gotten popular only to find something they wrote in haste and anger in the past costing them financially. Ouch!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-1410755372577622172014-04-23T10:27:12.742-05:002014-04-23T10:27:12.742-05:00Be careful what you write for it lives forever. Wo...Be careful what you write for it lives forever. Wow. Those are some words to think about before applying the pen to the paper. Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-92106931142030021162014-04-23T10:23:16.953-05:002014-04-23T10:23:16.953-05:00D.G.:
All of us are looking for something ,,, some...D.G.:<br />All of us are looking for something ,,, sometimes not realizing that it is the journey itself that is the reward. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-89244142118655077192014-04-23T02:15:21.385-05:002014-04-23T02:15:21.385-05:00Love this:
Not all those who wander are lost.”
― ...Love this:<br />Not all those who wander are lost.” <br />― J.R.R. Tolkien<br /><br />Some are looking for something or someone, but if not for wanderers, the world wouldn't have had the first troubadours or explorers.<br />D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-42949385809443316482014-04-22T22:10:57.990-05:002014-04-22T22:10:57.990-05:00Inger:
I'll be there. Life on the weekends is ...Inger:<br />I'll be there. Life on the weekends is hard for me as I work solo as a rare blood courier and have so little time to visit!<br /><br />I loved the photos of Samson. I envy you his companionship! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-72584033524438911632014-04-22T21:54:01.676-05:002014-04-22T21:54:01.676-05:00"I believe the history of the world is but th..."I believe the history of the world is but the bloody path of one long war with only momentary pauses while everyone reloads. Old Rupert may have the answer to a very simple question I pose in tomorrow's post. Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-5433918327182704132014-04-22T21:27:47.798-05:002014-04-22T21:27:47.798-05:00Elephant's Child:
I get some of my best insigh...Elephant's Child:<br />I get some of my best insights when I walk or when I drive the lonely rural roads on my blood runs. :-)<br /><br />David:<br />Yes, I am indeed grateful to JRR for being a beacon for CS Lewis. Perhaps that is the very reason the Father spared him during the bloody years of WWI?<br /><br />Alex:<br />As a matter of fact, in my GHOST OF A CHANCE, Shakespeare tries to shoot me and shuffle me off this mortal coil! As I said to David, I think it was the Father who spared JRR! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-42274007700783260952014-04-22T21:14:29.100-05:002014-04-22T21:14:29.100-05:00Welcome to the world, Shakespeare. Time for a dunk...Welcome to the world, Shakespeare. Time for a dunking.<br />And lucky for us Tolkien returned to his wife.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-64802507601450309682014-04-22T20:54:10.113-05:002014-04-22T20:54:10.113-05:00One of the things I appreciate about J.R.R. Tolki...One of the things I appreciate about J.R.R. Tolkien is his spirituality. If not for his testimony and witness C.S. Lewis would never had become a Christian. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden...The light that Tolkien and Lewis shined into the world to this day still shines.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208969934278199592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-76466284196156892762014-04-22T20:44:48.471-05:002014-04-22T20:44:48.471-05:00And wandering, and wondering, is sometimes the onl...And wandering, and wondering, is sometimes the only way the lost can find themselves. It that is their desire.<br />Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com