tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post1603320738190656344..comments2024-03-20T13:44:57.468-07:00Comments on Home Thoughts Weekly: Voyages of DiscoveryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-60130092932531427412012-08-01T02:29:57.776-07:002012-08-01T02:29:57.776-07:00Thanks Jane - they have some rubbish memories of t...Thanks Jane - they have some rubbish memories of those times too, but we gloss over those!<br /><br />Mags, on the list - doing lots of research for a sailing book 3!<br /><br />You are to sailing, Fennie, what I am to Am Dram!<br /><br />Pondside, I suspect that Tom and TGD would agree on a good day's sailing... and it wouldn't be ours!<br /><br />Frances - Tom and I can't share books because he will write all over them *feels faint* whereas I like to preserve mine. Once Summer's Grace is special though for all the memories it holds of those times,so it always has a place on the shelf. All the same with 'that' library as your local, I bet you've made some very interesting and unexpected discoveries!<br /><br />Sue, if we ever meet up, I'm sure we'll be able to swap some colourful sailing tales!<br /><br />Debs, it seems from your blog that your family have got plenty of good and interesting memories to share.<br /><br />So true, Patsy - and congratulations to you!<br /><br />Jeanne, it's a lovely book and you don't have to sail to enjoy it. It's particularly poignant reading about Libby Purves's small son in view of later events. I'd forgotten how wonderful a writer she is too, so it was a great pleasure rereading this.<br /><br />Cait, how kind of you to stop by, thank you.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-62908052945750153282012-07-25T12:49:16.519-07:002012-07-25T12:49:16.519-07:00Good to catch up with your life Chris and so pleas...Good to catch up with your life Chris and so pleased that everything is going so well for you.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-17563407451281155382012-07-23T11:49:31.243-07:002012-07-23T11:49:31.243-07:00Research must be the real fun bit of writing Chris...Research must be the real fun bit of writing Chris and to bring memories to life whilst doing so can only be a bonus.<br /><br />I have made a note of One Summer's Grace by Libby Purves, it looks like a great read. I didn't know she sailed but I do listen to her on Radio 4 and love her programme.<br /><br />Good luck with the editing.<br /><br />Jeanne<br />xReading Tea Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928999793157507134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-5296181133228632972012-07-23T02:29:18.350-07:002012-07-23T02:29:18.350-07:00Getting someone else to read your work is vital - ...Getting someone else to read your work is vital - we can never catch all our crazy mistakes ourselves.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-58361548218513120112012-07-21T02:19:03.835-07:002012-07-21T02:19:03.835-07:00I love those incidents that merge into the family ...I love those incidents that merge into the family history and get repeated at get togethers.Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-65864640170292722322012-07-20T02:42:17.669-07:002012-07-20T02:42:17.669-07:00Oh it's exciting at that stage isnt it Chris? ...Oh it's exciting at that stage isnt it Chris? Makes me laugh thinking about your sailing exploits can well go along with those. Blog update over at mine xFlowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-13443041592320678612012-07-18T16:41:56.881-07:002012-07-18T16:41:56.881-07:00Oh Chris, I know nothing, nothing about sailing, b...Oh Chris, I know nothing, nothing about sailing, but as a voracious reader, I do know a bit about books that show signs of not having a diligent editor.<br /><br />You know how most of the books I now read are borrowed from a marvelous library. I am too well bred a reader to ever make a mark in a library book, but I do enjoy coming across some penciled marginal notes sometimes left by other diligent readers. It's sort of encouraging to realize that someone saw a glaring omission/error and just could not resist a notation. <br /><br />Since many of these books are first editions published many, many decades ago, it's fun to think about when that pencil mark arrived on the page.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-69103562368156164542012-07-18T15:47:41.100-07:002012-07-18T15:47:41.100-07:00We once had a sailboat, but not for long. TGD and...We once had a sailboat, but not for long. TGD and I had very different ideas about what constituted a 'good day's sailing'.<br />I loved the description of the much-read book.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-89857385348545551502012-07-18T13:40:59.368-07:002012-07-18T13:40:59.368-07:00You know my views on sailing. With a spot of moral...You know my views on sailing. With a spot of moral courage the Creator might have edited the oceans out of the Book of Genesis and we could then drive, or bike or even walk to Cherbourg. Too much repetition of water. But I suppose the stuff is all right in books. And wherever would you otherwise put the fish?Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-84196478213809952012012-07-18T09:17:59.528-07:002012-07-18T09:17:59.528-07:00Gosh that's brought back loads of memories for...Gosh that's brought back loads of memories for me too of days sailing with parents and sister. It's one of the reasons I loved TTT so much so please do write more books with boats in!Maggie Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047691937064748860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-56598019815594454842012-07-18T07:53:52.729-07:002012-07-18T07:53:52.729-07:00What wonderful memories your girls will have! And ...What wonderful memories your girls will have! And such a fascinating setting for more novels...come on, edit faster, I'm desperate to read the book!Jane Loveringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411255730345765noreply@blogger.com