tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post5656707416481095934..comments2024-03-27T12:08:02.812+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: Remembrance.Tania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-84000323144999434162011-09-01T11:11:06.063+01:002011-09-01T11:11:06.063+01:00Dear Anonymous: I am very flattered! No, I'm n...Dear Anonymous: I am very flattered! No, I'm not a journalist (nor do I write professionally in any sense): my business is in organising & decluttering (and a bit of geekery on the side). You've made my day!Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531093715654362821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-55354695638839035452011-08-31T18:36:40.025+01:002011-08-31T18:36:40.025+01:00I cried, reading this post. But they were good tea...I cried, reading this post. But they were good tears, those tears.Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-16903698840665668352011-08-31T11:01:10.513+01:002011-08-31T11:01:10.513+01:00This week I have had to start coming to terms with...This week I have had to start coming to terms with some grief and reading your blogs on this has been so very helpful. My fateher nearly died (I am lucky he is alive) and weirdly that led to grief, a lovely family friend died and then a very close family member. I keep dreaming those I love are dying. And then I read how you let the gried flow, nurture yourself and allow it to run its course and know I should do the same. I should allow it the room it needs to take while keeping on. This is what you have taugth me. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414010663277948166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-2584815523002167872011-08-31T07:50:46.123+01:002011-08-31T07:50:46.123+01:00All sorts of things trigger grief, I welcome it no...All sorts of things trigger grief, I welcome it now knowing and finding comfort in the fact I haven't forgotten. That too will come but by the sounds of it you are doing fine, roll with it and give pigeon a huge hug!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-54656604748293470382011-08-31T01:58:34.680+01:002011-08-31T01:58:34.680+01:00One always wants to be warned of deep human emotio...One always wants to be warned of deep human emotion. Would that it were always possible.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-2383714862153575832011-08-31T01:12:50.110+01:002011-08-31T01:12:50.110+01:00Tania, I think grief has a way of settling in and ...Tania, I think grief has a way of settling in and becoming part of us. I think it becomes somewhat easier to acknowledge as time goes by and to find it doesn't always have to knock us around so hard.<br />You are honest and courageous, and wonderfully generous to let us in at this time.<br />Take care xxEmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-22809555996308061072011-08-31T00:50:25.643+01:002011-08-31T00:50:25.643+01:00beautiful post Tania. Thank you for sharing this ...beautiful post Tania. Thank you for sharing this journey.Connikahttp://www.connika.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-53768152063983314492011-08-30T23:29:02.549+01:002011-08-30T23:29:02.549+01:00I love the burn. Thank you for the picture!I love the burn. Thank you for the picture!marnillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-28667564073702744802011-08-30T23:25:25.348+01:002011-08-30T23:25:25.348+01:00Well, actually i think Cassie has just reinforced ...Well, actually i think Cassie has just reinforced what i said earlier about collecting all the photographs and musings and putting it all together in book form - because that would be a lovely thing.... cos I have the book Jasper Conran Country and - all due respect to Jasper - I think your pictures and comments are more beautiful by far...<br /><br />ps Is Cassie a journalist ? she expresses everything so beautifully...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-31656870117375875832011-08-30T22:33:48.842+01:002011-08-30T22:33:48.842+01:00All of them unforgettable......and bread is food f...All of them unforgettable......and bread is food for the soul...thanks for brightening my day, I awoke to the wind in the trees and it unsettles me.....beautifully written.<br />KarenKaren S Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024864830370677754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-21471142374704368432011-08-30T22:09:00.079+01:002011-08-30T22:09:00.079+01:00I'm counting on you to write the manual, and d...I'm counting on you to write the manual, and do a beautiful job of it, right down to the recipes for soda bread and soup. You know, you already have it partially written, right in the blog.<br /><br />I love that you talk about stumping and stomping: it's both visual and kinesthetic, and illustrates your state more simply and directly than if you actually described it. <br /><br />Also, I love how nature can seep into us and heal us, if only we allow it.Razinahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-11028308084911330202011-08-30T21:58:57.852+01:002011-08-30T21:58:57.852+01:00Tania: one part of me thinks "write this book...Tania: one part of me thinks "write this book, we need it, please", and in the next breath, I think "but you have written it". Thank goodness, I have not yet had to deal with as many blows on the bruises of the heart in quick succession as you have - my sorrows have, so far, managed mostly to come single spies, not in battalions - but when and if the time comes, I will return to these entries and remind myself of the wisdom, the honesty and the courage they display. Thank you in advance for the day that they are needed.<br /><br />PS: but if you do ever choose to put them into a nice neat package, we won't complain. Especially if you illustrate it with your photographs.Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531093715654362821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-80695756228244353662011-08-30T20:56:58.092+01:002011-08-30T20:56:58.092+01:00What I admire the most Tania is the fact that you ...What I admire the most Tania is the fact that you weather this storm and know as in really know that you will be alright. I think it's an incredible testament to character that you know this. Your Dad would I am sure be proud. Lou xLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457538074763854583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-15302382854061600852011-08-30T20:49:44.989+01:002011-08-30T20:49:44.989+01:00We saw our swallows sitting on the wire this after...We saw our swallows sitting on the wire this afternoon, maybe 40 or 50, preening and warming themselves and I told my little girl that they were going to Africa and would be back!<br />Your posts are so moving, and I know that when I need them they will be my manual.scrumptious dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-23142701613682388592011-08-30T20:15:44.230+01:002011-08-30T20:15:44.230+01:00Of course, of course, of course there is no gentle...Of course, of course, of course there is no gentle curve to grief - by its very nature it rears its head at the most unexpected of times... and undoes all of us completely..... I so hope that you will find some small comfort in that you are not alone... Be well.. x I so admire your courage...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-88903333554928741732011-08-30T19:47:14.470+01:002011-08-30T19:47:14.470+01:00Dear Tania, thank you for being brave enough to wr...Dear Tania, thank you for being brave enough to write this down, and for reminding us that through the worst of everything, there is always the hill, and swallows, and chicken soup and of course the Pigeon. I hope you write the manual. xClairehttp://fletchasketch.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-51297654406925218562011-08-30T19:32:17.428+01:002011-08-30T19:32:17.428+01:00Eat chicken soup, listen to Van the Man, have a la...Eat chicken soup, listen to Van the Man, have a large vodka.... whatever gets you through the night.... and the warmth and empathy of all of your dear readers..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-79213628168822737362011-08-30T18:52:33.972+01:002011-08-30T18:52:33.972+01:00I think the manual is much needed...
Thank you for...I think the manual is much needed...<br />Thank you for the pictures, the City is nothing but grey today and the green so welcome, as the Pigeon always is.<br />And your soda bread looks good enough for the Great British Bake Off (BBC2). I'll be watching it later if I can locate the remote (that needs to be in the manual too, the constant mislaying of things). <br />Take care xElainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-71236832426979359392011-08-30T17:59:17.543+01:002011-08-30T17:59:17.543+01:00Friends who don't grow old bring a real lump ...Friends who don't grow old bring a real lump to the throat. Last week, St Andrews was on university challenge with a good looking team member, whose father was a St As contemporary of ours and godfather to the biggest boy. The boy on the team had the look of his father at that age, and i cried; his father died a few years ago. I sobbed into my ironing, totally oblivious of Paxman's silly questions. Tears for my time at St Andrews and a fabulous friend and godfather. <br /><br />I love the chanterelle pictures, have you found blaeberries this year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com