tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post8555688036487890597..comments2024-01-20T11:56:48.682+01:00Comments on WindRose Hotel: The Roman Centurion’s SongS.R. Piccolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15622464895435470724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-21946278047409163872010-02-13T01:17:38.040+01:002010-02-13T01:17:38.040+01:00So lovely!So lovely!Marketa H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-64005464145339479712010-02-09T03:59:18.060+01:002010-02-09T03:59:18.060+01:00True poetry. Creates the vision, is lyrical, touch...True poetry. Creates the vision, is lyrical, touches the heart. Every once in a while I'll pick up a new poet and gaaaaarh! What is this?? I remember a literary critic posted side by side two poems on the same subject, one by Maya Angelou and the other by Robert Frost. Like comparing an ant hill to an Alpine mountain. Give me Frost, Rupert Brooke, Walt Whitman, James Dickey, Carl Sandburg any day. Thanks for awakening Kipling, a true master.Steven Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299032034330006689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-81857986580949161652010-02-05T14:32:13.982+01:002010-02-05T14:32:13.982+01:00How right you (and Rudyard Kipling) are!
A minor p...How right you (and Rudyard Kipling) are!<br />A minor problem is that one can be so spoilt, weather wise, by living relatively near the Mediterranean coast, that one becomes less prone to tolerating wet, winter weather in the 'old sod'.<br />But the Lake District and Scotland in May, are a delight for the eyes, and the spirit.<br />Arisag (where the last sunset photograph was taken on Viewfinder) and the surrounding countryside on the West coast of Scotland are a fabulous, visual feast. And once there I recommend visitors to take the boat to the Isle of Eigg for the day. Amongst other wonderful sights, there's a particular beach with white, 'singing sand'. When damp it squeaks when walked upon, hence the name. They say it's the only beach of its kind in the world...<br /><br />The beauty of the UK is also in its variety. Each county has its own character in all respects. Somerset is another special county, also for its superb, home brewed beer. They even have serious, beer tasting events there. There are of course many 'special places' in Great Britain. <br /><br />Born in Bombay, Kipling must also have been to some extent a 'déraciné' but he was a great lover of England where he lived in various places in the south-east and south-west. Incredibly (if not a question of influence and 'establishment') academic authorities considered that he lacked the qualifications to go to Oxford University, so instead, he returned to India where he worked in Lahore (now Pakistan). At one time he also lived and worked in the USA, Vermont. It was there that he started writing 'The Jungle Books'. Later in England once more (Devon) he and his family would spend their winters in South Africa. (He also supported the British cause in the Boer War). <br /><br />http://www.hiddentrails.com/outdoor/tour.aspx?id=outdoor_kayaking_scotland_arisag&tourtype=kayaking<br /><br />http://www.isleofeigg.net/Mirinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762774089637304953noreply@blogger.com