tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post1307514352783050107..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Pope on the nature and state of manGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-57191371050168715802009-04-09T07:51:00.000+02:002009-04-09T07:51:00.000+02:00Weaver, thanks for the info about the babies which...Weaver, thanks for the info about the babies which, as you say, puts things in perspective. The latest news from Italy is that the other Pope, not Alexander the poet, is to visit the earthquake zone the week after next. PM Silvio B is already there and has angered survivors in tents by telling them to think of it as 'a camping holiday'. Normally I'm critical of the 3-B's (Bush, Blair, Belusconi) but this time I think I understand Silvio B. and he has a point. Put a brave face on it he is saying, try and take something positive from the experience, keep your chins up. Do not be defeatist.<BR/>Yes, Judas photo is I think 5th along. He stands alone looking up. Clear voice, good delivery, fine acting.<BR/>If you click on my picture it should enlarge. You will see it's a cable and that it's fastened to a rock.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-70044414404303305822009-04-08T18:53:00.000+02:002009-04-08T18:53:00.000+02:00Managed (eventually) to see the photographs. Is t...Managed (eventually) to see the photographs. Is the one you like best - the one of Judas - the fifth one along? I really enjoyed looking at them><BR/>I "did" Harrison Birtwistle at University - so know quite a bit about him and his work - quite a man I think.<BR/>PS Is the photograph of you and if so what are you holding on the end of that blue string? I was hoping it was a dog but it looks more like a pile of stones.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-8685767960447435252009-04-08T18:42:00.000+02:002009-04-08T18:42:00.000+02:00Too true - oh too true Poet.Did you know that in t...Too true - oh too true Poet.<BR/>Did you know that in the developing world twenty seven thousand babies die every day? That puts this earthquake into some kind of perspective I think.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com