tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post4707153661468768276..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : GENESISGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-7726345219464876302010-01-11T12:07:53.386+01:002010-01-11T12:07:53.386+01:00Lucy, thanks for your visit. Actually, I do have a...Lucy, thanks for your visit. Actually, I do have a small pet but he's a crow. He's actually a cross between a hooded crow and a carrion crow. Very intelligent. <br />G.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-9050255192742645812010-01-11T08:58:43.012+01:002010-01-11T08:58:43.012+01:00I recently came accross your blog and have been re...I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />http://smallpet.infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-61172951417056132242009-11-06T17:37:13.791+01:002009-11-06T17:37:13.791+01:00Hello Gerald, I thought of you when I was watching...Hello Gerald, I thought of you when I was watching the Greenland film which began in Nuuk before moving on to other inland locations by means of light aircraft and dog sleds. One startling statistic mentioned by Greenland's equivalent of Bob Dylan was that they have the world's highest suicide rate. It seems dates to the time when the old folks wandered off to die in the cold wilderness rather than be a burden to their families. The singer reckoned this had affected gene pool. Why do I mention this? I've no idea. Perhaps it, death in the ice, underscored the essence of the film. Shooting at seals repeatedly so they had to stay on the surface for breath and then you could finish them off, or maybe navigating a small boat through icebergs. A perilous existence. A land of alcoholics and chain-smokers it seemed to be. But then the winter is long.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-9942546970426191422009-11-06T13:13:09.251+01:002009-11-06T13:13:09.251+01:00It was warm in Greenland when we went there but co...It was warm in Greenland when we went there but cold as well - funnily enough the sun has just popped out and grey skies given way to bits of blue and fluffy white - more wet stuff on its way though probably.Gerald (Ackworth born)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10972748175799683560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-55217350455238782672009-11-06T11:21:35.441+01:002009-11-06T11:21:35.441+01:00Dominic, interesting that you mentioned climate ch...Dominic, interesting that you mentioned climate change. This morning I was watching a film from Greenland on the Al Jazeera TV docuprog '48'. The Greenlanders like the climate change. Their land is opening up. One man was celebrating his first crop of potato and carrot. There's talk of a mining industry. There could even be a Greenland gold rush and a tourist boom. One nation's global warming disaster is another nation's global warming opportunity.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-41937108196210433442009-11-06T11:15:06.435+01:002009-11-06T11:15:06.435+01:00Bill Bryson is progressing. The USA, circa 1720, i...Bill Bryson is progressing. The USA, circa 1720, is now somewhere between standing up and falling down. There's a lot in the early pages about the origin of American words and expressions which is of interest. My cold comes and goes. I need more sunshine but there's a temperature inversion so I won't get it. But I'll survive. Mist and dampness. No horizon.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-6061148277104041332009-11-06T11:10:35.181+01:002009-11-06T11:10:35.181+01:00Thank you Jinksy. A giggle a day is very ok.Thank you Jinksy. A giggle a day is very ok.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-57409008986392659712009-11-06T00:52:06.521+01:002009-11-06T00:52:06.521+01:00Why stop now indeed. Touches on things that have c...Why stop now indeed. Touches on things that have crept up on us ever since we realised the earth wasn't the centre of the universe. I think we're still coming to terms with them: the fact is that we can no longer kid ourselves that the world is some sort of cosmic "snow globe" specifically invented for us to live in. I was just thinking today how society's anxiety over (very real) climate change is part of that awakening. Thousands of years of history as we know it does not equip us to come to terms with the idea that we are insignificant, vulnerable and dispensable.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-73681741117206955822009-11-05T20:05:52.018+01:002009-11-05T20:05:52.018+01:00Very clever Poet! Now I am scared of what might ...Very clever Poet! Now I am scared of what might be next (My mother always told me that the thing to worry about was the thing that you least expected!)<br />How is the Bill Bryson progressing?<br />Hope that chill has finally gone, by the way.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-81814054055970123562009-11-05T16:24:14.971+01:002009-11-05T16:24:14.971+01:00I'm still giggling at this one!I'm still giggling at this one!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com