tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post8658087203805605690..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : ListenGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-65674898432729534352016-01-28T12:12:11.265+01:002016-01-28T12:12:11.265+01:00This sheep, now demoted to the post above this one...This sheep, now demoted to the post above this one, is the sheep the others follow. I know that because of the trail of footprints in the snow. It's almost heavenly to sit atop a grassy hill in Wales in the summer and listen to the chorus all around. It's how I imagine God to be occupied. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-61624896424874920612016-01-28T10:21:17.386+01:002016-01-28T10:21:17.386+01:00"Always raising the baa" - I like that i..."Always raising the baa" - I like that immensely! <br />My dear friend Anne (four beautiful grown-up daughters) has not only renovated an old mill to live in, and created a big garden - she also has four sheep, (in another part, not in the garden) and I love them. <br />Listening (without the chorus of "bäh") is rare - but very nourishing. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-38810426995709514482016-01-27T12:16:55.727+01:002016-01-27T12:16:55.727+01:00One was chewing a stalk of grass. The farmer I mea...One was chewing a stalk of grass. The farmer I mean, not the sheep. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-91594770063320452622016-01-27T12:16:05.684+01:002016-01-27T12:16:05.684+01:00Farmers are pretty good at this. One time I found ...Farmers are pretty good at this. One time I found 3 lof them leaning on a gate near Llanberis. They were looking at sheep in the rain. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-26294399417916414592016-01-27T12:14:34.141+01:002016-01-27T12:14:34.141+01:00Oh dear. Flu is awful. You have my sympathy.
Hav...Oh dear. Flu is awful. You have my sympathy. <br /><br />Have only had flu twice in my life, the Asian flu and the Hong Kong flu epidemics. and I don't want it again. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-91653172711244177132016-01-27T10:41:56.347+01:002016-01-27T10:41:56.347+01:00Yes, Gwil, WH David indeed - my father's favou...Yes, Gwil, WH David indeed - my father's favourite poet - and his favourite sentiment too. We all need time to just take in the world around us - the farmer is much better at doing it than I am. I envy him.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-86300370185426753482016-01-27T10:31:16.142+01:002016-01-27T10:31:16.142+01:00I am feeling very ill this morning. This must be f...I am feeling very ill this morning. This must be flu. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-48701130260863900892016-01-27T09:23:21.216+01:002016-01-27T09:23:21.216+01:00What is life if full of care
With no time to stand...What is life if full of care<br />With no time to stand <br />and stare . . .<br />- W H Davis (I think)Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-37841560472261988462016-01-27T09:19:09.409+01:002016-01-27T09:19:09.409+01:00Thank you Shawn. Pleased you like it. Snapped it o...Thank you Shawn. Pleased you like it. Snapped it on the run. When doing the weekly long-slow-distance I often take the camera along.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-46777733485741624672016-01-27T09:14:24.148+01:002016-01-27T09:14:24.148+01:00Thanks Rachel. Hope you are on the way to recovery...Thanks Rachel. Hope you are on the way to recovery. I picked up a nasty cold in November. Had to have a few days in bed. I'm hoping I've built up an immunity to see me through the February fogs, and the next couple of months. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-68592992990841808852016-01-27T04:23:57.363+01:002016-01-27T04:23:57.363+01:00__Fine thought Gwilym; with eased steps, Rachel, w...__Fine thought Gwilym; with eased steps, Rachel, we listen.<br /><br />in the limbs<br />soul words say of the morrow<br />a zephyr<br /><br />_mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-22519389352747304282016-01-27T00:48:03.090+01:002016-01-27T00:48:03.090+01:00Thank you for this. It's lovely.Thank you for this. It's lovely.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-67308268916274439512016-01-26T22:43:44.997+01:002016-01-26T22:43:44.997+01:00Make sure you slow down sometimes and listen to it...Make sure you slow down sometimes and listen to it.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com