tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post6154886854588332141..comments2023-05-14T10:37:22.333-05:00Comments on tess's paleo journey: know your audiencetesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-24810617994348335312014-12-05T20:41:42.871-06:002014-12-05T20:41:42.871-06:00I liked every screen version of Jane Eyre. I liked every screen version of Jane Eyre. Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-33029672675849666692014-12-05T20:02:16.002-06:002014-12-05T20:02:16.002-06:00for Jane Eyre, i'm torn between the Ciaran Hin...for Jane Eyre, i'm torn between the Ciaran Hinds version and Orson Welles -- the first has the best Jane, and the second the best Rochester, in my opinion. ;-)tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-70114660368749988892014-12-05T17:01:22.367-06:002014-12-05T17:01:22.367-06:00YES MA'AM (pant pant) - my MIL gave me a copy!...YES MA'AM (pant pant) - my MIL gave me a copy! Just like George C Scott as Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre, there are NO substitutes!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152215204773184788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-91258379795064527982014-12-03T11:09:50.112-06:002014-12-03T11:09:50.112-06:00there's room in this Geek Clubhouse for us all...there's room in this Geek Clubhouse for us all! ;-) I tried sci-fi, recommended by some good friends, and never could get into it. Fantasy was another matter....<br /><br />if you like Austen on film, the best thing we've found is the Colin Firth version of P&P -- my husband loves it as much as I do.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-36358686689074158972014-12-03T10:24:32.424-06:002014-12-03T10:24:32.424-06:00Sorry to say I'm NOT a Holmes-aphiliac - altho...Sorry to say I'm NOT a Holmes-aphiliac - although I have learned to like Johnny Lee Miller & Lucy Liu in "Elementary" since Hubs is a big fan... (Sci-fi geek weakly waving from back row)<br />As far as period fiction goes, I admire Jane Austen much more for her repartee w/the language - and yes, loathed the Keira Knightley "modernized" adaptation. (also loved Jane Eyre as a teen)Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152215204773184788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-89186923945644233812014-12-02T12:33:33.298-06:002014-12-02T12:33:33.298-06:00"i guess i need to post some photos when i ge..."i guess i need to post some photos when i get more of the decorating done...."<br /><br />Definitely - I look forward to seeing some please.<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-51690965546458842402014-12-02T10:38:40.822-06:002014-12-02T10:38:40.822-06:00http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Fi...http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Fifty-Six-Complete/dp/0517502917/ is right -- link copied badly above....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-28990356351084884392014-12-02T10:35:08.511-06:002014-12-02T10:35:08.511-06:00check your library for The Annotated Sherlock Holm...check your library for The Annotated Sherlock Holmes -- http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Fifty-Six-Complete/dp/0517502917/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417537967&sr=1-3&keywords=annotated+sherlock+holmes -- so much research is in it, it enriches the experience!tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-41537495448165814472014-12-02T07:23:56.212-06:002014-12-02T07:23:56.212-06:00I initially read Doyle in Russian translation, lat...I initially read Doyle in Russian translation, later, in my 30-x, when I arrived in Canada, I re-read many books in English. Somehow more old-fashioned version of the language put me off a little bit. I enjoyed the most stories by Somerset Maugham. Some books were much better in translation, like Steven King - the translator removed all swearing and most of street language, but wonderful fantasies stayed.<br />I thought that the space shuttle Challenger was named after the professor Challenger, the leading character of some of Doyle's novels.<br />Sadly, stories about Sherlock Holmes are excluded from school problem. I guess because of mentioning of drugs.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-26987887451101176032014-12-02T07:03:22.470-06:002014-12-02T07:03:22.470-06:00I used to listen to Sherlock Holmes on Classic rad...I used to listen to Sherlock Holmes on Classic radio on my long drives...I'v never read the books. I may have to get to it now! Larcanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109743909244156390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-85446779085771930162014-12-01T18:49:38.979-06:002014-12-01T18:49:38.979-06:00lol -- i've done that too! what bothers me ab...lol -- i've done that too! what bothers me about blogger is how often i try to leave comments on blogs, and it just seems to say "no" to me a lot....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-17434967568435282512014-12-01T18:01:45.224-06:002014-12-01T18:01:45.224-06:00I expected some embellishment to make a good story...I expected some embellishment to make a good story, but good grief. It seems that the author briefly owned a former circus elephant named Modoc, and the rest is a fairy tale.<br /><br />Why does Google have the Sign Out button where I expect the Publish button to be? $(@&%!Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-8045800437407856482014-12-01T17:00:24.031-06:002014-12-01T17:00:24.031-06:00a very different city to the one described by some...a very different city to the one described by some of my favorite writers, but fascinating nevertheless! :-) LOVE that place.... tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-86542943677392958612014-12-01T16:50:43.189-06:002014-12-01T16:50:43.189-06:00I have read all books by C.Doyle by the age of tw...I have read all books by C.Doyle by the age of twelve too. Somehow at that age I was the most fascinated by his Lost World and stories about pirates, however stories about Sherlock Holmes stay aside. I hope I see London some day, even though I understand it is a different town now. It is also the town where The Forsyte Saga took place. Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-17608332391607825292014-12-01T16:43:07.366-06:002014-12-01T16:43:07.366-06:00thank YOU, Jan! :-) i guess i need to post some ...thank YOU, Jan! :-) i guess i need to post some photos when i get more of the decorating done....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-12970288110390736642014-12-01T16:41:17.408-06:002014-12-01T16:41:17.408-06:00:-) i'm always a little suspicious of people ...:-) i'm always a little suspicious of people who claim to know the TRUTH, the REAL story, or the absolute FACTS....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-9626279348199127332014-12-01T16:21:58.913-06:002014-12-01T16:21:58.913-06:00I love that this post has nothing to do with healt...I love that this post has nothing to do with health and tradition. I also like the picture I have in my mind of you stringing tinsel garland on the bannister. I had visions of 'Victorian Houses' and the lovely look of Christmas cheer ........<br /><br />It's good to do something with your hands and let your mind run free - you never know where you may end up?<br /><br />I like Sherlock Holmes, to many he is a real person and the coaches of tourists that go visit 221b Baker Street. Of course the spin offs in films - TV series etc = he cannot be killed off. Benedict Cumberbatch is great in the present role.<br /><br />Living History is a good way for people to live and learn History, I can remember my children going to Victorian Houses and Schools......they came away enthused.<br /><br />We could and should learn more about our lives today from yester year and take it on board but regretfully we don't.<br /><br />I like the change in post Tess ....nice one, thanks.<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-78456582613037655322014-12-01T13:22:27.539-06:002014-12-01T13:22:27.539-06:00I recently finished a book called "Modoc, the...I recently finished a book called "Modoc, the True Story of the Greatest Elephant that Ever Lived." It obviously wasn't true--it had errors of geography, people from rural Germany and Asia in the early 20th century speaking English, a German Jew of that time who had never even heard of prejudice, photos that obviously weren't of the elephant in the book (tusks v. no tusks) and on and on. Bad enough. What was more disturbing were Amazon reviews from people who had NO IDEA the book was concocted from whole cloth until they went online found other people saying it was fictional. Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.com