tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716833846895246215.post271363157114305538..comments2024-03-24T00:12:38.570-07:00Comments on Light, Bright, and Sparkling: From CambridgeDiana Birchallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291540900938654707noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716833846895246215.post-53217020243334591472009-07-18T03:51:42.359-07:002009-07-18T03:51:42.359-07:00Dear Diana,
So many Americans who as children liv...Dear Diana,<br /><br />So many Americans who as children lived through English books set in beautiful green and older areas of England from the 19th century on are on record as wanting to recreate the atmosphere and places they have grown up imaginatively in -- from Hawthorne and Henry James and Edith Wharton (though she was more drawn to do this in France) to people arriving today.<br /><br />Most of the time they manage about 10 minutes and then turn to the modern world.<br /><br />You managed days and days of it.<br /><br />The pictures are redolent of this vision and I would have loved to hear the archeaologist's lecture.<br /><br />Lucky Jan, I know she's earned it, but a lot of people in the world work as hard and do as good work and don't get this reward,<br />EllenEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979942382683140531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716833846895246215.post-23000661388470547992009-07-17T12:04:59.263-07:002009-07-17T12:04:59.263-07:00Good heavens, what delicious pictures! It's so...Good heavens, what delicious pictures! It's so lovely to see the wonderful old Upwell church and the fens. I've never gotten to see Lord Peter's precious angels before. You make me more determined than ever to go there.<br />~Corwyn CelestialEmmet of Arolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465851029524516587noreply@blogger.com