Ribh's D'Coopage

[LozzyR]

On the other hand I couldn't relate to the obsession in Moby Dick and there was just way too much whale blubber processing for me!

Wasn’t there ever?! I remember it being awfully graphic!

 

[MaryJanet]

Ranunculus by the henhouse so orange!

 

[drumstick diva]

I thought they were giant poppies - oh well. At least I know they are flowers.

 

[MaryJanet]

I came to Hemingway only recently through a trip to Cuba. Not sure I would say I like his work, but you have to admire his ability to craft a sentence with so few words.

Did you see any 5 toed cats?

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[RoyalChick]

Did you see any 5 toed cats?

Naturally I went crawling around in the bushes looking for said cats but they must have been snoozing in the sun elsewhere. It was a wonderful visit overall, but the lack of multi-toed cats was definitely a disappointment!

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

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Ranunculus by the henhouse so orange!

That is beautiful and such a bright orange

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you evey one for the kind words. His mom died at 7:30 this morning. In 5 more days it will be 6 months since his dad died. He's finally sleeping and I'm doing chicken therapy.

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This is Ellie, from the school hatch, she's getting ready to lay any day now.

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Ned and Lucky are doing great! He's starting to get a little 'tude like his daddy!

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Of course Daddy is teaching him well!! I think Stanley might be growing tail feathers!!

Ellie's real name is Bob. Just saying. Of course "Bob is about to start laying" does sound a bit odd.

As I said yesterday. Please let me know if you or Rich need anything.

 

[BY Bob]

No. I couldn't imagine how the essay bits would work on screen. It really is two books in one. The novel with the families and treatise on war interspersed throughout. It's quite a literary achievement and it puts the reader through inner wars and inner peaces, inviting transformation through learning and rest, learning and rest. It's a challenging read. No surprise folks can't get to the end. I really should try again, now I'm 20 years older I may have the fortitude to get through that very last section and I'm sure to see more in it.

Have you read Joyce's Ulysses? I find stream of consciousness hard going too, but not as frustrating as war and peace.

My assumption for the film is that they stuck to the family stories and ignored everything else.

I have not read Ulysses but I was talking to Mrs BY Bob the other day about it. I have a feeling that I will have time coming up to take on a project like that.

 

[BY Bob]

Me too!

Cars from the 70s that get 6 miles to the gallon and use fuel with lead in it.