tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post1349493207112639189..comments2023-09-26T10:38:21.961-04:00Comments on The View From the Last House in America: And God Bless Us, Everyone, Especially Adam GopnikKim Velkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-54661518071122631842011-01-08T19:38:34.685-05:002011-01-08T19:38:34.685-05:00And I appreciate your support OMN.And I appreciate your support OMN.Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-44468951369327064292011-01-05T11:38:14.057-05:002011-01-05T11:38:14.057-05:00Just catching up here. I never know how to make a...Just catching up here. I never know how to make a comment without sounding trite, but I wanted you to know that I loved the liberal arts aside/defense. :)oldmanneillhttp://oldmanneill.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-64447758545774923632010-12-29T11:00:24.253-05:002010-12-29T11:00:24.253-05:00R - "Cool cat"? I like it, and probably...R - "Cool cat"? I like it, and probably a first in all the writing that's been done about Churchill.<br /><br />Hi J.G. - For reasons that are not altogether clear to me, the New Yorker is available on line. If you don't subscribe you can read the article for free. Stay warm down there.<br /><br />Nan - Another great comment. I love that you checked your diaries. What diaries they must be - stretching back to 1965. I think it's fine that you failed to comment on Churchill's final exit. The great Canadian writer Robertson Davies advised journal keepers to record small details of their lives, the cost of things, menus, dinner conversations - these tend to acquire fascination over time.Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-79499840690740750002010-12-28T16:12:56.499-05:002010-12-28T16:12:56.499-05:00You do know that you are a complete original, don&...You do know that you are a complete original, don't you. I always am amazed, astounded, amused when I stop by. whew! I am a lover of Churchill, and of Theodore Roosevelt who has had some revisionist stuff written about him too. I read nothing negative about either one of my personal heroes. :<) So, just for fun, I looked in both my mother's and my diaries for your birthday. She was completely caught up with her own mother being in the hospital (she died the following May) and shallow me (I) was completely consumed with boyfriend troubles. So neither of us mentioned the death of the great man.<br /><br />PS I'm so with you on the lib arts. <br />PS again - my word verification was master - 'say no more. say no more' (Eric Idle in the 'nudge nudge' skit -Monty Python)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-19929018671848175462010-12-27T21:56:50.908-05:002010-12-27T21:56:50.908-05:00Wow indeed. I admire Churchill (who in some ways w...Wow indeed. I admire Churchill (who in some ways was rather ordinary himself, but managed to rise above it) and Gopnick's turns of phrase put him over the top. It sounds thoroughly enjoyable.J.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02806805528636359436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-80949604859867758872010-12-27T10:51:23.027-05:002010-12-27T10:51:23.027-05:00Churchill was a cool cat. The "Iron Curtain&q...Churchill was a cool cat. The "Iron Curtain" Museum dedicated to his speech in Fulton, Missouri is worth a visit if you're in the neighborhood.<br /><br />I'm glad your Christmas went well. Ours did, too, with the exception of the bison roast I attempted instead of our usual turkey. <br /><br />Big boo-boo. Evidently one has to make love to the roast at the precise nanosecond in order to stop the cooking between "raw" and "scorched."<br /><br />Who knew?<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com