tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post6397164774638437369..comments2023-12-30T05:41:12.280+13:00Comments on The Ruins of the Moment: Snapshot: kitchen, lifepohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-62580184885903566502009-01-03T14:48:00.000+13:002009-01-03T14:48:00.000+13:00Michael, sorry to disappoint you, but the beer's i...Michael, sorry to disappoint you, but the beer's in bottles in the carton. We do have wine in cardboard casks, though, but I wouldn't recommend it. The Lindqvist book is about European imperialism and racism in Africa. It takes its title from Kurtz's comment in Conrad's <I>Heart of Darkness</I>. Sven Lindqvist ranks among my favourite writers — <I>Desert Divers</I> contains, in my opinion, some of the most outstanding passages ever written.<BR/><BR/>RR, wonderful :^) I always thought Snufkin carried only his tent, mouth organ, pipe, and frying pan, but now I know better. But, perhaps he finally realised that PLBs and true solitude are mutually exclusive.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-13739703840890294712009-01-03T08:42:00.000+13:002009-01-03T08:42:00.000+13:00Yes, Michael.....'Moomintroll awoke and found that...Yes, Michael.....'Moomintroll awoke and found that he couldn't get back to sleep. He rose and padded out into the kitchen. Then he stopped in the warm darkness beside the streak of moonlight. He was terribly lonely. The moonlight fell across the table.<BR/>"Oh no," he gasped, as realisation hit him. "Oh no! Snufkin has gone again - and he's forgotten his personal locater beacon...!'<BR/>From Moomintroll's Antipodean New Year.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-63870200363326464672009-01-03T05:02:00.000+13:002009-01-03T05:02:00.000+13:00This is great. Like the start of a short story whe...This is great. Like the start of a short story where the protagonist is characterized via his possessions. <BR/><BR/>Beer in cartons?! Amazing invention.<BR/><BR/>What's the Sven book about? I've seen Bergman through his eyes in film many times.michael.offworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288740006736803513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-11266846036215626082009-01-02T21:16:00.000+13:002009-01-02T21:16:00.000+13:00Thanks all :^) And RR, yes, the table cloth, messy...Thanks all :^) And RR, yes, the table cloth, messy as it often gets, covers a very scruffy (but functional) table.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-83838259055892535082009-01-02T08:37:00.000+13:002009-01-02T08:37:00.000+13:00"Too blurry, needs citation...""Too blurry, needs citation..."Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-81902445886445528342009-01-01T21:36:00.000+13:002009-01-01T21:36:00.000+13:00Good to see a bit more of your personal habitat - ...Good to see a bit more of your personal habitat - inside and out.<BR/>You have a table-cloth.....?Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-81847821512463266162009-01-01T19:58:00.000+13:002009-01-01T19:58:00.000+13:00Love it.=o)Love it.<BR/>=o)Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193158939182430887noreply@blogger.com