tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post2068862529711390899..comments2024-03-29T10:34:57.650+00:00Comments on Sue Hepworth: Weekend thoughtsSue Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-17171907362872260762021-07-28T06:51:21.888+00:002021-07-28T06:51:21.888+00:00Hi Kristine, thank you for your contribution.
Perh...Hi Kristine, thank you for your contribution.<br />Perhaps older people are feeling the same the world over, ☹️Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-15105579484878751962021-07-27T23:22:18.734+00:002021-07-27T23:22:18.734+00:00Hi Sue,
I too have noticed my husband and I becomi...Hi Sue,<br />I too have noticed my husband and I becoming more impatient and more critical as we get older, though I'm not sure it is the result of a 'distillation' of our real selves. My husband was always an easy-going, gentle person, but not lately. <br />Like you in the UK we here in Australia have much to be critical about with regards our government, but also the selfishness of big business,(the obscenity of personal space travel), the growing amount of poverty and desperation around the world, the media focus on celebrity and the trivial, the paucity of quality television programming, and on and on. I think it is a combination of our age and a mature judgment of what is important, together with the times we are living in. It is sad that we need to turn away from the horror and focus on ourselves and what gives us joy to keep sane.<br />Regards,<br />Kristine<br />Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695841443682891175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-78627010822994743752021-07-27T06:10:59.320+00:002021-07-27T06:10:59.320+00:00Hi Shafia, that’s a good point! I think you’re rig...Hi Shafia, that’s a good point! I think you’re right. That’s certainly part of the equation.<br />Thank you for the book recommendation too. I’m going to look it up. XSue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-6192507444497921782021-07-26T14:07:57.789+00:002021-07-26T14:07:57.789+00:00Hi Sue, I've also enjoyed having small recycle...Hi Sue, I've also enjoyed having small recycled jam jars full of sweet peas in my flat and obviously loving the photos of your sweet peas.<br /><br />I'm not sure if it's being less patient or just that becoming older means we know ourselves so well that it takes less time in knowing what we will or won't enjoy reading/watching/eating etc. I know 5mins into a film whether I will enjoy it or not and on the rare occasion I persevere, I just prove myself right, it really isn't to my liking (90% of the time anyway!).<br /><br />I have just finished reading The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris and I just loved it.<br /><br />Shafia x Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019059188026402889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-51855408111499813502021-07-26T07:17:13.964+00:002021-07-26T07:17:13.964+00:00Thanks for your comments, Thea, and for the recomm...Thanks for your comments, Thea, and for the recommendations. I loved Cold Comfort Farm when I read it years ago so I will check out the film. XSue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-35473336889046599192021-07-24T11:00:51.448+00:002021-07-24T11:00:51.448+00:00The sweet peas are wonderful.
If I may proffer a ...The sweet peas are wonderful.<br /><br />If I may proffer a saving grace...at least we no longer have have the dreaded T to contend with, and B will be pushed off his perch at some point.<br /><br />To your point of becoming less patient. Me too - and rightly so! I have abandoned current book - as soon as it veered into child abuse - like you I want a satisfying read, and often that is to be found in non-fiction. 'Dadland' by Keggie Carew was a prime example - absorbing, fascinating, true. <br /><br />Separately - I can't recommend the 2016 film of 'Cold Comfort Farm' highly enough (BBC4, on iPlayer). <br />It gave us 90 minutes of entertainment, not least seeing great actors egging each other on - to go large.<br /><br />Thea x<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com