tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post3442126213728618803..comments2024-03-28T06:44:48.369+00:00Comments on Sue Hepworth: Turbulent timesSue Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-80450061632527525912019-08-22T10:02:42.217+00:002019-08-22T10:02:42.217+00:00Oh Thea, this brought tears to my eyes. Thank you ...Oh Thea, this brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for the encouragement of knowing I inspire someone - someone I have never met, to boot. (Now, that's an old fart expression if there there was one.)<br />BBC4 eh? I will have to investigate.<br /><br />Hi Marmee, I will try to find the Scandinavian series you mention. <br />It's hilarious that we both get cross when we're given a wrong mark for something that's right! I'm looking forward to showing the Duolingo Feench - particularly the pronunciation - to my French speaking brother who is married to a French woman. I have a feeling that the man who speaks the French on Duolingo is terribly mannered.Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-42441878900425386042019-08-22T09:43:34.821+00:002019-08-22T09:43:34.821+00:00Sue - I’m with you, old farts together - knowing w...Sue - I’m with you, old farts together - knowing who we are, valuing simple pleasures, abhorring that screaming moral vacuum.<br /><br />We’ve gravitated to almost exclusive BBC4 viewing now - real people sharing real stuff, and expertise.<br />Not sham people masquerading as competent, all over the news.<br /><br />Who wouldn’t thrill to your beautiful garden? Speaking of which - a must watch inspiring film ‘Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf.’<br /><br />And in case you’d welcome a morale boost...<br />You showed up as number 17 in my sister’s ‘Lifetime List of Top 50 Inspiring People’ - people who have actively inspired her, personally.<br /><br />When I asked her why, she said it’s because you put your money where your mouth is, stand up to be counted and do things for good.<br /><br />Not such an old fart, then.<br /><br />Thea xx<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-16063554232648094012019-08-22T06:43:35.374+00:002019-08-22T06:43:35.374+00:00You raise so many issues! For myself: yes , as I h...You raise so many issues! For myself: yes , as I have aged, I have become much more emotional. And now that I think of it, talked to my sister in law recently and she was saying that she has gone from never being a "crier" to now dissolving into tears all too readily! Oh and I laughed at your Duolingo troubles! I am using that app as well and at one stage I had become very obsessed at my points rate ( managed to get to the top end of Ruby league) and would fume at having my english incorrectly corrected! Now I have calmed myself down and just soldier on. I have NO background in French whatsoever so it is a struggle, I am also using audiobooks and cd's in my car. And indeed , your garden looks stunning! The tv stuff I have been taking refuge in is so not mainstream: Scandinavian family drama called Bonus Familjen ( loved the interiors and the clothes and the quirkiness) and a French series Zone Blanche ( witty crime series set in ancient forest ...ooo what lurks there??) marmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704741638865010421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-18995680436325555612019-08-21T21:19:57.764+00:002019-08-21T21:19:57.764+00:00Well, thank you for the recommendation! I’ll give ...Well, thank you for the recommendation! I’ll give it a go.Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-7882322543813685752019-08-21T21:07:58.249+00:002019-08-21T21:07:58.249+00:00Your garden is beautiful. The news is depressing a...Your garden is beautiful. The news is depressing and the best TV antidote for us at the moment is Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing. It's beautiful to look at and gives you a warm feeling inside. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019389888168680581noreply@blogger.com