tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post2208861666765593921..comments2023-12-18T20:41:36.391-08:00Comments on The Reading List: Redesigning My Blog (& Life?)Leslie Shimotakaharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-32291361458728994202010-09-07T09:35:54.278-07:002010-09-07T09:35:54.278-07:00it's amazing to me that although we have had v...it's amazing to me that although we have had very different lives, our struggles are so similar...hmm maybe it's the name...L lost in KYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528780455331161680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-68489791380269864012010-08-30T12:56:12.485-07:002010-08-30T12:56:12.485-07:00Leslie, I do apologise, I've only just seen yo...Leslie, I do apologise, I've only just seen your comment. I've subscribed to comments now so I'll see yours in future as they appear.<br /><br />The quote is from 'Scott Fitzgerald, A life in Letters' and I came across it - I think in a letter to Max Perkins - five minutes before reading your blog entry, so I just had to pass it on. But can I find it again so I can pinpoint it for you, lol? No such luck, but the hunt is on, promise, and I'll let you know soon as.<br /><br />Scott Fitzgerald is hero of mine, not so much for the writing (I'll let others comment on that) as for his devotion to literature, to writing; he lived story, and gave his life to it. As an alcoholic he produced work in the face of incredible odds, not least the anxiety about and ceaseless care for Zelda. His letters to her, her doctors, their daughter, and various other people - editors and such about her plight - are heartbreaking.<br /><br />His writing strikes me as one long cry of anguish but with it all the sense of humour leaps off the page, and the goodness - I believe he was a good man, incapable of malign intent, and without vanity. His true legacy is his humanity, his incomparable, heroic, self - the struggle, the process, that was Scott Fitzgerald, and his sharing of that with us.<br /><br />Sorry, do rather tend to get carried away on the subject.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-13042282417717853342010-08-16T13:56:35.423-07:002010-08-16T13:56:35.423-07:00Thanks, Neil! Now I want to read Fitzgerald's...Thanks, Neil! Now I want to read Fitzgerald's Collected Works (in other words, I'm not entirely sure which novel this quote comes from, but would really like to find out). Happily, since I'm no longer a prof, I don't have to fake itLeslie Shimotakaharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-26477582207056909292010-08-16T08:31:25.333-07:002010-08-16T08:31:25.333-07:00Recently, I've been feeling less like a cohere...Recently, I've been feeling less like a coherent "self" and more like a collage made from those ripped up magazine photos .....<br /><br />You're in good company, Leslie - 'The older I get, the less I know who I am.' Scott FitzgeraldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-49225102124614473702010-08-12T13:06:56.980-07:002010-08-12T13:06:56.980-07:00BTW, are you sure those are cherry blossoms in the...BTW, are you sure those are cherry blossoms in the banner? They look like plum blossoms to me, and I am something of a blossom aficionado. If cherry blossoms, prolly kanzan.Bushpig.vrchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033427366171264778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-62052008770830561232010-08-12T10:56:00.425-07:002010-08-12T10:56:00.425-07:00Bushpig, you have quite the memory! I had no idea...Bushpig, you have quite the memory! I had no idea that anyone was paying attention to my rambling entries (rambling both stylistically & geographically....) <br /><br />An epic road trip down ancestral history lane is certainly in order. Now if only I could get 3 months vacation from work....<br /><br />Oh, I'm terribly sorry about your avatar! I had no idea that giving my blog this facelift would set certain stylistic parameters.... I'll see if I can figure out how to bring it back.Leslie Shimotakaharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-84079441809827243702010-08-12T09:35:56.645-07:002010-08-12T09:35:56.645-07:00hey! Where'd my coolio avatar go.hey! Where'd my coolio avatar go.Bushpighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622066868670942598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-24248287392204513812010-08-12T09:35:12.692-07:002010-08-12T09:35:12.692-07:0011 years! My goodness. It would be very interestin...11 years! My goodness. It would be very interesting to do a history trip through BC - from the site of the old home in Vancouver to the camps and the twisting room where you your great grandfather died. Prolly emotionally difficult, but danged interesting. And don't discount the old country. Don't forget your great grandfather's prayers and message to the east upon becoming a doctor.Bushpighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622066868670942598noreply@blogger.com