tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post5820402699997470998..comments2024-03-05T03:05:52.336-06:00Comments on To The Manner Born: The Places in BetweenToadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-85971777869266719352010-12-29T12:25:28.778-06:002010-12-29T12:25:28.778-06:00His recent BBC television programs, two episodes, ...His recent BBC television programs, two episodes, "The Legacy of Lawrence of Arabia" were both interesting and thought provoking.RichSpennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-18423179725206615702010-12-29T10:34:31.423-06:002010-12-29T10:34:31.423-06:00Skorpeo, in a few short words you have summed up t...Skorpeo, in a few short words you have summed up the book perfectly. The locals Mr. Stewart encountered were afraid to travel, and did only at great peril 5 km from their village. The greater world was irrelevant and unknown.<br /><br />30 years of constant warfare dulls the senses.Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-52660168282774883962010-12-29T10:14:06.340-06:002010-12-29T10:14:06.340-06:00I appreciate your book recommendations. Just fini...I appreciate your book recommendations. Just finished Golden Boy by Martin Booth and Fools of Fortune by William Trevor. (I think the Trevor book is one you wrote about.)house thingshttp://houseitemsandroomsilike.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-48010846633139157712010-12-29T09:31:45.074-06:002010-12-29T09:31:45.074-06:00my father, when in vietnam in 1965-1966 as an advi...my father, when in vietnam in 1965-1966 as an advisor, was trying to convince a farmer that there were going to be elections and he could vote for his own ruler/president and he could have a say in his own government. a bystander explained to my father that farmers/rural folks don't give a hoot who runs the country. for thousands of years, these people have had their ruler picked for them. all they want or care about is their family, their farm, and their ox...not necessarily in that order.<br /><br />while my idealistic side believes and supports what we're trying to accomplish in afghanistan, my practical side fears it is all in vain....The Sardonicisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613335243397436645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-27147975809160180822010-12-29T08:51:53.576-06:002010-12-29T08:51:53.576-06:00Thanks for the reminder - I read this profile as w...Thanks for the reminder - I read this profile as well and meant to pick up the book.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-20078356502196303892010-12-29T08:12:59.126-06:002010-12-29T08:12:59.126-06:00That's what struck me when I was travelling th...That's what struck me when I was travelling through Morocco - in places where they dont have electricity and aren't slaves to the tv they know very little of what is going on in the rest of the world let alone have opinions or feelings on what the western world is up to.<br /><br />My husband was a bit nervous tho when we were in Essaouira and he needed a beard trim and haircut...the barber was watching the news and Colin Powell was talking about something but the broadcast was in Arabic. With a straight razor whisking past his face my husband kept asking me how to say 'Im Canadian' in any language I could offer!Suburban Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229769705478339351noreply@blogger.com