tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post261618004589551100..comments2024-03-29T09:54:08.208+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Stein/Toklas.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59925843058708734972018-12-09T04:41:34.999+00:002018-12-09T04:41:34.999+00:00Far too highbrow.Far too highbrow.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47512478079184367282018-12-09T04:41:17.131+00:002018-12-09T04:41:17.131+00:00I can remember myself reading 'words' simp...I can remember myself reading 'words' simply because I thought I had to; but often didn't understand anything.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20172912990494508322018-12-09T04:40:09.896+00:002018-12-09T04:40:09.896+00:00She had beautiful hair, and often wore wonderful h...She had beautiful hair, and often wore wonderful hats!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76212178854017940682018-12-09T04:38:13.633+00:002018-12-09T04:38:13.633+00:00I would have thought that was certain!I would have thought that was certain!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20856260300277411352018-12-08T23:38:13.246+00:002018-12-08T23:38:13.246+00:00Of the trio, the poodle has the better hairdo. I&#...Of the trio, the poodle has the better hairdo. I've not attempted Stein or Joyce, either, but I have read a bit of ol' Virginia and must say she's not my first choice of author from that era. I am, however, occasionally wearing her hairstyle these days.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18815891831665851202018-12-08T21:34:18.755+00:002018-12-08T21:34:18.755+00:00I was thinking the same as Weaver ...
Jo in Auckl...I was thinking the same as Weaver ...<br /><br />Jo in AucklandJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654932887735045108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35145269772764796092018-12-08T21:03:35.447+00:002018-12-08T21:03:35.447+00:00In referring to her hometown of Oakland, Calif., S...In referring to her hometown of Oakland, Calif., Stein had written, 'there's no there there'. <br /><br />Now standing at the Berkeley-Oakland border are two sculpture pieces 'HERE' & 'THERE'. I like to think that they are a nod to Stein's words. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23561787753472433772018-12-08T17:19:46.132+00:002018-12-08T17:19:46.132+00:00I, too, have never tried Stein or JJ but coped wit...I, too, have never tried Stein or JJ but coped with the few VWs I've read. I say coped because I may well not have understood them but just thought that I did. I have a collection of unread ones but I suspect they will remain unread - by me.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31870523231877242542018-12-08T14:09:45.321+00:002018-12-08T14:09:45.321+00:00This stuff may help on Univercity Challenge!This stuff may help on Univercity Challenge!pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71065800946392737522018-12-08T14:05:35.079+00:002018-12-08T14:05:35.079+00:00Yes, I missed out a lot of classics. At least I th...Yes, I missed out a lot of classics. At least I think they were aiming at something, unlike Stein who often just used to let her hand write what it wanted.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80807629509644734162018-12-08T13:56:41.878+00:002018-12-08T13:56:41.878+00:00I have struggled with Wittgenstein, sentence by se...I have struggled with Wittgenstein, sentence by sentence, until I almost fell over. At least that paid off in the end, unlike Satre, which I threw at a wall and never bothered with again.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36327198756065401942018-12-08T12:07:59.175+00:002018-12-08T12:07:59.175+00:00I'm with you here potty. I like the poodle.I'm with you here potty. I like the poodle.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91208867455766270192018-12-08T11:47:37.681+00:002018-12-08T11:47:37.681+00:00At college you weren't part of discussion grou...At college you weren't part of discussion groups if you hadn't read certain books. I ploughed through a lot of rubbish. These days I'm more selective.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80108820579646491042018-12-08T11:45:20.759+00:002018-12-08T11:45:20.759+00:00I'm much the same... I find her very depressin...I'm much the same... I find her very depressing. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91407830098141765332018-12-08T10:33:07.094+00:002018-12-08T10:33:07.094+00:00I’m with Potty ...... if you didn’t like it the fi...I’m with Potty ...... if you didn’t like it the first time it’s unlikely that you will on the next attempt ..... a bit of a waste of time just to be seen to be doing the ‘ right ‘ thing. We should be reading and doing things we like at our age . XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27582785079154364572018-12-08T10:29:09.812+00:002018-12-08T10:29:09.812+00:00My son is a Woolf fanatic and tries to encourage m...My son is a Woolf fanatic and tries to encourage me to read her but I never get past the first chapter.<br />Love that poodle - it certainly is the best looker in the three of them.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5682364813207783472018-12-08T09:01:32.608+00:002018-12-08T09:01:32.608+00:00Leo had the better eye of the two but eventually h...Leo had the better eye of the two but eventually he and Gertrude fell out and they divided up the collection. Gertrude stuck with Picasso whose work Leo didn't much care for. See, he had the best eye. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83506271358042325302018-12-08T08:38:17.108+00:002018-12-08T08:38:17.108+00:00I'm afraid I used to give-in to pressure of th...I'm afraid I used to give-in to pressure of that sort, and ended up reading a lot of stuff that I really didn't enjoy.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72268047399481504172018-12-08T08:36:40.816+00:002018-12-08T08:36:40.816+00:00She had an amazing collection, and many of those p...She had an amazing collection, and many of those painters only survived because of her patronage. I think she kept Miro going with advance payments for work.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29070357727473988632018-12-08T08:30:43.422+00:002018-12-08T08:30:43.422+00:00I have always backed off from reading anything tha...I have always backed off from reading anything that 'should ' or 'must' be read.<br />That poodle looks a bit of a bruiser!pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3823546335350659492018-12-08T08:28:02.858+00:002018-12-08T08:28:02.858+00:00Did she write? It seems insignificant compared t...Did she write? It seems insignificant compared to what she and her brother did for young artists in Paris in the early 20th Century. Picasso and Matisse and many many more and all of us owe them much for supporting these young artists at the time. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66168650830766283602018-12-08T07:50:10.081+00:002018-12-08T07:50:10.081+00:00There are plenty of others I find unreadable, but ...There are plenty of others I find unreadable, but these two came to mind as 'special cases'. I hate writers who try to show off their superior knowledge of the dictionary. Yeats used to go over his work time after time, reducing the language to its most precise and poignant; which is probably why I enjoy reading him so much.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42736106721929073862018-12-08T07:04:04.467+00:002018-12-08T07:04:04.467+00:00Kafka exasperates me. I enjoyed Virginia Woolf'...Kafka exasperates me. I enjoyed Virginia Woolf's diaries and there I garnered some poetry. I think I've only read To the Lighthouse which I remember finding quite pleasant to read. Toklas I've never read. Nabokov can be frustrating. He likes to show off. There's a book of his you can't read without a dictionary at your elbow. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18513271407389753822018-12-08T06:39:57.582+00:002018-12-08T06:39:57.582+00:00I'd forgotten all about her (them) too, then h...I'd forgotten all about her (them) too, then heard her name mentioned somewhere recently.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55675406833849203102018-12-08T06:33:56.536+00:002018-12-08T06:33:56.536+00:00Another interesting figure from the past, worth re...Another interesting figure from the past, worth reading about her again.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.com