tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post4445396059533672000..comments2024-03-18T07:11:51.908-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: Daniel Mendelsohn and Mary Renaultbethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-14814952648881946332013-01-10T09:45:22.009-08:002013-01-10T09:45:22.009-08:00Juliet, believe me, I am conscious of my great luc...Juliet, believe me, I am conscious of my great luck, to be walking in the sun in January. And I am concerned about the sandpipers - there have always been hordes of them, but this time, no. Maybe it's too early, and they're still - where would they be, otherwise? Yes, that Daniel Mendelsohn. Haven't read that book, but had taken his latest book of essays, "Waiting for the Barbarians," out of the library, and the memoir story about Mary Renault is beautiful. <br />A joyful 2013 to you.<br />b.bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-89441232247280975392013-01-10T01:29:43.932-08:002013-01-10T01:29:43.932-08:00Bonjour Beth et bonne annee.
Oh, how I envy you...Bonjour Beth et bonne annee. <br /><br />Oh, how I envy you walking along a quiet sandy beach. (Atrocious weather here in Paris - cold and rain.) Reminds me of when my parents and I vacationed in neighbouring Longboat Key in the 1980s; we stayed in a rented beach house called Sea Twig. When you walk along the beach, are there dozens of sandpipers scurrying along the shoreline?<br /><br />I assume you're talking about the same Daniel Mendelsohn who wrote the fascinating memoir The Lost - A Search for Six of Six Million? Have you read it?<br /><br />bonnes vacances, bon retablissement, et mes meilleurs voeux pour l'annee 2013.<br /><br />Juliet<br /><br />JulietJuliet in Parisnoreply@blogger.com