tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post3494447036348892648..comments2023-06-21T18:53:11.897+10:00Comments on Pykk: and I knew that I must eat Umbagollahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-91384472354169239142018-03-24T02:40:37.305+11:002018-03-24T02:40:37.305+11:00I read the last chapter or two on Project Gutenber...I read the last chapter or two on Project Gutenberg and was pleased by her grim fidelity to the idea that everybody is homesick and no one will ever be saved. "'Sometimes when I read the papers from the old country, I pretty near run away,’ he confessed with a little laugh." Ruthless.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-76001023714814041872018-03-15T08:10:54.224+11:002018-03-15T08:10:54.224+11:00"Oh well," Cather says, surveying the ba..."Oh well," Cather says, surveying the battlefield. "That's life."<br /><br />This is a great post. And I do think something could be made with Kipling's "Burden" and the idea of stockyards.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-39058757947449752432018-03-09T02:51:56.677+11:002018-03-09T02:51:56.677+11:00I spent some time trying to work Kipling and the W...I spent some time trying to work Kipling and the White Man's Burden in there as well but that made everything a bit madly convoluted.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-43152616985660575722018-03-08T19:16:56.955+11:002018-03-08T19:16:56.955+11:00I especially love the line about World War II.I especially love the line about World War II.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com