tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post1689843034196496284..comments2023-10-24T09:11:10.751+01:00Comments on ...the sight of morning...: (just for the record)alice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-15435110193556621052010-09-20T04:15:48.123+01:002010-09-20T04:15:48.123+01:00I love how you told this story ... captures the mo...I love how you told this story ... captures the moment(s) beautifully.Beccahttp://www.beccaandbella.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-3394147149091780692010-09-17T15:34:08.514+01:002010-09-17T15:34:08.514+01:00Wonderful commentary. Enjoy your film premiere.Wonderful commentary. Enjoy your film premiere.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-41445708911743237812010-09-17T11:09:15.965+01:002010-09-17T11:09:15.965+01:00With such a distinguished academic life behind him...With such a distinguished academic life behind him, I hope the retirement is the start of something else for him. I'm worried.<br />You painted such a clear picture I feel I know him and hope they will be happy.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-50865185445989444572010-09-16T16:24:48.694+01:002010-09-16T16:24:48.694+01:00just perfect xjust perfect xdriftwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416170414524297337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-4083095497287125642010-09-16T14:53:36.378+01:002010-09-16T14:53:36.378+01:00Alice, such magical words, you paint the moment so...Alice, such magical words, you paint the moment so beautifully and once again I am drawn into a different world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-79686856755915623452010-09-16T14:07:56.925+01:002010-09-16T14:07:56.925+01:00I want to call and wish him well!I want to call and wish him well!blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-69954456358295304162010-09-16T12:18:40.378+01:002010-09-16T12:18:40.378+01:00Such a wonderful tribute Alice. I do hope he sees ...Such a wonderful tribute Alice. I do hope he sees it and that he has a long and happy retirement. It's good to have a dream completely different to your professional life. My husband had never played golf until he retired and fifteen years later he is still loving it.<br />Bobby xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-53119965905936405142010-09-16T10:49:10.217+01:002010-09-16T10:49:10.217+01:00Wonderful, Alice. A lovely tribute to someone who ...Wonderful, Alice. A lovely tribute to someone who is obviously such a nice man.Janehttp://jeeandme.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-52801996710192903812010-09-16T09:51:37.482+01:002010-09-16T09:51:37.482+01:00This has just become one of my very favourite post...This has just become one of my very favourite posts from you. Absolutely perfect.dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-8670967397359608932010-09-16T09:25:14.847+01:002010-09-16T09:25:14.847+01:00What everyone else saidWhat everyone else saidMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-75914729278831227182010-09-16T08:08:40.701+01:002010-09-16T08:08:40.701+01:00Even a retirement party becomes a poetic moment ch...Even a retirement party becomes a poetic moment chez Alice.Paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106203770822701470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-17372164013572611232010-09-16T07:56:36.121+01:002010-09-16T07:56:36.121+01:00Beautifully captured, Alice.Beautifully captured, Alice.menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-57715911673707072232010-09-16T07:41:41.150+01:002010-09-16T07:41:41.150+01:00I loved this post.I loved this post.Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-68622009174693425172010-09-16T07:29:24.694+01:002010-09-16T07:29:24.694+01:00Not often I get to read something about someone I ...Not often I get to read something about someone I don't know, and an event which can often be quite ordinary, and find tears in my eyes.... Such a beautiful account, Alice, of a memorable moment.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-86121978868494054112010-09-16T06:53:48.854+01:002010-09-16T06:53:48.854+01:00I hope he sees this, Alice. Just to help him remem...I hope he sees this, Alice. Just to help him remember. Is 'Moments archivist' one of your unofficial job titles? Because you are doing it well.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-89626401513709939242010-09-16T03:52:48.647+01:002010-09-16T03:52:48.647+01:00Beautiful. I'm so glad to see "(just for ...Beautiful. I'm so glad to see "(just for the record)" once again.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175077340357907202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-63755335835484050342010-09-16T00:25:35.532+01:002010-09-16T00:25:35.532+01:00What, stop to golf? Not to use his theodolite??
...What, stop to golf? Not to use his theodolite??<br /><br />I recall a few years ago when two of my mentors - one academic, one professional - both retired, and were given celebratory dinners on the very same evening, in towns three hours apart.<br /><br />In a strange twist of fate, I had already booked a trip to Portugal long before learning of either party, and was therefore forced to miss BOTH. To this day, I don't know how I could have chosen. I truly don't.Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292701509476856967noreply@blogger.com