Lovely Book - really enjoying this
- diamond lil
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Re: Lovely Book - really enjoying this
I have that book too, Lil. It is lovely, isn`t it? And fairly accurate..I like especially the way the neighbours help out when needed, it used to be the same here, but they were all older folks and sadly, when they die out, no younger folks come in to replace the gap left by them, and a lot of old knowledge goes too.
In this area alone, it`s down to me, and about a mile along the road, an elderly couple with health problems!
Most of the crofthouses lie empty, used for two weeks a year as holiday homes. It`s a pet peeve of mine, I`m afraid.
In this area alone, it`s down to me, and about a mile along the road, an elderly couple with health problems!
Most of the crofthouses lie empty, used for two weeks a year as holiday homes. It`s a pet peeve of mine, I`m afraid.
- diamond lil
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Re: Lovely Book - really enjoying this
Maybe one day things will turn again RD and they will be opened and aired and used again. There's noway I'd keep a croft for a holiday home - that land going to waste and not worked would annoy me to hell.
I have ordered the follow up book, Garden in the Hills. Because she's the same height up as me and what she grew I should be be able to grow. In theory.
I have ordered the follow up book, Garden in the Hills. Because she's the same height up as me and what she grew I should be be able to grow. In theory.
Re: Lovely Book - really enjoying this
Looks a good read. Might make that next on my list.
I just read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road', having seen the film a month or so ago. Great book, and I think a 'realistic' portrayal of human beings post-apocalypse. Recommended.
I just read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road', having seen the film a month or so ago. Great book, and I think a 'realistic' portrayal of human beings post-apocalypse. Recommended.
Re: Lovely Book - really enjoying this
I read The Road, also saw the movie but can`t watch it again as it made me cry!
Very grim indeed.
Very grim indeed.