tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post3113862524681285869..comments2023-11-02T15:27:57.223+00:00Comments on Reading the Signs: Summer ShortsReading the Signshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-29427136862911401032008-08-19T21:00:00.000+00:002008-08-19T21:00:00.000+00:00Well Gawdon Bennet, Sees, I might almost have supp...Well Gawdon Bennet, <B>Sees</B>, I might almost have supposed that your silence on the subject was indicative of ominously dreadful portents. But now I am reassured and rest in full confidence of footballers' thighs (for poets' eyes I have a-plenty, being in the thick of my poetry week). <BR/><BR/>I am ashamed to say I did not send a postcard from Edinburgh. But if you have ever been there at festival time you will know why it is almost more than a human being can possibly organise to find a decent card <I>and</I> a stamp <I>and</I> a sodding post box what with the surging crowds the relentless (this year) rain and squall not to mention hordes of culture-guzzling loonies and retro-hippies. So I owe you that and you owe me a salmiakki and that makes us a pleasing even stevens, which must be a relief to you because now you no longer need to feel the burden of guilt that must have been weighing on you. Of course I might decide to send you a card from the edge and this would put you right back into salmiakki deficit, but we'll see. Anyway dear, <B>wkfadnu</B>, gorgeous to see you and please come and shimmer etherically on Friday evening when I will be giving a poetry reading. I will be in the long hut surrounded by apple trees. Have one while you're there.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-35328192879929911632008-08-19T16:21:00.000+00:002008-08-19T16:21:00.000+00:00Yes, Signs - "phhoar" is indicative of Very Good T...Yes, <B>Signs</B> - "phhoar" is indicative of Very Good Things (think sexy hunks and stuff, okay? With footballers' thighs and poets' eyes, cetra). Mine is <B>rathlg</B>, which is just shite, but that figures, too (in the post above it was <B>ushkul</B>, which was so good I nearly broke my blog silence just to tell you that, and didn't, and now I found you addressing me here directly with a word ver, and broke it anyway. Hello. I hope you are having a totally rooting-tootingly Edinburgh-tastic time of it, dear Signs, and am sorry for having fallen into a hole and going mute. However, I promise most faithfully to be onto an email soon - I seem to have some recollection of your return date, and maybe I can get my keyboard into gear by then. In any case - <EM>enjoy</EM>, and that's an Order, sees. Mwah!).<BR/><BR/>xAnna MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-66771305928455059862008-08-06T22:16:00.000+00:002008-08-06T22:16:00.000+00:00No such luck Minx, her eyesight is brilliant and s...No such luck <B>Minx</B>, her eyesight is brilliant and she's bright as a button. She's arriving tomorrow, having just spent some extremely active weeks in Russia. <BR/><BR/>(the word ver is <B>phhoar</B> - somehow this seems auspicious. <B>Anna?</B>)Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-45036734539924857942008-08-06T22:09:00.000+00:002008-08-06T22:09:00.000+00:00If she's ninety her eyesight probably isn't that g...If she's ninety her eyesight probably isn't that good. Failing that put her in a black bag and pop her in the shed until it's time to go home.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-22021931582297263282008-08-06T21:04:00.000+00:002008-08-06T21:04:00.000+00:00Thanks Kahless. Cigarettes - I wish! - er, Nicor...Thanks <B>Kahless</B>. Cigarettes - I wish! - er, Nicorette chewing gum doesn't really count.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-36948754784628425842008-08-06T20:39:00.000+00:002008-08-06T20:39:00.000+00:00Do the drugs include nicotine?I hope you have a fa...Do the drugs include nicotine?<BR/><BR/>I hope you have a fantastic poetry week and have a fabulous time.<BR/>xx.Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-34741917223085622202008-08-06T19:46:00.000+00:002008-08-06T19:46:00.000+00:00No balance possible, Vanilla - only drugs and caff...No balance possible, <B>Vanilla</B> - only drugs and caffeine. Small mercies though, eh?Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-61445215378708163382008-08-06T15:52:00.000+00:002008-08-06T15:52:00.000+00:00Busy, busy times, Signs - just remember the balanc...Busy, busy times, Signs - just remember the balance!<BR/>;-)<BR/>Enjoy the poetry week and have a fabby time!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-76566229416933804502008-08-06T14:45:00.000+00:002008-08-06T14:45:00.000+00:00Eh, dear Ms North, and I'm looking forward to a fe...Eh, dear <B>Ms North</B>, and I'm looking forward to a few <I>sessions</I> together - putting the words out and stuff.<BR/><BR/><B>NMJ</B>, I very nearly did this morning - but just held back because of what you said!Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-39105174447473631092008-08-06T13:28:00.000+00:002008-08-06T13:28:00.000+00:00hey signs, you made me smile, but i forbid you to ...hey signs, you made me smile, but i forbid you to put yourself in a bin bag!nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-68202731377792586862008-08-06T11:48:00.000+00:002008-08-06T11:48:00.000+00:00good as ever to read you, dear signs, yep, sometim...good as ever to read you, dear signs, yep, sometimes a big comfy blackbag would be just the thing - but we need you honey. Looking forward to that poetry thing too xnorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044357567313155172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-89903473138473694032008-08-05T21:49:00.000+00:002008-08-05T21:49:00.000+00:00Thanks, Nicola - I'm just going to try and go with...Thanks, <B>Nicola</B> - I'm just going to try and go with it all. I hope you enjoy the time with your niece.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432201290620111119.post-22461065401972452122008-08-05T20:51:00.000+00:002008-08-05T20:51:00.000+00:00That last is my motto here - has been for years. ...That last is my motto here - has been for years. My twelve year old<BR/>niece (whom I haven't seen for several years) arrives on Friday. I am as excited as she sounds and, for once, among many summer visitors, I shalln't worry about tidiness or cleanliness. We'll walk in the woods, take a boat on the river, swap stories...<BR/>Wishing you a happy and fruitful weekend at Emerson - wish I could be there. In the meantime, I am taking time off, reading his 'Nature' side by side with Gillian Clarke's latest - 'At the Source'.<BR/>Lovely, after an unplanned hiatus, to be back here.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112821049194722614noreply@blogger.com