tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post1966800179368198124..comments2024-01-06T14:47:27.687+00:00Comments on Susan Price's 'Nennius' Blog: Another Old (Book) FriendSusan Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-58610747107651387832013-05-17T01:43:47.071+01:002013-05-17T01:43:47.071+01:00What a great post....thanks for sharing.
New Foll...What a great post....thanks for sharing.<br /><br />New Follower...nice blog.<br /><br />Stopping by from Carole's Books You Loved May Edition. I am in the list as #36.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br />Silver's Reviews<br /><a href="http://silversolara.blogspot.com/2013/04/ordinary-grace-by-william-kent-krueger.html" rel="nofollow">My Book Entry</a><br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-61727301285658421392013-05-16T19:46:05.565+01:002013-05-16T19:46:05.565+01:001934-1968 - with a collection published in 1947. ...1934-1968 - with a collection published in 1947. So there are 21 years' worth of stories still to be collected.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-59167779105375442182013-05-13T13:04:31.901+01:002013-05-13T13:04:31.901+01:00Hurrah! Another, more patient search, has turned u...Hurrah! Another, more patient search, has turned up this:<br /><br />F. G. Turnbull Turnbull was born in Edinburgh but grew up in the countryside, hence his love and fascination of nature. He eventually settled in a rural area of Kirkcudbrightshire. As a young man he worked in mechanical engineering and successfully patented several pieces of machinery. In later years Turnbull was a partner in a commercial beekeeping enterprise. He specialised in writing stories about the wild animals of the British Isles. He had a beautiful writing style, often reaching great heights of imagination in his colourful, exciting stories. He contributed 194 tales to the Evening News between 1934 and 1968. In addition to his Evening News work, Turnbull's stories appeared regularly in magazines such as Argosy, The Cornhill Magazine, John O'London's Weekly, Blackwood's and Zoo. Other stories were published in the juvenile periodicals Boy's Own Paper and Look and Learn. He was also a frequent contributor of stories to The Star. A collection of Turnbull's short fiction, the superb Kallee and Other Stories, was published in 1947.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-52442693114803191802013-05-13T12:59:56.419+01:002013-05-13T12:59:56.419+01:00That sounds like a good working theory, Manxli - l...That sounds like a good working theory, Manxli - let's all get out our old toys and cherish those lower brain layers!<br />Thanks, Tamar - I did find several Kallees on sale, but still nothing about the author!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-59184170263854282492013-05-13T07:57:00.851+01:002013-05-13T07:57:00.851+01:00Thanks for posting details; it sounds like an inte...Thanks for posting details; it sounds like an interesting book. <br />Today (Monday May 13, 2013) there are five copies of Kallee listed on worldcat.org. There is one for sale on Amazon in the USA and there is one for sale on abebooks.com in the UK. I didn't look further.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-21714860931431340332013-05-12T18:56:56.153+01:002013-05-12T18:56:56.153+01:00Hi
Glad that everyone is treasuring their childho...Hi<br /><br />Glad that everyone is treasuring their childhood memories. Something of interest occured to me. Regulars here will know that I am the Functional Linguistics nut, but I won't talk about that directly, rather about some research presented at a SFL conference I attended. The linguists concerned worked with stroke victims who lost most of their speech ability but slowly regained it. Many reverted to child like grammatical patterns and the neuro-biologists claim that this is because our abilities are built up 'layer cake' fashion in our brains with earlier versions of abilities, behaviour and likes/dislikes contributing to the next improved layer up.<br /><br />When a stroke destroys an upper layer , the brain automatically takes the next available layer which was always functional anyhow. Thus it's important to look after these lurking layers maybe?<br /><br />Fascinating stuff methinks!<br /><br />ManxliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-22657737752068546582013-05-11T06:20:29.417+01:002013-05-11T06:20:29.417+01:00Susan, thanks for coming over to add to this month...Susan, thanks for coming over to add to this month's library. I have followed you back. CheersCarolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985978221627051493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-5334796388864343492013-05-08T09:29:02.550+01:002013-05-08T09:29:02.550+01:00Thank heaven. I thought I was the only person (or ...Thank heaven. I thought I was the only person (or whippet) over the age of 10 who still plays with my plastic farm animals. When I was a child, the farm animals gradually migrated to the nativity crib, where many of them still live. I still set it out every year, together with representatives from the model farm. It exhibits the unusal phenomenon of a Bethlehem ox, accompanied by a friesian cow and their hereford calf. My friends point out that this represents an even greater miracle than the Virgin birth. <br /><br />Judith KeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-62128075357216816582013-05-04T19:31:06.939+01:002013-05-04T19:31:06.939+01:00I had hundreds of those little plastic riding scho...I had hundreds of those little plastic riding school horses, but I don't know what happened to them! Most of our childhood books were stolen by my mum (a primary school teacher) for her classroom as soon as she thought we wouldn't notice, but I kept a few favourites hidden under my bed... still got "Horse and Pony Stories for Girls" and a much-loved children's poetry anthology.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-77308526524152334452013-05-04T11:30:41.643+01:002013-05-04T11:30:41.643+01:00Go for it Manxli! I got out my Britain's model...Go for it Manxli! I got out my Britain's model farm animals and riding school horses and set up a Nativity scene last Christmas round at my friends. That's what we called it anyway ... :-) madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-15984574402161365392013-05-01T19:45:49.864+01:002013-05-01T19:45:49.864+01:00ooops - I meant "prosper".
(You're ...ooops - I meant "prosper".<br /><br />(You're mositively pistaken officer!)<br /><br />ManxliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-67867097280062270262013-05-01T19:42:27.011+01:002013-05-01T19:42:27.011+01:00Hi
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, ...Hi<br /><br />"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."<br /><br />The above is one of the worst mantras, but something many of us (old enough to remember) thought we had to adhere to. Our childish experiences make us what we are and we should celebrate them.<br /><br />I'm old enough not to care what anyone thinks of me nowadays. I came to a sudden realisation, that I should also celebrate all the childish things I loved many years ago, books, TV, toys etc....<br /><br />I drive past a model railway shop very often when the Swiss motorway is jammed and I had a guilty feeling of being interested. My wife (psychologist) told me I should be happy and stop and have a look. That said, I fetched my grown up son's old model railway boxes out of the loft and marvelled at the engines and track. Those are the feelings that keep you alive into old age.<br /><br />So, get after all those old books, toys etc... Live long and propser!<br /><br />Manxli<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-37073652621523934682013-04-29T14:30:30.188+01:002013-04-29T14:30:30.188+01:00I shall send the Health & Safety wippitts afte...I shall send the Health & Safety wippitts after Blott if he doesn't remove his paws from the kitchen ...<br /><br />Cally, was it also Epaminondas who hid up a tree while under it two tigers chased each other so fast they turned into butter? Or am I confusing my non PC characters?madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-42277943637889952422013-04-27T19:43:31.971+01:002013-04-27T19:43:31.971+01:00I'm one book recommendation behind here - curr...I'm one book recommendation behind here - currently loving Period Piece!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-10116229173344230382013-04-27T15:00:48.727+01:002013-04-27T15:00:48.727+01:00Really interesting post - it's so great to hea...Really interesting post - it's so great to hear of books others loved as children - ones that have a huge influence. I wouldn't like to be any of your siblings when you find out who was going to 'get rid' of this classic!! It put me in mind of Epaminondas - one of my favourites from my pre reading days (aged about 2) Now it would be banned as un PC but the story stays with me for ever. The Hapless Epaminondas misunderstands instruction from his mum 'don't let the chickens in the pea patch or they'll have them peas up in no time. She goes out, he thinks that it would be good for the peas to 'grow' quickly so he lets the chickens in to 'help'. I still keep it in mind whenever I think of Wittgenstein's 'language lets us down at every stage of the process' comment. Epaminondas might be unPC but he taught that lesson to a small girl more clearly than Wittgenstein ever taught it to anyone I'm sure. <br />Thanks for your memories and for jogging mine! I must go root out Epaminondas now... where is he hiding? CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-50842455543633821672013-04-27T14:55:43.247+01:002013-04-27T14:55:43.247+01:00Blott's in the kitchen, filching fish and milk...Blott's in the kitchen, filching fish and milk.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-12573830233924746292013-04-27T13:12:38.958+01:002013-04-27T13:12:38.958+01:00Criminal, the way people try to toss away your che...Criminal, the way people try to toss away your cherished books ... I have several grumbles about this too ...<br /><br />Looked and looked at the picture, but no, can't see Blott anywhere in it. Come back Blott!madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-75621591523783319262013-04-27T11:01:41.551+01:002013-04-27T11:01:41.551+01:00Sorry, Judith, I've never heard of Wumpus eith...Sorry, Judith, I've never heard of Wumpus either. I do like the sound of the Hare with the Careless Air!<br />I'll tweet this, and who knows, we might hear something from Australia!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-57660997457173629062013-04-27T09:45:58.329+01:002013-04-27T09:45:58.329+01:00I haven't come across those particular stories...I haven't come across those particular stories, but I do have a first edition (1945) copy of Wumpus by Elleston Trevor, illustrated by J McCail, Published by Gerald G Swan. I have never met anyone who has heard of Wumpus or his creator. Wumpus is a koala, his friends are Flip the Penguin, Ole Bill Mole and The Hare with the Careless Air. I loved it as a small child. It is heavily reminiscent of Winnie-the Pooh - the style is very A A Milne, although more wordy. (Apparently, Elleston Trevor, born 1920, also wrote war stories and thrillers under the name Adam Hall). Does anyone else out there have a Wumpus? <br /><br />Judith KeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com