tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post7960134285125806728..comments2024-03-29T07:54:24.161+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: A fraternal chatRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-50013177117682724402012-12-13T16:39:37.522+00:002012-12-13T16:39:37.522+00:00Joe: I suppose if one were faced with the choice b...Joe: I suppose if one were faced with the choice between long and short term memory, long would be the richer experience. Short-term memory spends an awful lot of time in supermarkets and en route to railway platforms. <br /><br />Julia: The benefits (of a "difficult" phone call) may be sparse but the rewards are above rubies. As to your southern grannie, you should be writing fiction, you know. Or I shouldn't. I never did anything as farseeing as that.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-32888736479373364002012-12-13T13:21:32.763+00:002012-12-13T13:21:32.763+00:00A good phone call can be such a treasure. I used t...A good phone call can be such a treasure. I used to try to get my grandmother reminiscing on the phone, and then take scribbly notes of the call to see if I could somehow capture the grace of her southern phrases and the stories that she told. Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-62796545323342257542012-12-13T12:14:12.551+00:002012-12-13T12:14:12.551+00:00My Mother who had memory problems towards the end ...My Mother who had memory problems towards the end of her life didn't lose her long term memory. Short term was a problem. But the best thing about memory is it capacity to retain important things from the past like that poignant story of the floating corpse.<br /><br />anti robot tag as a good word like the refrain from a song "herwaywa"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-90084393468443039762012-12-13T07:15:12.748+00:002012-12-13T07:15:12.748+00:00RW (sZ): Thanks for your good wishes.
M-L: There&...RW (sZ): Thanks for your good wishes.<br /><br />M-L: There's a cultural thing involved. I hope we've cleared this up.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-83494536955346584882012-12-12T19:50:00.120+00:002012-12-12T19:50:00.120+00:00Such sweet awkwardness between brothers. Perhaps E...Such sweet awkwardness between brothers. Perhaps English men (and I know some Finnish men) are afraid to show emotions. Glad for you both that there was laughter, that eases pain and sadness,marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-10409734393487971692012-12-12T12:01:05.221+00:002012-12-12T12:01:05.221+00:00A dire experience in a lifetime does affect the de...A dire experience in a lifetime does affect the desire to talk, I think. Some I have met talk and talk and talk afterwards,while some I have known do not talk much about either the dire experience or much else from then on. It's good when laughter can be shared still. And when understanding somehow happens, even in the quiet parts of a chat. Here's a wish for <i>Kraft</i>, dear RR! Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.com