tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post7847148637427374531..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Dear PatRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-85194202386188977192017-12-24T07:12:21.735+00:002017-12-24T07:12:21.735+00:00Crow: How pleasing to hear from you. Just before P...Crow: How pleasing to hear from you. Just before Pat became ill we started a new French novel, <i>Pars Vite et Reviens Tard.</i> by Fred Vargas. 23 pages out of 347. It's not an entirely serious book and no doubt the three of us would have had fun. Now, I'm not sure I can finish it. Perhaps its unfinished state will remain as a tribute to Pat, that without her the fun we might have had is now beyond reach.<br /><br />Meanwhile you will see you are covered in my honours roll listed in the post Loved I Not Honour More. I hope whatever you're looking for arrives in part or in whole over the next 24 hours. Love.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-48258453894004592017-12-24T04:07:59.798+00:002017-12-24T04:07:59.798+00:00Teachers, the truly good ones as Pat seems to have...Teachers, the truly good ones as Pat seems to have been, are gifts from the Universe, and live on in the hearts and memories of their students. She walked in the Light, from what I remember from your posts about her. It has been my honor to have known and loved several Friends now gone and I am sorry for your loss, RR.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-53052300430488159992017-12-12T16:39:17.321+00:002017-12-12T16:39:17.321+00:00The hymn you recited was really spot on. It was on...The hymn you recited was really spot on. It was one of the hymns she had chosen for her wedding and which was also sung at her funeral. You were definitely in the Spirit!<br />Celianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-62223109912032758872017-12-10T07:51:46.555+00:002017-12-10T07:51:46.555+00:00Marly: Being without words wasn't pleasant at ...Marly: Being without words wasn't pleasant at the time, a bit like losing a leg or, perhaps, both legs. It was only afterwards I realised that my stuttering dumbness was more eloquent than some contrived sentence or other.<br /><br />For years I was a bad student and got the teachers I deserved. It was only when I decided - belatedly - to arrange voluntary education that things got beter. All four French teachers were women and, of course, so is V. The benefits I have received from women are, I think, indirectly reflected in all my novels.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-28590000109320551092017-12-06T17:25:02.414+00:002017-12-06T17:25:02.414+00:00Strangely, to be carried beyond words is a thing t...Strangely, to be carried beyond words is a thing that needs words in order to be carried beyond. <br /><br />You seem to have a gift for finding the right teachers. I'm sorry you have lost this one, though glad that she was so worthy of your respect and affection. She sounds lovely.Marly Youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-41343853182831089012017-11-28T15:12:48.156+00:002017-11-28T15:12:48.156+00:00Sir Hugh: "Kind, calm and intelligent." ...Sir Hugh: "Kind, calm and intelligent." I'll go with that. You were at disadvantage when you attended our class (since you were only able to consider a shortish passage and not the whole book) and I was interested to see how Pat allowed for this during your translations. How she drew you into the group. A rare skill.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-76388780031542089362017-11-28T09:09:08.787+00:002017-11-28T09:09:08.787+00:00So sorry to hear that. I met her a few times and h...So sorry to hear that. I met her a few times and have pleasant memories of an exceptionally kind, calm, and intelligent person, and as a teacher having that rare facility to correct you with firm encouragement, and not the slightest hint to discomfit.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com