tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post7170896252942470994..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Happy Christmas Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-35792069553844372902016-12-29T21:27:55.742+00:002016-12-29T21:27:55.742+00:00Thank you, I hope yours was good too. Thank you, I hope yours was good too. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-6886226831887812272016-12-29T21:27:31.566+00:002016-12-29T21:27:31.566+00:00Thank you, Mary - that's very kind of you to s...Thank you, Mary - that's very kind of you to say. Chateauneuf with its hint of spice, and dark fruit flavours suddenly feels very queen of hearts. I hope you have a lovely new year too.<br /><br />Jack, its an interesting comparison! Probably because I work with wine I find it surprisingly helpful to think about it, and other drinks, in relation to books - it's certainly turned out to be a useful way to remember wines. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-2628390810883455142016-12-29T21:17:05.759+00:002016-12-29T21:17:05.759+00:00I particularly like that quote, it certainly captu...I particularly like that quote, it certainly captures the desire for a bit of magic in the world. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-48389408621400014552016-12-27T23:42:47.911+00:002016-12-27T23:42:47.911+00:00Now I wouldn't have thought of pairing Chateau...Now I wouldn't have thought of pairing Chateauneuf du P with Alice in Wonderland (with Laurence Durrell's Avignon novels maybe) but I shall try it next time I go through the looking glass.<br />Once I drank a bottle of Normandy cider while reading John Bunyan's The Death of Mr Badman (Hesperus).<br />Bunyan's prose felt as dry and icy as the beverage.<br />I prefer the taste of cider to Calvinism.<br />J Haggerty<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-86647309399324786132016-12-27T14:32:24.926+00:002016-12-27T14:32:24.926+00:00I do love your books and alcohol pairings. Someone...I do love your books and alcohol pairings. Someone gave us a 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape for Christmas and I paired it with Alice in Wonderland . . .<br /><br />Happy New Year and thank you for your fine blog.Mary Ronan Drewhttp://maryslibrary.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-45134500502832402362016-12-25T06:17:06.730+00:002016-12-25T06:17:06.730+00:00I hope you have a relaxing break and a delightful ...I hope you have a relaxing break and a delightful merry Christmas!skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-74970318013178025252016-12-24T20:53:06.337+00:002016-12-24T20:53:06.337+00:00Yet, I feel,
If someone said on Christmas Eve,
...Yet, I feel,<br />If someone said on Christmas Eve,<br />'Come; see the oxen kneel,<br /><br />'In the lonely barton by yonder coomb<br />Our childhood used to know,'<br />I should go with him in the gloom,<br />Hoping it might be so.'<br /><br />Thomas Hardy<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com