tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post296014999141043815..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Things Change....Crafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-10658671784835368452011-09-14T18:30:24.611+01:002011-09-14T18:30:24.611+01:00Yes -- too bad we can't keep only what's g...Yes -- too bad we can't keep only what's good now and combine it with what we miss from then. Guess some people would call that Paradise. It surely isn't Earth!Sallie (FullTime-Life)http://travelingrainvilles.typepad.com/traveling_home/2011/09/stripes.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-15213705442206660632011-09-09T10:25:24.454+01:002011-09-09T10:25:24.454+01:00Yes, it is interesting - I wouldn't mourn the ...Yes, it is interesting - I wouldn't mourn the loss of vast expanses of cattle grazing lands that have been around for over a hundred years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-72790760959893150482011-09-09T01:54:47.960+01:002011-09-09T01:54:47.960+01:00So true, so true.
xx, shellSo true, so true.<br />xx, shellMichelle May-The Raspberry Rabbitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264870809778872918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-68011477692218139902011-09-08T19:26:56.386+01:002011-09-08T19:26:56.386+01:00Orhan Pamuk came up somewhere the other day, and I...Orhan Pamuk came up somewhere the other day, and I though I might like to read him, this confirms it.<br /><br />I suppose that's the point, that while the passing of the merciless sultans and their hunting can only be a good thing, progress has brought other undesirable things. I often think how colourful and varied and picturesque the countryside must have been around here compared to the green desert it is now, but also how poor and constrained it must have been for the people who lived and worked here.<br /><br />On the whole though, the richer and more comfortable we get, and the more people are lifted out of harsh subsistence,the more the environment suffers.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-20715737535922148742011-09-08T16:08:51.889+01:002011-09-08T16:08:51.889+01:00I'll be keeping an eye open for Orhan Pamuk.I'll be keeping an eye open for Orhan Pamuk.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-31198963127645648782011-09-08T14:32:36.753+01:002011-09-08T14:32:36.753+01:00Agree wholeheartedly Juliet.Agree wholeheartedly Juliet.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com