tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post5858120292459898729..comments2024-03-29T09:47:24.234+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: HornseaYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-42582217375186151262022-04-28T02:14:39.628+01:002022-04-28T02:14:39.628+01:00You know, Haggerty, your last paragraph really is ...You know, Haggerty, your last paragraph really is something to ponder. I have fallen into unbelief. Completely. I'm a little shocked by it after all these years, but here I am. <br />Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79126569107390734752022-04-27T19:35:49.119+01:002022-04-27T19:35:49.119+01:00Elizabeth has said so well all that I would wish t...Elizabeth has said so well all that I would wish to say. A visit to the ocean always boost my spirits whatever the weather. Your side trip to Hornsea and all its memories was a bonus. Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775493635832126041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54755178699836553562022-04-27T18:41:29.303+01:002022-04-27T18:41:29.303+01:00You are probably right Mary. Blood is thicker than...You are probably right Mary. Blood is thicker than friendship.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76244662385491323732022-04-27T18:40:30.059+01:002022-04-27T18:40:30.059+01:00An artist would find it exceedingly difficult to s...An artist would find it exceedingly difficult to sculpt an identical chunk of wall. The sea is arguably the most skilful sculptor ever.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88288889579442386162022-04-27T18:36:40.963+01:002022-04-27T18:36:40.963+01:00I should make a counter-article in defence of hand...I should make a counter-article in defence of handshaking. I notice that this one came out of Berkeley, San Francisco - home of flower power. I will not be starting to hug men any time soon.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-67018944789843863792022-04-27T18:27:18.146+01:002022-04-27T18:27:18.146+01:00I tend to forget that some computers don't pic...I tend to forget that some computers don't pick up emojis. This one was just a face looking sort of sad or perhaps thoughtful. At any rate, stay strong, Professor. And I'll try to remember to stick to words.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22529889994853838612022-04-27T17:10:34.485+01:002022-04-27T17:10:34.485+01:00https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four...https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_ways_hugs_are_good_for_your_health#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20neurochemicals%20include,from%20a%20hug%20or%20caress.Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54492464015921996422022-04-27T15:32:03.119+01:002022-04-27T15:32:03.119+01:00That piece of wall is so cool! I have never seen a...That piece of wall is so cool! I have never seen anything like that. I would want to take it home with me and put it in my garden.<br />Family! We love them but they can drive us crazy sometimes! Hang in there, Neil!Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61159061789302989232022-04-27T14:55:23.481+01:002022-04-27T14:55:23.481+01:00Brian did not get those six months, Debby.
And I ...Brian did not get those six months, Debby.<br />And I had not seen him in four or five years.<br />He smiled when he asked the doctor for more time.<br />Though he suffered from an anxiety disorder and was very reclusive, he had a strange gift of drawing people to him, owing partly to his youthful good looks, and his immense kindness and absence of ego.<br />Pancreatic cancer is aggressive and swift, and he died at home in south London, in the care of my other younger brother, Ian.<br />A few days before he died, Brian asked Ian for a glass of whisky and spoke lucidly about the past, Mother and Father, his siblings, his youth and friends.<br />On the last full day of his life he was unable to speak owing to the morphine, and Ian said he kept looking at him with such intensity.<br />He slipped away while Ian was on the phone to me here in Glasgow.<br /><br />A curious incident.<br />In his last weeks Brian told Ian that a very friendly man dressed in black kept appearing in his dreams. <br />'This man is helping me,' he told Ian.<br />Ian had been praying to his favourite saint, John Ogilvie, but had never mentioned this to Brian who was agnostic in his world-view.<br />John Ogilvie was martyred in Glasgow Cross, about an hour's walk from where I live.<br />Catholicism was outlawed in Scotland by pain of death after the Reformation.<br /><br />The dividing line between belief and unbelief is thinner than we suppose hence the famous prayer:<br />*Lord I believe; help thou my unbelief.*<br />Mark 9: 24.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-63784827592915039582022-04-27T14:14:46.832+01:002022-04-27T14:14:46.832+01:00Oh, siblings! Our relationships were formed so ear...Oh, siblings! Our relationships were formed so early and are so hard, if not impossible, to change. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35576040944859162982022-04-27T13:29:11.160+01:002022-04-27T13:29:11.160+01:00Yes I do see it at carboot sales. Yes I do see it at carboot sales. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51250967290856191302022-04-27T12:54:54.173+01:002022-04-27T12:54:54.173+01:00Of course Simon is the most competent driver in th...Of course Simon is the most competent driver in the kingdom - above reproach.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88457806122770807342022-04-27T12:53:37.831+01:002022-04-27T12:53:37.831+01:00Eh? Have you ever been to Withernsea? It is rather...Eh? Have you ever been to Withernsea? It is rather like St Tropez with the ambience of Palm Beach, Florida.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70716388189565103052022-04-27T12:52:22.596+01:002022-04-27T12:52:22.596+01:00I am glad that Hornsea was there as a backdrop to ...I am glad that Hornsea was there as a backdrop to some of my best teenage memories.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20080892781805137152022-04-27T12:51:38.123+01:002022-04-27T12:51:38.123+01:00Winter bleakness can be attractive in its own righ...Winter bleakness can be attractive in its own right - when angry waves beat upon the shore. Not too fond of the cold rain though.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30622776381188903122022-04-27T12:41:57.757+01:002022-04-27T12:41:57.757+01:00It was lovely to see some pictures of Hornsea. All...It was lovely to see some pictures of Hornsea. All I know of it is that THAT is where some pottery comes from. Sorry your brother was critical of your driving. I suppose he is ill and grumpy. Probably best to bite your tongueADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3666950491557851782022-04-27T11:45:11.549+01:002022-04-27T11:45:11.549+01:00It is funny how siblings snipe, Paul's brother...It is funny how siblings snipe, Paul's brother was exactly the same. But Simon is in the best place for now and your driving skills unremarked on. I am going to be truthful here, I do not like the East coast much prefer the West coast of Wales but Hornsea looks a good beach and the sea as perfect as ever.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14548563340260609432022-04-27T11:41:20.526+01:002022-04-27T11:41:20.526+01:00It's a gorgeous section of the coast, but I ca...It's a gorgeous section of the coast, but I can imagine it would be quite bleak in winter.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73963793265136723152022-04-27T10:40:51.434+01:002022-04-27T10:40:51.434+01:00I too have written about Hornsea. Big beaches and ...I too have written about Hornsea. Big beaches and wide open skies. Many happy memories of hitch hiking there while still at school, to stay at a friend's static caravan which his family had on the cliff top site. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46449396169213914872022-04-27T10:36:39.544+01:002022-04-27T10:36:39.544+01:00What a lovely, generous comment Elizabeth! I value...What a lovely, generous comment Elizabeth! I value your kindness, your wisdom and your genuine moral support.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79769622180052139472022-04-27T10:34:10.747+01:002022-04-27T10:34:10.747+01:00The harrumphing should not have come as a surprise...The harrumphing should not have come as a surprise to me. It is always there - just below the surface - and not just in relation to driving.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26216781617931111692022-04-27T10:32:15.518+01:002022-04-27T10:32:15.518+01:00Mr Haggerty can do as he wishes Debby. He is a fre...Mr Haggerty can do as he wishes Debby. He is a free spirit - like a wandering albatross scanning the world beneath. I am drinking a mug of tea and toasting Brian.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-36132611736184303622022-04-27T10:29:47.236+01:002022-04-27T10:29:47.236+01:00They put on a good show.They put on a good show.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87227609588406771932022-04-27T10:29:16.840+01:002022-04-27T10:29:16.840+01:00I do not think I had seen the sea since September ...I do not think I had seen the sea since September 2019 when we were on holiday in Croatia before COVID and Putin and all the rest.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79104754495045433512022-04-27T10:27:33.247+01:002022-04-27T10:27:33.247+01:00It was heavy but I should have carried it to my ca...It was heavy but I should have carried it to my car as a seaside souvenir.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com