tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861644246543049.post7350554024028565936..comments2023-10-04T04:33:50.649-07:00Comments on skidmore's island: WHAT'S IN A NAME ?........YOU'D BE SURPRISEDian skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197767688092213495noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861644246543049.post-56269476548163578832008-07-18T04:26:00.000-07:002008-07-18T04:26:00.000-07:00I think the best Lynd to start with is the Everyma...I think the best Lynd to start with is the Everyman edition of "Essays on Life and Literature". It contains a sample of his general essay writing but best of all his biography of the great Dr Johnson, which I read as a small boy and was turned on to Dr Sam for life. Largely to keep boredom at bay I am starting to write, wihout hope of finding a publisher, the biography of a "singing"girl who married a Welsh aristocrat and then found she was a changeling. In fact she was the abandoned daugther of the Duc d'Orleans and after the revolution became, though never recognised, the rightful Queen of France.....ian skidmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197767688092213495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861644246543049.post-48573600501805331582008-07-15T08:25:00.000-07:002008-07-15T08:25:00.000-07:00I'm sorry to hear about the doctor's orders for yo...I'm sorry to hear about the doctor's orders for you. I know how much you enjoy wine and food and everything else on the list - you've talked about it so often in your blog. But I am so happy to read that despite the sanctions against life's little pleasures, you remain cheerful and funny! <BR/><BR/>I'll give Robert Lynd's books a try - any particular recommendations?Azaleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861062374147731534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861644246543049.post-54408700312133773532008-07-14T13:26:00.000-07:002008-07-14T13:26:00.000-07:00Dear Mr. Skidmore - I had a dream about you. :-) I...Dear Mr. Skidmore - I had a dream about you. :-) It was quite nice. P.G. Wodehouse, John Mortimer, Alexander McCall Smith and you were all competeing with each other to charm me with your wit. It was thoroughly enjoyable! You ought to haunt my dreams more often. :-)Azaleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861062374147731534noreply@blogger.com