tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post5800719178105976858..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Guy Fawkes - Bonfire Night SpecialClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3728908017354136462014-11-08T12:28:40.255+00:002014-11-08T12:28:40.255+00:00Yes I have read about those issues, and have alway...Yes I have read about those issues, and have always admired nuns who do great work amongst the needy, and also any nuns who stand up against the most patriarchal bits of the Catholic church. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39795011639277282542014-11-08T04:00:55.433+00:002014-11-08T04:00:55.433+00:00I wonder what are the motivations for young women ...I wonder what are the motivations for young women joining convents today -- in the U.S. and around the world. In poor countries, economic security may still be a reason or a desire to help people.<br /><br />In the U.S., there is a large grouping of socially conscious nuns who do help poor people and are good on social issues. The Vatican has sent bishops over here to try to stop them, and summed the leaders to Rome. But they haven't been silenced. And they have tremendous support here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-89135919098659111012014-11-07T13:10:27.327+00:002014-11-07T13:10:27.327+00:00Yes do try this one, Kathy, you might like it, and...Yes do try this one, Kathy, you might like it, and yes I think we discussed that whole issue of women in convents over a different book some time recently...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-999332050128495352014-11-07T10:38:12.252+00:002014-11-07T10:38:12.252+00:00A Catherine Aird book recommended -- good! I love...A Catherine Aird book recommended -- good! I loved "Henrietta Who?" which I read during the summer, having learned about it also from Confessions of a Mystery Novelist. I liked the humor.<br /><br />I will look for this book. I think for centuries that women who didn't have marriage possibilities or enough family wealth to sustain them went into convents. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-46527946915145659442014-11-06T18:20:09.234+00:002014-11-06T18:20:09.234+00:00Individual displays very uncommon in the UK now, t...Individual displays very uncommon in the UK now, though when I was a child everyone had them. I know it's safer this way, but the parties in the garden were fun. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65251887031382069762014-11-06T16:07:33.381+00:002014-11-06T16:07:33.381+00:00Moira: Organized fireworks are set off in most com...Moira: Organized fireworks are set off in most communities on Canada Day. There are relatively few individual fireworks. In Melfort there are fireworks on the last night of the annual Fair in late July. I love fireworks.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28522156992596478822014-11-06T09:20:36.274+00:002014-11-06T09:20:36.274+00:00My head is saying this might be dangerous, care wo...My head is saying this might be dangerous, care would be needed. My heart is saying, what a great way to celebrate a wedding!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-81092068842839225312014-11-06T09:20:05.038+00:002014-11-06T09:20:05.038+00:00What about fireworks, Bill? I think from reading G...What about fireworks, Bill? I think from reading Gail Bowen you might have displays on Canada Day, as the USA does on Independence Day? Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55812001852935113212014-11-06T04:18:48.985+00:002014-11-06T04:18:48.985+00:00Moira: Not many big bonfires in Saskatchewan. Most...Moira: Not many big bonfires in Saskatchewan. Most years we are dry land worrying about grass fires in the spring and forest fires to the north during the summer. I cannot recall any celebrations regularly celebrated in the province which feature bonfires.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-29319178434751154842014-11-06T03:53:14.570+00:002014-11-06T03:53:14.570+00:00It is, Moira, thank you. Diwali is noisy and colou...It is, Moira, thank you. Diwali is noisy and colourful and unlike in the West anyone can light firecrackers anywhere in India, even in the middle of the road. October-January is wedding season which means more firecrackers usually just before the groom or bride enter the venue.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-59642021326760774072014-11-05T21:49:07.089+00:002014-11-05T21:49:07.089+00:00I'd like to read more Aird too. I really love ...I'd like to read more Aird too. I really love the Jane Haddam books, but can never remember anything about them afterwards - I'll get Quoth the Raven out again and have a look!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90918766537536247122014-11-05T21:38:41.208+00:002014-11-05T21:38:41.208+00:00It has been a while since I read The Religious Bod...It has been a while since I read The Religious Body, and I remember nothing about it except the murder weapon -- and that I liked it a lot. I do want to move on to more books by Catherine Aird. The next one I have in line has a wonderful skull on the cover.<br /><br />The Jane Haddam book Quoth the Raven has a bonfire but it is for Halloween. I had thought I might re-read that one in October this year, but did not get to it. Maybe next year.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57309525785327570942014-11-05T19:15:48.654+00:002014-11-05T19:15:48.654+00:00It's always so interesting to hear about other...It's always so interesting to hear about other country's festivities, isn't it? I really enjoyed reading about Diwali on your own blog recently.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-24400726252684737102014-11-05T17:07:43.744+00:002014-11-05T17:07:43.744+00:00Moira, this sounds like an interesting story of a ...Moira, this sounds like an interesting story of a historical event that has always fascinated me. I have always read about it in nonfiction, never in fiction. Britain has had some colourful characters in its history.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41160851305599328112014-11-05T14:22:03.320+00:002014-11-05T14:22:03.320+00:00Yes, excellent point Margot, they are people just ...Yes, excellent point Margot, they are people just like the rest of us. Catherine Aird is, in her quiet way, a very good writer.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37262281979776988212014-11-05T14:21:12.724+00:002014-11-05T14:21:12.724+00:00I think I feel kindly towards these two festivals ...I think I feel kindly towards these two festivals because of how much the children loved them, so perhaps it takes people different ways. Where I live there is a big public display every year, raises a ton of money for charity.... you take your children when they are little, and then you know they are grown-up when one year they say 'some people from school are all going together, do you think...?' I wouldn't be remotely interested in going myself now, but I still like the idea.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61793086929634823262014-11-05T12:53:08.211+00:002014-11-05T12:53:08.211+00:00Moira - Thanks so much for the kind mention. I do ...Moira - Thanks so much for the kind mention. I do like Sloan's character, both in this novel and in the series. And the look at Bonfire Night is really interesting. I think what I really liked about this novel was the fact that Aird portrayed the nuns as humans - as people with pasts, personalities and the like. To me that refreshing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54168464221387449562014-11-05T12:33:36.289+00:002014-11-05T12:33:36.289+00:00Maybe it's post birthday blues or maybe I'...Maybe it's post birthday blues or maybe I'm just a miserable old git - Bonfire Night is something I enjoy about as much as Halloween. ie I don't. We did go through the motions when the kids were younger but I always found it a chore rather than a pleasure. <br /><br />Not feeling the book either I'm afraid - lob my copy on the bonfire! (Nah - second thoughts, I don't advocate book burning, so pass it on to a good home!)col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.com