tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post4274627659396379273..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Dylan Thomas: A Child's Christmas in WalesRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-58736296396676879712012-01-01T05:26:29.390-05:002012-01-01T05:26:29.390-05:00This adds to my introduction to this marvellous wo...This adds to my introduction to this marvellous work just this year. The illustrations are wonderful as is the voice that reads his own words. Thankyou.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641794618204577036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-85579960029390848302011-12-31T02:59:03.706-05:002011-12-31T02:59:03.706-05:00What a wonderful post. I think this is the closest...What a wonderful post. I think this is the closest I have gotten to Christmas yet this year.Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-84749804358311830212011-12-28T00:27:57.490-05:002011-12-28T00:27:57.490-05:00Stunning imagery that I could get lost in. And ye...Stunning imagery that I could get lost in. And yes, what a voice. I will be back to hear the whole story. Thank you for this. Merry, merry Christmas, Ruth.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-62275674364065861512011-12-26T05:24:11.272-05:002011-12-26T05:24:11.272-05:00I can't imagine winter or Christmas illustrati...I can't imagine winter or Christmas illustrations any better than these, Ruth. WOW. What a gift to your grandson!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-49402954352335107172011-12-22T22:33:47.638-05:002011-12-22T22:33:47.638-05:00What a beautiful gift to share with us for Christm...What a beautiful gift to share with us for Christmas. Thank you, Ruth, and thank you for all the joy you have given me in this past year, visiting your wonderful space. Merry Christmas!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-48455657961213246292011-12-22T20:05:31.113-05:002011-12-22T20:05:31.113-05:00What a wonderful treat for grandchildren everywher...What a wonderful treat for grandchildren everywhere! My two will be here tomorrow evening and I have plans to listen to this with them...how I would love to get my hands on a book with those gorgeous illustrations:) I think I will be keeping my eyes open during my visits to used bookstores...it is always fun to have a quest when there:) <br /><br />Happy Solstice dear Ruth! I do agree that today is magical...GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-50338074408362363522011-12-22T16:30:33.208-05:002011-12-22T16:30:33.208-05:00Great, heart-warming post, Ruth. Great illustrati...Great, heart-warming post, Ruth. Great illustrations and how wonderful to hear these remembrances in the incomparable voice of Dylan Thomas. Merry Christmas to you and your family, and may you receive deliverance with your voice recognition software!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-34773144814651640992011-12-22T10:23:47.641-05:002011-12-22T10:23:47.641-05:00Love this. The best of Christmas.Love this. The best of Christmas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-80028761282408461892011-12-22T09:50:34.919-05:002011-12-22T09:50:34.919-05:00Well, evidently my hearing is NOT what it used to ...Well, evidently my hearing is NOT what it used to be. And whattaya know, that video has been around for almost a year and I now remember the first time I heard it. I don't know what to say except that I must have been distracted by the bird chirps that seem to be an everyday occurrence. I must have been focusing on something else entirely, as just barely even a hint of the accent being slightly thinner was enough for me to not recognize it. <br /><br />it seems I am slippingwhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-4012585263230410442011-12-21T18:33:36.766-05:002011-12-21T18:33:36.766-05:00Love it Love it love it. We listen to an old album...Love it Love it love it. We listen to an old album of this every Christmas Eve. What lovely pictures you've found. I posted a little bit of the poem this year starting with "Back to the presents". Great minds...The Clever Puphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198739825136188378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-61473467249684776852011-12-21T13:17:12.222-05:002011-12-21T13:17:12.222-05:00Lovely post, Ruth. And YAY! on the voice recogniti...Lovely post, Ruth. And YAY! on the voice recognition software. That should surely make for a Happy New Year. I was reading excerpts from this just the other night in an anthology, but I love these illustrations--thanks for sharing them.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-3550000787595005562011-12-21T10:06:10.820-05:002011-12-21T10:06:10.820-05:00Friends, thank you for coming by with your ears an...<b>Friends</b>, thank you for coming by with your ears and hearts and Christmas greetings. Tomorrow is Solstice Day, and why-oh-why does my heart expand into the shortest day of the year?<br /><br />I find this reading of Dylan Thomas's to be so utterly charming that I can't imagine a Christmas without it after this, my first year to listen to him read it. I anticipate that my grandson will be quite familiar with it by the age Thomas was a boy with his friend Jim shooting snowballs at cats.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-10467668065182225842011-12-21T07:06:55.788-05:002011-12-21T07:06:55.788-05:00How beautiful...
I could live inside those photos....How beautiful...<br />I could live inside those photos.....<br /><br />What a lovely Yuletide gift!<br /><br />Merry Christmas!<br />~MimiMimi Foxmortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572725659728049534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-73266114979831655292011-12-21T04:34:36.972-05:002011-12-21T04:34:36.972-05:00How delightful.
And I hope your hands find deligh...How delightful.<br /><br />And I hope your hands find delight on the keyboard again soon.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-83775927990479213602011-12-20T21:33:09.364-05:002011-12-20T21:33:09.364-05:00It's always more meaningful to hear authors re...It's always more meaningful to hear authors reading their own works. Thanks for sharing this wonderful piece of Christmas writing... esp. with DT's "old-child-joyful voice". Also, these illustrations are just lovely. I can feel your excitement, Ruth, in welcoming your soon-to-be-born grandson. All the best!Artihttp://rippleeffects.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-37045059197999279482011-12-20T20:19:35.189-05:002011-12-20T20:19:35.189-05:00Wonderful sharing!Wonderful sharing!Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-23683747489427798202011-12-20T20:17:57.167-05:002011-12-20T20:17:57.167-05:00sounds like one or both of the Matthew Twins James...sounds like one or both of the Matthew Twins James & John born Jan 17, 1971 (according to the back of a newspaper clipping that was left in a magazine that I found) <br /><br />it's hard to tell for sure though because my hearing is not what it used to be (and the "births" in the newspaper clipping was on the opposite side of the actual article the newspaper was clipped for, so I can't read the whole "births" section)whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-35550432170379235022011-12-20T20:08:35.691-05:002011-12-20T20:08:35.691-05:00Lovely...
The DVD of it, with Denholm Elliott, is...Lovely...<br /><br />The DVD of it, with Denholm Elliott, is one of my favorite Christmas Holiday films to be watched.<br /><br />I used the quote below, for my daily quote on Tues. :-)<br /><br />Voice recognition software for your computer!!! Wonderful!!!<br /><br />And best of everything for your soon-to-be-born grandson, and his parents. :-)<br /><br /><i><b>"Then I would be slap-dashing home, the gravy smell of the dinners of others, the bird smell, the brandy, the pudding and mince, coiling up to my nostrils..."</b></i> <br />~~Dylan ThomasAuntie sezzzzzz...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16170232476926222740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-4070134975331991282011-12-20T13:56:59.483-05:002011-12-20T13:56:59.483-05:00I have an old copy of this wonderful book. Lovely ...I have an old copy of this wonderful book. Lovely post, Ruth.<br /><br />P.S. It was a delight to see your poem featured in Every Day Poems.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com