tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post1312830592883648360..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Is this going anywhere?Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70143772595659764912012-11-14T19:23:21.145+00:002012-11-14T19:23:21.145+00:00Dear Friko, I'm still grinning from the laught...Dear Friko, I'm still grinning from the laughter that erupted from my mouth at that last line. Thank you! And thank "Beloved." Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90137212794689391242012-11-14T14:00:06.980+00:002012-11-14T14:00:06.980+00:00I think life goes through many cycles....sometimes...I think life goes through many cycles....sometimes there is an abundance to share...and sometimes there is hardly anything.<br /><br />PS...unless I'm missing something...nothing has changed in following.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717459430504797508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32176496950368885002012-11-14T08:57:56.685+00:002012-11-14T08:57:56.685+00:00There you are Friko. You made a blog out of your m...There you are Friko. You made a blog out of your morning conversation. I liked the quote at the end. Very true. Someone once said to me "If you have nothing to say, say nothing." Probably sound advice - DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851174879441602754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-60743105285915813262012-11-14T06:52:30.141+00:002012-11-14T06:52:30.141+00:00I suspect that Beloved could do well with his own ...I suspect that Beloved could do well with his own blog. Sounds like a perfectly lovely morning to me.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91524074044630473392012-11-14T06:31:08.533+00:002012-11-14T06:31:08.533+00:00Half of what I write is restating the other half, ...Half of what I write is restating the other half, the long way around. Wait a minute. The math didn't add up.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84476464100838656162012-11-14T05:38:05.828+00:002012-11-14T05:38:05.828+00:00Arnold is profound ;)
Meanwhile, there's nothi...Arnold is profound ;)<br />Meanwhile, there's nothing like some good tail thumping for a morning greeting! Elizabeth Rose Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725663688810441280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15296599135444963502012-11-14T04:03:39.092+00:002012-11-14T04:03:39.092+00:00Well, I can't help it, but (and a propos of th...Well, I can't help it, but (and a propos of the exchange over on Mark's site, to which I've added a bit), this puts me in mind of John Cage (Mr. Marmite, some might say--and we do have one of each of those in our house, suspect you might guess who is pro and whp is con . . .). Anyway, here's one of Cage's many quotables: "I have nothing to say/ and I am saying it/ and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-58014419711170698432012-11-13T17:15:05.182+00:002012-11-13T17:15:05.182+00:00I'm prejudiced (there, I admit it), but for me...I'm prejudiced (there, I admit it), but for me, life's too short for the likes of Mme Blavatsky. Every photo I've ever seen of her suggests that she was hardly a bundle of laughs; mysticism and secret wisdom don't appear to have cured her bunions, or whatever was making her look so miserable.Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-1584819037041738262012-11-13T16:13:55.912+00:002012-11-13T16:13:55.912+00:00What a wonderful post, Friko! I felt that I was ri...What a wonderful post, Friko! I felt that I was right there with you and your family for a lovely, languid breakfast!Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36332322241417249632012-11-13T15:28:31.248+00:002012-11-13T15:28:31.248+00:00Oh such dedication. I have to confess it is David...Oh such dedication. I have to confess it is David who gets up first (at :30 AM) to tend to our old dog Peaches (age 17 going on 18). David doesn't say too much to me except to update me on Peaches and his other girl, Clare. Johnny sleeps in my room and comes downstairs when I do. <br /><br />As for conversation, David has one each morning with Mohammed, the fellow who delivers his newspaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-78088496535413026302012-11-13T12:19:28.085+00:002012-11-13T12:19:28.085+00:00But you've given us a marvelous vignette and s...But you've given us a marvelous vignette and some names to look up - hardly a trifling post :)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82495447696129298712012-11-13T11:11:25.280+00:002012-11-13T11:11:25.280+00:00I know several people like that....mindless speaki...I know several people like that....mindless speaking I call it. Ha<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36157985327571043872012-11-13T09:37:07.487+00:002012-11-13T09:37:07.487+00:00What a charming scene -- so mellow and loving. Our...What a charming scene -- so mellow and loving. Our house is quite different -- apart from the dawdling! I'm the early riser and usually have two hours to myself -- which I treasure. However, how that our grandson is living with us, that scenario is quite different. I still get an hour or so to myself and then it's back to getting a child off to school... <br /><br />Gurdjieff brings back The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-54467866267402872172012-11-13T09:03:30.514+00:002012-11-13T09:03:30.514+00:00niets beter dan de tafel gesprekken daar word mees...niets beter dan de tafel gesprekken daar word meestal heel wat afgehandelt.Bas.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13804347915356897054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62952567824937833442012-11-13T04:22:54.257+00:002012-11-13T04:22:54.257+00:00Beloved's old friend Arnold Newnham was right....Beloved's old friend Arnold Newnham was right. People do indeed open their mouths to emit sound. Silence is bliss.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70504814834993620782012-11-13T03:47:15.234+00:002012-11-13T03:47:15.234+00:00My grandfather was a Theosophist. He willed me hi...My grandfather was a Theosophist. He willed me his books, one of which was Blavatski's The Secret Doctrine. I believe they were all Rosicrucians, a group I have always found fascinating. Always good to start the morning with a little philosophy. They say if you keep your mind sharp the rest of the body will follow.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-44420384194836956942012-11-13T01:33:56.591+00:002012-11-13T01:33:56.591+00:00Oh, conversation need not be linear or edifying to...Oh, conversation need not be linear or edifying to be enjoyable. I could hear the clink of spoon on cereal bowl, and the sound of your setting down your teacup, and the rattle and shuffle of paper. This is all very comforting to me. The spoken words are, nevertheless, far beyond the early morning conversation in this house.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-1374631089625281142012-11-13T00:01:32.597+00:002012-11-13T00:01:32.597+00:00A wonderful vignette, enjoyable to share. The tai...A wonderful vignette, enjoyable to share. The tail's thump, the easy warmth between two sensible, secure people. I can relate and aspire at once, as you have a year or two on my, dear Friko.<br /><br />My two bits: P.D. Ouspensky!<br /><br /><br />Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-10839945163415129792012-11-12T22:16:59.670+00:002012-11-12T22:16:59.670+00:00I can see you all there in your kitchen cocoon dec...I can see you all there in your kitchen cocoon deciding whether it's quiet you want or conversation. Though I "came of age" in the 60’s, I don't think I'm remembering much that I was doing back then!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-44311054209929240082012-11-12T20:21:49.555+00:002012-11-12T20:21:49.555+00:00That was a lovely brekkie convo though there are a...That was a lovely brekkie convo though there are a few words I will have to look up in the dictionary haha. I get to face the courtyard too though we're hardly ever at the dining able anymore and it's just a place to put unread magazines, mail and keys. Millie sounds very much at home already :D georgia little peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2948247770758495132012-11-12T19:38:17.508+00:002012-11-12T19:38:17.508+00:00That sounds my kind of morning. We tend to dawdle ...That sounds my kind of morning. We tend to dawdle over breakfast too unless we have to go out.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69692800229083436122012-11-12T18:53:58.659+00:002012-11-12T18:53:58.659+00:00Haha! This is so much like a scene from a play wit...Haha! This is so much like a scene from a play with you as the main characters. How brilliant!<br />As for remembering those two types you mentioned, not likely from my end. Until today I was never consciously introduced to their ways of thinking. I thank search engines for serving up tie bits about them this morning. Seems we can all live in so many spaces intellectually.<br /><br />After some Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68753311881827803522012-11-12T17:39:57.876+00:002012-11-12T17:39:57.876+00:00Ah, conversation. Does it have to "go somewhe...Ah, conversation. Does it have to "go somewhere"? I mean, if you're trying to replace a stove or find your way to a restaurant, I suppose focus is good. But a meander can be lovely, a little conversational gunkholing, poking about to see what might be just around this bend or that. Too often people seem to consider conversation a battle of wits or knowledge, when it's just as shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-65499919469087151522012-11-12T17:35:02.859+00:002012-11-12T17:35:02.859+00:00I do goldfish impressions for the first hour or so...I do goldfish impressions for the first hour or so ... a goldfish that's never read anything at all . Should Husband appear before nine , he knows that it's useless to address any remark to me about anything , intellectual or otherwise . SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-35235329488707244232012-11-12T16:24:52.207+00:002012-11-12T16:24:52.207+00:00Hi Friko - well all I can say is thankfully Vagabo...Hi Friko - well all I can say is thankfully Vagabonde for all their wanderings .. knows a thing or two .. if those two people had raised their heads at my breakfast table I'd have gone back to bed ... but excellent the brain works and both Gurdjieff and Blavatsky are real .. readable. Thankfully I've resisted the advertising material .. but perhaps I need to get out more ..<br /><br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com