tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post6807570568568727862..comments2024-02-27T09:33:20.185-08:00Comments on The Duchy of Burgundy Carrots: Jane Austen Sews a QuiltQueen of Carrotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193758647591339890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-5204207384202074712008-02-08T21:16:00.000-08:002008-02-08T21:16:00.000-08:00Which is why I don't read authors who seemingly wr...Which is why I don't read authors who seemingly write a book a month, or at least two a year, like Danielle Steele or that Michael Crichton or John Grisham. Ugh. Give me a Jane Austen, or John Irving (one of my favorites - he at leasts waits every few years to publish a new one) anyday. And, I can be assured of not finding it at WalMart. Happy Reading!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904001311262731237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-22991845506433515442008-01-20T05:01:00.000-08:002008-01-20T05:01:00.000-08:00Lots of thoughts provoked by this post, thanks!Lots of thoughts provoked by this post, thanks!Betty Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08737937884697051244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-23504896414022142472008-01-19T19:06:00.000-08:002008-01-19T19:06:00.000-08:00I once read a book on Dickens that took a look at ...I once read a book on Dickens that took a look at his less-charitable qualities (he wasn't very nice to his wife, for one), and said basically that whatever he did was worth it because it helped him produce his great works. I just can't subscribe to the view that genius justifies and eclipses all else. Art is good, but Life is more than that.<BR/><BR/>So, yes, I too hope that Miss Austen enjoyed her quilt making. And, although I am a committed Austen fan, I have to say that I don't think her books have made such an enormous impact on the world that she should have put aside all else for them. I think she'd agree.the Joneseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854341910963353734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-55558795110089534502008-01-19T17:22:00.000-08:002008-01-19T17:22:00.000-08:00Two thumbs up on this post!Favorite lines:Genius m...Two thumbs up on this post!<BR/><BR/>Favorite lines:<BR/><BR/><B>Genius might as well not be spread too thin.</B><BR/><BR/>This must be why there aren't daily postings.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>there also needs to be a place for just living.</B><BR/><BR/>It's hard to beat simplicity as a lifestyle.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044374080933254582noreply@blogger.com