tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post54946684569098681..comments2024-03-09T02:05:54.509-07:00Comments on An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel: Fireblossom Friday: a poem within a poemKay L. Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-2163040045184956922013-08-04T06:45:23.550-06:002013-08-04T06:45:23.550-06:00I knew this guy, back when I was in my 20s, and on...I knew this guy, back when I was in my 20s, and one of his heroes was Robert the Bruce, so I had to study up. This guy was ten years older than me, and was a teacher (but not MY teacher, at least not formally!) and to me, he seemed to know everything about everything. He also used to watch over me in my drinking days and undoubtedly kept a lot of trouble from happening to me. We were not bf/gf, Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-89285261287451408402013-08-03T12:13:58.003-06:002013-08-03T12:13:58.003-06:00A great mixture of poetry and history here. All t...A great mixture of poetry and history here. All these poems are making feel poorly read - I need to go find some Rob Burns now!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15220312888756354357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-25699042666187674322013-08-03T11:04:26.709-06:002013-08-03T11:04:26.709-06:00This was a joy to read, Kay! I love your humor and...This was a joy to read, Kay! I love your humor and I learned a little history as well!Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-14526132847303997692013-08-03T08:05:48.621-06:002013-08-03T08:05:48.621-06:00Good one...Good one...WEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837277166309117489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-70073956505402455152013-08-03T08:02:40.443-06:002013-08-03T08:02:40.443-06:00People are so ignorant of what has made us who we ...People are so ignorant of what has made us who we are, ie, the FULL RANGE of history, not just the little bits and pieces of the last hundred years. I too find reading music baffling, but the sense of the Auld Scots in Burns or old English in Shakespeare is never hard for me to follow. We just have verbal brains, I guess, Kay. I enjoyed this, for being longer than your usual, and also full of wryhedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-87449647897707752402013-08-03T03:16:00.927-06:002013-08-03T03:16:00.927-06:00Hari Om
Ceud mille failte Kay!! This is a wonderf...Hari Om<br />Ceud mille failte Kay!! This is a wonderfully fun take on oor Rabbie's scri't and it is clear your Scots heritage runs strong in your veins &*> It is true that Burns wrote in Auld Scots, which is actually related more to the Brythonic languages from which arise the Northumbrian, Cornish and, indeed, the Welsh. The Gaelidh was spoken only in the Highlands and Yamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-13614659516278800352013-08-03T01:56:03.518-06:002013-08-03T01:56:03.518-06:00Well done Kay!Well done Kay!Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-55235356285213782092013-08-03T00:23:51.716-06:002013-08-03T00:23:51.716-06:00I have no doubt that you do have conversations lik...I have no doubt that you do have conversations like this one, Kay!<br /><br />Oh, Scotland, the Brave!!Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-89450387944599360892013-08-02T23:22:41.019-06:002013-08-02T23:22:41.019-06:00I love this...I am such a fan of Scottish heritage...I love this...I am such a fan of Scottish heritage and writing. Somewhere in my ancestry there is Scottish blood...Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-21633747724291428092013-08-02T22:56:19.663-06:002013-08-02T22:56:19.663-06:00@ Kay — I didn't see "Braveheart" — ...@ Kay — I didn't see "Braveheart" — didn't want to see my ancestors with their faces painted blue, making fools of themselves. I did see "Dragonheart" where the dragon sounded a lot (and looked, a little) like Sean Connery. It was delightful.<br />But no, this is just the Battle of Bannockburn, battle which Robbie Burns wrote about and which appeared in the book for Kay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-26694733258759209022013-08-02T22:55:37.971-06:002013-08-02T22:55:37.971-06:00Kay, I loved this take on the prompt. Ah dunnut h...Kay, I loved this take on the prompt. Ah dunnut hahv th burrrrr because I'm Irish, but I love stories about the Celts in general. William Wallace, what a hero, even though Mel Gibson sort of hammed him up a bit. And what can one say about Robbie Burns tha' ha' nut bin sed alrrrrreddy? ha ha AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-88445428521175425682013-08-02T22:29:17.725-06:002013-08-02T22:29:17.725-06:00This is Mel Gibson's Braveheart, right? Great...This is Mel Gibson's Braveheart, right? Great job, Kay!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-64594458479530141872013-08-02T21:08:52.559-06:002013-08-02T21:08:52.559-06:00Ahs wuh ah mean! Was in Scotland and that's th...Ahs wuh ah mean! Was in Scotland and that's the one thing that stayed with me. One teen to another ;-O Fun read.Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-121327279522532532013-08-02T21:06:00.312-06:002013-08-02T21:06:00.312-06:00The good Mr. Burns is smiling down (or up) at you!...The good Mr. Burns is smiling down (or up) at you!! Delightful, Kay.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360427196522365144.post-13504144782177922072013-08-02T19:28:42.456-06:002013-08-02T19:28:42.456-06:00"Why did he care by then?" That cracked..."Why did he care by then?" That cracked me up, Kay! Nice job.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.com