tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post1157316705377435740..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: The Silent PoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26441617180076340852010-05-25T16:03:23.216-07:002010-05-25T16:03:23.216-07:00I am beginning to think I should start a self-help...I am beginning to think I should start a self-help blog. This is what seems to get most of the overall response.<br /><br />If I do, it will be called, 'Please Help Yourself', and have lots of pictures of food in it.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80505510241058652522010-05-23T16:26:39.809-07:002010-05-23T16:26:39.809-07:00Thank you for your lovely words, Molly. There is ...Thank you for your lovely words, Molly. There is that old joke about the family that queue up for hours at Lourdes with their daughter in a wheel-chair, only to find they have no way of getting her into the water, so they spend money erecting a sort of ducking-chair to hoist her in the next day.<br /><br />After another long wait, she and the chair are finally lowered into the holy water, and when she is pulled out, the wheel-chair is found to have been miraculously equipped with a pair of brand new tyres...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78305385822620646822010-05-23T14:11:13.567-07:002010-05-23T14:11:13.567-07:00Tom, thank you for sharing that post. I loved what...Tom, thank you for sharing that post. I loved what you have written. There are places which fill up your senses in a way which you can't explain and this one is obviously one of them. I like the bit where you wrote 'it's not a case of driving your wheelchair into the water ...... that is so true. <br />Love MollyMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88120431583628457422010-05-23T13:37:20.390-07:002010-05-23T13:37:20.390-07:00I love your comments - 4 = 5! I thought about it,...I love your comments - 4 = 5! I thought about it, and it was obvious that King John was bound to be hated, as he would have been left to squeeze as much money out of the land as he could, in order to finance his brother's exploits in the Holy Wars.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34761985586503752732010-05-23T10:33:08.392-07:002010-05-23T10:33:08.392-07:00I love this post Tom.I love this post Tom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773662097889702362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1271038166352745622010-05-23T07:22:14.825-07:002010-05-23T07:22:14.825-07:00I'm just in the process of opening up MY '...I'm just in the process of opening up MY 'Silent Pool'. Not quite the same thing though! I love small hidden pools/ponds of any sort; they're all magical. There's even one that I have yet to explore within a few hundred metres of here. It's THAT secretive.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-77205335069518382752010-05-23T07:15:39.072-07:002010-05-23T07:15:39.072-07:00living in a house surrounded by four boys and a hu...living in a house surrounded by four boys and a husband (=5 boys), you have no idea what I would do for a silent pool of my own...mimi charmantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780011704032209008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79831357342814543112010-05-23T05:50:15.175-07:002010-05-23T05:50:15.175-07:00Ok, I've just looked him up. He was Richard t...Ok, I've just looked him up. He was Richard the Lionheart's brother, who took over when Richard went to the Holy Lands to fight the Crusade. John Plantagenet made a complete hash of things, by the sound of it, and was generally reckoned to be a 'bad king' by everyone, especially the serfs who he ruthlessly exploited. Richard forgave him on his return, however.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-25293833967961318792010-05-23T05:45:26.548-07:002010-05-23T05:45:26.548-07:00I'm not sure who King John was really supposed...I'm not sure who King John was really supposed to be, Raz, but there are many 'King John's Hunting Lodge's' dotted around England. He is a famous despot in English folklore.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50608955349900358422010-05-23T05:38:31.058-07:002010-05-23T05:38:31.058-07:00It is beautiful and still and tranquil looking. I...It is beautiful and still and tranquil looking. I love the stories of English Folklore and Kings and their women.Razmatazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757164543598076420noreply@blogger.com