tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post6401144905820151046..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: My mother would understand the attractionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-25313063109964270442013-03-23T15:50:45.917-07:002013-03-23T15:50:45.917-07:00Yes, absolutely. He has a true gift of insight int...Yes, absolutely. He has a true gift of insight into the humanity of the people he writes about, not just giving dry facts, but explaining what they say about the individual, given the norms of the time. (On his blog he mentions having once written an unpublishable attempt at a novel about Mortimer and Isabella - what I'd give to read it!)<br /><br />I'm far more used to having fandom crushes, so it's been difficult for me having no one to blabber on about him to, hence my finding your entry. Looking around the rest of your blog, I'd just like to say that I too am a hairy legged hippy - and always wished I'd been home-schooled, or at least allowed to spend all day reading in the Britis Library instead of going to school. For one thing, it allows children the chance to follow their passions and interests, and you learn so much more, in so much more depth, when it's something you've been drawn to from your own explorations. So anyway, yay you.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586891128340253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-32711964944353086572013-03-21T14:46:22.297-07:002013-03-21T14:46:22.297-07:00hi Christine! i thought he was fantastically broug...hi Christine! i thought he was fantastically brought to life by ian mortimer's book. ...now i'm minded to get it down from the shelves again and revisit.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-77688502504164229892013-03-21T10:43:59.867-07:002013-03-21T10:43:59.867-07:00Oh, how I hear you on the age difference problem! ...Oh, how I hear you on the age difference problem! I'm so delighted to find someone else on the web who's in love with Sir Roger I'm even willing to share.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586891128340253984noreply@blogger.com