tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post7078158058444116266..comments2024-03-28T03:40:29.423-04:00Comments on Passage des Perles: Wisdom: Ursula K. Le Guin on 'spare time'Duchessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-12834221016216744252018-02-27T08:07:45.799-05:002018-02-27T08:07:45.799-05:00Mercerie: Brain Pickings is my favourite blog, an ...Mercerie: Brain Pickings is my favourite blog, an outstanding contribution; I am always moved. The New Yorker is the only magazine to which we currently subscribe; at one point we had over 35 subscriptions, counting kid's- so I did see it, thanks!Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-73635972532379105682018-02-26T23:31:27.360-05:002018-02-26T23:31:27.360-05:00I have been a fan of LeGuin for decades — first of...I have been a fan of LeGuin for decades — first of her fiction; more recently of her essays. Thank you for introducing me to Brainpickings: what a treasure trove of fascinating philosophical musings. You may be interested too in the Jan. 25th New Yorker article, “The Subversive Imagination of Ursula K. LeGuin.”Merceriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924312291360879360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-2087166661171850352018-02-22T16:11:46.003-05:002018-02-22T16:11:46.003-05:00Thank you for steering us to LeGuinn's writing...Thank you for steering us to LeGuinn's writings on Spare Time and Aging. As always her words are so very wise. I just finished the Left Hand of Darkness. The books I tried reading afterwards all seemed shallow and flat. Yesterday I picked up Mary Oiver's essay collection"Upstream" and found another beautiful mind to join.the good enough motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07657816383513159703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-59905229003578703552018-02-15T21:47:51.133-05:002018-02-15T21:47:51.133-05:00What insightful and beautifully written thoughts i...What insightful and beautifully written thoughts in those essay excerpts! And of course what she says about the creative life resonates deeply with me. I will read the whole book. On one of our long drives recently, just after her death, we listened to a podcast interview Eleanor Wachtel did with her some years ago, on "Books and Writers", and it was fantastic -- I highly recommend it.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-36299419265178643322018-02-15T19:17:40.702-05:002018-02-15T19:17:40.702-05:00Thank you for drawing my attention to this wonderf...Thank you for drawing my attention to this wonderful author's passing as I was unaware that she had. The great French Chef Paul Bocuse died last week and it was only from another blog that I learnt of his passing. The media is so quick to report on minor, obscure, famous for a microsecond, pop stars that it ignores those truly wonderful and talented people that actually contribute to making the World better for them having lived. I grew up reading her Wizard of Earthsea books but I would like to now read the two books that you mentioned.<br />Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669497791582808521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-33663542269029342542018-02-15T18:17:09.824-05:002018-02-15T18:17:09.824-05:00These essays are wonderful and so thought provokin...These essays are wonderful and so thought provoking - thank you for the link. I knew about her novels but not about all the essays. I've bookmarked a number to order!<br />Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-91829014563644392952018-02-15T14:21:30.190-05:002018-02-15T14:21:30.190-05:00Well said!Well said!Laura Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407623692994033212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-80600366226896001482018-02-15T13:22:46.142-05:002018-02-15T13:22:46.142-05:00There is quite a bit here: http://www.ursulaklegui...There is quite a bit here: http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Index-Work.html<br /><br />Must stop there as I have to reread some work now!lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-12919326026945058092018-02-15T13:20:29.297-05:002018-02-15T13:20:29.297-05:00Yes, there is an array of fantasy novels, in the o...Yes, there is an array of fantasy novels, in the original and in French translation. Very few essays, little poetry. <br /><br />I may try university libraries. I no longer have my graduate research card; I can take books out at UdM for life, but not McGill, which would be more likely to have them. Since they are essays I can read them there. I will buy the books of essays if I can find them second-hand, and eventually give them away. Trying to be serious about downsizing...<br /><br />And I agree with materfamilias. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-14422238512802400272018-02-15T13:10:25.862-05:002018-02-15T13:10:25.862-05:00You always write the best things. I am sad to hear...You always write the best things. I am sad to hear that Ursula has passed. I didn't know. I've been travelling and out of the loop. I will follow your recommendations. Thank you.Vancouver Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003537173366037602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-72064914437299477532018-02-15T11:46:10.210-05:002018-02-15T11:46:10.210-05:00Babycakes: She had the ability to skewer the cultu...Babycakes: She had the ability to skewer the culture in a kind way.<br /><br />materfamilias: This is one of the most-appreciated compliments I have received, because you capture the what and why of the Passage. Many thanks.<br /><br />lagatta: Libraries usually have her fantasy novels, classics of the genre; it is harder to find the essays and poetry.<br /><br /><br />Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-40503682996951733852018-02-15T11:42:47.915-05:002018-02-15T11:42:47.915-05:00She is deeply missed here in Portland. I think we ...She is deeply missed here in Portland. I think we all thought she'd always be there, in her house in the trees.Jean Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377919316524941535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-43513490290713830472018-02-15T11:00:14.465-05:002018-02-15T11:00:14.465-05:00Yes, I'll try to find them. Nothing at Nelliga...Yes, I'll try to find them. Nothing at Nelligan, the Montréal library system search engine. I haven't checked Bibliothèque nationale du Québec yet. I'm trying not to buy any books except those needed for work or study. <br /><br />Often it is hard for creatives and/or freelancers working from a home office or studio to be seen as working, which is very annoying. On the plus side, we don't have to be seen as "retiring" either. <br /><br />As for black cats, la petite Livia reminds us that she feels prettiest on a RED cushion.lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-43644844195802882432018-02-15T09:50:55.263-05:002018-02-15T09:50:55.263-05:00Thank you for the links. I read her science ficti...Thank you for the links. I read her science fiction many years ago but lost track of her writings. Good to know these essays are awaiting me.LauraHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402103522466794364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-10083040408808420202018-02-15T09:12:05.241-05:002018-02-15T09:12:05.241-05:00So grateful this morning for a post such as this, ...So grateful this morning for a post such as this, after visiting other blogs whose links only work to incite Want rather than to offer Nourishment, food for thought, sustenance for the soul, as this does. These are the older women we want to be attending to, at least as much as the Advanced Style ones. I'm probably feeling more strongly about this because the brilliant, generous, funny, creative, world-connected woman whose Film Studies courses inspired me decades ago passed away yesterday at 94. Scooting over now to read that essay -- suspect I'll be lost in a rabbit-hole of links for an hour or two now, but much better than tripping from Nordstrom to rStyleMe to. . . . Thank you!<br />materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-79205801169183533592018-02-15T08:55:30.780-05:002018-02-15T08:55:30.780-05:00“If I’m 90and believe I’m 45, I’m headed for a ver...“If I’m 90and believe I’m 45, I’m headed for a very hard time getting out of the bath tub”. I love this. Thank you Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399449692589272476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-65736862325766010662018-02-15T08:43:50.574-05:002018-02-15T08:43:50.574-05:00Wonderful links - I love her writing and hadn'...Wonderful links - I love her writing and hadn't read either of those essays!painting with firehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578014572547587329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-89841103871384631992018-02-15T08:30:12.665-05:002018-02-15T08:30:12.665-05:00Those excerpts from Brain Pickings are very intere...Those excerpts from Brain Pickings are very interesting. Ursula Le Guin was an amazing woman in so many ways. Madame Là-bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703782237948233124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-50808672807115988222018-02-15T07:58:04.272-05:002018-02-15T07:58:04.272-05:00Thanks for the link. I have her book on order from...Thanks for the link. I have her book on order from the library. Wisdom is not easy to find.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.com