tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post6083251731320086930..comments2023-11-03T04:01:35.940-07:00Comments on Desert Canyon Living: Tales From The Vicarage ~ Scrabble, Shakespeare, The Queen Mother, And Tommy SteeleIngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-65764432159616915142020-06-26T11:19:10.648-07:002020-06-26T11:19:10.648-07:00Memory is a fascinating thing, and how it works (o...Memory is a fascinating thing, and how it works (or in some cases doesn't) is beyond me. I have many life events that are hazy, or even totally missing, from my memory! Wonderful post.Spare Parts and Picshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836657200014402380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-5950692395127945532020-06-26T10:38:12.655-07:002020-06-26T10:38:12.655-07:00LOL! I so enjoyed this. just like everyone else I ...LOL! I so enjoyed this. just like everyone else I found it fascinating. <br />but then I'm an anglophile from way back! and I like royalty. simply from the history of it. however... that being said... I'm glad the red fox has stayed vividly in your memory instead of Tommy Steel. like Sandy... I'm afraid I'll have to google him. <br />I wasn't even that rabid an Elvis fan. I always swooned over Rick Nelson. LOL! <br />those beautiful eyes of his. and I liked his family show ... with Ozzie and Harriet and David! good old memories. xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-71898701067633112722020-06-26T05:56:11.027-07:002020-06-26T05:56:11.027-07:00Letters are great keepsakes to help remember. I fi...Letters are great keepsakes to help remember. I find that I have forgotten a lot of things when I reread my old journals but to read it brings back the memories. Thanks for sharing those wonderful memories.Enjoy today to the full.<br />Hugs, JuliaJuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423754263165266554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-56206190646446108712020-06-25T23:52:46.039-07:002020-06-25T23:52:46.039-07:00Bu oyunu hiç oynamadım.Bu oyunu hiç oynamadım.Beyda'nın Kitaplığıhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821389717673624529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-70735237579902537892020-06-25T15:37:47.003-07:002020-06-25T15:37:47.003-07:00I'm a huge fan of Hilary's blog.I'm a huge fan of Hilary's blog.Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-31388562804121768772020-06-25T12:34:59.729-07:002020-06-25T12:34:59.729-07:00This was so enjoyable to read. I get that about c...This was so enjoyable to read. I get that about certain memories we retain and others one would think would be the most important - kind of fade away. And Wow about being in the same vicinity as the queen - i would have been really excited to be there. Never heard of Tommy Steele but now I'm going to go google the name. I love your memories of your younger days. FAscinating to read them. It's so cool you have those letters to look back on. i know for sure if digital cameras would have been a thing , I would have filled a card. Have to say a red fox crossing Jackson lake would have stuck in my memory also.sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307968128182359860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-9439171433318655862020-06-25T11:57:01.337-07:002020-06-25T11:57:01.337-07:00For a minute I thought that I was reading Hilary M...For a minute I thought that I was reading Hilary Milton Butcher's blog post.<br />Such details and about culture as well. <br />Thanks for sharing, and providing us with good reading material.MunirGhiasuddinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232362559666320301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-70844504114330335772020-06-25T11:17:15.032-07:002020-06-25T11:17:15.032-07:00Interesting! this is the first time I have seen Th...Interesting! this is the first time I have seen The Old Vic. quite unimpressive from the outside. Isn't it strange how selective our memory is? Tommy Steele must not have stuck in your memory because at the time you were unimpressed, and didn't know who he was. but the gorgeous visual of the fox crossing the ice, I think I would remember that forever. What a glorious image!Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-67793476500056409082020-06-25T11:14:30.154-07:002020-06-25T11:14:30.154-07:00How thrilling to be at a performance where the Que...How thrilling to be at a performance where the Queen Mother and Duchess of Kent attended, and then to meet Tommy Steele, and not remember it, except through your letters.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-62430937983669461592020-06-25T10:46:49.722-07:002020-06-25T10:46:49.722-07:00Funny the things we remember and forget. And stra...Funny the things we remember and forget. And strange too that two people can experience the same thing and remember it differently!happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-46137750754073829262020-06-25T10:38:41.894-07:002020-06-25T10:38:41.894-07:00Our memory is really interesting. When my siblings...Our memory is really interesting. When my siblings and I get together we tell stories the other swears is made up. Sometimes wonder if we were raised in the same family. <br />At least with the queen mother, you have the letter. Looked up Tommy Steele and he was a cute fellow. Never heard him sing though.<br />You and all of us remember the things that impressed us. A red fox would have impressed me. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-70267653822714647282020-06-25T10:24:59.826-07:002020-06-25T10:24:59.826-07:00Such lovely memories to revisit. I am always fasci...Such lovely memories to revisit. I am always fascinated by the things that stay in our memories and the things that don't. TeresaAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311118900077951863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-48088486065497705312020-06-25T07:21:14.167-07:002020-06-25T07:21:14.167-07:00I love that you're no groupie! Royalty, hm, To...I love that you're no groupie! Royalty, hm, Tommy Steele, hm, that red fox on the snow, ah now that I remember! I think you had your priorities straight even then.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-48071416080807032302020-06-25T06:43:56.396-07:002020-06-25T06:43:56.396-07:00Human memory works selectively. It deliberately ch...Human memory works selectively. It deliberately chooses to to remember certain things we wish to remember (the red fox), and forget the rest (Tommy Steele).DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-70519954787127167612020-06-25T05:44:24.379-07:002020-06-25T05:44:24.379-07:00You probably don’t remember Tommy Steele because h...You probably don’t remember Tommy Steele because he was not very important to you. I think our memory is stirred up by things and people touched us in our lives. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-72696996839916298472020-06-25T04:25:05.575-07:002020-06-25T04:25:05.575-07:00I agree with the commenter above! It has to eat ei...I agree with the commenter above! It has to eat either be a really really good or really really bad to stick in our memory. Evidently you weren't all that crazy about him are you would remember it. What a great story and I've never met anyone famous and I've never seen a play of any kind except one high school play that my friend's son and daughter was in Fiddler on the Roof the only play I ever sawMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271959060195052715.post-41218258792152140962020-06-25T01:22:36.719-07:002020-06-25T01:22:36.719-07:00Hi Inger - this is delightful ... I think if somet...Hi Inger - this is delightful ... I think if something doesn't resonate - then you wouldn't over time remember ... as happened with Tommy Steele, while the red fox grasped your heart memory for wildlife. <br /><br />Lovely memory though ... and you have some thoughts and memories of the time ... and that experience - not many of us have had that chance. Scrabble - a good way to improve your English ... and the vicar - I bet he was happy enjoying his games with you.<br /><br />Fun and a delight to read ... on a hot day (for England) with some easterly wind cooling us a little as we're lucky living by the coast. All the best and with thoughts - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com