tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post1169979856185199106..comments2022-11-06T06:41:30.462-05:00Comments on Prufrock's Dilemma: But the Danube Isn't BlueSusan Scheidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-88563207433745759182011-08-15T15:57:35.930-04:002011-08-15T15:57:35.930-04:00Hi Susan - thanks for highlighting my post .. I wo...Hi Susan - thanks for highlighting my post .. I wonder if it's changed that much in two years .. as it now is.<br /><br />Someone noted that Korea has the same situation .. the northern side a wildlife world of wealth .. a definite 'NO GO' .. whereas the South - westernisation will have crept as near as possible.<br /><br />I wonder if the west are learning to recreate total wildlifeHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-81673283960069472942011-08-15T15:49:58.386-04:002011-08-15T15:49:58.386-04:00Mark: Ah, I do hope you get to Maine. I suppose ...Mark: Ah, I do hope you get to Maine. I suppose we are all, each in our own way, idiosyncratic travelers, aren’t we? Of course this is why I love Magris’ description of himself carrying his “baggage of fads and quotations,” thereby giving each of us permission to do the same. As for Maine, while perhaps I’ll be able, at some point, to stitch a post together, I fear my understanding is Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-89017427046200551502011-08-15T15:49:08.121-04:002011-08-15T15:49:08.121-04:00Such wonderful comments from you all—so many new t...Such wonderful comments from you all—so many new threads to follow! And, in response to you each, I say (in two comments, as blogger will not allow me as many characters as I need!):<br /><br />Jane and Lance: I love to think of you, in Budapest, listening to the Vienna Philharmonic play the Blue Danube Waltz as you read this post. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Along with Magris’s Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-40834158759813515452011-08-08T03:46:26.576-04:002011-08-08T03:46:26.576-04:00Hi Susan .. such an interesting read - with some e...Hi Susan .. such an interesting read - with some extremely informative comments and books to read .. <br /><br />The Danube was part of the "Iron Curtain" and at the fall of the Wall .. the ecological differences on each side of the Danube make an interesting read .. I wrote a post - it's not very erudite .. but certainly enlightened me.<br /><br />I'd love to read Magris' Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-5201039181099382142011-08-05T13:08:25.031-04:002011-08-05T13:08:25.031-04:00I will have to read this book.
But you will have t...I will have to read this book.<br />But you will have to read Patrick Leigh-Fermor and his<br /><br />'A Time Of Gifts'<br />and<br />'Between the Woods and The Water.'<br /><br />If you haven't read him, you really MUST. It's essential that you do.<br /><br />You'll never read a better account of one man's journey through Europe.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-9830493586432598552011-08-05T00:43:19.772-04:002011-08-05T00:43:19.772-04:00I'd like to find the book myself and get refre...I'd like to find the book myself and get refreshed on the history. It doesn't seem that long ago that all those countries made such drastic changes and I am particularly nescient with regard to all of it, as well as the not so blue Danube.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-13191935124980597592011-08-05T00:21:09.697-04:002011-08-05T00:21:09.697-04:00In 1990, I memorized world capitals. I don't r...In 1990, I memorized world capitals. I don't remember when it was that I realized my 'knowledge,' for which I had studied hard, had become obsolete; but when it did happen, I could not stop thinking about the implications for my own continent. I think of Mexico, the United States and Canada as permanent entities and yet this is far from the truth.<br /><br />Unsettling, to say the Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-15932862759291520012011-08-04T22:12:12.293-04:002011-08-04T22:12:12.293-04:00How beautiful to read this outstanding post while ...How beautiful to read this outstanding post while listening to the Vienna Philharmonic. I can see why you chose that opening quote, and why you like this book. He seems to be a kindred soul, an idiosyncratic traveler. Perhaps you'll stitch a post or two together from your travels along the Maine coast - someplace I've always wanted to go. Have a great time!Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-35218864215669505282011-08-04T21:12:01.362-04:002011-08-04T21:12:01.362-04:00Greetings Susan,
As per usual, you give a detailed...Greetings Susan,<br />As per usual, you give a detailed, highly informative account within your posting. A most fascinating read and I thank you.<br />I'm vaguely aware of the book, 'Danube' by Claudio Magris and now I'm considering checking it out. <br />There's a certain romance attached to the Danube and it's certainly a river that I would love to see. Indeed, to klahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-77289939618509245292011-08-04T19:58:12.450-04:002011-08-04T19:58:12.450-04:00I found your blog through Friko's World, and a...I found your blog through Friko's World, and am very happy I did!<br /><br />It is wonderful how a piece of art, music, or literature can color our views of a place before we even have a chance to visit it. For years, I have been in love with Die Moldau by Smetana. It has made me imagine The Vltava as a raging, tumultuous river, passionately cutting through the landscape. I have no idea what Maggie Asfahani Hajjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250678324642063148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-45819570631550063962011-08-04T11:41:08.559-04:002011-08-04T11:41:08.559-04:00You might want to check out Annea Lockwood's r...You might want to check out Annea Lockwood's recording "Sound Map of the Danube" from Lovely Music. It's two-hours of field recordings from various points along the whole river.la rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383464237960036349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-44638133792579829882011-08-04T07:36:23.606-04:002011-08-04T07:36:23.606-04:00I love Magris's book too, and long to follow i...I love Magris's book too, and long to follow in his footsteps/boat routes (Viennese friends of ours have done a Danube cyclepath experience, though they're more into kayaking, an experience we were spared on a rainy day near Melk).<br /><br />I remember being especially haunted by his description of Ruse, Elias Canetti's home town, which I've always wanted to visit since (and Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-86828554448227015512011-08-04T02:42:56.039-04:002011-08-04T02:42:56.039-04:00Hello Susan:
How wonderfully you write of Magris &...Hello Susan:<br />How wonderfully you write of Magris 'Danube' which, as you suggest here, is a totally absorbing account of this famous and lengthy river running, as it does, from some largely unknown German source to end in the Black Sea.<br /><br />And whilst it may not be blue, it is, we assure you, lovely, and very much a part of our lives for, in Hungary, one is never far from it Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com