tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post4267596846094998229..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "Mute Opinion"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-88021888833605860122012-12-09T16:47:18.615-08:002012-12-09T16:47:18.615-08:00Julie: you are exactly right about Hardy. Althoug...Julie: you are exactly right about Hardy. Although his romantic entanglements were, well, entangled, he is usually described by all who met him as reserved (but not in a stuffy way), sensitive, and kind. Definitely not a "busybody"! But his poems show that he did not miss a thing, don't they? He didn't presume to tell us what to do. He only wanted us to see.<br /><br />Your advice about flying away is excellent.<br /><br />Thank you for visiting again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-72910246811949646222012-12-08T15:23:43.086-08:002012-12-08T15:23:43.086-08:00I haven't read a biography of Hardy, though I&...I haven't read a biography of Hardy, though I'd like to.<br />I will guess though that he did not pontificate his opinions while balancing atop a platform and pounding a gavel. I know when someone is talking to me usually about politics, and their face begins to pinken and their voice expands its time for me to fly.<br />To the quiet of a museum filled with the paintings here that always take my breath away.<br />julieJulie Whitmore Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283540996942265818noreply@blogger.com