Comments on: Bottling Memories http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/ the diary of wife, mother and failed domestic goddess in Africa Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:23:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: reluctantmemsahib http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2555 reluctantmemsahib Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:35:02 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2555 I have just finished Into Africa by Martin Dugard, about livingstone and stanley, really great read. And Outpost features often! Wasn't such an outpost then ironically! Also adored when a crocodile eats the sun, peter godwin, about zim, truly truly fabulous. Enjoy! I have just finished Into Africa by Martin Dugard, about livingstone and stanley, really great read. And Outpost features often! Wasn’t such an outpost then ironically! Also adored when a crocodile eats the sun, peter godwin, about zim, truly truly fabulous. Enjoy!

]]> By: Dumdad http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2554 Dumdad Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:28:01 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2554 Yes, I've read A Good Man in Africa. Any others I should read? Yes, I’ve read A Good Man in Africa. Any others I should read?

]]> By: reluctantmemsahib http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2549 reluctantmemsahib Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:04:35 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2549 Thank you all. I have been on the road and incommunicado and returned to my blog, courtesy of somebody else's internet connection, to find these responses. I hope I shall be able to drag myself back to the outpost after my foray out. i have seen my big children, which i loved but which reminded me how much i miss them. I have seen friends and relearned the gentle art of conversation (funny how you can forget?), and hat has gone off to school this morning as if she had never been away. I think that's a good thing. Ann, you are right: when she leaves outpost for proper school permanently i shall miss her desperately. Dumdad: icrecream war is fabulous. yes, tanzania it is. have you read boyd's good man in africa? I'd recommend that too. indeed have host of africa books I'd promote if you're bitten by the bug ... potty mummy: thank you for the award. I dont' need to pretend it's a cake: an award is lovely. and thanks for the phone tip: hat will be most impressed that you are in regular contact with HM. kayak woman, i loved the green fangs, and maggie may the straw hat was marvellous, what an eclectic dress sense: to be encouraged at all costs, she will emerge as a world class and much feted designer. minx I did, didn't I: bottle it. thank you. Thank you all. I have been on the road and incommunicado and returned to my blog, courtesy of somebody else’s internet connection, to find these responses. I hope I shall be able to drag myself back to the outpost after my foray out. i have seen my big children, which i loved but which reminded me how much i miss them. I have seen friends and relearned the gentle art of conversation (funny how you can forget?), and hat has gone off to school this morning as if she had never been away. I think that’s a good thing. Ann, you are right: when she leaves outpost for proper school permanently i shall miss her desperately.

Dumdad: icrecream war is fabulous. yes, tanzania it is. have you read boyd’s good man in africa? I’d recommend that too. indeed have host of africa books I’d promote if you’re bitten by the bug …

potty mummy: thank you for the award. I dont’ need to pretend it’s a cake: an award is lovely. and thanks for the phone tip: hat will be most impressed that you are in regular contact with HM.

kayak woman, i loved the green fangs, and maggie may the straw hat was marvellous, what an eclectic dress sense: to be encouraged at all costs, she will emerge as a world class and much feted designer.

minx I did, didn’t I: bottle it. thank you.

]]> By: maggie may http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2539 maggie may Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:12:51 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2539 I really love your posts! My little grand daughters who live with me keep me smiling. Millie,aged 3, who is allowed to choose her on clothes for the day, recently put on a fur trimmed anorak, as its cold here, and on top of the hood, a straw hat that she had brought back from a trip to Thailand! Old ladies smiled. Think they thought she was a refugee! I really love your posts! My little grand daughters who live with me keep me smiling. Millie,aged 3, who is allowed to choose her on clothes for the day, recently put on a fur trimmed anorak, as its cold here, and on top of the hood, a straw hat that she had brought back from a trip to Thailand! Old ladies smiled. Think they thought she was a refugee!

]]> By: minx http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2538 minx Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:34:03 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2538 You have bottled it - you wrote it here. You have bottled it - you wrote it here.

]]> By: Potty Mummy http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2537 Potty Mummy Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:08:22 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2537 RM, it's not a trip tp Patisserie Valerie but I do have an award for you on my latest post. You could always pretend it's a Fraisier cake (almond and strawberry confection) if you prefer... RM, it’s not a trip tp Patisserie Valerie but I do have an award for you on my latest post. You could always pretend it’s a Fraisier cake (almond and strawberry confection) if you prefer…

]]> By: kayak woman http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2536 kayak woman Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:15:45 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2536 Not sure how I ran across your blog but love to read about your adventures. The psychedelic specs remind me of once when my daughter (about 9-10 at the time) and I were walking along at a nearby shopping center (american suburbia). She had on a beautiful, long, green flowered dress and people kept smiling at her and I kept thinking they just thought she was cute. Then I saw that she was wearing neon green fake fangs that matched the dress perfectly. Not sure how I ran across your blog but love to read about your adventures. The psychedelic specs remind me of once when my daughter (about 9-10 at the time) and I were walking along at a nearby shopping center (american suburbia). She had on a beautiful, long, green flowered dress and people kept smiling at her and I kept thinking they just thought she was cute. Then I saw that she was wearing neon green fake fangs that matched the dress perfectly.

]]> By: black mzungu http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2528 black mzungu Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:23:20 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2528 the children are so innocent, what they do is direct from their hearts of hearts, memory are there to stay in your heart, sometimes the past seems so close as if its the future. have fun out there in the so called civilization! the children are so innocent, what they do is direct from their hearts of hearts, memory are there to stay in your heart, sometimes the past seems so close as if its the future. have fun out there in the so called civilization!

]]> By: Dorian http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2525 Dorian Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:32:41 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2525 I just found your blog and I love it! I can't wait to follow you on your journey with your beautiful way of writing. You are inspiring to us all! I just found your blog and I love it! I can’t wait to follow you on your journey with your beautiful way of writing. You are inspiring to us all!

]]> By: Alice C http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/bottling-memories/#comment-2523 Alice C Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:15:48 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=385#comment-2523 Your blog is the bottle into which you are squeezing your memories. I find that I use my blog to capture conversations with my teenage children - trivial moments that would otherwise be lost. It is wonderful to 'hear' the sound of their voices when I re-read early posts. Enjoy your trip to the Big City! Your blog is the bottle into which you are squeezing your memories. I find that I use my blog to capture conversations with my teenage children - trivial moments that would otherwise be lost. It is wonderful to ‘hear’ the sound of their voices when I re-read early posts.

Enjoy your trip to the Big City!

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