tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post115615822978862630..comments2023-10-17T06:08:27.032-05:00Comments on Grantian Florilegium: Christopher Robingileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-1156545158326010912006-08-25T17:32:00.000-05:002006-08-25T17:32:00.000-05:00He wrote those lines at a very bad time in his lif...He wrote those lines at a very bad time in his life. He later expressed regret for those harsh words and said that he was fond of them and he had made his peace with his childhood.<BR/>One of the things that seems to have started the resentment was having his classmates at boarding school find a copy of a record of him reciting vespers as a small lisping child. They played it over and over in the dormitory. That would make anybody sour on it for a few years.Headmistress, zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071449326819510530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-1156209647286388542006-08-21T20:20:00.000-05:002006-08-21T20:20:00.000-05:00I was a Pooh addict as a child. Some of my earlie...I was a Pooh addict as a child. Some of my earliest memories are of my mother reading Milne's works to me as I sat in her lap.<BR/><BR/>TTFNLawrence Underwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261364748415423970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-1156199142596029442006-08-21T17:25:00.000-05:002006-08-21T17:25:00.000-05:00How sad that stories that have brought so much joy...How sad that stories that have brought so much joy to others, myself and my children included, was the source for such bitterness in Christopher Robin. Boy, is that ever a life-lesson for all of us. Thank you for the way you constantly provoke our thinking and prompt our values.Jen Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846568750315418883noreply@blogger.com