Comments on: Precisely, Miss Goudge!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:46:29 +0000

I FINALLY started reading my first book by Elizabeth Goudge – “The Bird in the Tree.” Why did I not pick up a book of hers sooner? It is beautiful! Thank you so much for the recommendation, Lanier !

By: Sharon Goemaere

Sharon Goemaere — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:48:37 +0000

Oh thank you for the pronunciation of your most unique name!It is now”right”in my head!!:)Blessings Abundant~Sharon Goemaere(Go-Mare) LOL

By: hopeinbrazil

hopeinbrazil — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:24:21 +0000

I love Elizabeth Goudge! The book you quoted is one I’ve had on my shelves but haven’t read yet. Now I look forward to it more than ever.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:20:16 +0000

That is one of my favorite quotes too. Elizabeth Goudge is my favorite author and I’ve been reading her since I was quite young (and this year I will be 60). I’ve managed to collect most of her books and they are special treasures that I go to over and over. It’s always wonderful to find someone else who knows her and loves her works. i often think she may have been describing herself in this passage that you have quoted. And…she is also describing me, although it’s taken me a very long time to be able to find the “quiet life”….

By: Josie Ray

Josie Ray — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:19:10 +0000

That is precisely why I love January. It is the quietest time of year. If the quiet is destroyed in the first month, the rest of the year goes awry. Yet if the quiet is met and kept, indescribable strength and richness flows into the following months.

Elizabeth Goudge is a beloved author. There are books by other authors that are next in line for an initial reading, but, in spite of myself, The Little White Horse and Island Magic are lurking ever nearer in my mind this month, pressing for a reread. When reading the first, I must always make “dainty biscuits” (as Maria had in her turret room in the blue wooden box) topped with pink sugar roses or green shamrocks, and warm sugar milk. The magic and charm are so welcome here.

I’m about to print some photos of people I admire in order to frame them for a wall collage. Elizabeth Goudge is one of them. What a tremendous blessing she is!

By: gail

gail — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:21:19 +0000

I heartily agree that while reading a book of Miss G’s one must have a pen and notebook handy. Once I heard a comment that put forth the idea that one is especially drawn to a book in which the reader finds sentences she(as in my case) wishes she had written, or the reader comes across a paragraph and exclaims, “Yes, yes! That is exactly how I feel!” During the reading of ‘A Rosemary Tree’, my first exposure to Miss G, I found on the second page two sentences almost identical to some words I had expressed a week earlier; ‘Yet she liked these grey days. They had their own beauty.’ That was in December, since then I have read ‘Green Dolphn Street’ and ‘The Child from the Sea’ which are the only Goudge books our library carries. I will have to put out requests for others.

By: Lanier Ivester

Lanier Ivester — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:22:54 +0000

That’s perfectly fine, Sarah Ann. Thank you!

By: Sarah Ann

Sarah Ann — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:40:08 +0000

Lanier,

I’m so happy to find so many updates on your website! I’ve poked around your site before and very much enjoyed your “finding of beauty in everyday things.” I’m looking forward to checking it out more regularly.

I’m adding you to my blog’s link list. Is that okay with you?

By: Lanier Ivester

Lanier Ivester — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:12:53 +0000

Pleased to meet you, Carolyn! Thank you for stopping by!

By: Lanier Ivester

Lanier Ivester — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:11:58 +0000

Hello, Sharon! My name is a family name and it’s pronounced ‘La-neer’. Just so you’ll have it right in your head.