tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post5431160263119482992..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: doppelgängersTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-51628236249298292932010-09-03T23:06:31.700-04:002010-09-03T23:06:31.700-04:00Are you sure that's Virginia? Looks like Lady ...Are you sure that's Virginia? Looks like Lady Ottoline Morrell. Or Vita.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-34817368637695985182010-08-22T13:44:22.712-04:002010-08-22T13:44:22.712-04:00I had never seen these pictures before. They look ...I had never seen these pictures before. They look like brother and sister, if not the same person. Wow!Lisa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096947438461486505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-72889691998615486412010-08-18T23:10:16.672-04:002010-08-18T23:10:16.672-04:00I first wondered if it was Vita, but the photo was...I first wondered if it was Vita, but the photo was labeled VW online. I pondered it a while and decided it was Woolf. Hmm.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-23040340484952350002010-08-18T19:45:34.990-04:002010-08-18T19:45:34.990-04:00Willow, am I the only one who doesn't see Wool...Willow, am I the only one who doesn't see Woolf at all in this photo? That's Vita Sackville-West, or I'm truly going insane. Your new book says this is really VW and not VSW?Denisehttp://agrowingobsession.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-45622263220538823402010-08-18T16:27:04.691-04:002010-08-18T16:27:04.691-04:00Interesting...I never noticed the similarities bef...Interesting...I never noticed the similarities before, and I have biographies of both! Curious, indeed! Thank you for pointing out these intriguing tidbits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-64448020523100700392010-08-17T23:08:19.389-04:002010-08-17T23:08:19.389-04:00Curious indeed. It's like history is trying t...Curious indeed. It's like history is trying to tell us to pay attention - it's got something to say.Jenniferhttp://www.jensrealia.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-55742835077442377492010-08-17T17:28:30.987-04:002010-08-17T17:28:30.987-04:00Oh, I can see this. And that book store sounds div...Oh, I can see this. And that book store sounds divine.Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-26030716305342645472010-08-17T15:53:49.978-04:002010-08-17T15:53:49.978-04:00Thanks for sharing, this Willow. You kinda rock, ...Thanks for sharing, this Willow. You kinda rock, ya know! They say everyone has a twin....I keep looking for mine, but haven't seen her yet.<br />~Brendabrenda whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00846306414656375463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-16133872537686870282010-08-17T14:14:49.736-04:002010-08-17T14:14:49.736-04:00Thanks, Gerry, I'll have to go check her out. ...Thanks, Gerry, I'll have to go check her out. I have a Maggpie Smith kind of voice fixed in my head for her.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-70514367321912366882010-08-17T13:26:23.819-04:002010-08-17T13:26:23.819-04:00interesting post and observations. speaking of Vir...interesting post and observations. speaking of Virginia Woolf, I (rather serendipitously) just found our there's a brief (~8;00) interview with her posted on the Beeb. fascinating voice. here's the link:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/<br /><br />lots of other interviews too. (bonus)gerry boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404762839765626232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-91342407884981842002010-08-17T11:16:43.818-04:002010-08-17T11:16:43.818-04:00Amazing. I always enjoy the way you see things.Amazing. I always enjoy the way you see things.Tom Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068850208360958008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-5776695285635151282010-08-17T11:07:19.822-04:002010-08-17T11:07:19.822-04:00Interesting...the resemblance is uncanny.Interesting...the resemblance is uncanny.The Urban Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274811305312666931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-80965394291190492242010-08-17T10:20:09.150-04:002010-08-17T10:20:09.150-04:00They really do look like the same person in those ...They really do look like the same person in those photos!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-22715118129823126632010-08-17T09:00:29.554-04:002010-08-17T09:00:29.554-04:00Claudia, that's actually Oscar Wilde's han...Claudia, that's actually Oscar Wilde's handwriting with the teapot and wide spacing between!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-64583912097274841872010-08-17T07:48:24.461-04:002010-08-17T07:48:24.461-04:00Oscar in drag (and perhaps he was inclined?) What ...Oscar in drag (and perhaps he was inclined?) What lovely shoulders they share!Steve Capelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14838386764407644146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-6429963132748957502010-08-17T06:44:39.545-04:002010-08-17T06:44:39.545-04:00Curious, yes. But I wouldn't draw too much in...Curious, yes. But I wouldn't draw too much into it.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-42690989389061880772010-08-17T06:30:35.350-04:002010-08-17T06:30:35.350-04:00Hello Willow,
You pick up on the most intriguing ...Hello Willow,<br /><br />You pick up on the most intriguing of aspects!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-80062660534980520492010-08-17T05:31:46.742-04:002010-08-17T05:31:46.742-04:00i loved that she painted a teapot with a smiling f...i loved that she painted a teapot with a smiling face and wonder what an expert would say about the wide spaces she left between her words...<br />i think the handwriting can say something about the writer - and i always enjoy seeing original peaces - also of music sheets of some well known composers..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-71387246348424950462010-08-17T02:06:51.610-04:002010-08-17T02:06:51.610-04:00That IS amazing. Virginia Woolf is probably my ver...That IS amazing. Virginia Woolf is probably my very favorite writer, after Dostoevsky, maybe. I thought I knew most everything about her, but these similarities that you point out are weird and wonderful.<br /><br />Your recent recommendation of the movie "Summer Hours" was much appreciated. I just finished watching it and found it beautiful. Thank you for that!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-85747197489530634872010-08-17T01:12:19.511-04:002010-08-17T01:12:19.511-04:00I do enjoy reading your posts. Many times your wri...I do enjoy reading your posts. Many times your writings remind me of the book, "In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life," a non-fiction by James Deetz. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-62888240241005707582010-08-16T23:46:13.506-04:002010-08-16T23:46:13.506-04:00Sounds like a wonderful book find, willow...in the...Sounds like a wonderful book find, willow...in these photos they do indeed look alike....all that in-breeding of the English upper classes?GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-72117410325327320772010-08-16T23:45:37.087-04:002010-08-16T23:45:37.087-04:00It's all well and good for you to sit here and...It's all well and good for you to sit here and wallow in your mega-commenter flood, while my poor blog festers in its summer drought. <br /><br />Fine, DON'T come by and leave a comment! Just sit here soaking up all your comments, don't come and leave any for us poor peons of the blogiverse!<br /><br />Spoiled rotten! <br /><br />8-)<br /><br />- MMarchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-46212940030265889902010-08-16T23:32:36.603-04:002010-08-16T23:32:36.603-04:00I love Oscar Wilde! I mean, now I do. I never knew...<i>I love Oscar Wilde!</i> I mean, now I do. I never knew he was the sort to doodle teapots in his personal correspondence!dogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-22962334393310734812010-08-16T23:22:59.852-04:002010-08-16T23:22:59.852-04:00Their handwriting intrigues me. Surely they would...Their handwriting intrigues me. Surely they would have been "taught" proper penmanship which would account for their 'hands' looking so similar. It is a sad statement indeed that in the future, with all the recent technology, we will scarcely be able to examine someone's hand ...it will all be typewritten. You must promise to hand write all your poems Willow!Leslie Jane Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641731049466182446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-86351955519615096642010-08-16T23:11:48.816-04:002010-08-16T23:11:48.816-04:00Yes! They ARE Orlando! Now why didn't I think ...Yes! They ARE Orlando! Now why didn't I think of that before?Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.com