tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post3780314258014882016..comments2023-11-01T01:03:14.032-07:00Comments on Braveheart-does-the-Maghreb: across the sea and back in timelady macleodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-66859276254750580742007-08-04T11:15:00.000-07:002007-08-04T11:15:00.000-07:00sparxthank you and thank you for coming by.sparx<BR/><BR/>thank you and thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-14946188212456707342007-08-04T04:51:00.000-07:002007-08-04T04:51:00.000-07:00another wonderful post with a view into another wo...another wonderful post with a view into another world - thanks for these. I'd indeed read a collection of tales from your wonderful life.Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-39316635633205785642007-08-04T02:12:00.000-07:002007-08-04T02:12:00.000-07:00i beatricefor an update on the continuing horrors ...i beatrice<BR/><BR/>for an update on the continuing horrors inflicted on Tibet read the article above in today's London Times.<BR/><BR/>thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-17481913624296083272007-08-04T02:10:00.000-07:002007-08-04T02:10:00.000-07:00welshcakes,thank you, and thank you for coming by....welshcakes,<BR/><BR/>thank you, and thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-34221125301711607742007-08-03T23:14:00.000-07:002007-08-03T23:14:00.000-07:00Thank you for your long and considered reply, Lady...Thank you for your long and considered reply, Lady M. I think my sister-in-law will be alarmed to hear about the Alaskan perma-frost. These surveys seem to involve small charter planes going at some peril to inaccessible places - and her heart is in her mouth for her man, every time!<BR/><BR/>I love to hear about your experiences with His Holiness though. How very fortunate you were to have that experience so early in life - he must have seemed wonderful indeed to a little girl! <BR/><BR/>And though I did know a little about the sad history of Tibet's suffering at the hands of China, you have brought it back into my mind very sharply, and I am appalled and angered and saddened all over again!I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-57288898741088164142007-08-03T15:51:00.000-07:002007-08-03T15:51:00.000-07:00Lucky Q, to have received such a letter. I am sur...Lucky Q, to have received such a letter. I am sure she will treasure it all her life. I just adore the bit about your "bristling demeanour" and can picture it!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-89394609743637483342007-08-03T13:20:00.000-07:002007-08-03T13:20:00.000-07:00i beatriceyour brother sounds an interesting chap ...i beatrice<BR/><BR/>your brother sounds an interesting chap indeed. i believe there remains some permafrost on Alaska's north slope as well. the geologist on duty at Prudhoe Bay gave us a short tour there in 2004; the area is in danger of losing the permafrost both to tourists and global warming.<BR/><BR/>His Holiness is not a god, it is just habit I suppose as He is indeed Holy. It is not any sense of holiness I always carry away from His presence but a sense of peace and laughter. He is very funny. I remember as a child I thought He must amuse the gods very much.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to the Chinese, His Holiness is not in Tibet, but in Northern India. The Chinese having failed to kill all the Tibetans are now in the process of breeding them out, the new rail road from China to Tibet will help speed that up along with the ruin of the Tibetan Plain.<BR/><BR/>thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-56740619170829955152007-08-03T12:49:00.000-07:002007-08-03T12:49:00.000-07:00What a fascinating post - and to think it's seven ...What a fascinating post - and to think it's seven years old!<BR/><BR/>I assumed at first that it was the Pope who was coming! But somehow the Dalai Lama (sorry if, like the animal of that name, he also has two l's)... the DL was very much more thrilling. Did you feel the holiness when you stood near him (and please believe me, I mean no levity there!)? He is someone I truly respect, and I'd love to know what he said to you - though don't expect I ever shall (and wouldn't dream of asking.)<BR/><BR/>I was intrigued to see that you refer to him with a capital H for Him... I had thought it was only God who was accorded that honour? But then, what would I know about such things?<BR/><BR/>My brother was in Tibet recently too. But to study the perma frost levels, not to meet the Dalai... He later went to Siberia for the same purpose; these two places apparently being among the last on earth to have preserved the frost. The survival of which, I gather, is essential to the earth's own survival..<BR/><BR/>At least I THINK that's what he told me - though I may very well be wrong. My brother tells me things like that, but I don't always hear him properly.. It being his fate to deal in matters so far beyond the grasp of most ordinary mortals that he is seldom heard properly, much less understood.<BR/><BR/>(This is not Bill, btw, but my real brother in the real world. Who is just a little like Bill, when I come to think of it...)<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for delighting us all again.I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-9035641335080146542007-08-03T12:02:00.000-07:002007-08-03T12:02:00.000-07:00jmbwonderful. what is her name? I'm sure we must...jmb<BR/><BR/>wonderful. what is her name? I'm sure we must know some of the same people, the McLeod Ganj is a small town.<BR/><BR/>thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-6361050900919978392007-08-03T12:01:00.000-07:002007-08-03T12:01:00.000-07:00good womanthis was a two and half month visit. It...good woman<BR/><BR/>this was a two and half month visit. It was the year I turned 50, and to celebrate I returned to climbing for the first time since Q's birth. It was brilliant.<BR/><BR/>thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-83951138644455238232007-08-03T11:59:00.000-07:002007-08-03T11:59:00.000-07:00mama zenYes, but don't be in awe of me; be in awe ...mama zen<BR/><BR/>Yes, but don't be in awe of me; be in awe of Him. He is amazing and so funny. I have known Him most of my life as I spent much of my youth in that part of the world.<BR/><BR/>thank you for coming by.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-78565056238289447692007-08-03T11:38:00.000-07:002007-08-03T11:38:00.000-07:00Lovely letter Lady Mac, which I'm sure Q was very ...Lovely letter Lady Mac, which I'm sure Q was very happy to receive and we are very happy to be sharing.<BR/>It made me think of a young woman in my book club,an ESL teacher here, who spent 3 months teaching English to Tibetans in a refugee camp in Northern India. She talked about it when we read Sky Burial by Xinran earlier this year. She brought photos with her and spoke so movingly about her time there and she still keeps in touch with some of them. <BR/>regards<BR/>jmbjmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-38589948243674547942007-08-03T09:52:00.000-07:002007-08-03T09:52:00.000-07:00Wow. How long were you there for? Sounds like a v...Wow. How long were you there for? Sounds like a very special time.The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-67423082891970178942007-08-03T07:01:00.000-07:002007-08-03T07:01:00.000-07:00Am I understanding this correctly? Did you get to...Am I understanding this correctly? Did you get to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama?<BR/><BR/>Just when I think that I can't possibly be in any more awe of you . . .Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.com