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WOW. Stunning review!!
Petra: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone wrote: "Very interesting review. Thank you."
Thank you, I appreciate it! I’m glad you found it interesting.
Fred wrote: "Interesting idea. Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem."
.. multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum
Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae
...
I loved how you started this review.
I have such a vivid memory of a little interview I saw of the poet Robert Frost who was accused of writing a "foreboding" (or similar word) poem, since it mentioned a raven in the poem, and ravens are symbols of foreboding. He strongly stated that he had NO thought of foreboding in writing that poem.
Patrick wrote: "I loved how you started this review.
I have such a vivid memory of a little interview I saw of the poet Robert Frost who was accused of writing a "foreboding" (or similar word) poem, since it menti..."
What a wonderful example! Texts are always tricky. Sometimes it's better not to ask the author what they actually meant — just to avoid disappointment! 😄
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WOW. Stunning review!!
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Petra: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone wrote: "Very interesting review. Thank you."Thank you, I appreciate it! I’m glad you found it interesting.
Fred wrote: "Interesting idea. Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem.".. multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum
Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae
...
I loved how you started this review.I have such a vivid memory of a little interview I saw of the poet Robert Frost who was accused of writing a "foreboding" (or similar word) poem, since it mentioned a raven in the poem, and ravens are symbols of foreboding. He strongly stated that he had NO thought of foreboding in writing that poem.
Patrick wrote: "I loved how you started this review.I have such a vivid memory of a little interview I saw of the poet Robert Frost who was accused of writing a "foreboding" (or similar word) poem, since it menti..."
What a wonderful example! Texts are always tricky. Sometimes it's better not to ask the author what they actually meant — just to avoid disappointment! 😄


