tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5198240186022759882..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-52374894322325046772019-08-01T16:59:10.158+01:002019-08-01T16:59:10.158+01:00Peggy, mosquitoes are not a problem in Scotland. W...Peggy, mosquitoes are not a problem in Scotland. What we do have is the Scottish midges Culicoides impunctatus. In certain environments and times of the year they can be a real menace. <br />You can check it out here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_midgeDawn in NLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189050640379340589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-55511693377087304322019-08-01T16:54:05.974+01:002019-08-01T16:54:05.974+01:00Once again, Jean, you sent me off to do some resea...Once again, Jean, you sent me off to do some research. All I found online about the Romans and their 40,000 loss, was the NYorker article, something in Encyclopedia of Entymology (with no reference!) and an American Journal of Medical Science article which I can't access (any university people here with access through your library?).<br /><br />I was also interested in your comment about solitude and calling it peace. I have heard it quoted as desert most often and also wilderness and even desolation, but this is the the first time I have come across solitutude. It seems to be linked to Byron.<br /><br />So a bit of a dead end but interesting half hour or so :)Dawn in NLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189050640379340589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-81391819079189096872019-08-01T16:07:14.452+01:002019-08-01T16:07:14.452+01:00You've never seen a mosquito in Scotland? Scot...You've never seen a mosquito in Scotland? Scotland has now shot to the top of my list of places to visit. If there is a single mosquito in Scotland, it will find me. Can you say more about William Trevor? I'm weak on Irish writers, but one of his books came to my attention recently. It sounded promising, but I am unfamiliar with him. I loved the last paragraph in your post. What class was that?Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111736625664327019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-86244636164174321022019-08-01T14:24:07.326+01:002019-08-01T14:24:07.326+01:00The current New Yorker "Writer's Voice&qu...The current New Yorker "Writer's Voice" podcast is Elizabeth Strout reading this good new story. Our local library has Olive Kiitteridge which I've never read and will now seek out. Another treat awaits in the latest New Yorker Fiction podcast, Margaret Atwood reading & commenting on an Alice Munro story.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568215693665518362noreply@blogger.com