tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post7099983223132369569..comments2023-10-18T12:55:50.552+00:00Comments on At Flores in the Azores: Boots and nail varnishNeil Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-74110977245685550422010-04-22T12:48:51.682+00:002010-04-22T12:48:51.682+00:00Such a nice blog and i like most things in your bl...Such a nice blog and i like most things in your blog that is layout of your blog.<br />- <a href="http://www.cornishworld.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">St Austell Cornwall</a>eyanharvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851059091822059512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-260907382424073602010-04-22T00:09:05.465+00:002010-04-22T00:09:05.465+00:00Should read:
(she also has roots in Pico).Should read:<br /><br />(she also has roots in Pico).Kathiehttp://www.inolongerlikechocolates.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-51598212273033292842010-04-22T00:07:45.985+00:002010-04-22T00:07:45.985+00:00Marisa, since you like Anthony De Sa's writing...Marisa, since you like Anthony De Sa's writing, you also might enjoy Lara Gularte's:<br />http://sites.google.com/a/laragularte.com/www<br /><br />Like me, Lara has Henriques family roots in Fajãzinha das Flores (she also roots in Pico). Also like me, her family's been in Northern California for over 130 years! Unlike me, though, she was raised with awareness of her Portuguese heritage, which comes into play in her writing. Lara, Anthony and I all met at the same writers' conference mentioned previously :-)Kathiehttp://www.mycalifornianfriends.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-26753164580716603592010-04-21T21:24:56.905+00:002010-04-21T21:24:56.905+00:00Yes it's Ponta.Yes it's Ponta.Marisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-72197038776538042892010-04-21T17:04:13.644+00:002010-04-21T17:04:13.644+00:00BTW, is Ponta da Fajã Grande in the 2nd photo (tha...BTW, is Ponta da Fajã Grande in the 2nd photo (that little cluster of white houses in the distance)?<br /><br />Or is Ponta farther up the coast (i.e., not in the photo)? I ask because my paternal grandmother was born there, but I didn't know that yet at the time I visited Flores in 2002 (must come back soon!).Kathiehttp://www.mycalifornianfriends.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-39691227467684917982010-04-21T16:55:03.686+00:002010-04-21T16:55:03.686+00:001. Oo-o-o-h yay, Marisa, another Anthony De Sa fan...1. Oo-o-o-h yay, Marisa, another Anthony De Sa fan here! I adore his "Barnacle Love," now out in paperback. I'd bought the hard-cover edition via Amazon last year, then packed it for a conference in PDL last fall that he was also scheduled attend, so he could autograph it for me. He's not only a gifted artist with the English language, but also a nice and unpretentious person. Hope you get to meet him someday, if you haven't already.<br /><br /><br />2. RE Neil's comment: This reminds me of the moment in Blackadder when he's got to re-write Dr Johnson's dictionary in 24 hours and, having done "a", the indefinite article, says "Good. So we're well on the way."<br /><br />I can totally empathize, because I've just commenced translating another Azorean novel (ca. 240 pages), and still feeling beyond daunted. Woe is I :-(((Kathiehttp://www.inolongerlikechocolates.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-11070378673803454172010-04-21T12:40:39.553+00:002010-04-21T12:40:39.553+00:00Nice colours on the pictures. How I miss Fajã (sau...Nice colours on the pictures. How I miss Fajã (saudades), and how I wish I could do the same, I'm reading Terra Nova from Anthony de Sá, about azorean migration and the catch of codfish in Newfoundland Banks, but only from 10 p.m ahead. This week we have formação (30 hours)about SNC wich is the new accounting system adopted in Portugal, just like being in the garden...As for the aircraft models I admire you because of my lack of patience and hability for hand work.Marisanoreply@blogger.com