Very rarely an interesting and literate blog turns up while surfing. Cathy Thinks and Mary Jackson are today joined as a favourite by
http://theidlewoman.blogspot.co.uk/
(blog pseudonym Leander).
Browse, read, possibly enjoy. It's centred on history and historical fiction, true, but that's just the start.
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
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There is a hymn by John Newton, dating from 1779, that begins "How sweet
the Name of Jesus sounds in a believer's ear!". We sang it this morning,
which is ...
5 years ago
Hello Geoff - I just wanted to say a big thank-you for linking to me and for your kind words. I'm absolutely thrilled to hear you enjoyed the blog; and you're right to point out that despite its historical core it has an (entirely intentional) habit of wandering cheerfully off down random paths of thought. Rather like its writer, really!
ReplyDeleteLeander: and I feared that blogging was a dying art in the face of twits twitting in the linguistic equivalent of semaphore! It's belles-lettres reinvigorated.
DeleteI came across 'theidlewoman' when googling for anything on Max Adams's 'A king in the north'. There's a good review from The Independent, and a populist one from Mail Online angled on the Tolkien Aragorn idea (very tenuous, but aimed at Daily Mail viewers!), and then yours. Hence, Leander, the cheek of linking your blog to mine without even asked your consent. I can only plead a weakness for style and literacy and passion in blogdom.
Heavens! Just checked stats. 15 views of 'really really' - probably your followers. I haven't got any!
yrs
Geoff