tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post8401830594972941960..comments2024-01-12T00:35:16.941+01:00Comments on French Leave: Bastille Daythe fly in the webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-88800679160602170102009-08-03T12:56:30.307+02:002009-08-03T12:56:30.307+02:00"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot..."They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"<br />Joni Mitchell.<br />This blog made me want to take the first available plane to Paris, until I read the final paragraphs! Thank you for so delightfully evoking for us our disappearing world.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-83706121437591652452009-07-05T14:07:53.196+02:002009-07-05T14:07:53.196+02:00Lizzie, what was the song by Joni Mitchell
'Yo...Lizzie, what was the song by Joni Mitchell<br />'You don't know what you've got till it's gone'?<br />That's how it feels to me.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-14492046446670981102009-07-05T12:28:45.787+02:002009-07-05T12:28:45.787+02:00Here in England our traditions are slowly being er...Here in England our traditions are slowly being eroded too. Then we hear talk about building community!lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02717304445586026003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-10268865334030861542009-07-04T23:55:21.952+02:002009-07-04T23:55:21.952+02:00Nickie Goomba, thank you for commenting. It does s...Nickie Goomba, thank you for commenting. It does seem a shame when we lose events like these...they bring people together much more effectively than all the projects to 'encourage participation' and 'revive the sense of community' that are shoved down on us from above.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-21609040766466520182009-07-04T23:38:41.903+02:002009-07-04T23:38:41.903+02:00We are living in the wrong days to ever expect peo...We are living in the wrong days to ever expect people to honor traditions. Very sad.<br /><br />Nice blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com