tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post7380328129394198598..comments2023-09-23T19:15:08.939+10:00Comments on Flying Star Toys blog: Letters from HeavenFlorence Forresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539672176570172886noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-75947986269344656852007-10-19T09:59:00.000+10:002007-10-19T09:59:00.000+10:00Thanks for your comment Drewzel :0) Please feel w...Thanks for your comment Drewzel :0) Please feel welcome here.<BR/><BR/>xxFlorence Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539672176570172886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-60839235891889866092007-10-18T11:02:00.000+10:002007-10-18T11:02:00.000+10:00Yep, the Desiderata lives on the back of our toile...Yep, the Desiderata lives on the back of our toilet door, because I love it, and it's basically my life philosophy. I was going to write what Gillian said, but she's done it already. Good work Max.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-84159599455548088792007-10-11T08:21:00.000+10:002007-10-11T08:21:00.000+10:00Thank you for visiting my blog Linda, Please fell ...Thank you for visiting my blog Linda, Please fell welcome here :) It's always great to hear from fellow home town bloggers, especially the creative ones.<BR/><BR/>xxFlorence Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539672176570172886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-87658448802905201282007-10-10T19:47:00.000+10:002007-10-10T19:47:00.000+10:00Hi, just found your blog through Anne Wood and the...Hi, just found your blog through Anne Wood and the great comment you left and then realised we live in the same city! Go figure...I go half way around the world to end up back home in one click, before I go and read anything else, i love this piece and it is oh so true. Looking forward to visiting again, Linda Lilly CottageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-28844320470867833352007-10-03T15:29:00.000+10:002007-10-03T15:29:00.000+10:00fascinating! I really like hearing about urban my...fascinating! I really like hearing about urban myths, this is a good one. Thanks for the additional information Gillian :)<BR/><BR/>xxFlorence Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539672176570172886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-90698208648482347462007-10-03T08:25:00.000+10:002007-10-03T08:25:00.000+10:00Yes, Desiderata was present in almost every home o...Yes, Desiderata was present in almost every home of the Flower Power generation of the 1960s. It's not from the old Baltimore churchyard though, it was written in the 1920s, or a little earlier.<BR/><BR/>"The common myth is that the Desiderata poem was found in a Baltimore church in 1692 and is centuries old, of unknown origin. Desiderata was in fact written around 1920 (although some say as early as 1906), and certainly copyrighted in 1927, by lawyer Max Ehrmann (1872-1945) based in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Desiderata myth began after Reverend Frederick Kates reproduced the Desiderata poem in a collection of inspirational works for his congregation in 1959 on church notepaper, headed: 'The Old St Paul's Church, Baltimore, AD 1692' (the year the church was founded). Copies of the Desiderata page were circulated among friends, and the myth grew, accelerated particularly when a copy of the erroneously attributed Desiderata was found at the bedside of deceased Democratic politician Aidlai Stevenson in 1965."Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037804717667251460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-83355162253640484752007-10-01T16:43:00.000+10:002007-10-01T16:43:00.000+10:00Ah....! like your your quilt, Jude :)xxAh....! like your your quilt, Jude :)<BR/><BR/>xxFlorence Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539672176570172886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-54067715025225204992007-09-30T08:22:00.000+10:002007-09-30T08:22:00.000+10:00like a river, those words, like listening to a riv...like a river, those words, like listening to a river.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-65764275396134730452007-09-29T20:01:00.000+10:002007-09-29T20:01:00.000+10:00Thank you all for the further information. I foun...Thank you all for the further information. <BR/><BR/>I found it written in a tiny font on the bottom of an internal page of album notes from a CD I've had for years. I'm glad that it has come to me now.<BR/><BR/>xxFlorence Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539672176570172886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-84811078159078081562007-09-29T18:34:00.000+10:002007-09-29T18:34:00.000+10:00The Desiderata.Every house I knew of had it on the...The Desiderata.<BR/><BR/>Every house I knew of had it on the back of their toilet door, for, erm, contemplation.<BR/><BR/>Avoid the company of loud and aggressive persons, they are a vexation to the spirit, has always stayed with me.shulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349989043861777133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-30265698345493047032007-09-29T04:59:00.000+10:002007-09-29T04:59:00.000+10:00That is a beautiful quote.The painting (The Hermit...That is a beautiful quote.<BR/><BR/>The painting (The Hermit) is really good, Florence. Very artistic.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29400880.post-36214166190357344772007-09-29T00:07:00.000+10:002007-09-29T00:07:00.000+10:00It's wonderful, isn't it. Like a daily prayer!I di...It's wonderful, isn't it. Like a daily prayer!<BR/>I did only know it in German and it's nice to read it in English!Ursula Achtenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978137253135755217noreply@blogger.com