tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5483892977794047732..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Gifts by Imogen RobertsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67749482405313928922012-12-24T14:14:45.417+00:002012-12-24T14:14:45.417+00:00A delicious post which I've just come to late....A delicious post which I've just come to late. Those moonstones are too beautiful and don't you just love that throwaway line in the letter... 'they pick them up off the river-beds.' Oddly enough before I read your post, I commented on Essie Fox's post today 24th... on how easily we throw away 'treasures'. Wonderful that this necklace has survived and I love the concept of being able to smell a parcel from Japan. I always felt that about arriving in Hong Kong. Even If I closed my eyes I would know where I was.Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-85169896894274008962012-12-22T14:10:36.387+00:002012-12-22T14:10:36.387+00:00Lovely post! I recall a time when tv was urging ev...Lovely post! I recall a time when tv was urging everyone to clear out clutter and I kept wondering what stories were being thrown away for fashion's sake - and every time the craze comes again.<br /><br />I will study that delicious dumpling story. I often tell a version of that tale though I'm not sure where I picked it up. But, oddly, though I give it a Japanese context, in my head I imagine the old woman's laughing face as that of a dear, kind long-gone Geordie aunt-in-law who was always able to make the best of things. Two stories in one.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37659626904467500502012-12-22T06:38:36.247+00:002012-12-22T06:38:36.247+00:00Thanks all. Klondike Gold Rush! That's brillia...Thanks all. Klondike Gold Rush! That's brilliant...Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27569062914328045092012-12-21T14:30:34.498+00:002012-12-21T14:30:34.498+00:00You are absolutely right that the best presents co...You are absolutely right that the best presents come with stories. A ring I inherited from my mother, from her mother, from her mother came with a story (which may, or may not, be true) about it coming from the Klondike Gold Rush, and I love it with a passion!Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67365446480600383772012-12-21T14:01:09.014+00:002012-12-21T14:01:09.014+00:00What a beautiful necklace and what a beautiful sto...What a beautiful necklace and what a beautiful story behind it!Jessica Brockmolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333664969192588015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74397741471933182642012-12-21T10:33:26.764+00:002012-12-21T10:33:26.764+00:00I am GREEN WITH ENVY at that necklace. Positively ...I am GREEN WITH ENVY at that necklace. Positively my favourite stones of all are moonstones. And it's wonderful what stories lie behind the gifts. Lovely post.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.com