tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6399950372297951111..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: August competitionMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91691381134194548892012-09-07T10:22:41.353+01:002012-09-07T10:22:41.353+01:00Ruta Sepetys' Between Shades of Gray presented...Ruta Sepetys' Between Shades of Gray presented a more personal and detailed account of the Soviet's gulag prison system compared to what I was taught in high school history. It reminded me that I'm never too old to learn something and that there is usually far more sides to a story than we can count.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05628601066057750860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79886691938381179392012-09-07T09:59:03.871+01:002012-09-07T09:59:03.871+01:00I first read The Way of the Wyrd by Brian Bates wh...I first read The Way of the Wyrd by Brian Bates when I was in my early teens, it taught me that there is a lot that can be learned from other belief structures and cultures (this was important to me as I grew up in apartheid South Africa)Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271183412508926780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11742219646389795902012-09-07T09:58:34.403+01:002012-09-07T09:58:34.403+01:00I've learnt that people now, don't tresure...I've learnt that people now, don't tresure their familys the way we should.Alison Blossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349933972765602241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81596084201813792222012-08-31T11:17:50.405+01:002012-08-31T11:17:50.405+01:00It was reading "Mists of Avalon" by Mari...It was reading "Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmerman that brought me to paganism many decades ago & made me realise just how much of the "Old ways" the Christian church had stolen to convert the population. How hypocritical of them to now denounce pagan celebrations of those festivals as "ungodly".Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745199648604340657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9960859697698588942012-08-31T10:00:52.010+01:002012-08-31T10:00:52.010+01:00Reading Josephine Tey's 'Daughter of Time&...Reading Josephine Tey's 'Daughter of Time' as a teenager taught me that there's no such thing as absolute truth where the historical record's concerned. History is based as much on wishful thinking, gossip and hearsay as it is on actual hard facts. <br /><br />A rather shocking but salutory lesson that I'm glad I learned sooner rather than later. Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.com