tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post8991041396999247647..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Poetry Sunday: Summer Sun by Robert Louis StevensonDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-88716149344300909662020-07-13T16:05:04.649-05:002020-07-13T16:05:04.649-05:00It gives me a certain amount of glee to discover a...It gives me a certain amount of glee to discover a famous author doing something that I had no idea he did - Robert Louis Stevenson and poetry!Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-30510035257947810612020-07-13T14:51:26.591-05:002020-07-13T14:51:26.591-05:00Hot here too! The sun is not my friend right now b...Hot here too! The sun is not my friend right now but I enjoyed reading about Robert Louis Stephenson's sun. Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-33828266347482808192020-07-13T12:28:33.857-05:002020-07-13T12:28:33.857-05:00We often get the benefit of those breezes late in ...We often get the benefit of those breezes late in the afternoon, the most pleasant part of our day.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-915459611113655202020-07-13T12:27:30.667-05:002020-07-13T12:27:30.667-05:00It's always a treat when writers can surprise ...It's always a treat when writers can surprise us.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-55791670849534738172020-07-13T11:37:48.615-05:002020-07-13T11:37:48.615-05:00We never get the excessively hot temps here in my ...We never get the excessively hot temps here in my town in Texas. We always get a nice Gulf breeze.Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-68638250480906158532020-07-13T11:36:47.890-05:002020-07-13T11:36:47.890-05:00When I worked at R. L. Stevenson School, I felt ob...When I worked at R. L. Stevenson School, I felt obligated to read the man. I had an impression of him as pedantic, but, no, I was surprised.Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-91875514995912675252020-07-12T15:14:58.319-05:002020-07-12T15:14:58.319-05:00We all have our crosses to bear when it comes to w...We all have our crosses to bear when it comes to weather. Ours is sun and drought; yours is snow and ice.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-33210714442608421222020-07-12T14:52:23.482-05:002020-07-12T14:52:23.482-05:00I had enough of the Texas sun just in the several ...I had enough of the Texas sun just in the several months I lived in Wichita Falls, Texas. I can't imagine what you go through (as I haven't been to your area) come summe. We did have some 90 degree weather this week, for what it's worth. While I long for gardens in winter, I would rather have a northern summer any day (check with me again in January, though). Very nice imagery in this poem.Alanahttp://ramblinwitham.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-83852563765791432372020-07-12T09:47:29.991-05:002020-07-12T09:47:29.991-05:00Ah, rain. I remember that.Ah, rain. I remember that.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-3265684620096937822020-07-12T05:33:41.429-05:002020-07-12T05:33:41.429-05:00I suspect that the sun of Robert Louis Stevenson&#...I suspect that the sun of Robert Louis Stevenson's Sottish home was not quite as fierce and unrelenting as what you experience in Texas. The hot spell broke here yesterday, which was very pleasant. We had rain too and everywhere had that wonderful smell that fresh rain brings. David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.com