tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post3886654147823621894..comments2024-03-24T17:49:05.886-04:00Comments on The Robert Moss BLOG: Pink Jaguar and other delightsMarcia Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04530003059608361331noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-21161168803818478162009-10-19T15:34:52.918-04:002009-10-19T15:34:52.918-04:00I'm sitting here in metro-Altanta, the site of...I'm sitting here in metro-Altanta, the site of recent flooding, and wondering if the bridge in the forest is preparation for a future stream that will cut through the trees. It just sounds like so many of the wooded areas I've wandered in Virginia and here in Georgia.Barbara Butler McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250129625281645201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-36404123130588168252009-10-19T00:36:18.390-04:002009-10-19T00:36:18.390-04:00Ah, now there's the bridge. New age on one sid...Ah, now there's the bridge. New age on one side, university on the other. Hmmm ... what to do?Worldbridgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411263354180821936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-22114926982397002522009-10-18T17:10:44.219-04:002009-10-18T17:10:44.219-04:00"Hohotat' vsiu noch' pri svete luny&q..."Hohotat' vsiu noch' pri svete luny" (apostrophes mark soft consonants) is verbatim "Laugh uproariously all night long under the light of the Moon". In this rendition, the activity seems to require exceptional fitness, continuous fortification with spirits, homemade or otherwise, a touch of lunacy, or a close acquaintance with nechist'. If this were my dream, I'd think that this is something that Gogol's characters might do and perhaps I'd try and explore more idiomatic directions. <br /><br />What is it with pink luxury cars in dreams? I've dreamed of them a few times myself. In one dream, a team of long-haired, leather-clad rockers arrived in a huge pink car just in time to rescue me from a wicked witch.<br /><br />If this were my dream, the name of Pachenko would bring to my mind three different associations: indeed a Ukranian name, either Pachenko or more likely Pashchenko, a Hispanic name Pacheco, or simply pachinko. <br /><br />Who would build a bridge in the woods? Any sensible outdoorsman who frequents the place. Hiking, hunting or gathering mushrooms is so much more pleasant when your feet are dry.:)Louisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201390632767337817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-18583067794433425052009-10-18T16:40:22.122-04:002009-10-18T16:40:22.122-04:00Labas, Ginta! I certainly endorse that statement a...Labas, Ginta! I certainly endorse that statement about coincidence. It's also been said that "coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."<br /><br />AčiūRobert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-14524033415064732322009-10-18T16:18:03.400-04:002009-10-18T16:18:03.400-04:00Labas Robert-
I came across a quote in a novel by...Labas Robert-<br /><br />I came across a quote in a novel by Jacqueline (sp?) Winspear the other day that I thought you might appreciate:<br /><br />"...coincidence is the messenger of truth"<br /><br />Seems to echo your experiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-84660839746277626932009-10-18T15:05:36.509-04:002009-10-18T15:05:36.509-04:00Worldbridger, I assure you that I like hanging out...Worldbridger, I assure you that I like hanging out with the Goddess in the pink jaguar too! There is a history professor inside me (like the one in the dream of the college and the bridge) who insists on accuracy and careful documentation (when possible) and helps ward me against any tendency towards New Age-ish fluffiness, and he will have his place in my work too. But then the Goddess I know doesn't go in for New Age fluffiness either :-)Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-41752527236601915722009-10-18T13:36:53.164-04:002009-10-18T13:36:53.164-04:00Word structures and foreign languages ... what is ...Word structures and foreign languages ... what is a translator but a person who bridges language? Now who would build a bridge in the woods? What purpose would that serve? Words that we do not understand intellectually (like when a foreign language is spoken) are absorbed on a different level - the emotional content being the most easy to recognize. <br /><br />Here's something you might like to consider ... over the years I think I've read every book you've written and I've noticed that with each book your style has become slightly more scholarly, as if the need to explain has overtaken the wonder of discovery.<br /><br />Please don't take this as a criticism, I still think your books are fabulous, but I bring it up to point out what your dreams seem to indicate (if they were mine,of course). The Goddess and the King.<br /><br />I guess what I'm saying is, I like it when you hang out with the goddess in her pink Jaguar.Worldbridgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411263354180821936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-1651735330453115712009-10-18T12:23:35.847-04:002009-10-18T12:23:35.847-04:00Very funny and quite Russian, Louisa. Another Russ...Very funny and quite Russian, Louisa. Another Russian-speaking friend volunteered this Russian version of my dream phrase: CHOCHOTATJ VSIU NOCHJ PRI SVETE LUNY. Intriguing, but it's six words, not one. Meanwhile, I'm curious to see if there is a code in the name "Pachenko."Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-28786116779475111062009-10-18T11:16:12.581-04:002009-10-18T11:16:12.581-04:00Russian laughter that comes under the moonlight? M...Russian laughter that comes under the moonlight? Moonshine.:)Louisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201390632767337817noreply@blogger.com