Comments on: The Wishing Chair http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/ A love letter Mon, 21 May 2012 19:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dervala http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 Dervala Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:40:45 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1515 There were (at least) three parts to my ignorance: what did Irish teenage boys talk about, what did brothers talk about, and what did country kids talk about? (I grew up too close to Limerick to count, and for some reason wasn't close to my cousins.) And the key to it all, which of course I'd forgotten, is hurling and Gaelic football. Thanks for clearing it up. Very evocative...I hope the four-year-old's trip to Ros goes well. There were (at least) three parts to my ignorance: what did Irish teenage boys talk about, what did brothers talk about, and what did country kids talk about? (I grew up too close to Limerick to count, and for some reason wasn’t close to my cousins.) And the key to it all, which of course I’d forgotten, is hurling and Gaelic football.

Thanks for clearing it up. Very evocative…I hope the four-year-old’s trip to Ros goes well.

]]> By: Toucan http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Toucan Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:28:16 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1514 Yea funny that, the day my paternal grandfather died he walked the land at home, a final good buy to a lives work and toil, would have loved to have met him. I agree with what you saying and that's why we always stopped by on the way in from a days work in the evening with the long shadows growing in the fields half of life winding down half waking up, a change of shift one could say. As for the chat it was generally things like why was Lennon playing centre field for the U-16's when he should have been centre forward and my bro should have been mid field (lennon was more skillful and a better scorer, P was fitter, bigger and more controlling of centre field) Of course girls as well but in a more innocent/ignornant way then now :-)simple times! And of course the father being a Bast**d to work with on the farm but, like spuds for dinner every day that one (for the record he's a class act to try and follow now that i am a parent myself and i am glad i relised so soon, rough around the edges that all:-) Going to go out and bring the young lad there to have a sit and a chat this weekend, 4 year old are very interesting. Thanks Dervala Yea funny that, the day my paternal grandfather died he walked the land at home, a final good buy to a lives work and toil, would have loved to have met him. I agree with what you saying and that’s why we always stopped by on the way in from a days work in the evening with the long shadows growing in the fields half of life winding down half waking up, a change of shift one could say.

As for the chat it was generally things like why was Lennon playing centre field for the U-16’s when he should have been centre forward and my bro should have been mid field (lennon was more skillful and a better scorer, P was fitter, bigger and more controlling of centre field)
Of course girls as well but in a more innocent/ignornant way then now :-)simple times!
And of course the father being a Bast**d to work with on the farm but, like spuds for dinner every day that one (for the record he’s a class act to try and follow now that i am a parent myself and i am glad i relised so soon, rough around the edges that all:-) Going to go out and bring the young lad there to have a sit and a chat this weekend, 4 year old are very interesting.
Thanks Dervala

]]> By: Dervala http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Dervala Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:24:22 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1513 Toucan, I love the notion of listening to the land. You have to work it, I think, to feel it as whole, breathing thing. Walking it isn't enough. I've wondered what teenagers from the country talked about. Not a lot of teenage chatter in John McGahern... Toucan, I love the notion of listening to the land. You have to work it, I think, to feel it as whole, breathing thing. Walking it isn’t enough.

I’ve wondered what teenagers from the country talked about. Not a lot of teenage chatter in John McGahern…

]]> By: copernicus http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 copernicus Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:25:48 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1512 I have an Eileen Grey side table (knock off) and a Barcelona chair (knock off), but I'd love an Eames Chair (fo' real). I've probably been watching too much Frasier on DVD. I have an Eileen Grey side table (knock off) and a Barcelona chair (knock off), but I’d love an Eames Chair (fo’ real).

I’ve probably been watching too much Frasier on DVD.

]]> By: Toucan http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Toucan Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:14:20 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1511 As I said to the 50ish year old lady in shannon airport on Saturday "you turned my head" cheeky but good karmically (is that a word) So Lady in Tv Reflection "you Turned My Head!" (i even walk by my PC in work to do so!) I have a best place for lounging so to speak. it not a chair that one can buy but it's two rock out on the farm in roscommon. they have moss on them so well comfy and on a long summer evening when we would be out collecting hay or what ever we (my brother and I) would stop by and sit and lisnen to the land and have a smoke and talk about stuff that tenagers from the country talk about . no eames lounger but you can not buy that in the shops:-) Pardon the Rant toucan:-) As I said to the 50ish year old lady in shannon airport on Saturday “you turned my head” cheeky but good karmically (is that a word) So Lady in Tv Reflection “you Turned My Head!” (i even walk by my PC in work to do so!)
I have a best place for lounging so to speak. it not a chair that one can buy but it’s two rock out on the farm in roscommon. they have moss on them so well comfy and on a long summer evening when we would be out collecting hay or what ever we (my brother and I) would stop by and sit and lisnen to the land and have a smoke and talk about stuff that tenagers from the country talk about . no eames lounger but you can not buy that in the shops:-)

Pardon the Rant

toucan:-)

]]> By: Toucan http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Toucan Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:13:19 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1510 As I said to the 50ish year old lady in shannon airport on Saturday "you turned my head" cheeky but good karmically (is that a word) So Lady in Tv Reflection "you Turned My Head!" (i even walk by my PC in work to do so!) I have a best place for lounging so to speak. it not a chair that one can buy but it's two rock out on the farm in roscommon. they have moss on them so well comfy and on a long summer evening when we would be out collecting hay or what ever we (my brother and I) would stop by and sit and lisnen to the land and have a smoke and talk about stuff that tenagers from the country talk about . no eames lounger but you can not buy that in the shops:-) Pardon the Rant toucan:-) As I said to the 50ish year old lady in shannon airport on Saturday “you turned my head” cheeky but good karmically (is that a word) So Lady in Tv Reflection “you Turned My Head!” (i even walk by my PC in work to do so!)
I have a best place for lounging so to speak. it not a chair that one can buy but it’s two rock out on the farm in roscommon. they have moss on them so well comfy and on a long summer evening when we would be out collecting hay or what ever we (my brother and I) would stop by and sit and lisnen to the land and have a smoke and talk about stuff that tenagers from the country talk about . no eames lounger but you can not buy that in the shops:-)

Pardon the Rant

toucan:-)

]]> By: Dervala http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Dervala Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:32:01 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1509 My sister has an Eileen Gray side table; I'd love one. I always thought she was from Boyle, Co. Roscommon! My sister has an Eileen Gray side table; I’d love one. I always thought she was from Boyle, Co. Roscommon!

]]> By: C http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 C Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:15:08 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1508 I think I read in your blog somewhere that you lived in NYC for a while? Did you get the see the modern furniture collection at MOMA? Eames is there and his stuff is amazing, but so is Eileen Gray - some of her chairs (not too many at MOMA unfortunately) are just out of this world. Pretty cool for a girl that started out in Wexford. Enjoy! I think I read in your blog somewhere that you lived in NYC for a while? Did you get the see the modern furniture collection at MOMA? Eames is there and his stuff is amazing, but so is Eileen Gray – some of her chairs (not too many at MOMA unfortunately) are just out of this world. Pretty cool for a girl that started out in Wexford.

Enjoy!

]]> By: eoin http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 eoin Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:02:15 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1507 Yes, but who's the pretty girl on the TV? Great shot. Yes, but who’s the pretty girl on the TV?

Great shot.

]]> By: John http://dervala.net/2006/03/12/the-wishing-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 John Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:42:44 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=757#comment-1506 Good shot! (the stories are always good) Good shot! (the stories are always good)

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