tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post2661886054905045181..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Three Times a HeroDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-49073596293813595212012-02-18T22:46:57.182+00:002012-02-18T22:46:57.182+00:00And a worthy hero, you chose. Thanks for teaching ...And a worthy hero, you chose. Thanks for teaching me a bit more about him. Should put his bio on my "to read" list.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-1565964719169211082012-02-18T18:12:17.655+00:002012-02-18T18:12:17.655+00:00Awesome hero; wonderful wonderful poem. Thank you....Awesome hero; wonderful wonderful poem. Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13793599640479407402012-02-18T09:14:02.586+00:002012-02-18T09:14:02.586+00:00Jabblog
He inspired me for a long while. I think ...<b>Jabblog </b><br />He inspired me for a long while. I think he still does, in the background.<br /><br /><b>Brian </b><br />Very true. With him it was for me a bit of each.<br /><br /><b>Daydreamertoo </b><br />I don't know, but I'd guess he probably thought of himself as ordinary, too. But I take youur point and it is well made.<br /><br /><b> Mary</b><br />No, the only one that might stand comparison - perhaps - would be Ghandi?<br /><br /><b>Manicddaily </b><br />Thanks. I'm glad you chose that line. I had wondered if it might be thought a trifle trivial.<br />What an experience that must have been to visit a leprosaurium!<br /><br /><b>Wolfsrosebud </b><br />Thank you for your comment. Good to have your visit. You are most welcome.<br /><br /><b>David </b><br />Really good to hear that he's still got something of a fan base. I don't hear much about him these days. I thought maybe the world had moved on. Thanks for saying.<br /><br /><b>Marbles in my Pocket </b><br />Thanks so much. Good to have your thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Linda </b><br />Thank you this. What you say is so true.<br /><br /><b>The Weaver of Grass </b><br />Yes, there was a time when his influence seemed to be everywhere.<br /><br /><b>aka_andrea </b><br />Awarm welcome to you and many thanks for your comment.<br /><br /><b>Myrna R </b><br />Hi, really good to have your company. Thanks you so much for your thoughts.<br /><br /><b>zongrik </b><br />Thank you. Yes, and a warm welcome to you. Good to have you along.<br /><br /><b>Mystic_Mom </b><br />Thank you so much for your kind words. Really good to have.<br /><br /><b>stu mcp </b><br />Thank you for these kind words. They are very much appreciated. Good to have your company.<br /><br /><b> hedgewitch</b><br />Yes, indeed, wouldn't they just! But I suppose we cannot expect the exceptional to become the norm... or should we? <br /><br /><b>angelique </b><br />Hi and welcome. This is such a kind comment. I do thank you very much for it.<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke </b><br />Thanks Windsmoke.<br /><br /><b>Claudia </b><br />Thank you, it's so easy tofeel you cannot do justice to such a person.<br /><br /><b>Carrie Burtt </b><br />Hi and a warm welcome to you. Thank you so much for saying so.<br /><br /><b>The Elephant's Child </b><br />Much thanks for this. He sure was a great guy. A polymath, I guess!<br /><br /><b> haricot</b><br />Indeed, I used to have a collection of 45's of him playing organ in various European cathedrals. They were lost in one of our many house moves, unfortunately. Thanks for the comment.<br /><br /><b>Anonymous </b><br />Thank you so much for your kind comment.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />Thanks for the info'. I shall try to track down the book.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-17235769504230350432012-02-18T08:46:16.736+00:002012-02-18T08:46:16.736+00:00I have a portrait of Schweitzer made by a Dutch ma...I have a portrait of Schweitzer made by a Dutch man, Frederick Frank, who had worked with him.<br />I met Frederick Frank in the eighties, he was a Buddhist, a painter, his drawing with charcoal were superb, his book "The Zen Of Seeing" a feat, his studies on Buddhism and human suffering has always made me think of him as at one with Schweitzer, and everything about both of them, this comment included, carry the atmosphere of a tremendous dejà-vu.Tommaso Gervasuttinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-50374652787719626392012-02-18T06:05:40.750+00:002012-02-18T06:05:40.750+00:00What a powerful ending; that IS heroic. Thank you ...What a powerful ending; that IS heroic. Thank you for sharing this.<br /><br />~Shawna<br />rosemarymint.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12704751759904519532012-02-18T00:37:21.828+00:002012-02-18T00:37:21.828+00:00I did not know that he himself played organ. Maybe...I did not know that he himself played organ. Maybe his ears learned naturally it listening to music in church. Great man, indeed, and a nice homage!haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-82345850980389205252012-02-17T23:18:04.652+00:002012-02-17T23:18:04.652+00:00Thank you. I only knew him as a doctor of medecin...Thank you. I only knew him as a doctor of medecine, and he was a hero in that field. I loved hearing about other facets to this diamond of a man.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-37473599603624698012012-02-17T22:45:44.477+00:002012-02-17T22:45:44.477+00:00I am with Claudia this is a wonderful tribute to a...I am with Claudia this is a wonderful tribute to a hero.....a beautiful write Dave!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10672293736797139512012-02-17T21:45:03.541+00:002012-02-17T21:45:03.541+00:00he was an awesome man for sure..in many ways..and ...he was an awesome man for sure..in many ways..and you wrote a wonderful tribute for him..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10518550026445174532012-02-17T21:18:01.709+00:002012-02-17T21:18:01.709+00:00Bonza tribute to a hero :-).Bonza tribute to a hero :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-48699299887181036102012-02-17T18:35:24.442+00:002012-02-17T18:35:24.442+00:00I enjoyed the poem as a poem, and I learned some t...I enjoyed the poem as a poem, and I learned some things I did not know. This line is so perfect: "Straightway I thought: I like this guy!" I thought that about you too as I read.angeliquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220424642455842665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13204029647507436992012-02-17T18:09:35.223+00:002012-02-17T18:09:35.223+00:00A very worthy choice, indeed, and your verse shows...A very worthy choice, indeed, and your verse shows why. More men such as he would do a great deal to change this planet.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-85639804698080324502012-02-17T16:12:15.336+00:002012-02-17T16:12:15.336+00:00now this sounds like a man who LIVED his life. Wha...now this sounds like a man who LIVED his life. What you described here were not his individual action as such- but his life as a whole- the whole journey- and in doing so what a rich tapestry you weaved.Enjoyed this.stu mcp (hate & hope)http://www.poemsofhateandhope.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-64138136731246454052012-02-17T15:58:25.338+00:002012-02-17T15:58:25.338+00:00Wonderful, this is a wonderful piece. Thank you f...Wonderful, this is a wonderful piece. Thank you for sharing your admiration and love in poetry.Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-49342154434584829782012-02-17T15:47:40.403+00:002012-02-17T15:47:40.403+00:00great person to have for a herogreat person to have for a herozongrikhttp://zongrik.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-59137853490710428942012-02-17T15:28:35.407+00:002012-02-17T15:28:35.407+00:00He was truly remarkable. Nice that you chose him ...He was truly remarkable. Nice that you chose him as your hero. You mention some things I didn't know about him. Nice write.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23063036418817847652012-02-17T15:24:12.372+00:002012-02-17T15:24:12.372+00:00Very nicely done.Very nicely done.aka_andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388010898688586760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40945372716427204122012-02-17T15:24:03.393+00:002012-02-17T15:24:03.393+00:00Yes, he was quite a figure when we were young wasn...Yes, he was quite a figure when we were young wasn't he DAVE?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-4504568498557199312012-02-17T14:56:53.161+00:002012-02-17T14:56:53.161+00:00A beautiful tribute to Albert Schweitzer. It is al...A beautiful tribute to Albert Schweitzer. It is always reaffirming when you like someone, to discover further deeds of selflessness they have given their hours on earth to help. Inspiring. Thank you for sharing, Dave.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-70737048976506872012012-02-17T14:56:05.330+00:002012-02-17T14:56:05.330+00:00Awesome tribute, written well, about an awesome ma...Awesome tribute, written well, about an awesome man. Nice one, Dave!Marbles in My Pockethttp://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/one-hell-of-a-ride-3/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-86208854636405294232012-02-17T14:45:12.791+00:002012-02-17T14:45:12.791+00:00Very good, David. Someone else told me they were a...Very good, David. Someone else told me they were a fan of Albert Schweitzer. I was in Africa at the time...David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-85082560375159085802012-02-17T14:13:53.342+00:002012-02-17T14:13:53.342+00:00thanks for sharing the true hero's of this wor...thanks for sharing the true hero's of this worldWolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-69185977616436460802012-02-17T14:05:49.289+00:002012-02-17T14:05:49.289+00:00Straightaway I thought I like this guy,
Wonderful...Straightaway I thought I like this guy,<br /><br />Wonderful line, and wonderfully told. He was one of my heroes too, though I didn't know so much about him till reading your poem. Thank you! <br /><br />I visited a leprosaurium outside of Calcutta once. Scary place, for obvious reasons--people very kind. K.Manicddailyhttp://manicddaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-79001713280882486312012-02-17T13:14:22.483+00:002012-02-17T13:14:22.483+00:00Albert Schweitzer was indeed a worthy hero. A man ...Albert Schweitzer was indeed a worthy hero. A man with so many degrees, but one who devoted himself to those others avoided. As I think this morning, I can't think of another person of his ilk. Your words make me want to read a biography.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-43843058473765147472012-02-17T12:20:07.091+00:002012-02-17T12:20:07.091+00:00He was truly an inspiration and yet, most of the p...He was truly an inspiration and yet, most of the people we see as our hero's think of themselves as ordinary. <br />What a lovely tribute to a great man.Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.com