tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post1370169463165372233..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Blog Jam from QuebecWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-30165458788459365022008-05-02T18:34:00.000-02:302008-05-02T18:34:00.000-02:30Laurie:Quebec has changed a lot. More English ever...Laurie:<BR/>Quebec has changed a lot. More English everywhere (American tourists) and less of an attitude to homegrown Anglo-Canadians. <BR/>Gaspe Peninsula also worth seeing.<BR/>My schoolgirl French was dispensed with as the effort alone pleases the Quebecois. I always compliment them on their fluency - and they often speak Spanish & Italian too.<BR/>XO<BR/>WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-75597301157853116902008-05-02T09:38:00.000-02:302008-05-02T09:38:00.000-02:30north of the st. lawrence.... i'm not sure. we hav...north of the st. lawrence.... i'm not sure. we have followed the river as far as Tadoussac, and we have been to the Eastern Townships....<BR/><BR/>but i think you're right about not being farther north.<BR/><BR/>i would like to. but i should also learn french. (when we were there, it was off-season for tourists. and we found no one, in two weeks, who spoke any english at all.)lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7399396813447415782008-05-01T20:12:00.000-02:302008-05-01T20:12:00.000-02:30Gm:yes she was. I had a funeral update today and w...Gm:<BR/>yes she was. I had a funeral update today and will post about it later.<BR/>H:<BR/>I am confident she is skipping amongst the stars.<BR/>OF:<BR/>Thank you. <BR/>I said au revoir to Quebec today and now in Fredericton.<BR/>Gosh I love wireless, it's everywhere now.<BR/>XO<BR/>WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-17113968867096828332008-05-01T17:51:00.000-02:302008-05-01T17:51:00.000-02:30I'm sorry about your Aunt.Gosh, I'm envious of you...I'm sorry about your Aunt.<BR/><BR/>Gosh, I'm envious of your Quebec. So beautiful.<BR/><BR/>Bon voyage.Old Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11247102564173946623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-80522956825357392682008-05-01T15:01:00.000-02:302008-05-01T15:01:00.000-02:30Here's to auntie Francie. May she travel peaceful...Here's to auntie Francie. May she travel peacefully, as you do.<BR/><BR/>H<BR/>xxxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-91357492089106649162008-05-01T11:47:00.000-02:302008-05-01T11:47:00.000-02:30WWW Your aunt sounds like a real treasure, cherish...WWW <BR/><BR/>Your aunt sounds like a real treasure, cherish her memory. Love, prayers& hugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-1977494597666576352008-05-01T11:08:00.000-02:302008-05-01T11:08:00.000-02:30If I believed in hell anymore Nick, I would pray t...If I believed in hell anymore Nick, I would pray there would be a special place for these casual, heartless punks that destroy a sweet and trusting life.<BR/>Laurie, she is in my first novel, alas, still unpublished. This part of Quebec is lovely but I bet you've never been north of the St. Lawrence which is incredible also - more like France than France ;^)<BR/>XO<BR/>WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-68345046360818546242008-05-01T09:26:00.000-02:302008-05-01T09:26:00.000-02:30oh, WWW, you have made me love your auntie. and i ...oh, WWW, you have made me love your auntie. and i will remember her now.<BR/><BR/>her life sounds like it would make a wonderful book--or a piece for a journal.<BR/><BR/>i have been to that part of Quebec and love its natural beauty, but i did not know that about Grosse Ilse.<BR/><BR/>now i need to go back.<BR/><BR/>i always learn something at your post.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-140456868884854562008-05-01T06:30:00.000-02:302008-05-01T06:30:00.000-02:30Very sad about the unhappy ending to your aunt's o...Very sad about the unhappy ending to your aunt's otherwise happy life. I can never understand the utter indifference of these casual criminals to the trauma they're causing the victims. They have hearts of stone. And the average old folks' home is a pretty grim place to finish up. In a civilised society, everyone should be guaranteed a happy, dignified end to their life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com