tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post8113148520643638573..comments2024-03-26T02:07:02.561-04:00Comments on Vijaya Bodach: A Biography in BooksVijayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-83055333318052247832018-11-06T09:39:00.221-05:002018-11-06T09:39:00.221-05:00Michael, thank you for stopping by and the lovely ...Michael, thank you for stopping by and the lovely comment. Those kids--my heart! And they're one up on me, having read Power & Glory.<br /><br />It's great to meet another lover of Flannery. But that style is definitely one that hasn't won many hearts. I didn't discover her until someone compared one of my stories to hers, and when I read them, I simply did not understand them. I thought the characters so very obnoxious (she was holding up a mirror to myself, I think that's why I reacted so strongly). It took conversion before I could see grace operating in the lives of those people. I think she's probably one of the best American writers of the 20th century now! Her work will endure. I still marvel at how much depth of understanding she had and for one so young. <br /><br />I love Lewis and Chesterton too. What wit! Sometimes I imagine them up in heaven having marvelous discourses. <br /><br /> Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-37423813900232683702018-11-05T19:36:59.226-05:002018-11-05T19:36:59.226-05:00Vijaya,
I ran on to you on Write Sanctum . . . an...Vijaya,<br /><br />I ran on to you on Write Sanctum . . . and I'm glad. First, just have to say . . . you have such beautiful children. And I'm glad to find another RC who views writing as a vocation. I write Flannery O'Connor-ish stories (I think). I like 'em, but reader apparently don't.<br /><br />Anyhow, I'm usually nit given to commenting anywhere. But you seem such a lovely person--a breath of fresh air really in all this. <br /><br />So, the books that shape me . . . <br /><br />First would have to be Lewis' "Mere Christianity" and after that Chesterton, esp. "Orthodoxy" and "The Everlasting Man." Then Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory," which is particularly relevant right now. And after that everything by O'Connor. <br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />Michael HearingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921614891213480716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-81367909713651367912018-10-25T19:15:52.520-04:002018-10-25T19:15:52.520-04:00Mirka, we are richer for it, no? I am already plot...Mirka, we are richer for it, no? I am already plotting and planning! Teaching is so rewarding!<br /><br />Faith, thank you! I do believe my greatest contribution to this world are the children. Just today I was looking through the old albums and I got misty-eyed at how quickly they are growing up and away. Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-59199137363257465592018-10-24T10:53:49.812-04:002018-10-24T10:53:49.812-04:00This is beautiful! I love hearing how reading and ...This is beautiful! I love hearing how reading and books have been milestones of your life.<br />And those babies! My, think of what beauty you've added to the world with those two wonderful humans!Faith E. Houghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823750019164801104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221151616674180073.post-38575421852001153152018-10-23T11:03:31.084-04:002018-10-23T11:03:31.084-04:00Glad I got to read this, Vijaya. Like you, I made ...Glad I got to read this, Vijaya. Like you, I made a very different nest from the one I grew up in.<br /><br />I hope you do get to go back to teaching.Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.com