[Vwoolf] missionary string bags

[Christine Froula]

This lovely e-conversation refreshes the soul.

Christine

On 10/15/2023 5:16 AM, Lee Salomon via Vwoolf wrote:
> I remember that my mother had two light brown string bags that were 
> kept hanging on hooks near our apartment's front door back in the 
> early fifties in Maryland. She probably brought them along when we 
> arrived in 1950 from across the ocean. 
> I remember that my mother had two light brown string bags that were 
> kept hanging on hooks near our apartment's front door back in the 
> early fifties in Maryland. She probably brought them along when we 
> arrived in 1950 from across the ocean. Such a practical item.
> Alyza
>
> /“Our duty is to improve the human condition—in every way we can, for 
> everyone who needs it.”/ – Kamala Harris
>
>
> Alyza Lee Salomon
> Hercules, CA
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>
> On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 03:03:03 AM PDT, Jeremy Hawthorn via 
> Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Ah, thanks Stuart, that fits much better than the “Taylors and 
> Edgeworths” quotation. The replacement of “revives” with “refreshes” 
> suggests that Moyes is quoting from memory. Could she even be running 
> the two quotations together? The “pretty
>
> Ah, thanks Stuart, that fits much better than the “Taylors and 
> Edgeworths” quotation. The replacement of “revives” with “refreshes” 
> suggests that Moyes is quoting from memory. Could she even be running 
> the two quotations together?
>
> The “pretty hat” quotation is rather cheering!
>
> Here’s a vintage photograph of a string bag, although I doubt it is a 
> missionary one.
>
> J
>
> Professor Emeritus
> Department of Language and Literature
> NTNU
> 7491 Trondheim
> Norway
>
> *From:*Stuart N. Clarke <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 15, 2023 11:25 AM
> *To:* Stuart N. Clarke <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com>; Jeremy 
> Hawthorn <jeremy.hawthorn at ntnu.no>; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] missionary string bags
>
> Since the novel predates the 5-vol. diary, just to reassure: the quote 
> *does* appear in “A Writer’s Diary”.
>
> *From:*Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf
>
> *Sent:*Sunday, October 15, 2023 10:21 AM
>
> *To:*Jeremy Hawthorn ; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
>
> *Subject:*Re: [Vwoolf] missionary string bags
>
> “A pretty hat in a teashop - how fashion revives the eye!” D5, 8 March 
> 1941 (I don’t think I remember string bags. ) Stuart From: Jeremy 
> Hawthorn via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2023 9: 59 AM To: 
> vwoolf@ lists. osu. edu Subject: [Vwoolf] missionary
>
> “A pretty hat in a teashop - how fashion revives the eye!”
>
> D5, 8 March 1941
>
> (I don’t think I remember string bags.)
>
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