tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post6094553890902626144..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Urban DiaryA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-54693970565636336052015-01-24T20:20:15.458+00:002015-01-24T20:20:15.458+00:00A beautiful cadence even in prose and lovely word ...A beautiful cadence even in prose and lovely word pictures--thanks, Cubano. Have a lovely weekend. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-33607783187000769742015-01-23T23:07:15.613+00:002015-01-23T23:07:15.613+00:00Once again, your words paint a vivid picture. Just...Once again, your words paint a vivid picture. Just lovely.<br /><br />Here's to a wonderful weekend!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-2519698396641388852015-01-23T13:15:48.099+00:002015-01-23T13:15:48.099+00:00Such wonderful descriptions you write! They make m...Such wonderful descriptions you write! They make me want to know more about the people. tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-39682665536138365572015-01-23T05:57:39.725+00:002015-01-23T05:57:39.725+00:00I like the way you share your world. It was like s...I like the way you share your world. It was like standing there.. people-watching along side you. Only warmer.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-60623982314817405732015-01-23T03:38:11.866+00:002015-01-23T03:38:11.866+00:00Interesting descriptions-I wish we had such hubs h...Interesting descriptions-I wish we had such hubs here with bus/subway/train stations all connected (or had subway/train service)!sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-78413623034877437392015-01-23T00:00:07.953+00:002015-01-23T00:00:07.953+00:00You take me back to the days I lived in London - t...You take me back to the days I lived in London - the people at the bus stop, the sense that people's private lives seeming to be lived out in public in a way that it isn't out here in the countryside.<br /><br />I was reminded, too, of Ezra Pound's short poem, "In a Station of the Metro" ("The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-63656287387778022152015-01-22T22:48:22.055+00:002015-01-22T22:48:22.055+00:00and my world IS padded with snow now. Last night i...and my world IS padded with snow now. Last night it fell 20 cm of snow. :( NatureFootstephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340635075481959029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-22861058171989791222015-01-22T21:12:13.019+00:002015-01-22T21:12:13.019+00:00Thanks for your feedback. Indeed, the new design m...Thanks for your feedback. Indeed, the new design might be futuristic but it's still open to the elements so I froze my a**e off recently when I was waiting for my bus at this bus stop. :-)<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-67560504668141744842015-01-22T20:14:40.669+00:002015-01-22T20:14:40.669+00:00This really transports me to London. Buses are suc...This really transports me to London. Buses are such a great way to really feel a city.Fly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191335990973494972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-3507183503086111292015-01-22T18:27:25.974+00:002015-01-22T18:27:25.974+00:00Las paradas de autobuses siempre suelen ser un lug...Las paradas de autobuses siempre suelen ser un lugar de observación y a la vez de encuentros si siempre se sale a la misma hora.<br />Por aquí también aprieta el frio, un abrazo.Mari-Pi-Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661886117860375651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-41092542122959935172015-01-22T17:43:56.255+00:002015-01-22T17:43:56.255+00:00you know... i love watching people... and even mor...you know... i love watching people... and even more when they not realize they are watched... so many stories.. you brought them alive..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-22823770826441276872015-01-22T16:49:24.825+00:002015-01-22T16:49:24.825+00:00I have not been on a bus in some time.
When I live...I have not been on a bus in some time.<br />When I lived in Boston, many years ago, I always took the subway and I loved 'people watching'<br />This a a fabulous piece of writing , I felt like I was there with you!<br />Smiles ...Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433759763753850718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-47062781986453963642015-01-22T15:50:58.115+00:002015-01-22T15:50:58.115+00:00Nice piece of writing! I do like winter.Nice piece of writing! I do like winter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-79357805656260730682015-01-22T15:23:00.140+00:002015-01-22T15:23:00.140+00:00The writing is damn good.you are lucky to live the...The writing is damn good.you are lucky to live there , I must saynikhimenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896332142360553968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-32410319103781203592015-01-22T15:16:43.977+00:002015-01-22T15:16:43.977+00:00"...each of us at this bus stop becomes the v..."...each of us at this bus stop becomes the vision of an autumn leaf discarded by a tree growing winter on its branches..." Beautiful image and so is the rest of the post.Judith Mercadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739476600999112092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-74868440361101541992015-01-22T14:59:14.039+00:002015-01-22T14:59:14.039+00:00Oh WOW!!! I really, really love this, CiL...the wa...Oh WOW!!! I really, really love this, CiL...the way you fellow travelers become fallen autumn leaves beneath the towering trees above...and how each person, only glimpsed for a short while is given a character and life-story.<br />Your imaginative ability is truly amazing. What a talent!!<br /><br />Have a Fabulous Day :)Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-66150792985013317052015-01-22T09:50:33.855+00:002015-01-22T09:50:33.855+00:00Oh how I love public transport. And you've sho...Oh how I love public transport. And you've shown us why!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-12440147512040646172015-01-22T08:40:21.912+00:002015-01-22T08:40:21.912+00:00I love people watching, there are so many stories ...I love people watching, there are so many stories all around us...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-89134790922650181532015-01-22T07:48:47.370+00:002015-01-22T07:48:47.370+00:00People viewing was a daily hobby of mine when I tr...People viewing was a daily hobby of mine when I travelled by bus to my place of work and more so when I used the train. They all have a tale to tell, if only we could enter their minds and read it there. One of my short tales was based on a lady I saw on a train. Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-82483320487489752402015-01-22T04:53:43.097+00:002015-01-22T04:53:43.097+00:00Some very moving stories there I am sure. And lov...Some very moving stories there I am sure. And love that you recognise their presence.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-90941696856724652842015-01-22T04:00:14.415+00:002015-01-22T04:00:14.415+00:00A very evocative piece, CiL.
It could have been w...A very evocative piece, CiL.<br /><br />It could have been written in any large city in any century, I think, and is reminiscent of the observations of a young, late Nineteenth/early Twentieth Century writer in Paris whose name I cannot recall, but who stood on the streets observing, speculating and writing about people passing by him. (When I return home, I will find his name among my books and mention him to you.)<br /><br />It also reminds me of the differences among those who live in the city as from those in the suburbs and, most particularly, from those whose home is in a rural area. Life generally is more comfortable when you are among few strangers.<br /><br />Yes, very evocative and very fine writing ....<br />Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86416756201500245322015-01-22T02:55:36.866+00:002015-01-22T02:55:36.866+00:00Amazing vignette... So much poetry even in a bus d...Amazing vignette... So much poetry even in a bus depot...Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-35810618709333213142015-01-22T02:53:31.183+00:002015-01-22T02:53:31.183+00:00well at least you share stories...which to me is w...well at least you share stories...which to me is what truly connects us...<br />and has the power to....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-75952399252340829722015-01-22T02:48:06.375+00:002015-01-22T02:48:06.375+00:00Open depots don't protect you much from cold a...Open depots don't protect you much from cold and rain. You described clearly and poetically the stories represented here, allowing us to see the panoply of life in your neighborhood. Thanks.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-68456643753257736432015-01-22T02:33:02.604+00:002015-01-22T02:33:02.604+00:00Everyone has their own story to tell in all its gl...Everyone has their own story to tell in all its glory. Rather have a summer one be told as I hate the cold.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.com