tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post1220603945869083399..comments2023-10-02T21:42:57.764+08:00Comments on a mermaid in the attic: Freedom...can mean many different things....A mermaid in the attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-62153650740443911022010-03-23T05:56:01.600+08:002010-03-23T05:56:01.600+08:00So I wrote a nice long comment to this post the ot...So I wrote a nice long comment to this post the other day but then somehow lost it! Argg!<br />Anyway, just wanted to say that wow, you've summed that up so well, I so agree with you. And thank you for mentioning the movie,I hadn't heard about it until now. I adored Lachto Drom (how great was the music!?), so I'm absolutely going to go see this one :)<br />There's a book that's a favourite of mine that I though you might like as well - "The Rom - Walking in the Paths of the Gypsies" by Roger Moreau. It's a really fascinating read, all about the origins and history of the gypsies. Cya!Wayward Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385850766260854616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-50589220224858008902010-03-18T22:32:23.612+08:002010-03-18T22:32:23.612+08:00I found your blog quite by accident, and I love it...I found your blog quite by accident, and I love it! I have always had this bit of Romantic Gypsy thing about myself, and I find that I often get "Itchy Feet" and finding somewhere where I really belong.<br />Maybe it is something that is inbred in all of us but has been buried so deep down my the material things in life, and our home comforts!<br />Luckily though, I live really in the wilds of Northern England, just before you get to Scotland, and the heaths are so romantic!<br />Do you believe in reincarnation?<br />Strange question, I know! But I'm sure that I have lived another life.<br />Anyway, I'm going to follow you for a while and see where this journey leads. I am a great believer in spreading your wings and go wherever the wind blows me!<br />Follow me at:<br />http://thewondersofalice.blogspot.comAlice in Wonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068858292644394838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-30360216718012864682010-03-18T20:59:00.576+08:002010-03-18T20:59:00.576+08:00Thanks for introducing me to this film, Christina....Thanks for introducing me to this film, Christina. <br /><br />I'm also interested in your comment above about being a white Australian and not belonging - I was having some of those kinds of feelings yesterday here in Canada as I drove past the Ojibway Cultural Foundation. <br /><br />Where do I belong then?Judy Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-11544468222525734782010-03-17T04:12:24.973+08:002010-03-17T04:12:24.973+08:00Christina, what an amazing journey that must have ...Christina, what an amazing journey that must have been for you as children! The nearest i got to a nomadic life style was doing my student bit and living on a peace camp for a while, though it was an amazing experience! But, im still thinking, one day i should love to take off, at least for a wee while xRuthie Reddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544345949078281235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-5615946083781444502010-03-16T00:36:56.026+08:002010-03-16T00:36:56.026+08:00Ruthie, I hadn't forgotten your red-haired gyp...Ruthie, I hadn't forgotten your red-haired gypsy ;-) ! Yes, I feel the same tug-of-war within myself...I've always been a homebody and I love my little house (though I wish I could pick it up and put it somewhere nicer), and I wonder whether as a white Australian I feel the need to put down real roots into the land more acutely, because I don't quite belong. And yet, at the same time, there is that desire to be able to pack up the ones I love and just...GO...leaving all this trivial and unimportant stuff that we think we need behind. As a child I was lucky enough to experience that in a small way, as my family packed up our little caravan and we did just GO...off around Australia for 5 whole months. It was the most marvelous adventure for two kids, we saw more of our nation than most people see in a lifetime, and I have wonderful, wonderful memories of it.A mermaid in the attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-37968408236271149952010-03-15T08:26:12.755+08:002010-03-15T08:26:12.755+08:00Christine, i so want to see this film! I am (as u...Christine, i so want to see this film! I am (as u might have guessed) one of those who feels a gypsy tug deep down in my child heart for the romantic version. The freedom from all that baggage (that i wish i didnt want), the freedom to come & go at will (and yet i yearn for a place to call home). Yet in reality the story down the years of the roma is such a heartwrenching tale isn't it. They are a brave people. xRuthie Reddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544345949078281235noreply@blogger.com