tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post3420681916488912286..comments2024-03-26T04:42:51.815-06:00Comments on Page Lambert: All Things Literary & All Things Natural : Can you trace the heart of your story? Great racehorses like Secretariat can.Connecting People with Nature, and Writers with Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843366084313026823noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-53150453770503653932012-02-15T08:03:18.298-07:002012-02-15T08:03:18.298-07:00Dan, thanks so much for taking a moment to read th...Dan, thanks so much for taking a moment to read the post, and send a reply. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, he was an amazing horse - a metaphor for a great many things.<br />PageConnecting People with Nature, and Writers with Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843366084313026823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-17158760624420579432012-02-15T07:43:46.083-07:002012-02-15T07:43:46.083-07:00A tremendous post Page. It was great the way you u...A tremendous post Page. It was great the way you used Secretariat to remind us that we need to have our dreams in our heart and our heart in our dreams.Dr. Dan Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-75594758760553785712011-01-16T16:03:57.256-07:002011-01-16T16:03:57.256-07:00What a beautiful movie, and great message. Thanks...What a beautiful movie, and great message. Thanks, Page.<br />PatPat Jurgensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-80490830317537524742011-01-16T15:53:56.142-07:002011-01-16T15:53:56.142-07:00Ah, yes, Black Beauty. Anna Sewell transported so...Ah, yes, Black Beauty. Anna Sewell transported so many of us! Thank you for sharing your memories, Lucy.Page Lamberthttp://www.pagelambert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-77163708752305077242011-01-16T13:50:00.717-07:002011-01-16T13:50:00.717-07:00Page thank you for provoking these cherished memor...Page thank you for provoking these cherished memories of mine...<br /><br />After lunch Mrs. Welch looked down the lines of little desks from the front of the classroom. The alphabet, in both print and cursive, marched uniformly above the green blackboard behind her, as she asked us to pull out our workbooks for reading. “Lucy you may sit in the back”, she directed, as I pulled the big chapter book from my desk with a sense of great pride and excitement. I retreated to the secluded chair in the back corner of the room and laid the hardback book on my lap, searching for the bookmark in the midst of the many pages. I quickly lost myself in the adventures of the beautiful black horse and her friends Ginger, Merrylegs , Duchess and the others. I will never forget Black Beauty.<br />This is the experience that became the heart of my love for reading and animals. Anna Sewell wrote about a world of horses and their people in 1877 that transported an eight year old girl, in 1958, into a world so absorbing that the rest of the 3rd grade class went on without her and she didn’t even notice. That little girl was me... Lucy AllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-37547777233425679002011-01-16T09:14:34.043-07:002011-01-16T09:14:34.043-07:00Oh, Cathy, how sad that your beloved books were di...Oh, Cathy, how sad that your beloved books were discarded, but how wonderful that you were able to find some used copies. The stories that touch our hearts in childhood truly do become a part of the fiber of our soul. Treasures from the meadow. What a beautiful phrase!Page Lamberthttp://www.pagelambert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-47420924806219916022011-01-15T17:03:37.924-07:002011-01-15T17:03:37.924-07:00Dear Page, my heart swelled with the memory of Sec...Dear Page, my heart swelled with the memory of Secretariat and how many of us loved him from afar. I really want to read Secretariat's Meadow, and hope I will get the chance to do that.<br /><br />My Friend Flicka and Stormy shaped my childhood passion for horses, and feel the same way with their velvet faces leaning in for a "hug" as I do with Aesop who loves to tuck his head up under my chin so I can kiss his forehead, the place where his puppy smell will be forever.<br /><br />My meadow was sprinkled with Nancy Drew and Clara Barton, every biography of young WOMEN in history...but there was a circle in the meadow, sacred circle...that's where the Bobbsey Twin books lived. Literary giants they were not, but they spoke my language. When I discovered that my father had discarded them all, a couple of friends helped me find some in used bookstores. Treasures from the meadow.Cathy Stengelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-54841691946540106802011-01-15T09:19:14.604-07:002011-01-15T09:19:14.604-07:00Hi Nanette. I know Kate Chenery Tweedy would tell ...Hi Nanette. I know Kate Chenery Tweedy would tell you that Secretariat had a heart that embraced the world and embraced racing - he loved to run! My Arab Farside, who was Sheri's horse for many years before he came to live with me, has over 4000 endurance miles logged in. And he loved it!Page Lamberthttp://www.pagelambert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-4835380094133239762011-01-15T06:05:01.893-07:002011-01-15T06:05:01.893-07:00Page, what a wonderful way to consider heart. Admi...Page, what a wonderful way to consider heart. Admittedly, the books that grabbed me when I was a kid weren't quite so literary (although a lot of them were about horses), but I've come to better appreciate the masters. I guess you need to experience a horse with a big heart to really appreciate the full meaning. Secretariat certainly showed it - from afar for most of us. Thanks for sharing this.Nanette Levinhttp://www.HorseSenseAndCents.com/blog/blognoreply@blogger.com