tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post8804248728265142164..comments2023-12-22T20:36:45.744-05:00Comments on Isle of Wonder: Valentine's DayThe Red Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-83163993292373677152010-02-17T07:50:50.646-05:002010-02-17T07:50:50.646-05:00I guessed that. It shall be done.I guessed that. It shall be done.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-603367046561299772010-02-16T15:19:04.140-05:002010-02-16T15:19:04.140-05:00Sorry, that last comment was mine!Sorry, that last comment was mine!Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-73616177475283441932010-02-16T15:18:24.856-05:002010-02-16T15:18:24.856-05:00Perhaps my next blog entry should be a brief histo...<i>Perhaps my next blog entry should be a brief history of Abelard and Heloise.</i><br />That would be good :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-51423332461023577852010-02-15T09:07:16.487-05:002010-02-15T09:07:16.487-05:00I don't know if I would call it obsession, she...I don't know if I would call it obsession, she was stuck in a convent with little else to think about and then she came upon a letter he had written about their troubles and all the things that she had kept inside of her for 10 years came spilling out.<br />Perhaps my next blog entry should be a brief history of Abelard and Heloise.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-78584453259259622442010-02-15T05:48:43.301-05:002010-02-15T05:48:43.301-05:00Like Bridget I'm not a big fan of Valentine...Like Bridget I'm not a big fan of Valentine's Day, but yes, Heloise was clearly in love/obsessed with Abelard.<br /><br /><i>but sweeter for me will always be the word friend [amica]</i><br />And she is right about that - friendships tend to last much longer than love (that obsessive kind of devotion only lasts two years, usually, anyway)Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-28352208335438082272010-02-14T20:58:59.386-05:002010-02-14T20:58:59.386-05:00OMG - that's one of the most romantic things I...OMG - that's one of the most romantic things I've ever read! Just beautiful. <br /><br />*loves*Jeannehttp://rattlesnakeroot.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-87412158704720046232010-02-14T18:08:45.157-05:002010-02-14T18:08:45.157-05:00Wow. I don't even know how to respond to this...Wow. I don't even know how to respond to this.Brooke from The Bluestocking Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832634751075478091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-85319626799792909082010-02-14T12:36:43.000-05:002010-02-14T12:36:43.000-05:00She goes on to say that at times when she should h...She goes on to say that at times when she should have been praying, she would dream about the times they made love. She didn't regret daydreaming about sex during services and that she did not hold God or his son before Abelard. Course then he got worried because he feared that she would not get to heaven with those thoughts and he would lose her for eternity. It makes me very sad for them The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-40918297835932132132010-02-14T11:49:58.801-05:002010-02-14T11:49:58.801-05:00Wow. She really loved him, didn't she?Wow. She really loved him, didn't she?Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787365829018329681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-16015170852271583442010-02-14T06:26:35.753-05:002010-02-14T06:26:35.753-05:00She was amazingly modern and clearly in love...I d...She was amazingly modern and clearly in love...I do not like the Valentine's day at all but thanks for posting that fragment!<br /><br />BridgetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com