Comments on: A Valentine from Spitalfields

By: Stuey the time traveller

Stuey the time traveller — Thu, 04 May 2023 07:10:52 +0000

Dear Gentle Author, you must have known I wouldn’t, couldn’t, scoot past this gem of a Valentine! Your demise! 27 years? I’d love to know how you arrive at this figure - but don’t feel you need to answer, I’m still years behind you and slowly making my way to the present day. I only hope I reach it before my own demise - time will tell. My mind boggles at the thought of how many readers you must have by now (now being the present day, not Valentine’s Day 2010). One thing I do know however is those, like me, who read you every day and share your thoughts, loves and relationships will continue to do so. As one who lived many years ago at the other end of the underground network on the Metropolitan line, I love to read about those places and people you are meeting and, like so many others, I look forward every morning to 2 or 3 of your writings. And that is where I’m so very fortunate, I don’t have to read just one, I can read and live your experiences vicariously to my hearts content. Heart - this is where I came in…

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 13:29:19 +0000

Lovely piece, gentle author – could you provide a reference for 5he Kierkegaard quote?

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:28:21 +0000

dear gentle author your posts are always so full of inspiration, thank you for writing

By: Candice

Candice — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:06:05 +0000

Hi, gentle author. While I live in the U.S. (Washington, D.C. to be exact), I just love reading your blog. London is my favorite place in the world, and I always look forward to going back as we do usually every year. Your blog has given me a fresh look at a part of the city that we’ve never really ventured into. We’ll be there in April and look forward to exploring the Spitalfields area. Thank you so much!

Candice

By: alice

alice — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:00:31 +0000

thank you. i love reading your words before i start my day at work. here’s to the next 27 years! A

By: Ian Harris

Ian Harris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:52:37 +0000

What a thoughtful gesture from a thoughtful author. We read you because you are so good!
Happy belated Valentine!

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:58:16 +0000

It’s every day an enrichment to visit your blog … not only for my English. You inspire me to see my own surrounding with new eyes.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:31:21 +0000

I was feeling a bit glum that my boss was not sending me to England to manage an event I planned that will take place in Cambridge. But then you wrote such a lovely Valentine, and it reminded that you send a slice of England every single day to me and all of your readers. So thank you, and a Happy Valentine’s day to you, Gentle Author.

Your gentle reader, Susan

PS My daughter proudly carries to school her suede pencil bag with bunnies that I ordered from Jill Green — as a slightly extravagant but worth it Christmas present — after seeing her leather work and prints featured on your site. I only wish I could shop at more of the merchants you feature.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:30:40 +0000

Thank you for thinking of your gentle readers on this Valentine’s Day. It has been over ten years since I visited London. I miss it every day. Your blog is a daily gift to this western Oregon Anglomaniac.

By: A Spark in the Cosmos

A Spark in the Cosmos — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:14:21 +0000

You cannot know how far your words travel. Even for those who do not live in the UK, the stories are interesting, heart warming and real. However, in sharing your personal story of renewed life, you have given us inspiration and hope.