Comments on: Bess of Hardwick http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/26/bess-of-hardwick/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/26/bess-of-hardwick/comment-page-1/#comment-23889 CherryPie Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:21:22 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10544#comment-23889 Bess' life seems quite unreal but fascinating to me... :-) Bess’ life seems quite unreal but fascinating to me…

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]]> By: Chrysalis http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/26/bess-of-hardwick/comment-page-1/#comment-23886 Chrysalis Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:23:39 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10544#comment-23886 I agree, Friends is still one of my favorite shows and everything Maggie Smith says makes me laugh on DA. I hope I didn't offend any DA fans, it was just a perception of British life vs. reality curiousity. Then again, Bess of Hardwick's life did have quite a few plot twists and turns in it, didn't it? (D'ja like that? I went off on an unrelated point and then brought it back to the point -let's pretend it was an intentional diversion and a full-circle conversation rather than my tangential thinking today;) I agree, Friends is still one of my favorite shows and everything Maggie Smith says makes me laugh on DA. I hope I didn’t offend any DA fans, it was just a perception of British life vs. reality curiousity.

Then again, Bess of Hardwick’s life did have quite a few plot twists and turns in it, didn’t it?

(D’ja like that? I went off on an unrelated point and then brought it back to the point -let’s pretend it was an intentional diversion and a full-circle conversation rather than my tangential thinking today;)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/26/bess-of-hardwick/comment-page-1/#comment-23885 CherryPie Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:39:26 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10544#comment-23885 It would have been when it was occupied. Nowadays the keep gauze over the windows to stop the light from deteriorating the interior... It would have been when it was occupied. Nowadays the keep gauze over the windows to stop the light from deteriorating the interior…

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/26/bess-of-hardwick/comment-page-1/#comment-23884 CherryPie Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:37:58 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10544#comment-23884 I must admit I like the personal bits too, it makes sense of how someone accomplished what they did. I have to confess I haven't watched a single episode of Downton Abbey so I have no ideas whether it is good, bad or indifferent LOL. I have watched some episodes of 'Friends' and the better ones had me in stitches :-) I must admit I like the personal bits too, it makes sense of how someone accomplished what they did.

I have to confess I haven’t watched a single episode of Downton Abbey so I have no ideas whether it is good, bad or indifferent LOL. I have watched some episodes of ‘Friends’ and the better ones had me in stitches :-)

]]> By: rusty duck http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/26/bess-of-hardwick/comment-page-1/#comment-23879 rusty duck Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:18:13 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10544#comment-23879 It looks like a beautiful house. Even if cold inside it must be full of light. It looks like a beautiful house. Even if cold inside it must be full of light.

]]> By: Chrystal http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/26/bess-of-hardwick/comment-page-1/#comment-23877 Chrystal Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:11:09 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10544#comment-23877 Well, I don't want to impose at Vision and Verb, so I'll write my thoughts here. I love learning little personal tidbits about the personal lives of people such as Bess, rather than just their accomplishments. I think we need that, as a culture, for continuity - to learn from both their strengths and their weaknesses. I noticed a commenter at V&V mentioned Downton Abbey. Now please, no one throw rotten tomatoes at me, but other than the costumes, the set, the acting itself and Maggie Smith, I'm...not a fan? Now I love our U.S. show "Friends", but I'm wondering if Downton Abbey has the same effect that "Friends" did on the rest of the world (and before that, Beverly Hills 90210) as far as global perception - people end up thinking that's what life was/is like, not realizing that there's a certain amount of ridiculousness/absurdity to the plot ;) Well, I don’t want to impose at Vision and Verb, so I’ll write my thoughts here. I love learning little personal tidbits about the personal lives of people such as Bess, rather than just their accomplishments. I think we need that, as a culture, for continuity – to learn from both their strengths and their weaknesses.

I noticed a commenter at V&V mentioned Downton Abbey. Now please, no one throw rotten tomatoes at me, but other than the costumes, the set, the acting itself and Maggie Smith, I’m…not a fan?

Now I love our U.S. show “Friends”, but I’m wondering if Downton Abbey has the same effect that “Friends” did on the rest of the world (and before that, Beverly Hills 90210) as far as global perception – people end up thinking that’s what life was/is like, not realizing that there’s a certain amount of ridiculousness/absurdity to the plot ;)

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