[lit-ideas] Re: Falkland
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:01:38 -0800
On Nov 12, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
Volkerlanendisch
> Maybe my distracted mind simply approximated the sound of
>Falklands.
> suspect Freud would say we’ve already spent far too much time on
this slip.
Oh now. Because now D. Ritchie has to tell us about Falkland in
Fife. Imagine living in a place called "The land of the people".
There must be something wrong about it.
From the Collins encyclopaedia of Scotland:
Granted to the MacDuff Earls of Fife in 1160...blah, blah, blah...In
the 18th century handloom weaving and in the 19th power-loom weaving
brought modest prosperity but little development, thus preserving the
ancient layout and close harmony of the burgh...In 1970 Falkland
became the first Conservation Area in Scotland.
Apparently the facade of Falkland Palace--"the earliest essay in full
Renaissance architecture"-- is worth seeing, but personally I'd go
look at the royal tennis court, since I've seen the other one, which
is at Hampton Court. And then I'd get a cup of tea and a well-
preserved National Trust bun.
Am I helping?
David Ritchie,
doing his best in
Portland, Oregon
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