A funny thing happened recently.
I received a comment on a post written over 13 years ago from a fellow in, of all places, Ireland. The post was my little love letter to Clara Bow (https://flickchick1953.blogspot.com/2010/10/clara-bow-i-want-to-be-happy.html). Imagine my surprise to see this new comment:
Many, many thanks for your beautiful article. (Over a decade late, but still!)
Here in Ireland we are having a special showing of 'It' on June 15 and I have 'borrowed' a paragraph from you for an accompanying piece - with full credit to both you and the blog, of course!
I am currently enjoying going through your archive and enjoying it very much! It's always so great to come across genuine enthusiasts.
Greetings and warm regards from
Charley Brady
Silent Cinema Galway.
Here is Charley's great article.
https://www.silentcinema.ie/blog/hot-girl-summer-clara-bow.amp
When you write something and push it out there into the black hole of the blogosphere, you never know if it lands anywhere, much less gets read. Receiving a communication like that, from someone so far away about something written so long ago, kind of validates why we blog.
* How great it felt to share something with a kindred spirit.
* How great to have your work appreciated.
* How great to learn about someone doing something so wonderful so very far away.
* How great to find a new site and learn and enjoy more about classic film.
And so, every now and then, as the spirit moves me, I'll keep at this.
And if this just gets sucked into that black hole, well so be it - and in another 10 years ago, it might just land.
Please check out Silent Cinema Galway - it's a beautiful site:
https://www.silentcinema.ie/_blog#_blog
I'm sure special screening of "It" was a success - how could it not be?
