tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post2174649261236173450..comments2023-11-07T07:53:32.305+11:00Comments on The Passionate Crone (poetry): Once, on a 16-foot Trailer-SailorRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-17948128688630698112016-06-28T07:56:03.324+10:002016-06-28T07:56:03.324+10:00Good adjective! Yes, we most often saw no-one else...Good adjective! Yes, we most often saw no-one else around.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-27475788662417027762016-06-28T07:54:04.474+10:002016-06-28T07:54:04.474+10:00Possibly less so now, some decades later. :-)Possibly less so now, some decades later. :-)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-16010648309500135262016-06-28T07:53:13.221+10:002016-06-28T07:53:13.221+10:00Very similar to where you are, Stacie. The area I&...Very similar to where you are, Stacie. The area I'm talking about here is even closer to the Equator, but only a little. I spent a lot of time there 30-odd years ago, including this boat trip.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-10367304041716944662016-06-28T07:23:50.358+10:002016-06-28T07:23:50.358+10:00Oh I feel as if you are close to where I live now....Oh I feel as if you are close to where I live now...the unbearable heat and the crocodiles and waters -- however I've not seen the "uncountable stars" here and wish for that! Enjoyed the rhythm in this...Thanks for sharing. Stacie Eirichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889951415294858821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-31903276686585615712016-06-28T06:26:36.842+10:002016-06-28T06:26:36.842+10:00You took me there. I can SEE that bowl of stars. H...You took me there. I can SEE that bowl of stars. Have sen such a sky, in the heavens above the small islands off of Tofino.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-26650185192384132052016-06-27T23:16:49.384+10:002016-06-27T23:16:49.384+10:00Sounds like a wonderful adventure to have had. You...Sounds like a wonderful adventure to have had. You are brave and daring.debihttps://debispoems.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-78721115954484620372016-06-27T23:06:01.811+10:002016-06-27T23:06:01.811+10:00This was so beautifully written - it gave me chill...This was so beautifully written - it gave me chills and transported me to those desolate waters.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-78037535238156846952016-06-27T16:59:20.544+10:002016-06-27T16:59:20.544+10:00Yes. 100 words didn't leave me room to mention...Yes. 100 words didn't leave me room to mention the storm, nor the huge whirlpool. As you see, we survived.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-68949902423849387032016-06-27T16:57:35.117+10:002016-06-27T16:57:35.117+10:00...and of course sometimes they are the same!...and of course sometimes they are the same!Rob Schacknehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472139702551957034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-50373924794990219892016-06-27T16:55:29.147+10:002016-06-27T16:55:29.147+10:00Ha. So real. I have been in places similar. 80% wo...Ha. So real. I have been in places similar. 80% wonderful. 20% scary.Rob Schacknehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472139702551957034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-6625589374338831782016-06-27T15:34:59.988+10:002016-06-27T15:34:59.988+10:00No, our crocs are up north in the hot places. I sa...No, our crocs are up north in the hot places. I saw alligators in Florida. They are not nearly so dangerous as our crocs.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-51417261903129099162016-06-27T13:50:49.710+10:002016-06-27T13:50:49.710+10:00So sorry, Rosemry. I don't know my Aus geograp...So sorry, Rosemry. I don't know my Aus geography very well I think, though, that I knew Darwin was in your north. I didn't see any crocks any place but Crocadile Dundee I did know. As far south as Tasmania? We have alligators here in Southeast Texas. <br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-26541058431657000292016-06-27T12:42:46.544+10:002016-06-27T12:42:46.544+10:00PS I'm pretty sure they don't have crocodi...PS I'm pretty sure they don't have crocodiles in NZ, either.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-32156869166315678092016-06-27T12:34:46.156+10:002016-06-27T12:34:46.156+10:00No, JIm, Broome and Darwin are in the troipical fa...No, JIm, Broome and Darwin are in the troipical far north of Australia. It was HOT.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-33351109949979346302016-06-27T09:00:25.115+10:002016-06-27T09:00:25.115+10:00Sounds like a really nice boat outing, Rosemary. ...Sounds like a really nice boat outing, Rosemary. I'm envious because I am betting it was over in N.Z. It is sooo pretty, we did a Princess Cruise around the Eastern and Southern shores (then over to Tasmania and ended in Sydney).<br />Two weeks ago we were at the opposite end of the world, crossing the Artic Circle north of Iceland.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-72068353836930342312016-06-27T08:35:08.366+10:002016-06-27T08:35:08.366+10:00More than warm, Karin, in the daytimes – excessive...More than warm, Karin, in the daytimes – excessively hot. But you can acclimatise to anything.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-79452452651255455092016-06-26T22:22:37.442+10:002016-06-26T22:22:37.442+10:00Sounds pretty wonderful--warm but in a sultry way-...Sounds pretty wonderful--warm but in a sultry way--and difficult but in retrospect cherished. Thanks. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-20169303664685373732016-06-26T21:37:46.456+10:002016-06-26T21:37:46.456+10:00Yes, it was a great adventure. It was a journey of...Yes, it was a great adventure. It was a journey of some weeks, and included events of which I could make several narratives – but not in just 100 words.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-90672433999021066942016-06-26T21:31:13.079+10:002016-06-26T21:31:13.079+10:00Well, it was 28 years ago! I didn't find it to...Well, it was 28 years ago! I didn't find it too uncomfortable then, but wouldn't contemplate it now. It was a fairly small boat, yes. There were only three of us on board, and that was a bit crowded. And yes, it was paradise too.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-79042686405108646562016-06-26T20:56:16.520+10:002016-06-26T20:56:16.520+10:00 To me it sounds like paradise my older self would... To me it sounds like paradise my older self would avoid... Too much of comfort missing, but we miss the countless stars... Sounds like a very small boat... (But I think it was the same size as my first adventure)brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-20569802828594562682016-06-26T20:40:56.183+10:002016-06-26T20:40:56.183+10:00This is almost hallucinatory in its iteration -- t...This is almost hallucinatory in its iteration -- the details of this sailing surely burned themselves into the speaker. I read sea-tales voraciously for some years--it's where I got my online handle Brendan--there is something about the extremity found there which is like opium to the reader. Anyway, this burns so finely without ornament or much need for narrative: the net is brimming with the voyage. Great work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-14685828293406702362016-06-26T20:05:31.532+10:002016-06-26T20:05:31.532+10:00Thanks for your response Rosemary. Luv your amazem...Thanks for your response Rosemary. Luv your amazement, rythym and recall, reads like a chant<br /><br />Much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.com