tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post4716854332679954695..comments2023-11-07T07:53:32.305+11:00Comments on The Passionate Crone (poetry): So What?Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-70967237772962061882016-04-23T13:45:10.994+10:002016-04-23T13:45:10.994+10:00Something to remember indeed. I believe that most ...Something to remember indeed. I believe that most things we rem from early childhood are unpleasant experiences. My youngest event that I remember was an undeserved beating by my enraged father. I also remember my first and only camel ride at age 47. <br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-35682848011203587152016-04-22T17:44:17.850+10:002016-04-22T17:44:17.850+10:00Yes, that feeling is what I hoped to convey.Yes, that feeling is what I hoped to convey.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-72977508954616893812016-04-22T17:43:46.802+10:002016-04-22T17:43:46.802+10:00The clue is in the title. Not thrill remembered, b...The clue is in the title. Not thrill remembered, but the child's fear and elephant's tired plodding.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-31882805135875904652016-04-22T17:00:55.979+10:002016-04-22T17:00:55.979+10:00This one is so great, the child's perspective ...This one is so great, the child's perspective of being scared... yet you do remember more the thrill afterwards... what a true treat.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-25665962409465545542016-04-22T10:25:59.305+10:002016-04-22T10:25:59.305+10:00Rosemary, the feeling I get from those last lines ...Rosemary, the feeling I get from those last lines is dead on...what was viewed as "harmless fun" when we were children, we now know is very often animal abuse. This is so well done. De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-62999039709054445782016-04-22T09:49:43.211+10:002016-04-22T09:49:43.211+10:00You are. But even more than that, it was, as other...You are. But even more than that, it was, as others have noted, scary – and no great pleasure, it seemed, for the elephant either. And yet ... it has indeed remained in memory all these years.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-74786364405270826452016-04-22T09:37:49.167+10:002016-04-22T09:37:49.167+10:00thanks for sharing these lovely memories Rosemary
...thanks for sharing these lovely memories Rosemary<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-38844104120859465492016-04-22T08:39:02.748+10:002016-04-22T08:39:02.748+10:00Mixed emotions indeed. Mixed emotions indeed. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-7742940431726866422016-04-22T07:28:50.180+10:002016-04-22T07:28:50.180+10:00Interesting ... What I'm picking up on is that...Interesting ... What I'm picking up on is that maybe the adults thought the speaker would remember this as an extremely thrilling moment, whereas how it was actually filed away was much more matter-of-fact -- perhaps because a child that young doesn't have the context to know how unusual this event is. Am I on the right track?Marilyn Cavicchiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893515752007106083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-15556534816521431632016-04-22T06:19:42.075+10:002016-04-22T06:19:42.075+10:00Funny how adults can be blind to a child's not...Funny how adults can be blind to a child's not taking a thing the way they assumed she would! From a 3 year old's perspective, riding atop an elephant could be a genuine thrill, OR it could be pretty darn scary. Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-17264758074036825352016-04-22T04:45:17.360+10:002016-04-22T04:45:17.360+10:00I can imagine how high up you felt at age three! W...I can imagine how high up you felt at age three! Wobbly! Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-71675471278663020812016-04-22T03:28:34.545+10:002016-04-22T03:28:34.545+10:00lucky you!lucky you!Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413074557542736813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-21250884862882637332016-04-22T03:23:36.061+10:002016-04-22T03:23:36.061+10:00My mother-in-law rode an African elephant on the o...My mother-in-law rode an African elephant on the occasion of her 70th birthday. That was something she had always longed to do.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-32046776339012888042016-04-22T03:20:19.126+10:002016-04-22T03:20:19.126+10:00Always we tell little ones what we wish we had kno...Always we tell little ones what we wish we had known at their age. Ha!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-28634668087892932752016-04-21T22:58:11.200+10:002016-04-21T22:58:11.200+10:00Such a delightful read :DSuch a delightful read :DSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-72980108189905138052016-04-21T22:56:21.648+10:002016-04-21T22:56:21.648+10:00Ah, so sweet. Very vivid. k. Ah, so sweet. Very vivid. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.com