tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post3146273884415202837..comments2023-06-28T22:58:28.247+10:00Comments on Sixth In Line: Dog BabiesElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-62673183319451582172010-10-16T03:28:15.227+11:002010-10-16T03:28:15.227+11:00I think that the story clearly voices your frustra...I think that the story clearly voices your frustration of being house bound by your leg injury. I'm surprized at some of the comments and wonder if the readers are missing the point of the story??<br />I'm also a bit struck in awe of all the dog vs cat silliness.It seems there's a lot of personification going on. All creatures have merit. Just imagine how awful many humans are treated. There seems to be a serious injustice and wrong doers capitalize and thus reward those injustices. Keep writing. You express yourself well.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-58928980747956110462010-10-11T23:50:14.473+11:002010-10-11T23:50:14.473+11:00I said 'people stink worse than dogs, and aren...I said 'people stink worse than dogs, and aren't always happy to see you.' What's wrong with that? But you can reject my comments, and you have. Good. I don't struggle to express myself, how would you think that? I do it in a hurry.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-44003643654279666442010-10-11T20:14:24.733+11:002010-10-11T20:14:24.733+11:00I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and don't fe...I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and don't feel duped or disappointed. You don't owe me anything. I'm delighted to peek in on your life and your great imagination.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-53320579359099958722010-10-11T17:34:24.508+11:002010-10-11T17:34:24.508+11:00RH, sometimes your expressions are a little too st...RH, sometimes your expressions are a little too strong for me. I don't agree about our PM's appearance, nor about execution, even of the most troubled of souls. <br /><br />There are always reasons as to for why people do things, and although these abusive things are not to be condoned, it doesn't mean we ought simply to go off and do likewise. <br /><br />I'm all for understanding the desire for revenge. I'm not for enacting it. <br /><br />Nor, as I've said before, do I seek to insult any of my fellow bloggers. We all struggle to express ourselves as best we can. You too, Robert. <br /><br />Let's not work at fostering further misunderstanding. <br /><br />I'm glad the writing has stayed with you. Thanks, Rh.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-3914251463128851172010-10-11T17:25:07.544+11:002010-10-11T17:25:07.544+11:00As I've suggested elsewhere, the dog is the le...As I've suggested elsewhere, the dog is the least of my problems, Mim. Thanks for your good wishes.<br />As for professional dog grooming as you suggest, an awful lot of people do it - witness the proliferation of such services. Mind you, the pet shop man has told me that we must restrict the number of times we wash the dog because its bad for him to be too often washed. He is a dog after all.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-50693746955369470582010-10-11T17:20:23.817+11:002010-10-11T17:20:23.817+11:00I struggle with short story from time to time, Ery...I struggle with short story from time to time, Eryl. Maybe i'm to lazy to persevere with the form for too long. <br /><br />Thanks for your generous and perceptive thoughts. I agree there may be too much scene setting and it can be a distraction.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-65721900429307506602010-10-11T17:17:48.164+11:002010-10-11T17:17:48.164+11:00I've heard that dogs take a long time to grow ...I've heard that dogs take a long time to grow out of puppyhood, Kirk.<br /><br />A bit like people growing up slowly I suppose, only dog's can be deceptively mature. It's their owners who have trouble with limits. <br /><br />Thanks, Kirk.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-415553459729143612010-10-11T17:15:00.956+11:002010-10-11T17:15:00.956+11:00Logic is a funny thing, Isn't it Anthony?
I s...Logic is a funny thing, Isn't it Anthony?<br /><br />I sometimes think there is not much logic to blogging, but there's emotionality and artistic endeavour aplenty, which is one reason I persevere with it.<br /><br />Thanks, Anthony.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-54440879848496011032010-10-11T17:12:02.518+11:002010-10-11T17:12:02.518+11:00Parsnip, thanks. I hope my next post explains thi...Parsnip, thanks. I hope my next post explains things better. <br /><br />I suspect I write what I call autobiographical fiction, a term which to some might be an oxymoron, but for me it makes perfect sense. <br /><br />In the end I write what I write and can only hope that it means something worthwhile for my readers.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-86973932701956226942010-10-11T17:09:08.092+11:002010-10-11T17:09:08.092+11:00You seem to have resonated with the story, Kathryn...You seem to have resonated with the story, Kathryn. I couldn't hope for more. ThanksElisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-46994928075377539252010-10-11T17:07:44.467+11:002010-10-11T17:07:44.467+11:00Thanks, Frank from Barcelona. It's good to me...Thanks, Frank from Barcelona. It's good to meet you here.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-70617744705117695382010-10-11T17:06:51.524+11:002010-10-11T17:06:51.524+11:00Hi River, I've tried to explain elsewhere that...Hi River, I've tried to explain elsewhere that I was using a degree of artistic licence in this description of my friend. <br /><br />the friend in this piece is a caricature of someone I do not know in fact. My friend in reality is generous to a fault, but her words, the words I play with here, unsettled me. I wanted to explore this, the clash between the past and the present not so much as reflect her. <br /><br />I hope you are not too troubled by this. If, Jim from the Truth about Lies, is right I might lose friends over this<br /><br />Thanks, River.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-7054696428934307272010-10-11T17:01:48.919+11:002010-10-11T17:01:48.919+11:00Jim, I have responded to your wonderful, long and ...Jim, I have responded to your wonderful, long and challenging comment in my next post, as you will see. I hope it's not too much of a rant. I can understand your point, however much I might feel frustrated by it. <br /><br />My artistic daughter and her graphic designer husband have organised a new image for my blog. Hopefully it better reflects the fractured nature of my writing.<br /><br />Amazingly, I wrote the next post this morning and a few hours later my daughter's image for my blog appeared. What synchronicity.<br /><br />Thanks for your generous and thoughtful involvement in my writerly struggle, Jim.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-52024377678338241862010-10-11T16:56:32.521+11:002010-10-11T16:56:32.521+11:00I agree, Laoch there is something selfless about p...I agree, Laoch there is something selfless about pets in relation to their owners, at least in dogs. <br /><br />Cats seem more concerned about their own creature comforts I'd say. At least ours are.<br /><br />Thanks, Laoch.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-24878206346951370472010-10-11T16:53:59.289+11:002010-10-11T16:53:59.289+11:00Thanks, Zuzana, I think it is a confusing post fro...Thanks, Zuzana, I think it is a confusing post from what I can understand from yours and other people's responses here, and to add to it, I've changed my blog appearance. I hope it better reflects the fractured nature of my writing.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-65499510568871725122010-10-11T13:45:44.631+11:002010-10-11T13:45:44.631+11:00Anyway, I thought your final paragraph was very go...Anyway, I thought your final paragraph was very good. It reminds me of a poem by another blogger, something about dead children looking down at her from a hillside. It's stayed with me. <br />I consider anything that's stayed with me good writing.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-18368390040983180472010-10-11T11:52:22.967+11:002010-10-11T11:52:22.967+11:00Yes it's confusing. I assumed it was all true....Yes it's confusing. I assumed it was all true. Put your fiction on another page maybe. I don't read fiction anymore myself, can't be bothered with it. And TV shows? Good heavens, what rubbish: cops, lawyers, doctors, teenage romance and that's it. <br />Here's a tip for you; anyone who doesn't like dogs isn't worth knowing. Only sadsacks: humourless, talentless, have never wanted a pet. <br />Cruelty is a born thing. Now that Australia has a prime minister who looks like an emu you'd expect penalties for animal cruelty to increase, but they won't. In recent times in this most blameless of all countries a live rabbit has been used as a football, a cat has been hung from a bridge by its neck, an echidna has been blown up with fireworks and a horse has been tortured with knives. And do you know, the sub-human trash doing this sort of thing actually believe it's funny?<br /> <br />What scum: worthless, ruined. <br />They should be executed and I'm not kidding.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-62928707353345070132010-10-11T10:30:48.165+11:002010-10-11T10:30:48.165+11:00Trying, Elizabeth, to be cooped up with a stinking...Trying, Elizabeth, to be cooped up with a stinking dog. People of all classes take dogs to dog groomers. <br /><br />I hope you continue to mend!<br /><br />MimMimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-54305502880635745732010-10-11T08:19:50.863+11:002010-10-11T08:19:50.863+11:00For me this really comes to life in the 'spaye...For me this really comes to life in the 'spayed/spade' paragraph, up until then it feels more like scene setting: quite interesting but no where near as powerful as the 'spayed' bit which is wonderful. Great stuff, Elizabeth, I think there's a brilliant short story writer in you, fighting her way out.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-69153209363584504672010-10-11T06:08:44.167+11:002010-10-11T06:08:44.167+11:00You're dog's a puppy then, right? Until I ...You're dog's a puppy then, right? Until I read your response to one of the comments, I thought it was an adult dog.<br /><br />I've owned plenty of dogs, and I can tell you the chewing stage doesn't last forever. A word of warning, however. A dog can look like an adult, but still be basically a puppy for a little while longer.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-78907686129496143562010-10-11T05:26:03.724+11:002010-10-11T05:26:03.724+11:00I liked the story and where it went, especially to...I liked the story and where it went, especially to the guilt taken for not doing enough with the pet. I am fascinated with the various relationship people have with pets in general. I had them too when younger, but can’t now imagine why…. There really isn’t a place for them in a logical life. But then again, I haven’t found a logical person yet with or without a pet.Anthony Ducehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476865809734682418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-80327774018485679282010-10-11T02:35:24.926+11:002010-10-11T02:35:24.926+11:00Oh...I am so glad you cleared that up.
I read the ...Oh...I am so glad you cleared that up.<br />I read the sadness in your story and I saw it maybe focusing on the dog. <br />Making dog better=I become better<br />I didn't know this was a story of fiction ...<br />From now on I will read your post as fiction.<br />Too many times I take things literal and saw in your story if you helped your dog you would feel better,,, Boy was I wrong. <br />If I ask questions that upset you sorry, I guess I just didn't understand what your extremely sad story truly meant. As I said before I am someone who takes things at face value.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-24451370063119954622010-10-11T02:25:22.379+11:002010-10-11T02:25:22.379+11:00This made me feel sad and lonely - and wistful . ....This made me feel sad and lonely - and wistful . . .Kathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-71716531111428150012010-10-11T00:23:31.928+11:002010-10-11T00:23:31.928+11:00Great tale and blog!!!Congratulations!!!
Frank, B...Great tale and blog!!!Congratulations!!!<br /><br />Frank, Barcelona<br /><br />http://balapertotarreu.blogspot.comBalaphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096763166486780239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-42419566516694747872010-10-10T22:54:19.879+11:002010-10-10T22:54:19.879+11:00A friend called you lazy when she can see you have...A friend called you lazy when she can see you have a broken leg?<br />Some friend.<br />A true friend might have offered to walk the dog for you.<br />Maybe even give the dog a bath for you.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com