Thanks, Andrew. I don’t hate dogs. They just used to freak me out.
Bill
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 4:13 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yep, much more betterer, Bill,
>
> But I love dogs - all dogs - It might be because I had a playmate when I
> was tiny. My Indonesian daughter in law HATES dogs, which can cause
> problems ...
>
> Andrew
>
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 09:59, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks again, Sheila.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 12:49 pm, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, Sheila.
> > >
> > > I am aware that Doug might be right about redundancies so I have
> revamped
> > > as follows.
> > >
> > > Small world (2)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We look at the world once, in childhood
> > >
> > > The rest is memory
> > >
> > > – Louise Gluck
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Primary school seemed so HUGE then. How can you be sure anything is
> EVER
> > > its real size?
> > >
> > > – David Mitchell
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bailed up by the quick-fire barks
> > >
> > > of a black and white dog
> > >
> > > bursting towards me
> > >
> > > bouncing with hostility
> > >
> > > I struggle to clamber up the back doorstep
> > >
> > > – the only available refuge
> > >
> > > so high up
> > >
> > > Its up-ness all that matters
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Panning back
> > >
> > > inside this memory frame
> > >
> > > the unpaved yard appears
> > >
> > > the chooks somewhere near
> > >
> > > the concrete step
> > >
> > > dwarfing the boy
> > >
> > > unable to reach
> > >
> > > the door knob
> > >
> > > even if standing up were possible
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At the time no frame
> > >
> > > just present tense
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Stuff just happens
> > >
> > > to you and around you
> > >
> > > when you are small
> > >
> > > The dog episode
> > >
> > > just retrievable enough
> > >
> > > to form a slim anecdote
> > >
> > > and a lifetime's phobia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > bw
> > >
> > > 16.11.20
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 10:05 am, Sheila Murphy <
> [log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Boy, can I ever relate to what you do here, Bill. Having many of the
> > same
> > >> feelings. Particularly positioning early perception as you do.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks! Sheila
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:23 PM Bill Wootton <
> [log in to unmask]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Dead right I don’t, Doug. But I shared a house with someone in my
> 20s
> > >> who
> > >> > had a Rottweiler pup, the runt of the litter. As it grew, my phobia
> > >> shrank
> > >> > and now I am largely OK, at least with non-barking dogs.
> > >> >
> > >> > As far as redundancies, I already pared back considerably to avoid
> > >> > explicating Gluck’s observation but I will look again.
> > >> >
> > >> > Bill
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 9:06 am, Douglas Barbour <
> [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > I’m guessing you don’t have a dog, Bill. You certainly get across
> > teh
> > >> > > hugeness of it all perhaps with a few redundancies, but it gives
> us
> > a
> > >> > > memory check (cheque) for sure.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Doug
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > On Nov 17, 2020, at 1:57 PM, Bill Wootton <
> > [log in to unmask]
> > >> >
> > >> > > wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > We look at the world once, in childhood
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > The rest is memory
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > – Louise Gluck
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Primary school seemed so HUGE then. How can you be sure anything
> > is
> > >> > EVER
> > >> > > > its real size?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > – David Mitchell
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Under attack -
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > get away get away
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > A barking
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > black and white dog
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > bursts forward open-mouthed
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > front paws ploughing at the ground
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Struggle to clamber up the step
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > – the only available refuge
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > so high up
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Dim possibility
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > of being bitten
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > but more
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > just want away
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > from abrupt
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > angry-sounding
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > quick-firing loudness
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > See the scene now
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > in a memory frame
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Pan back -
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > there, the unpaved yard
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > the chooks somewhere near
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > the massive - concrete? - step
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > – the way up to the back door
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > from the back yard
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Too short to reach
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > the door knob
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > even if standing up were possible
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > At the time no frame
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > just present tense –
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > bailed up by the bark
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > What size that step?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > A vast plateau?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Its up-ness all that mattered
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Stuff just happens
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > to you and around you
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > when you are small
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > The dog episode
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > just retrievable enough
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > to form a slim anecdote
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > and a lifetime's phobia
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > bw
> > >> > > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Douglas Barbour
> > >> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >> > > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> > >> Continuations
> > >> > > 2 (UofAPress).
> > >> > > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> > >> > > Listen. If (UofAPress):
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > There was the usual amount of corruption, intimidation,
> > >> > > and rioting.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Sir Charles Petrie
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
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> > >> > >
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