tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post4307937188769183320..comments2024-03-04T19:26:00.689+08:00Comments on A WineDark Sea: Dogs have Dreamingsarah toahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-2580393280945154152018-06-11T11:38:31.843+08:002018-06-11T11:38:31.843+08:00Oh Mermaid, I've just visited your beautiful b...Oh Mermaid, I've just visited your beautiful blog. What a great outpouring of loveliness!<br />And you have a lurcher! They are beautiful dogs. I too like the idea of striding out with a wolfhound.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-17708836579939696042018-06-07T20:13:38.996+08:002018-06-07T20:13:38.996+08:00Lovely pics by Nic, too!Lovely pics by Nic, too!A mermaid in the attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-1609584283245288692018-06-07T20:11:54.390+08:002018-06-07T20:11:54.390+08:00Fascinating story about the Chauvet Caves, I remem...Fascinating story about the Chauvet Caves, I remember seeing a documentary about them years ago. Interesting about the domestication of wolves, I must look further, the idea fits nicely with one of my current projects. The dog as companion to lone women is something that has been impressed upon me lately. Not that it hasn't occurred to me in a vague way before, but #metoo, and the fact that 6 months ago we gave a large hairy, male rescue dog a home, because that was the kind of dog I specifically wanted, made me revisit the thought. He is the first male dog I've ever had, and after heelers, I wanted something large and hairy and cruisy in temperament. He is a gentle giant, and my constant shadow, never wanting to be far from me, and I love that. I had romantic ideas of striding along on long walks, with my 'lurcher' at my side, like some kind of romantic gypsy dream. But #metoo, and sudden insight into a song I've known for a while, made me realise that it was the independence that a large dog gives a woman that attracted me. That a woman with a large dog can walk in places that a woman alone would not risk. It was a sobering thought, that deep down, that was at least part of what I liked about the idea of a large hound at my side. The song in question is Richard Thompson's 'Beeswing'. I wonder if he realised, when he wrote it, why a woman in that position might need a wolfhound at her feet, other than as a romantic image in a song about living on the road in the 60s.<br /><br />Last I hear she's sleeping out<br />Back on Derby beat<br />White Horse in her hip pocket<br />And a wolfhound at her feet.<br />And they say she even married once<br />A man named Romany Brown<br />But even a Gypsy caravan<br />Was too much settling down.<br /><br />Not that I don't love Fergus just for his big, hairy, loving dogginess...but even though I know he'd lick anyone to death before he bit them, he's good to have around on the occasions when hubby isn't home (who is also a gentle giant, just less hairy!)A mermaid in the attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-83339735482167252542018-06-02T11:14:25.951+08:002018-06-02T11:14:25.951+08:00The best people :)The best people :)sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-42835297133473949262018-06-02T11:13:53.863+08:002018-06-02T11:13:53.863+08:00Utterly enchanting, I agreeUtterly enchanting, I agreesarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-21855140562163674082018-06-02T06:49:36.067+08:002018-06-02T06:49:36.067+08:00Just gorgeous. I really love having dog friends in...Just gorgeous. I really love having dog friends in my life. Dr Mad Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274692672575145183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-90935572344952478282018-06-01T17:12:52.663+08:002018-06-01T17:12:52.663+08:00The child in the cave account was magical. I love ...The child in the cave account was magical. I love snapshots in time like that.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com