tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post1635868919643929895..comments2023-06-02T14:01:14.184+01:00Comments on Pure fiction: TFE's Poetry Bus with Dominic RivronPure Fictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-5903709081625228822010-07-15T17:48:09.985+01:002010-07-15T17:48:09.985+01:00Brilliant little poem and excellent anecdote. (Bes...Brilliant little poem and excellent anecdote. (Best not dwell on that cat.)<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-43678708764473425992010-07-15T00:14:34.281+01:002010-07-15T00:14:34.281+01:00Sorry - that should have read 'fat robin' ...Sorry - that should have read 'fat robin' - dunno how that big slipped in there!Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-59380926703130025902010-07-15T00:13:26.403+01:002010-07-15T00:13:26.403+01:00Helen, what a name - 'big fat robin' says ...Helen, what a name - 'big fat robin' says it all really, doesn't it. Thanks for reading :)Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-81933333878223754132010-07-15T00:12:31.561+01:002010-07-15T00:12:31.561+01:00Jeanne Iris, it's hard to imagine a world with...Jeanne Iris, it's hard to imagine a world without magpies. They're none too popular in this neck of the woods - not too sure why, apart from the clackety clacking noise they make. Hope you enjoyed Dublin?Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-57764146456066974782010-07-15T00:11:02.495+01:002010-07-15T00:11:02.495+01:00Karen, thanks for visiting. The Kitty was at death...Karen, thanks for visiting. The Kitty was at death's door a few weeks ago, but has since made a miraculous recovery.Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-67998481910733998022010-07-14T22:42:44.827+01:002010-07-14T22:42:44.827+01:00My kids and I spent hours (when they were small) w...My kids and I spent hours (when they were small) watching a robin (a big fat robin) try to get off the ground. He never made it. We named him Fat Robin. At least he didn't crash into a window. Loved your story.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-67759439869682988562010-07-13T18:51:53.992+01:002010-07-13T18:51:53.992+01:00While in Dublin this May, I remarked to a cabdrive...While in Dublin this May, I remarked to a cabdriver how beautiful the magpies were. We don't have those birds here in the States, well, at least nowhere that I've lived anyway. They really are amazing creatures.Dr. Jeanne Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277286531162894465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-69461832175050326762010-07-12T22:50:36.485+01:002010-07-12T22:50:36.485+01:00Love the egg, but it's the story that leaves m...Love the egg, but it's the story that leaves me smiling. Here, Kitty, Kitty!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-45813543695268408112010-07-12T21:50:28.309+01:002010-07-12T21:50:28.309+01:00Argent, thank you!Argent, thank you!Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-50639468198074967142010-07-12T21:49:23.786+01:002010-07-12T21:49:23.786+01:00NanU, yes, I worried about concussion too. But th...NanU, yes, I worried about concussion too. But there was no sign of him a few minutes later so I'm guessing he got away :)Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-3923638297497601752010-07-12T21:47:30.181+01:002010-07-12T21:47:30.181+01:00Tfe, there may well have been seven of them. There...Tfe, there may well have been seven of them. There may even have been 97. And there may have been just one. It was indeed a mysterious event.Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-83714464183692476322010-07-12T21:45:57.027+01:002010-07-12T21:45:57.027+01:00Rachel, no. It was green. Definitely green. With m...Rachel, no. It was green. Definitely green. With maybe just a hint of yellow . . and a funny little cockatoo on top of its cute little head . . . ;)Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-24834914985246490722010-07-12T21:42:50.768+01:002010-07-12T21:42:50.768+01:00Niamh B, you'll be glad to hear when I went to...Niamh B, you'll be glad to hear when I went to check on the bird a little later it was gone. There were no feathers, no eggs - nothing! So unless the cat is a very tidy eater, I'm guessing he made a break for it.Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-65839915696631094042010-07-12T21:40:52.579+01:002010-07-12T21:40:52.579+01:00Domestic, that is very strange. I don't like m...Domestic, that is very strange. I don't like magpies, but putting one in a cage?? Maybe in Italy they're a rarity?Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-978723375400426662010-07-12T21:39:14.505+01:002010-07-12T21:39:14.505+01:00Jessica, I agree. Birds inside a house are terrify...Jessica, I agree. Birds inside a house are terrifying. What I did with the egg was, I put it back in its box, then this evening I used it to make mayonnaise and ate it with fresh crab claws. Yum!Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-63692244845722338792010-07-12T21:37:31.616+01:002010-07-12T21:37:31.616+01:00Gwei Mui, you're right - it's single magpi...Gwei Mui, you're right - it's single magpies that are supposed to be unlucky, but there's something about a group of them chattering in a garden that makes me uneasy. Had the same thought about them going for shiny things, and then decided maybe it's Jackdaws that steal things?Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-22764257635773030872010-07-12T19:56:12.834+01:002010-07-12T19:56:12.834+01:00Love the hint of menace here.Love the hint of menace here.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-18975437497498824952010-07-12T18:05:39.825+01:002010-07-12T18:05:39.825+01:00fun fun fun.
I hope the bird made it. Can't be...fun fun fun.<br />I hope the bird made it. Can't be easy to fly with a concussion.NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-24594521067248444402010-07-12T16:57:12.699+01:002010-07-12T16:57:12.699+01:00Strangely ominous.A mystery.Must have been seven o...Strangely ominous.A mystery.Must have been seven of them.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-11979437274140914432010-07-12T16:07:47.848+01:002010-07-12T16:07:47.848+01:00Shades of Snoopy's Woodstock in that tale...yo...Shades of Snoopy's Woodstock in that tale...you sure it wasn't yellow?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-58781926913775736702010-07-12T14:57:23.641+01:002010-07-12T14:57:23.641+01:00Delightfully semi-surreal!Delightfully semi-surreal!Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-67766797443553001882010-07-12T14:41:34.610+01:002010-07-12T14:41:34.610+01:00Aw, hope the little green bird recovered in time t...Aw, hope the little green bird recovered in time to escape from the cat.Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-91863662883771420822010-07-12T13:33:44.462+01:002010-07-12T13:33:44.462+01:00We went to a small odd zoo in Italy once that had ...We went to a small odd zoo in Italy once that had a magpie in a cage as an exhibit...so strange.<br /><br />Loved the egg :)Domestic Oubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-85099576527904530742010-07-12T12:37:04.928+01:002010-07-12T12:37:04.928+01:00Birds scare when they get into the house! They alw...Birds scare when they get into the house! They always seem bigger than they are outside. Especially magpies. I hope you eat that egg and are topfilled with stories.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075292153806720848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625420642690664431.post-72602779455251820892010-07-12T08:19:45.914+01:002010-07-12T08:19:45.914+01:00What a great picture to go along with a really int...What a great picture to go along with a really interesting poem. It's a real feast because it challenges my perceptions of magpies and the fact that I think of them as unlucky even though that's supposed to apply to only one. Also I only think of Magpies taking shinny things or is that Jays?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915236568015079389noreply@blogger.com