tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post5884706052454339234..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: and things that go bump in the night......The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32450258448921691252010-10-31T13:24:48.994-07:002010-10-31T13:24:48.994-07:00my field is situated right next foor to a hraveyar...my field is situated right next foor to a hraveyard.....and i NEVER FEEL frightened when I am outside in the dark<br /><br />what I do like is the gentle bump bump of the chickens as they bicker for the best perchesinside the hen housesJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-4878023848669778252010-10-31T13:11:35.496-07:002010-10-31T13:11:35.496-07:00I'm with you Pat. It's obviously being alo...I'm with you Pat. It's obviously being alone in the dark that's the problem. How silly eh!MarmaladeRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248527809846840895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-58093989699710122432010-10-31T08:54:14.471-07:002010-10-31T08:54:14.471-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I sort of agree with you.
I'm...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!<br /><br />I sort of agree with you.<br />I'm totally brave during the day but hate to spend the night alone in a house where people could CREEP UP!<br />as for the ankle grabbing thing under the bed<br />it lives in my house too!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64631409422739455682010-10-31T06:11:32.500-07:002010-10-31T06:11:32.500-07:00Why is everything monochrome at night, instead of ...Why is everything monochrome at night, instead of just duller sades of daylit colour? Dominic would probably know. Ive often wondered.<br /><br />Thanks verrily for offering to pilot the bus,I put you down to drive on Dec 20th, is this a bit near Christmas for you?Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8650832472460826362010-10-31T01:03:53.954-07:002010-10-31T01:03:53.954-07:00When I was a child I would take the walk between o...When I was a child I would take the walk between our house and my grandparents' house nearby- down the path, over the creek, through the garden, past the barn and up their driveway. In the dark I would take a torch, and torture myself by flashing the light into the trees to see if the eyes of a cougar would flash. These were dark nights, but I loved them. <br /><br />Years later I used to wrap a blanket around myself and head out on full moon winter nights, walking through the silent blue glow.<br /><br />I hope you get the chance to do another moonlit walk. There is nothing like them.PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71450698823592208782010-10-31T00:32:35.575-07:002010-10-31T00:32:35.575-07:00Anyone from late middle age onwards probably has a...Anyone from late middle age onwards probably has a more acute sense of the darkness than those younger. Light nowadays seems as constant and universals as sound. So whilst I might feel uncomfortable, even a little spooked, in total darkness, the primal intensity of the state is familiar from childhood. A curious and under-appreciated legacy from those relatively pre-tech times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61753972321561464502010-10-31T00:14:36.045-07:002010-10-31T00:14:36.045-07:00Lang zal ze leven...Long shall she live... That...Lang zal ze leven...Long shall she live... That's what Dutch people sing on one's birthday! Happy birthday dear Pat! I wish you many more to come together with your husband and familie and all your friends.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25930420329894606722010-10-30T13:01:32.388-07:002010-10-30T13:01:32.388-07:00How comforting to know that so many of you are als...How comforting to know that so many of you are also scared of the dark - thought it was only me.<br /><br />I think Robert (Solitary Walker) sums up the reason very well.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52684878595806516122010-10-30T08:33:40.823-07:002010-10-30T08:33:40.823-07:00Your moonlight walk description reminds me of the ...Your moonlight walk description reminds me of the passage in The Wind in the Willows, with that wonderful description of the river and countryside in moonlight! I love the dark with it's lovely woodland smells and also the light with the sunlight gleaming through leaves.Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-20380674400763888452010-10-30T07:15:23.262-07:002010-10-30T07:15:23.262-07:00weaver i am still afraid of the dark - fifty three...weaver i am still afraid of the dark - fifty three years old. luckily my kids like a light on in the hall so it's never entirely dark. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69166478000029522362010-10-30T06:56:08.383-07:002010-10-30T06:56:08.383-07:00For my 60th birthday my wife hired a cottage - an ...For my 60th birthday my wife hired a cottage - an old school house - in the country. Outside at night was the first time the grandchildren had known real darkness. Armed with powerful torches they went for long walks after dark - with their father. They loved it - until coming back on our last evening they spotted eyes in the bushes watching them!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-5746981871468816482010-10-30T06:33:34.069-07:002010-10-30T06:33:34.069-07:00I think we humans all have a natural respect for t...I think we humans all have a natural respect for the dark - which can range from slight apprehension to full-blown terror. It's an atavistic thing. The night could bring unexpected attacks from enemies under cover of darkness. And it also unlocks in our fertile imaginations all those tales of witches and warlocks and tales of the supernatural which go way back. Myself, like Tramp, I love to walk under a full moon. The real pleasure of night, however, is, for me, the anticipation of the dawn. I could never live permanently in those far northern countries where half the year is blackness.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49848973485152807852010-10-30T06:23:18.252-07:002010-10-30T06:23:18.252-07:00So much difference between the bright night of a f...So much difference between the bright night of a full moon and the darkness of a cloudy night with no moon.<br />...TrampTramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367405984066895755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3191975005636834192010-10-30T01:08:10.181-07:002010-10-30T01:08:10.181-07:00I'm scared of the dark too (I put it down to r...I'm scared of the dark too (I put it down to reading to many Pan book of horror stories type books in my teens!) We have the landing light on here at night to find our way to the loo as no street lights for miles and night really IS pitch-black here.<br /><br />Yet I remember one incredible moonlit night, with snow on the ground, when my best friend and I decided to go and see our ponies in their field. It was MAGICAL.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52007331845402042732010-10-29T21:32:44.554-07:002010-10-29T21:32:44.554-07:00It's not soo much the darkness but what the ab...It's not soo much the darkness but what the abscence or is hidden in the blackness for meAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915236568015079389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89859027493245193482010-10-29T17:01:28.896-07:002010-10-29T17:01:28.896-07:00You know the things that scare me in the dark are ...You know the things that scare me in the dark are the animals and creepy crawlies that roam then. If you roam around outside you hear them rustling the bushes. Now I'm not afraid of that but when a toad lands right on my foot in its efforts to get away - THAT is what scares me!!!( cane toadss are gross) or a huge spider runs over my hand when I put it on the gate post - ugh!<br />On the toilet at the bottom of the garden topic- When I was a child ( in the 50s) our family had what we called "toilet parade"! We all went out to the loo and sat on the grassy slope of our backyard while everyone had their turn and while we waited we had our own family concert where we recited poems and sang songs and talked about our day. So I don't remember ever being frightened but then I was never alone either.<br />Cheers<br />HelenHelsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59766195248482634322010-10-29T12:10:33.160-07:002010-10-29T12:10:33.160-07:00A great post, especially now Halloween is coming. ...A great post, especially now Halloween is coming. I usually don't fear the dark, but nowadays there are some really bad people trying to rob people when it's getting dark. Last year winter two men rang my doorbell at 9.15 pm. It was pitch dark. They told me they were collecting money for sick children. I didn't open my frontdoor and lied to them telling them that I couldn't find the key. I gave them a euro through my letterbox. This was very strange for all collections are always announced beforehand in the local newspapers and this one wasn't. Come to think of it: I should have warned the police.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11549122996154689422010-10-29T11:58:16.550-07:002010-10-29T11:58:16.550-07:00Sometimes. . . .
:)
Aloha from Honolulu
Co...Sometimes. . . . <br /><br /><br />:)<br /><br /><br /><br /> Aloha from Honolulu<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />><}}(°>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85898110197921603642010-10-29T11:45:46.246-07:002010-10-29T11:45:46.246-07:00I think there is a friendly dark and also a scary ...I think there is a friendly dark and also a scary dark.<br />The friendly is the dark that you hide in as a child like the dens we made as children, crawling under blankets draped over chairs.<br />A protective womb like darkness.<br />Scary darkness is where there is no end to it, where you feel vulnerable and alone.<br />M xMichala Gyetvai (Kayla coo)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05120726257649689149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-56366763971109675852010-10-29T11:41:06.725-07:002010-10-29T11:41:06.725-07:00As a spiritualist, psychic and occasional paranorm...As a spiritualist, psychic and occasional paranormal investigator, my maxim has always been this: that the only thing that can hurt someone in the dark is a being with two legs - the invisible ones are harmless enough. I guess that it's all about how people were brought up with the dark, their attitude to it as a child and because there there may be some susceptability to the psychological fears brought about by ghost stories, television and horror films etc. I have a great deal of sympathy with anyone who doesn't like the dark and I think it's difficult to get over, so sensible precautions from your bloggers like nightlights, a bright led display from a clock, a torch by the bedside table or being with someone (although this can lead to mass hysteria if you both get scared if you're not careful) is very sensible. If you don't have to go out in the dark or wander round the house at midnight in the dark - don't! <br />Sleep well.Rarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28126497840543388562010-10-29T09:58:43.880-07:002010-10-29T09:58:43.880-07:00I do so love your header! Well done. I went into t...I do so love your header! Well done. I went into town, to stay with the kids, and left a couple of ears of corn on the front door as decoration. We had a massive wind storm blow through and hubby and cats were quite upset with the knocking on the door all night! He couldn't open the door as the cats would run out!!!!<br />I'm with you. Dark scares me, especially when stressed anyway.Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-75260509448103877502010-10-29T09:56:53.786-07:002010-10-29T09:56:53.786-07:00I think criminals must be afraid of the dark too, ...I think criminals must be afraid of the dark too, because crime rates go up on full moon nights and I don't think it's because they are all werewolves. I am not afraid of the dark and love night walks, or nights on the ridge looking up at the stars. Driving at night,though, that's another story. Hate it.<br /><br />As a child I was terrified of the dark. I could imagine all sorts of things out there...Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-87388890987229209572010-10-29T09:55:29.332-07:002010-10-29T09:55:29.332-07:00Once again I find myself agreeing with every word ...Once again I find myself agreeing with every word in your post Pat. I remember going to the outside toilet at my grandmother's house where we lived during the war. It was just along from the back door but I was convinced that something awful might occur after dark, and that if I reached the safety of 'indoors' without the air-raid siren sounding, all would be well. Having a small garden fairly well lit by street lights takes away much of the fear of darkness but we get no delights like a walk on the wild side in glorious moonlight.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65222410386045475202010-10-29T09:29:18.538-07:002010-10-29T09:29:18.538-07:00Everything seems to take on different proportions ...Everything seems to take on different proportions in the dark. I dislike being able to see everything around me and, yes, I too would be afraid to walk alone in the dark. Perhaps it's all those scary movies, I don't know, but reason tells me it's fine while my imagination carries me away. Doesn't it seem like crime escalates under the cover of night? All that goes bump in the night and all that....Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065113724187544247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-55998576920014953942010-10-29T09:09:03.882-07:002010-10-29T09:09:03.882-07:00I'm afraid of the dark even though I love the ...I'm afraid of the dark even though I love the night. I always turn the light on when I go to the bathroom. I'm not as bad as when I was a child - terribly frightened then - or even in years after that. I'm okay if the moon lights my way, but I always feel better when a light goes on.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.com