tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post6542690783372997002..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: 103oDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45357559567899808222013-04-30T11:48:31.674+01:002013-04-30T11:48:31.674+01:00Thanks for all the interesting and supportive (whi...Thanks for all the interesting and supportive (which in my book include the critcal) comments. Unfortunately health is not allowing me to spend the time I need to reply to each of you personally, but I have been very cheered by your many resonses.<br /><br />A few words perhapr about the trip itself. I had several bouts of fever as a child with temperatures over 101. This, I think, was the the most severe and went on for the longest time. I do, though, have several slightly conflicting memories of it, the one aspect which is constant is that of the camel, about which I have blogged before and related how I afterwards sent it as an idea to Michael Bentine's <i>It's a Squiare World. </i><br /><br />I do clearly remember Laudanum being prescribed on several occasions -- often for diarrhoea -- but whether it was prescribed by the doctor or not, I do not know. Interesting thought that it's effect might still be with me prompting my poetry! Who knows? Stranger things than that have been known. I do like the idea of the fog (Dragon's breath) that separates our two worlds. (I believe "brain fog" is a currently fashionable ailment to suffer from -- I wonder if there's a connection!)Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-9923141983919689242013-04-29T21:36:06.591+01:002013-04-29T21:36:06.591+01:00Crazy! That was a fun read. It reminds me of a boo...Crazy! That was a fun read. It reminds me of a book I used to read to my children in Spanish. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10401517454334337442013-04-29T19:15:11.322+01:002013-04-29T19:15:11.322+01:00Lewis Carrol's echoes this time, enthralling.Lewis Carrol's echoes this time, enthralling.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30070719443418610142013-04-29T17:09:32.788+01:002013-04-29T17:09:32.788+01:00I ran a fever so high once as a child that they ha...I ran a fever so high once as a child that they had to bathe me in ice water to bring it down!! Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30203759546267727802013-04-29T11:43:34.742+01:002013-04-29T11:43:34.742+01:00I remember the story of snow ball in the hospital,...I remember the story of snow ball in the hospital, Dave. It's another memory on your bed, I suppose. Your Mom's wand really worked.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-24920649597423306642013-04-29T11:04:35.903+01:002013-04-29T11:04:35.903+01:00Think you were on the brink of a near death experi...Think you were on the brink of a near death experience here, Dave.<br />That merging of realities, combined with a fog (the Dragon's Breath, we Druids call it) that separates the Worlds.<br />And then there is the final mention of Laudanum.<br />That has long been reputed to induce visions of the World of Spirit!<br />What an experience! It almost makes me wish I were that ill...!Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5234764281529284252013-04-29T06:24:19.816+01:002013-04-29T06:24:19.816+01:00I remember fevers like this. And how the line bet...I remember fevers like this. And how the line between reality and my mind blurred...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13107429736229389022013-04-28T23:42:16.353+01:002013-04-28T23:42:16.353+01:00Quite a ride Dave. Your telling of it fresh and l...Quite a ride Dave. Your telling of it fresh and lively.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5908902381493761192013-04-28T17:19:30.211+01:002013-04-28T17:19:30.211+01:00Delightfull, David--very childlike and fresh. I ha...Delightfull, David--very childlike and fresh. I had hallucinations from a fever once as a child(no laudenum, though, more's the pity) and they were very like this--a mix of every day with the incongruous. Lovely take on the prompt.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-81230623275125509032013-04-28T14:38:53.974+01:002013-04-28T14:38:53.974+01:00Victorian poets used to take Laudanum to get high....Victorian poets used to take Laudanum to get high. I wonder if there are everlasting effects from this drug and it is a contributing factor to the writing of poetry:)Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169216942864690995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45634512365232922622013-04-28T14:15:58.814+01:002013-04-28T14:15:58.814+01:00Paracetamol? Give me laudanum any day.Paracetamol? Give me laudanum any day.Jim Froggatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09111761020526308969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-34186265649096416442013-04-28T13:19:19.079+01:002013-04-28T13:19:19.079+01:00That must have been a bad sick day/night for you a...That must have been a bad sick day/night for you and your mom ~<br /><br />But how imaginative of you to think of the train, zoo and wonderland in your feverish state ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-14700725441628995852013-04-28T12:59:20.241+01:002013-04-28T12:59:20.241+01:00That was quite a 'trip,' Dave. Frightenin...That was quite a 'trip,' Dave. Frightening for a child to have such a high fever. Amazing that you still remember it, really. I was write in there with you and the visuals. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89031373144234518042013-04-28T12:47:50.357+01:002013-04-28T12:47:50.357+01:00An interesting trip indeed.. Fever and opiates can...An interesting trip indeed.. Fever and opiates can do that... I'm happy you got through alright.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-78255512363648395122013-04-28T12:34:40.223+01:002013-04-28T12:34:40.223+01:00Ha! Well, a fever plus laudanum will take you pre...Ha! Well, a fever plus laudanum will take you pretty far I expect! Amazing that it was just par for the course for Victorians! You describe your "zoo" especially clever and I love the doctor disappearing Chagall-like up the chimney. I was in Northern Thailand once where opium is traded and so many of the people living there - and even our tour guide - get caught up in the dreams. Thanks. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5074086832485032782013-04-28T12:17:19.932+01:002013-04-28T12:17:19.932+01:00oh my...that was quite the fever trip...i never ha...oh my...that was quite the fever trip...i never had such high fever that i got like halluzinatons...the fog and the train..ha...what a journey..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-21344446641941631862013-04-28T12:11:50.914+01:002013-04-28T12:11:50.914+01:00oh my...that would def be a trip...growing up and ...oh my...that would def be a trip...growing up and even still on occassion i run very high fevers and they can def be quite the trip...the glass thermos...we had them as well...i was always suspicious as the normal one looked a lot like the rectal ones for babies too...ha...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-14071826687054027892013-04-28T11:04:16.845+01:002013-04-28T11:04:16.845+01:00Some trip Dave - your temperature must have been p...Some trip Dave - your temperature must have been pretty high!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-16726866118676502442013-04-28T11:00:48.031+01:002013-04-28T11:00:48.031+01:00...ah, better than the actual zoo... and mums do k......ah, better than the actual zoo... and mums do know how to handle... thanks for the trip... i had fun... smiles...kelvin s.m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08116213800655914273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23962062014652690032013-04-28T10:59:03.449+01:002013-04-28T10:59:03.449+01:00Such a wild and mystical place is disease for a ch...Such a wild and mystical place is disease for a child. It is another world created by them. Words were very visual in this, creating each clear (or foggy/smokey) scene.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.com