Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

I love the rooster. That is a Shad mug for sure! I saw the cat one too & thought it was very cute. Even looks like Blossom...

I thought of Shad when I pressed buy. I did not hear from him this week. Maybe this weekend.

 

[MaryJanet]

It takes talent to weave it together well! You did a great job!

Perhaps the spirit of Virginia Woolf was echoing through my mind?

 

[Ribh]

Spitting image.

I've always thought so. When I had the chicken I never felt I needed the mug. Now it's a nice memory of one of the ditzier birds I've owned.

 

[Ribh]

I thought of Shad when I pressed buy. I did not hear from him this week. Maybe this weekend.

Can you let us know when you hear. There are others concerned as well. We all just want to know he's ok ~ as I'm sure he is so long as there's been no murder in the main house; covid inspired madness; hawk attacks; Chicken disasters etc. That mug reminds me of his avatar...

 

[BY Bob]

I've always thought so. When I had the chicken I never felt I needed the mug. Now it's a nice memory of one of the ditzier birds I've owned.

It's good to find a way to remember them, says the man who made a giant photo board of his lost chickens.

 

[Ribh]

Perhaps the spirit of Virginia Woolf was echoing through my mind?

What were you watching? The ABC was running a mini series which I watched bits of but I always find her rather depressing & a terrible end.

Tax.

 

[BY Bob]

Can you let us know when you hear. There are others concerned as well. We all just want to know he's ok ~ as I'm sure he is so long as there's been no murder in the main house; covid inspired madness; hawk attacks; Chicken disasters etc. That mug reminds me of his avatar...

I promise to share if I hear.

 

[Ribh]

I promise to share if I hear.

Thanks, Bob. I don't want to intrude. He's a very private man.

 

[MaryJanet]

What were you watching? The ABC was running a mini series which I watched bits of but I always find her rather depressing & a terrible end.

Tax.
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A mad genius, wasn't she. Such inspired creativity.

The ABC three-parter got me started. It was mostly about her sister Vanessa Bell, but it piqued my curiosity and I went looking for Virginia videos on YouTube.

There's an outstanding performance by Eileen Atkins who does the entirety of A Room of One's Own as a soliloquy in a long, one shot! Amazing performance



And a bunch of lectures, docos, and book lovers. I've learned there's a strong suspicion her half-brother sexually abused her for years, as they say he had done with his sister and other half-sister (the one born with a disability, the father's first child from his first marriage). If so, it goes a ling way in explaining Virginia's psychological fragility. Vanessa and Virginia spoke of it as factual without Vanessa actually seeing it. Vanessa was also victimised by him, but I believe it didn't go beyond groping and kissing in her case.

If I can remember, perhaps I'll set myself a reminder, next summer I plan to read her novels in the order she wrote them.

 

[Ribh]

A mad genius, wasn't she. Such inspired creativity.

The ABC three-parter got me started. It was mostly about her sister Vanessa Bell, but it piqued my curiosity and I went looking for Virginia videos on YouTube.

There's an outstanding performance by Eileen Atkins who does the entirety of A Room of One's Own as a soliloquy in a long, one shot! Amazing performance



And a bunch of lectures, docos, and book lovers. I've learned there's a strong suspicion her half-brother sexually abused her for years, as they say he had done with his sister and other half-sister (the one born with a disability, the father's first child from his first marriage). If so, it goes a ling way in explaining Virginia's psychological fragility. Vanessa and Virginia spoke of it as factual without Vanessa actually seeing it. Vanessa was also victimised by him, but I believe it didn't go beyond groping and kissing in her case.

If I can remember, perhaps I'll set myself a reminder, next summer I plan to read her novels in the order she wrote them.

I have found her novels difficult. The imagery is often exquisite but they can be hard work. Maybe I should join you & actually finish one...

She always reminds me of Sylvia Plath ~ though that may just be because of the propensity to suicide...