tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post7220096363752304121..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Looking BackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-32264786775709341602010-06-27T06:41:45.168-07:002010-06-27T06:41:45.168-07:00Yes, the alert senses of this animal are not so ha...Yes, the alert senses of this animal are not so hard to "feel one's way into"... and then to sense the danger approaching in the grass.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-80194392196289393712010-06-26T17:21:24.120-07:002010-06-26T17:21:24.120-07:00The hunted hunter. How sad...
The mood of the poe...The hunted hunter. How sad...<br /><br />The mood of the poem, its rhytm, its carefully chosen words and even its circular structure recreate the scene perfectly. First what the prey fears may happen and then it becoming sadly true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-34663832628344178322010-06-25T08:44:31.371-07:002010-06-25T08:44:31.371-07:00My reaction to these photos is always the same as ...My reaction to these photos is always the same as Johnny's.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-10413354812402995052010-06-25T07:33:50.354-07:002010-06-25T07:33:50.354-07:00We were talking at Heidegger reading last night (a...We were talking at Heidegger reading last night (at Bob's house) about whether cats can hear bats at night. Now we're reading these comments, and Johnny's just said, "let's go back to the pictures. . . . what amazing big ears you have!STEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-18745622779637597092010-06-22T10:16:10.024-07:002010-06-22T10:16:10.024-07:00And what astonishing ears they are, AJP. All the ...And what astonishing ears they are, AJP. All the better to hear us with.<br /><br /><br />Curtis, we have had mice brought in by cats, and for that matter sometimes brought in by their own devices, who have disappeared into the innards of the house and never been seen or heard from again.<br /><br />(The first night we moved into this house I concluded it was haunted, and since then there's been nothing but empirical corroboration.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-52670941558641060832010-06-22T09:38:32.297-07:002010-06-22T09:38:32.297-07:00I love the horizontal black & white stripes on...I love the horizontal black & white stripes on its ears, in the film.AJP Crownhttp://abadguide.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-86332918946181622212010-06-22T07:10:31.711-07:002010-06-22T07:10:31.711-07:00Very mixed feelings, indeed, except for my admirat...Very mixed feelings, indeed, except for my admiration at their powers concentration and attention to detail. Fortunately, with our indoor cats, we've often been able to save the mice and shoo them outside, generally waving brooms and looking ridiculous in the process.Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-19743936489415887332010-06-22T06:55:40.472-07:002010-06-22T06:55:40.472-07:00Curtis,
As recipients of many an unsolicited feli...Curtis,<br /><br />As recipients of many an unsolicited feline mousing trophy, we can say only, yes, mixed feelings on this subject.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-46632151039848150702010-06-21T16:44:57.637-07:002010-06-21T16:44:57.637-07:00The serval film is quite something and brings bac...The serval film is quite something and brings back and adds to long mousing memories (all involving my various cats; I don't mouse). It's a curious subject, but if you know cats, you know mousing.Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-59209846838540203012010-06-21T08:13:19.775-07:002010-06-21T08:13:19.775-07:00A day at the office for the serval<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_cE7Qbk-OI&feature=related" rel="nofollow">A day at the office for the serval</a>TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-1360798053578028892010-06-21T07:55:46.891-07:002010-06-21T07:55:46.891-07:00I was interested to learn the serval has the longe...I was interested to learn the serval has the longest legs, relative to body size, of any cat, and that it can quickly reach a running speed of fifty mph.<br /><br />Its high intelligence is legendary.<br /><br />The listening with eyes closed for fifteen minutes would seem an admirable exercise in concentration.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-35577022543438197312010-06-21T06:58:12.416-07:002010-06-21T06:58:12.416-07:00Yes, extremely horrible. The serval fascinated me...Yes, extremely horrible. The serval fascinated me from the first time I saw its picture a very long time ago in my cat surveying days. When you see one in person (in my case either in zoos, including a really good one in Cape May County, NJ, with very large enclosures or open space for the animals, or at a quite interesting place called Outragehiss Pets Children's Learning Center in Chestnut Ridge, NJ), the serval is clearly a formidable creature, a real cat superstar.Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-21527943984638973312010-06-21T06:38:30.199-07:002010-06-21T06:38:30.199-07:00Thank you very much Curtis and Don.
(It's hor...Thank you very much Curtis and Don.<br /><br />(It's horrible to think that the serval cat is hunted for its beauteous pelt and even worse to think that anyone would dare wear it.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-87776231603946276042010-06-21T06:12:53.679-07:002010-06-21T06:12:53.679-07:00Not one word too many (or too few) and each so ver...Not one word too many (or too few) and each so very perfectly placed. Beautiful and devastating ...<br /><br />"a wrong stink in the tall grass"<br /><br />"It's too late now."Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-64019719629304490282010-06-21T05:15:17.801-07:002010-06-21T05:15:17.801-07:00Thank you for giving the magnificent serval a poem...Thank you for giving the magnificent serval a poem and her due.Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.com