July blogathon #20: "And whose are you...?"

[anghara]

When I was a little girl running loose with my cousin in the dusty streets of the village where my grandparents had a house and a name and a presence and a history, we would often, on our perambulations, come across those ubiquitous black-kerchiefed old women of Eastern Europe - sitting out in the thick summer shade cast by ancient lindens and the

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[del_c]

Alexander Pope wrote a couplet for the collar of the king's spaniel, so that anyone examining the tag to find out the animal's name would read:

I am his Majesty's dog at Kew
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

[anghara]

I wish the first thing that didn't instantly pop into my head at this hadn't been whether THIS was what they meant by "doggerel" poetry... [grin]

[mizkit]

at the moment i am very, very firmly my three month old son's girl, which will probably make responding to this in depth difficult. but i loved it, both the idea and the writing, especially the bit about the old women. <3

[anghara]

Your son aon't stay three months old forever... but one way or another you'll always be his "girl"...

[pameladean]

I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed all your blogathon posts. I am not at leisure to reply to them with the thoughtfulness they deserve, but they have been read and appreciated, at least.

P.

[anghara]

Thank you!