tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post7933260672311242291..comments2024-03-19T09:29:15.589+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: Are Your Ports Of Slumber Wide Open?Pipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-39416310357889487422022-10-25T10:40:51.631+11:002022-10-25T10:40:51.631+11:00I suspect you're right, dear Urspo!I suspect you're right, dear Urspo!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-80946460031608652022022-10-25T10:39:52.982+11:002022-10-25T10:39:52.982+11:00The Q is not too tricky, dear Bea, for under the q...The Q is not too tricky, dear Bea, for under the quartz-strewn quinine tree you can find quails, quolls and the adorable quokkas feasting upon quinces! You're right, more fun can be had when you open the door to all foreign comers.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-87047897543067759502022-10-25T08:04:14.698+11:002022-10-25T08:04:14.698+11:00I suspect Mae West didn't sleep much in that ...I suspect Mae West didn't sleep much in that bed. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-51809610487867991492022-10-24T13:59:28.696+11:002022-10-24T13:59:28.696+11:00What animal name begins with the letter 'Q'...What animal name begins with the letter 'Q'? (Oops! Our state bird is a quail...) FOr this nocturnal exericse, one might have to cheat a bit and choose an animal name in another language. Qualle, the German word for 'jellyfish', comes to the rescue! Or choose another continent, of course, and be met by a smiley-faced Quokka. :DBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-35617622317355491782022-10-22T18:39:02.369+11:002022-10-22T18:39:02.369+11:00Dear Britta, you have taken the bull by the horns ...Dear Britta, you have taken the bull by the horns here and double-somersaulted into a perfect landing ... into the land of nod! What an excellent customised variation on the theme and a lovely insight into the byways of your own interesting mind. It's wonderful that the humblest of members of the natural world are worthy of a meandering nocturnal dissertation all of their own, enriched by a Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-13332167152769139292022-10-22T16:16:33.210+11:002022-10-22T16:16:33.210+11:00Dear Pip - as always I am so enchanted when you op...Dear Pip - as always I am so enchanted when you open your treasure chest of beautiful things and highly interesting thoughts! Thank you! <br />So much to think and write about that it would push boundaries of blog-comment. <br /><br />A fascinating idea I instantly tried out is the collection of alphabetic subjects. <br /><br />Of course I choose the kingdom of plants - and thus have a wide, wideBrittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-57868594010055631662022-10-22T12:21:20.573+11:002022-10-22T12:21:20.573+11:00The first book on the science of sleep that I read...The first book on the science of sleep that I read was only in the past few years - Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" - also absolutely fascinating. I imagine, dear Cro, that since the time of your book the leaps made with modern imaging technology to try to understand the seemingly unknowable must be quite extraordinary, too.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-44170486033551415372022-10-21T15:55:20.012+11:002022-10-21T15:55:20.012+11:00When I was a schoolboy, my mother bought me a book...When I was a schoolboy, my mother bought me a book entitled 'SLEEP' from the newsagent on the station platform where I was about to catch my train up to Cambridgeshire. When I got to school I read the book several times and became fascinated by the amount of study and detail that had gone into its writing. I wish I still had the book; I'd read it again.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-39929576901030617842022-10-21T13:28:33.356+11:002022-10-21T13:28:33.356+11:00I do hope a procession of rather distinctive critt...I do hope a procession of rather distinctive critters before your mind's eye works to lull you back to sleep, too, dearest Contessa. All is well here. I have been nowhere, done nothing special but read and fling myself about dance studios and the usual other pedestrian stuffs. Yes, we've had crazy off-the-scale amounts of rain - something like double the annual average and the year isn&#Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-78975765838162407232022-10-21T01:52:38.110+11:002022-10-21T01:52:38.110+11:00OH I LOVE THIS IDEA!I HAVE NO PROBLEM FALLING ASLE...OH I LOVE THIS IDEA!I HAVE NO PROBLEM FALLING ASLEEP BUT I DO GET UP TO VISIT THE WATER CLOSET AND HAVE A HARD TIME GOING BACK TO SLEEP!I SHALL GIVE IT AGO.........BUT ONE ANIMAL PER LETTER TO START!<br />HOW ARE YOU?WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?I HEAR YOU HAVE TONS OF RAIN DOWN THERE!PLEASE SEND TO CALIFORNIA!XXX<br />CONTESSAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com