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Books
I've stumbled upon a great unknown, to me, book. Want to know about the Anasazi, the"ancient ones" who lived in Chaco Canyon and in hundreds of cliff dwellings from New Mexico to Colorado to Utah to Arizona from the 600's to the 1400's and, most will say, are still around? Check out "House of Rain" by Craig Childs who writes like Abby without the anger. A prose poet, archaeologist, adventurer, and very fine writer, he loves this Southwest country and knows it as few other do. Warning: after you've read it you're going to want to journey to some of these magical places even if you've been there before....Chaco, Aztec, Mesa Verde, Canyonlands, northeast Arizona....to see them with new eyes.
The follow-up read for "House of Rain" is Craig's "Soul of Nowhere". Written first it is nonetheless, a perfect coda for "House........." Craig is a bit of a wild man, backpacking in weather and situations I, and perhaps most of us, would rather sit out with a good book (easier to read about his willingness to suffer than for me to experience). He's worth reading and is prolific when it comes to protecting the past and all it has to teach.....AND, his best to date; "Finders Keepers" a great read about the people who lived in the Southwest and what they left behind....and the theft of all that history over the years.
....and to follow all of Craig's writings is "The Pueblo Revolt" by David Roberts. After reading it you will throw out your Frank Waters book(s). (Those Pueblo folks aren't quiet as "peaceful" as we have been led to believe.)
"Touching the Fire" by Roger Welsch. This is a beautiful book, called "fiction", but you will see upon reading that indeed it is not a fiction at all but a tale of magic and real life on the "rez". Roger is funny and on-the-mark when it comes to relating these tales of spiritual significance. Check it out. (Available on Amazon)
"Wild Bill"by Bruce Allen Murphy isn't about the,"Buffalo Bill" we all know about, it's about William O. Douglas and is a biography...but more important, it's about the very personal workings of the Supreme Court in the mid Twentieth Century and now! What a research job! Turns out that the Court is more about the politics of personality than ideology. Scary!
"One hundred pounds of dynamite and five hundred pounds of steel shrapnel were exploded in front of J.P. Morgan offices on Wall Street. Four hundred people were injured, thirty-eight were killed." September 16th, 1920
This is a citation from "Charles Fort, The man who invented the Supernatural" by Jim Steinmeyer. The story of an odd man who influenced quite a few 20th Century writers and readers. I've included the note above because it's important to know that terrorism in our country isn't new...and hasn't always been instigated from outside.
The Men's Page
Intimacy and Men
Oil and Vinegar
Just a Line (That Changed Everything)
The Notes Page
Faith and Yearning
Rattle Snake Lesson
(This is by daughter Winter.)
"Ranch" Wranglin'
Thanks to....
The (Biological) Facts of Life
A Story
It's natural to compare Brave New World with George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948), since they each offer a view of a dystopian future. Cultural critic Neil Postman spelled out the difference in his 1985 book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: "What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture. ... In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that our desire will ruin us." "Never regret," Elenor Hibbert said. "If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."
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Men's web site at;
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NOTE! Attempts for White Water Adventure 2012-13? OK, here's the news on this: a 5 day trip through Cataract Canyon (that's the Colorado/Green through Canyonlands)....this place is seldom visited and has marvelous ruins and magical history) cost for the trip itself is about $1800. There are "add ons", motel, food on the road, etc (they feed us on the river). This is a "mixed trip", meaning both motor and paddle and we need a group of no less than 10 to do it. August, September, or early October is what were looking at. See our "White Water" page to read about the journeys we've done in the past and will continue to do with you.
NOTE #2: We are going give up on the Grand Canyon trip just 'cause we've had enough anxiety producing "adventures" for this life time and GC IS a tough journey. Very! I urge you to plan to do this trip at least once in your life. As for us, we're going to focus on the more easy going Green River.
This trip is both ceremonial and a personal growth undertaking. We will be doing workshops and ceremony on the river so it's not just sight seeing.
And NOTE #3; don't let the "motor" part put you off, it's not all motor all the time and it's not a speed boat trip. We have two interested at this point.
Lots of people want to do this but so far we don't have enough to really get it going so we just keep moving it from year to year. If you are interested, call and we'll start connecting people up so we can actually form a group to make it happen, or, maybe you can do all the "connecting up". Let us know. c
Mug shots.
(Top two not dead yet.)
I prefer the "verb" of living to the "noun" of dead! c
"Only two things are infinite; the Universe and human stupidity....and I'm not sure about the former." A. Einstein
"Be yourself; everyone else is taken."
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