tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post930495154281097143..comments2023-10-10T08:33:26.926-06:00Comments on Byzigenous Buddhapalian: A sense of placePaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-3551056547837439892008-06-02T20:43:00.000-06:002008-06-02T20:43:00.000-06:00Eileen says more about her sense of place and shar...Eileen says more about her sense of place and shares a photo of the Moodna Viaduct at <A HERF="http://episcopalifem.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/the-moodna-viaduct/"> her place</A>.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-53999653277611885072008-06-01T18:28:00.000-06:002008-06-01T18:28:00.000-06:00I seem to like my water in manageable doses.And yo...<I>I seem to like my water in manageable doses.</I><BR/><BR/>And your wind?<BR/><BR/>We've talked about how much I miss my mountains. I know exactly what you're saying.Kirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07928583212781425068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-1617284597012389222008-06-01T17:54:00.000-06:002008-06-01T17:54:00.000-06:00What a provocative post.Sense of place.Two of my f...What a provocative post.<BR/><BR/>Sense of place.<BR/><BR/>Two of my favorite spots on earth are diametrically different... One is Santa Fe and the other is Hanalei on the rainy north shore of Kauai. <BR/><BR/>One is that open and seemingly (but not) barren high desert and mountain space. Vast. Dry. <BR/><BR/>The other is green, tight, lush... and very humid.<BR/><BR/>I love hearing what you think and also Mimi and the others in the comments.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-51315326973687354832008-06-01T17:46:00.000-06:002008-06-01T17:46:00.000-06:00Paul was too kind when he said that desert places ...Paul was too kind when he said that desert places didn't work for me. I actually said that if I suddenly had to move to the desert, I thought that I would die. However, when Paul describes the wonders that he sees around him in New Mexico, I can see through his eyes, and I find the beauty. I wish I could have visited Santa Fe with Paul, but I was with two friends from New Orleans, and we all felt the same about the desert. <BR/><BR/>For some of us the sense of place is quite strong. I had a lovely day with Paul in my beloved New Orleans. She's tattered and torn, but she's still a lovely lady to me. I'll write more on my blog. After all, I can't give all the good stuff away here.<BR/><BR/>I tear up myself when I hear Irish songs.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-25884330217216403522008-06-01T17:27:00.000-06:002008-06-01T17:27:00.000-06:00I have only seen the Hudson Valley once, while at ...I have only seen the Hudson Valley once, while at a meeting at West Park (Holy Cross Monastery). I can understand the attraction. To this day I have a piece of exfoliated slate from the banks of the Hudson that I brought home to remember it by. Thanks for sharing YOUR sense of place.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-16957890588380249152008-06-01T17:22:00.000-06:002008-06-01T17:22:00.000-06:00Paul - I also almost put that song up on my blog, ...Paul - I also almost put that song up on my blog, because that child truly sings it beautifully. Ireland is using it for a tourism commercial!<BR/><BR/>I understand what you mean, about a sense of place. I remember traveling to Utah...11 years ago now...and thinking how vastly different it was from the mountain I was used to in the east. Everything seemed to me both spare and overwhelmingly large.<BR/><BR/>But the canyons were truly magnificent. It's just weird for an eastern girl to see hills with no trees, you know?<BR/><BR/>The place I feel most at home, really, is the Hudson Valley in NY. I haven't lived there in 24 years now..but, when I see certain sights when visiting, it steals my breath away, and makes me feel young, and sleepy and innocent.<BR/><BR/>I've lived in NJ for 25 years, and New York for about 14 (only 11 of it in the Hudson Valley), but to my heart, that is home. Foothills of the Catskills.episcopalifemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18092579249862725163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-28945279191810183302008-06-01T16:53:00.000-06:002008-06-01T16:53:00.000-06:00The people of New Orleans are, indeed, quite wonde...The people of New Orleans are, indeed, quite wonderful and I enjoy them very much. Even amid the devastation there is also much beauty in the city as well. <BR/><BR/>There is a geographic and environmental sense that "I don't belong here" that is quite distinct from whether one gets along with the people and culture.<BR/><BR/>New Mexico did not get called the Land of Enchantment (or La Tierra Encantada, which is somewhat different) for nothing. It has a wonderful, somewhat desolate, beauty. One needs to enjoy the shift of light on the landscape, see the Sandias or other mountains washed in colors of sunset, or have the moon rise in the desert sky to appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>I also love the Sierra and the Bay Area in California, my native state.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222643.post-55164056325061887552008-06-01T16:43:00.000-06:002008-06-01T16:43:00.000-06:00I still remember driving from Denver to Albuquerqu...I still remember driving from Denver to Albuquerque once years ago, and, upon entering New Mexcio, feeling a sense of wonder. So different and yet so beautiful! After that, I told everyone, it really is the Land of Enchantment. No offense to Arizona, but I think New Mexico is much more beautiful.<BR/><BR/>And re: New Orleans, well, when I think about New Orleans, I think about the people we met, the friendly people on the streets, the blues guitar players, etc. We didn't get out in the countryside.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.com